President Harada Meets with Dr. Lokesh Chandra
On October 26, in New Delhi, India, Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada met with Dr. Lokesh Chandra, director of the International Academy of Indian Culture, and Professor Nirmala Sharma, vice director of the academy. Dr. Chandra is a renowned Buddhist scholar who had a long-standing friendship with President Daisaku Ikeda. The two co-authored the dialogue Buddhism―A Way of Values: A Dialogue on Valorisation Across Time and Space published in Japanese in 2002.
President Harada expressed deep gratitude for Dr. Chandra's many years of dedication to cultural and academic exchange and his research on the Lotus Sutra. Dr. Chandra commended the Soka Gakkai for its contribution to preserving Buddhist culture in an era dominated by science and technology.
Read The Guiding Light of the Lotus Sutra: A Conversation with Lokesh Chandra.
Adapted from the October 28, 2026, issue of Seikyo Shimbun, Soka Gakkai, Japan.