The Ikeda Center is an institute for peace, learning, and dialogue located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Since 1993, the Ikeda Center's core practice has been to engage scholars, students, spiritual practitioners, social innovators, and others in openhearted and open-minded dialogue in pursuit of a shared vision for future progress and well being. To this end, we organize and conduct seminars and public forums designed to cultivate the "humble willingness to learn from others" that Center founder Dai
It’s officially summer ☀️, and you know what that means?! 🤩 We have a new Mindich Service Fellowship summer program intern Becca Faber who is a rising junior at Harvard University! Watch this video to learn more about her! ✨
Last Friday (5/15), we had our first Dialogue Nights of a three-part series on our Center founder Daisaku Ikeda’s thoughts on global citizenship! 🌎 Watch this video to find out how we talked about compassion through the lens of Buddhist humanism~ 💖
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05/12/2026
Please join us on Thursday, July 16 at 7:00pm ET on Zoom for the 2026 Indigo Talk with Dr. Anita Patterson, Professor of English at Boston University!
Dr. Patterson’s talk coincides with the publication of Daisaku Ikeda, Transnationalism, and American Literature: Dialogues of the Heart (Routledge, May 2026), which was edited by Dr. Patterson and published in association with the Center. In her lecture, Dr. Patterson will explore Daisaku Ikeda’s engagement with literature as a core element of his broader philosophy and as a vital component of his global peacebuilding vision.
💻 RSVP here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dupoAlEhQ1iUmU33AcIXUg #/
And check out our website for more info: https://www.ikedacenter.org/events/virtual-indigo-talk-dr-anita-patterson
What is compassion? Watch this video to find out! 👀 And join us at this Friday’s Dialogue Nights to explore this concept further! It will be the first in a three-part series exploring core attributes that our Center founder Daisaku Ikeda described are necessary for global citizenship. Are you a college student or in your 20s and 30s? Join us for a dialogue on restoring human connection!
05/08/2026
Join us for Dialogue Nights on compassion in ONE WEEK! (Fri, May 15 @ 7pm) 🤗
This upcoming Dialogue Nights will be the first in a three-part series exploring wisdom, courage, and compassion, core attributes that Center founder Daisaku Ikeda identified as essential for global citizenship.
On compassion, he writes, “Compassion in Buddhism does not involve the forcible suppression of our natural emotions, our likes and dislikes. Rather, it is to realize that even those we dislike have qualities that can contribute to our lives and can afford us opportunity to grow in our own humanity.”
Doors open at 6:30pm for a pre-event reception with food! On the menu: cornflake crusted buffalo chicken bites, parmesan brussels sprouts, veg samosas, and more!
Open to college students and people in their 20s and 30s.
We hope to see you there! RSVP: https://www.ikedacenter.org/events/dialogue-nights
Recently, we had our second Educating for Peace Conference! Watch this video to hear reflections from some participants about how their experience in this conference was!
We had our second Educating for Peace Conference this past weekend! Watch this video to hear reflections from some participants about what inspired them to join our conference this year!
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| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |