SuitabookSoar into the skies of hope
Daisaku Ikéda
- Reading
- Read one essay at a time and pause to distinguish the example from the larger message. Invite your child to compare its view of courage or success with their own experience.
- Themes
- Hope and personal fulfilment: The essays encourage children to value their lives, persevere and develop themselves in their own distinctive way. The book clearly advocates hope and purposeful self-development rather than presenting them neutrally.
- Justice, kindness and responsibility: Children are presented as successors who can help bring justice, kindness and happiness to people everywhere. These values are part of the book's stated overall message and are presented as aspirations for readers.
- Life stories, literature and Buddhist stories: The essays draw on episodes from the author's life, great literature and Buddhist stories while discussing topics including courage, history and the arts. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- The book presents perseverance, responsibility, kindness and self-development positively, while encouraging children to pursue their own distinctive path rather than simply copy others.