SGI President Daisaku Ikeda has received total of 254 honorary doctorates
and academic titles from academic institutions and organizations around
the world to the present. From the Philippines, 15 universities and colleges
have bestowed honorary doctorate upon him. In this page, each honorary
doctorate that President Ikeda has received from the Philippines is introduced.
Vol.8: Batangas State University (March 19, 2005)
Batangas State University's Entrance
Batangas State University conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Pedagogy upon
SGI President Daisaku Ikeda. The conferment ceremony was held at the commencement
ceremony of Soka University and Soka Women's College on March 19, 2005,
in Tokyo.
On Batangas State University Batangas State University is located in the Province of Batangas, which
the Japanese military invaded and devastated during World War II. The precursor
of Batangas State University was founded in 1903, which was promoted to
Batangas State University in 2001.
The Summary - President Ikeda's Speech "A person who knows how to repay his debt of gratitude is a person
who has true intelligence as well as a graduate of Soka education. Mr.
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the father of Soka education, argued that people
can be divided into three: the first type are those whom people do not
care about whether they are around or not; the second type are those whom
people do not want to stay; the third type are those whom people absolutely
want to stay around. I would like all of you to be the kind of people whom
others want to stay, just as I was in my youth. Those who live such kind
of life are truly happy people. It is in order to attain happiness that
you have studied.
Whether or not you can struggle with difficulties decides your life. In
order to be victorious, you must appreciate the value of labor; fiddling
and idling is the enemy; arrogance is the path to defeat in life – this
applies both to individuals and organizations. Only by overcoming difficulties,
can you be victorious.
Dr. Toynbee told me that true happiness and satisfaction lie in the action
you take for the sake of people and the world. I would like you to put
all your heart into the path of your own mission, without leaving any regret.
No matter what, those who are victorious in the end are true winners. I
hope you win in your own lives as experts in the art of happiness and of
victory! As Dr. Jose Rizal observed that a courageous heart and unyielding
resolution are the keys to victory, making a desperate effort with a firm
resolution enable you surely to open the path to victory."
