This essay review focuses on Daisaku Ikeda (b. 1928) and his curriculum of Soka, or value-creating, education present in two works: "Choose Life: A Dialogue" (Toynbee & Ikeda, 1976) and "Thoughts on Education for Global Citizenship" (Ikeda, 1996b). In reviewing these works, the authors trace the biographical roots of Ikeda's educational philosophy to his encounter with Josei Toda (1900-1958) and to the overwhelming concerns he has grappled with since childhood about the forces that ravaged his youth and family life; the authors also examine Ikeda's concept of value-creating education relative to value-creating pedagogy theorized by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1981-1988) and suggest that Ikeda's curriculum of Soka education is comprised of three key principles that also serve as its processes and goals--dialogue, global citizenship, and "human education" in the mentor-disciple relationship. The authors conclude with the implications of Ikeda's curriculum of Soka education and of the two reviewed works.