Abstract: Life is the core concept in Daisaku Ikeda′s thoughts.His concept of life has three meanings：the individual life，the universe of life and value of life，among which the value of life，the dignity of life and human respect to life is the essence.The concept of life is reflected in all aspects of Daisaku Ikeda′s thoughts.The spirit of the glorious life is the fundamental characteristic in Daisaku Ikeda′s theory.Daisaku Ikeda′s thoughts of life is an important stage in the history of both Eastern and Western thoughts and have great meaning to human in the 21st century.

Key words: Daisaku Ikeda, individual life, universe of life, value of life, new humanism