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January-March 2015, Volume 42(PDF) REFLECTIONS Welcoming the Other— Being Tolerant by Nichiko Niwano When I think about what it means to view and our own world much smaller Nichiko Niwano is president of be tolerant, I recall the following words and narrower. Rissho Kosei-kai and an honorary of the Buddhist thinker Shuichi Maida president of Religions for Peace. (1906–67): “Tolerance is itself awareness Compassion and He also serves as special advisor that the world is one, and only when we Wisdom Lead to Shinshuren (Federation of New base our lives on this fact does the true Religious Organizations of Japan). peace of humanity become a reality.” to Tolerance Rev. Maida described tolerance in As an example close at hand for us as important principle in our daily lives. religion by quoting Mahatma Gandhi’s Rissho Kosei-kai members, Founder However, when we reflect on ourselves, words: “Just as the single trunk of a tree Nikkyo Niwano led his life in the spirit we can see that sometimes our egos take supports a great many branches and of tolerance. Today, every nation’s gov- over our emotions and it becomes diffi- leaves, religious faith that is true and ernment has recognized and the United cult for us to put tolerance into practice. perfect can only be one.” Nations has given an important status For example, someone may say some- There are many different religions in to Religions for Peace. In the begin- thing unkind to us and this makes us angry. this world, but all of them focus on the ning, however, when it was still thought However, when we really think about it, same goal: freeing ourselves from ego of as something impossible to come if what the person said had not struck a and taking refuge in the gods and the about, the leaders who built it, including chord in us, we would hardly care at all buddhas. Divine power equally helps Founder Niwano, overcame differences about the comment. Rather, our reaction such people who have thus taken ref- of faith in order to realize the funda- proves that whatever the criticism was, it uge. It follows, therefore, that regardless mental hope common to all religions. reflected something that does exist in us. of the religious teaching one believes, They started out by giving a concrete In other words, when we can reflect taking refuge in it and freeing oneself form to the tolerance that comes from on ourselves and realize that because from ego means that conflicts and super- egolessness, as is well known today. In the other person has a similar disposi- ficial differences become meaningless November 2013 we convened the Ninth tion, he or she is teaching us this insight and one arrives at true perception that World Assembly of Religions for Peace into ourselves, we can then find some- the world is one—and therein lies the in Vienna, and our main theme was thing in common with the person and real meaning of tolerance. “Welcoming the Other.” become as one. At that time, the spirit We tend to think of tolerance as the The current world situation is such of tolerance brings us harmony through forgiving of others or accepting that that one group starts making demands the working of compassion. they are different from us. However, on another and it becomes difficult to Moreover, being aware that the world broadly speaking, it is when we become maintain peaceful coexistence, for exam- is one gives us the wisdom to lead lives aware that everyone is one that we expe- ple, between Japan and its neighboring full of confidence and free of fear. This is rience the true spirit of tolerance. If countries, or the Arab nations and the because having such recognition means we cannot understand “oneness,” it is Western nations. This means that the that we are able to have an expansive due to our egoistical state, and from responsibility of those of us who par- point of view that transcends any imme- the perspective of perceiving that the ticipated in the conference having been diate loss or gain, or feeling of victory world is one, we come to see how far given the theme of welcoming the other or defeat. For each and every one of us away from the truth we are when our was large and brimful of meaning. to become egoless and to perfect our egos flare up and we argue with people. Tolerance is an important principle self-reflection, in other words, attain We then come to realize to what extent on a large scale that affects the relations true tolerance—that is the foundation such actions make our own point of among all countries, and it is also an for building a bright future. ≥ Dharma World January–March 2015 1 JAN.–MAR. 2015 VOL. 42 FEATURES: Cultivating Hearts That Welcome the Other 1 Welcoming the Other— Being Tolerant Dharma World presents Buddhism by Nichiko Niwano as a practical living religion and promotes interreligious dialogue 3 Embracing the Joy of Living for world peace. It espouses views with All Who Are Diff erent that emphasize the dignity of life, by Yoshitaka T. Hatakeyama seeks to rediscover our inner nature and bring our lives more in accord 4 An Educational Pathway with it, and investigates causes of through the Root Causes of Past human suff ering. It tries to show Violence toward Peace Building how religious principles help solve by Johnston McMaster problems in daily life and how the 8 Th e Role of Religion and Peace least application of such principles Education in Cultivating Hearts has wholesome eff ects on the world around us. It seeks to demonstrate Th at Welcome the Other truths that are fundamental to all by Kathy R. Matsui religions, truths on which all people 12 Cultivating Hearts can act. Th at Welcome the Other by Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot Publisher: Moriyasu Okabe 14 Buddhism’s Modern Challenge Executive Director: Jun’ichi Nakazawa by David R. Loy Director: Kazumasa Murase Senior Editor: Kazumasa Osaka 17 Kenji Miyazawa’s Discombobulated Lotus Literature: Editor: Katsuyuki Kikuchi Japanese Literature as Benevolent Guerilla War on Common Sense Editorial Advisors: by Gerry Iguchi Miriam Levering, Gene Reeves, Yoshiaki Sanada, 24 Perspectives on the Lotus Sutra Dominick Scarangello, by Rebecca Mendelson Michio T. Shinozaki 33 Championing an Equal Voice for Women of Faith, East and West Copy Editors: An Interview with Ms. Dena Merriam, William Feuillan, Gary Hoiby, Recipient of the Th irty-First Niwano Peace Prize DeAnna Satre, Catherine Szolga Preparing for a Conference of World Religions Editorial Staff : 37 Ryuichi Kaneko, Satoe Izawa by Nikkyo Niwano Subscription Staff : Kazuyo Okazaki 42 Th e Prism of the Lotus Sutra (7) Layout and Design: Abinitio Design by Atsushi Kanazawa Cover photos: Shutterstock, PIXTA THE THREEFOLD LOTUS SUTRA: A MODERN COMMENTARY Photoshop work by Abinitio Design 44 Th e Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law Chapter 23: Th e Former Lives of the Bodhisattva Medicine King (3) Dharma World is published quarterly by Kosei Publishing Company, 2-7-1 Wada, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 166-8535. E-mail: [email protected]. Copyright © 2015 by Kosei Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Printed in Japan by Komiyama Printing Company. Change of Address: Please provide both old and new addresses. Six weeks’ advance notice is requested. Requests for permission to reprint all or part of any article in this issue must be made in writing to the editor of Dharma World. FEATURES Embracing the Joy of Living with All Who Are Different by Yoshitaka T. Hatakeyama The 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United of fostering communication between Yoshitaka T. Hatakeyama is secretary- States shook the world in 2001, the Japanese and Korean youth at biennial general of the Asian Conference of UN-designated Year of Dialogue among meetings. Continuing these exchanges Religions for Peace and Religions for Civilizations. Why do there continue to for this amount of time has deepened Peace Japan. be such threats to peace despite the hor- trust between both sides. Some par- rific experience of two world wars and ticipants originally felt defensive, but to the self. Rather, we see the other in the Cold War in the twentieth century? over time the mood of the meetings an interdependent way: “I” exist only The world expected the end of the has become relaxed, and people are able because “you” exist. I think this interde- Cold War to bring freedom and peace. to share their opinions openly as they pendent way of seeing the other is quite Ironically, however, the collapse of work toward a brighter future. familiar to people with Asian sensibil- Cold War structures allowed formerly Last August I was a panelist in a ities. This way of thinking extends to repressed ethnic and religious identi- workshop on reconciling and unifying our way of seeing nature. Humans live ties to erupt in Eastern Europe. A rift the Korean Peninsula during the Eighth with nature, not opposed to or separate emerged between people who had been Assembly of the Asian Conference of from it. There might be some aspects of living together in relative peace. Then, all Religions for Peace, one of Religions polytheistic religions that see gods in all around the world, the terrorist attacks of for Peace’s regional committees, held in things that are incompatible with mono- 9/11 heightened the tendency of people Incheon, South Korea. During the work- theistic religions. However, interfaith to fear others and, in the worst cases, shop a Korean, a Catholic sister, politely dialogue is a place where we can accept to try to do away with them.
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