His Eminence Etai Yamada, chief abbot of the Tendai sect of Buddhism, has been selected to receive the sixth Niwano Peace Prize, Mount Hiei, the seat of Tendai Buddhism, has been called the "mother mountain" of Japanese Buddhism, Generations of priests trained there founded many new JH~:;IL;jmUI3!J ~~ sects, ensuring the unbroken transmission of Buddhist President, The Niwano Peace Foundation teachings down to the present As Etai Yamada, the two 1f§!f8~ hundred fifty-third chief abbot of Tendai, has declared, Nikkyo Niwano "It is the wish to save every individual that gives true religion its value and makes it a living entity," He himself has adhered firmly to this belief throughout his life, His actions testify to his conviction that "If all M6@fi~~W.~.~~~~·wrn~fimT~.~h religions took this point of view, not only the various sects of Japanese Buddhism but all the religions of the 6::. U;:id: I) *- LJ.:: o B:$:~~*0)t.i:$:W-c';t,6.l:t~Wfi, world could overcome their doctrinal differences and ~)bh -C'~ff'htdt B:$:0)1LW<:O)BW I::: l:tal) *- '9 0 ::.::. join hands, Indeed, how could they refrain from doing gffit.:: i? f;: J:: -:J l ~ Japan, he has devoted himself to promoting the "Light kWrnj5GTfi. rJ{o)*W<:fi"::'O)A~I:::"-? ~l'83f3zbid:f:T Up a Corner of the World Movement" Through his ~~ ~ ~) ~) ~) ~ J;O~ ~ 11ffi1iU~;t, f;f id: id: II I::: -? fjj '8 .:Z f;: I), -f travels to China he has deepend the ties of Sino­ ::. f;:~$;O~;t, 6J I:::~) -? ~ 6 ~·;~n)1~~~Jf;O'h l:ta ~ Japanese friendship, He took part in the World Day of o)*W<:iJ~ ~:tiftf;:}'[J ~ Prayer for Peace convened in Assisi at the behest of h *- '9 0 r'9./'( l -f 0) id: ff', B:$:0)* Pope John Paul II in 1986, The following year, mobiliz­ W<:~rmfi '8 i? 0/v, t!t:W9:J o)*W<:iJ~W<::EJ.O):@~) ~Jrn.:Z l-=F ing the united efforts of Japanese religious circles, he ~ ~.I) ~)-\b. -=F~m.:Z Tf;:~) ~ hid:~) f;: -EJ.:Z 6 0 fiTt!J organized a similar gathering on Mount Hiei timed to 1:::, §~O)rr~~'8-:Jl~~hl:ta~h60)-r'9o coincide with the twelve hundredth anniversary of the r-~~Wi! ~ '9Ji~Jf;:{"IfIl ~tt;O~h. 9:JOO.--..l'!t ~ h l B establishment of the religious complex there, He was 9:J~~O)~Tid:~~~~~ O-?W<:~~~0)7~V~t!t also a spiritual mainstay of the fifth assembly of the World Conference on Religion and Peace in January this :W~fDtHfjjO)~~) f;:~1JO~ h, -fO)tH I) O)~~) ~ B:$:O)* year, when once again he stressed the importance of W<::W0)1J ~*5~ ~ l.l:t~WIm~1j1200iP;:*I*~~, ~ ~ f;:, prayer.

~ 5 @]t!tW*iJ&:tf~fD~~f;:*lJO ~ l "tH I) II ~j::o~~, Etai Yamada is now ninety-three years old. The -fO)M~~~ttl:::id:-:Jl:ta~h*-'9o way in which he travels the world as a pilgrim for peace despite his advanced age reminds me of the dying words j5GT iJ~iilI1l93~ I::: ~) -) ::,"~mt-c'-:!it~j~Hfl~fDO)t.:: ~ f;: of the great Buddhist priest Saicho, who brought the t!tW~1'J!jj:p~ -fO):ta~f;:.fGw<:*gffi;O~r h6 -A-C' '83f3zbh teachings of Tendai from China to Japan early in the id:~)A;O~~) Q ;O'~.I). 'fLfi~'

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