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More Powerful Than Nuclear Weapons

By Tim Janakos
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The religion, Buddhism originated from the desire of one person to understand why people were suffering and how they could overcome their sufferings and create value in their lives. The historical Buddha was a prince in India, who left his kingdom, giving up his father’s wish for him to become king. He made this decision during his youth, when he discovered that people all around his kingdom were suffering, from things such as sickness, old age and death. He searched everywhere for answers to why people suffered and how he could help them overcome those sufferings. What he discovered after many years is that all the answers to all of life’s problems come from within a person’s own life.

仏法という宗教は、人々はなぜ苦しみ、どのようにしたらそれらを乗り越え、自らの人生に価値を見いだすかということを理解したいと願う一人の人間から生まれました。歴史上の仏（釈尊）はインドの王子で、釈尊を次の王にと望む父親の願いを放棄し、自分の王国から出て行きました。釈尊がそう決めたのは青年時代に、王国の周辺のあらゆる人々が病いや老い、死によって苦しんでいたのを知ったからでした。釈尊は、なぜ人々は苦しむのか、また人々が苦しみを乗り越える手助けを釈尊自身がどうしたらできるのかという答えを様々な場所で探しました。何年もの後に見つけだした答えは、人生に起こる全ての問題がその人自身の生命の中から発生したものであるということでした。

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Nichiren, The Buddha of Japan
by Tim Janakos (ティム・ジャナコス)

(C) 2010 Second American Renaissance Press
Published in The Collected Writings From Soka University of America

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Buddhism in Japan has been marked by both the most famous and most infamous of Buddhists. It has many different sects, from the most orthodox to the extremely bizarre and esoteric. Some so-called Buddhist priests, especially during Japan’s Kamakura period acted more like warlords than holymen. In addition, other peaceful Japanese priests were among the most persecuted of priest in the history of Buddhism. One such priest (for some the most hated and for other the most loved) was Nichiren Daishonin. Though he is often the most misunderstood of Buddhist teachers in Japan, his revolutionary legacy is perhaps the greatest proof of the power of Japanese [...]

This was simply a cut and paste job from the events page of Timothy Facebook page.

It's been a great week in Niigata (Japan). Music video director, Edward Mendoza, from Hollywood arrived last Monday at Narita Airport (Japan).

We started filming last night on the opening and closing scenes of the video. The amazing co-star of the two scenes, Mika Walker, did a great job and the make-up artist Satomi Ishizuka made sure we kept to our parts.

Looking forward to another great day of filming this Saturday all over Niigata, city.

See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQjlkZW5bM0

To whom it may concern.

I am honored and happy for the opportunity to apply for this MA scholarship in Comparative Ethnic Conflict at Queens University Belfast (QUB). I feel everything over the last 10-15 years has led me to become a perfect candidate for this scholarship.

I read many years ago, Columbia University President, Levine's comment to Soka University of America (SUA) founder, Daisaku Ikeda, that “Education is the slowest means to social change, but the only means.” Because of this quote and others, from Dr. Ikeda's dialogues, I decided at age 30, after 10 years of studying in junior colleges, to start all over again as a freshman at SUA, in 2001. There, I constantly asked myself, as the founder recommends, “for what purpose am I learning, for what purpose will my education serve.” Though I believe education is an end in itself, one who will affect the world in a positive way must constantly ponder how one puts one's education into practice. To cement in my commitment, [...]