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The Venerable '''Nichidatsu Fujii''' (1885&ndash;1985) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, and founder of the [[Nipponzan-Myōhōji]] order of Buddhism. Fuji was greatly inspired by his meeting with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1931 and decided to devote his life to promoting non-violence. In 1947, he began<ref>http://www.buddhistinformation.com/nichidatsu_fujii.htm</ref> constructing [[Peace Pagoda]]s as shrines to [[World peace]].
The Venerable '''Nichidatsu Fujii''' (1885&ndash;1985) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, and founder of the [[Nipponzan-Myōhōji]] order of Buddhism. Fuji was greatly inspired by his meeting with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1931 and decided to devote his life to promoting non-violence. In 1947, he began<ref>http://www.buddhistinformation.com/nichidatsu_fujii.htm</ref> constructing [[Peace Pagoda]]s as shrines to [[World peace]].


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By 2000, 80 Peace Pagodas had been built around the world in Europe, Asia, and the United States.
By 2000, 80 Peace Pagodas had been built around the world in Europe, Asia, and the United States.


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Revision as of 23:41, 4 October 2009

The Venerable Nichidatsu Fujii (1885–1985) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, and founder of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji order of Buddhism. Fuji was greatly inspired by his meeting with Mahatma Gandhi in 1931 and decided to devote his life to promoting non-violence. In 1947, he began[1] constructing Peace Pagodas as shrines to World peace.

The first Peace Pagodas were built as a symbol of peace in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki where the atomic bombs took the lives of over 150,000 people, almost all of whom were civilian, at the end of World War II.

By 2000, 80 Peace Pagodas had been built around the world in Europe, Asia, and the United States.

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