Nichidatsu Fujii
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The Venerable Nichidatsu Fujii (1885-1985) was founder of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji Order. 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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External links
- Dharmawalk.org Information on Nichidatsu Fujii (Guruji) and the continuing work of the order that he founded.
- Nichidatsu Fujii on BuddhistInformation.com
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