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Building a culture of peace

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NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Bharat Soka Gakkai jointly organised a seminar on "Daisaku Ikeda: Building a Culture of Peace" here on Thursday.

The seminar saw former Indian Ambassador to the United States, Abid Hussain, recalling his meeting with Daisaku Ikeda, the noted Japanese peace activist and Buddhist philosopher who has been influenced by Mahatma Gandhi. "I was amazed at how this man from Japan could be so interested in the poor, humble and wretched and how he was able to stir up feelings in the hearts and minds of millions," he said.

Dr. Hussain also mentioned other interactions that Dr. Ikeda has had with eminent personalities and "how he managed to convert the mind and heart of the most heartless".

IGNCA Member-Secretary K. K. Chakravarty said: "With the setting up of the Dr. Daisaku Ikeda Corner for Peace at the IGNCA, we are creating actions for future benefit. Our intention is to put to practical use the following thought by Dr. Ikeda: it is better to kill the will to kill".

Bharat Soka Gakkai Director-General Naveena Reddi said: "Peace is the most pressing issue when it comes to the future of humankind. The problems facing the contemporary world are all issue transcending national and regional boundaries and whose resolution requires the co-operation of the world on the whole."

Displaying 50 books written by Dr. Ikeda, this corner is meant to act as a nodal point for conflict resolution activities and peace activism.

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