{"id":305824,"date":"2019-08-13T06:06:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T20:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=305824"},"modified":"2019-08-13T06:06:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T20:06:23","slug":"tinian-peace-ceremony-on-the-75th-anniversary-of-bombing-of-nagasaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tinian-peace-ceremony-on-the-75th-anniversary-of-bombing-of-nagasaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinian Peace Ceremony on the 75th\u00a0anniversary of bombing of Nagasaki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday Aug. 9, 2019, on the 75th\u00a0anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki from Tinian island, a peace ceremony was held in San Jose village on Tinian in the Gandhi-King-Ikeda Peace Garden. There were remarks by Tinian Mayor Edwin P. Aldan, Councilman Patrick Manglona, and historic commentary by Miho Evangelista, a member of the Tinian Japanese community. There was a presentation of flower wreaths, the sounding of the Sirens of Peace, a moment of silence, and Tinian leadership tree planting. I wrote and read two sonnets for the occasion based on the writings of Daisaku Ikeda:<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Goodness in One\u2019s Self and Others<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key to the flowering of humanity, of which Buddhism speaks, is steadfast belief in people\u2019s goodness and dedication to cultivating this goodness in one\u2019s self and others.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Daisaku Ikeda, born 1928<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThese wise words by Ikeda, Daisaku<br \/>\nmay remind us of the frog jumping in the water<br \/>\nthe frog jumps into the water in a famous haiku<br \/>\nbringing reality to father, mother, son, and daughter<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe frog is gone but ripples from his dive remain<br \/>\never widening across the water of the old pond<br \/>\nlike goodness in others Dr. Ikeda tries to explain<br \/>\nripples grow respect for humanity like a magic wand<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWe saw the frog sitting and then it quickly jumped in<br \/>\nwe heard the splash and in an instant the frog was gone<br \/>\nbelief in others goodness is a sure place we can begin<br \/>\ndedication to growing it in self and others begins at dawn<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nA peaceful way we can diminish wars and insanity<br \/>\ncultivating the flowering of goodness in humanity.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Bonds of Trust and Friendship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, peace will not be realized by politicians signing treaties. True and lasting peace will only be realized by forging life-to-life \u2018bonds of trust and friendship\u2019 among the world\u2019s people. Human solidarity is built by opening our hearts to each other. This is the power of dialogue.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Daisaku Ikeda<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn dialogue we talk frequently of bonds of trust<br \/>\nand their connection with bonds of friendship<br \/>\nin any relationship both are an absolute must<br \/>\nfor lasting peace as we go through life\u2019s trip<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWe must find among all peoples around the world<br \/>\na respect for and absolute need for human solidarity<br \/>\nregardless language spoken or under what flag unfurled<br \/>\nrespect sought for and worked towards with absolute clarity<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIt begins with Ikeda\u2019s \u201copening our hearts to each other\u201d<br \/>\nnot with a focus on self like in Hamlet\u2019s monologue<br \/>\nbut a focus on every man, woman, sister, and brother<br \/>\nthat my friends is Ikeda\u2019s \u201c power of dialogue\u201d.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIkeda\u2019s 2018 peace proposal was \u201cToward an Era of<br \/>\nHuman Rights \u2013 Building a People\u2019s Movement\u201d<br \/>\nwith your recognition of and respect for the dignity<br \/>\nof others on a daily basis you will make improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday Aug. 9, 2019, on the 75th\u00a0anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki from Tinian&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17932],"class_list":["post-305824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-tinian-peace-ceremony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}