The Northwest times. [volume], April 08, 1953, Page 3, Image 3

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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 8. 1953
Repert on World Buddhist Parley. . .
(Editor's nOte: Following is the
report of the second World Bud
dhlsl. Conferenoe which Dr. Klkuo
Talrn. outstandi"g Nisei layman.
gave to Seattle Buddhists last week
end here. Dr. Tail-a. whose home
Is in Fresno. Cant, wu In Seattle
for Wesak Day servlces In commz-J
morltlon of the birth of Shakyamu-‘
nl Buddha.)
By DR. KIKUO TAIRA
For the first time in the histonl
of Buddhism. every major Buddhist
school of thought was represented
in a world-wide conference held
from Sept. 25 to Oct. 15 in Japan
where Prince Shotoku first planted
the seed of Buddha's Teaching 1400
years ago.
Five hundred forty-two delegates
from 19 countries attended the
opening ceremony which was ela
borate and inspirational. The coun
tries represented were: Austria.
Brazil, Burma. Cambodia. Hawaii.
Hong Kong. Malaya, India. Singa
pore. Nepal. Philippines. Thailand.
Viet-Nam. China. Ceylon, France,
Korea. Japan and The United
states.
The United States delegation was
composed of 19 persons: six of the
delegates were Nisei Buddhist stu
dents in Japan to become ministers.
The remainder of the delegation
was made up of Issei and Nisei Bud
dhists who made the trip to Japan
to participate in this conference.
The 'lbkyo conference opened at
the Tsukiji Honganji on Sept. 25.
This Tokyo meeting was the main
business conference argi it conti
nued for six days, working under
the theme of World Peace. “World
Buddhism must meet the challenge
of the atomic age"; this was the
keynote of the conference and this
warning was sounded by Prince
Mikasa. the brother of the Emper
or of Japan. ‘
From the various countries. manyl
valuable gifts were presented to the‘
Buddhists or Japan. Among the‘
gifts. the most precious one was the‘
relic of Shakamuni Buddha. a ge
nuine piece of bone no larger than
the size of rice. This gift was
brought to Japan by the Ceylon de
legation as a state present. The
gift from the Buddhist Churches of
America was SSOO which was pre
sented to the conference treasury.
After six days oi: deliberation. se
veral resolutions were proposed by
the four separate discussion groups
and were passed at the general
meeting of the Tokyo conference.
The resolutions are:
i. To establish World Peace bas
ed upon the principles of Buddhism
2. To set Wesak Day as World
Peace Day.
3. Acceleration of the establish
ment of more Buddhist schools in
all countries
4. Compilation of the scriptures
to be chanted commonly by Bud
dhists of all countries.
5. Compilation of Buddhist gathas
which can be sung universally.
ti- Formation of an international
organization for Buddhist scholars.
7 To strive toward better under
standing between the Thera Vada
and the Mahayana Buddhists.
8. To work toward the relief of
war victims.
9. To protest all religious persecu
tions.
10. Formation of an international
youth organization.
11- To enahrine the relic of the
Buddha presented by the Ceylon
delegates at Hiroshima City as the
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At the end of the Tokyo confer
ence. the delegates were invited to
attend a grand display of public de
monstration held at the Korakuen
stadium on the night of Sept, 30.
About 35,000 persons greeted the
foreign delegates.
After the completion of the To
kyo schedule. the foreign delegation
was divided into four different
groups These fOur groups toured
the different areas of Japan for
three days and then met in Kyoto
for a general conference. The A
merican delegation was sent to the
northern section of Japan which is
known as the Hokuriku area. The
Hokurlku tour included meetings at
(an Nyuzen, Toyama, (b) Kanaza
wa. Ishikawa. (c) Riheiji, Fukui. At
every stop. the delegates were re
ceived with cordial welcome. The
delegates were overwhelmed by the‘
sincerity and the kindness of the
people. They could readily see and
feel the great spiritual influence
left here in Hokuriku by St. Shin-z
ran who toured this part of Japan;
700 years ago. ‘
On Oct. 5, the Kyoto conference‘
was held at the Higashi mortganjil
temple. This meeting adopted a:
proposal to establish world peace on
the basis of non-atman. The Kyo-}
to schedule included a sight-seeing}
tour to the ancient city of Naral
where the delegates visited the fat-1
mous Horyuji temple built by Prince
Shotoku about 1300 years ago. They
also stopped at the Todaiji temple
where the well-known Nara no Dai
butsu is enshrined.
After the completion of the Kyoto
conference. the delegates were ta-:
ken to Osaka on Oct. 9; the day's
program included a isit to Shiten
noji. the oldest Buddhist temple in
Japan. built also by Prince Shotoku
about 1350 years ago. The next
interesting spot was the Osaka cas
tle where feudal lord. Toyotomi Hi
deyoshi, established his headquar
ters. A very elaborate banquet was
held at the luxurious New Osaka
hotel.
On the eening of Oct. 9, about 200
delegates went up to Koyasan. the
sacred mountain. which boasts of
123 temples having sleeping acco
modations. Historically, the Koya
san was opened by Kobo Daishl,
founder of Shingon sect. 0n the
following day. a district conference
was held at Kongo-bail, the leading
temple in Koyasan. About 8,000
people are making a living off of
the tourists and the pilgrims.
Hiroshima was next on the con
ference schedule. Perhaps, the Hi
roshima conference was the most
impressive from the standpoint of
the number of people involved and
the emotional aspect was concern
ed. On the morning of Oct. 12.
more than 10.000 men and women,
both young and old, assembled at
the outdoor memorial service and
the presentation of the Buddha’s
relic by the Ceylon delegation. The
Hiroshima progra mlncluded a tour
of the city. a trip to Miyajima and
other activities which the delegates
enjoyed.
The second World Buddhist Con
ference was officially closed at Hi
roshima. but there were other mi
nor conferences relative to the main
conference. Part of the delegation
attended the Nagoya meeting spon
sored by Senator and Mrs. Shinlchi
Okazaki on Oct. 14. while another
group traveled to Kumamoto to at
tend a’district conference held on
Oct. 15.
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‘Easter Brings Meaning to Life’. . .
tEdltor‘s note: Following is the
linstrr service message delivered by
the Rev. Paul llaglya. leel mlnls
ter of the Japanese Methodist
church In Seattle last Sunday. Ills
sermon text was from: Luke 23:43
"Today shalt than be with me in
Paradise".)
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By RF". PAl‘l. IIAGIYA
The Nisei do not like to discuss
the topic of death It is natural. for
thc Nisei are young. and youth
with its vigor and future have no
placc in their thoughts concerning
the end of living “It is not our
timv." they tell themselves.
Not only do we as younu people
steer clear of thinking or talkinga
bout death because of our youthful
spirit. but we are also afraid of it.
To most of us. death seems the end.
It is so final.
Leslie I). Weatherhead tells of
some British explorers who were
carrying out excavations among the
tombs of Egypt They came to one
which had remained shut for three
thousand years. When they opened
it. they found an exquisitely carved
coffin of a little ehild -and over it
this inscription: "Oh my life. my
love, my little one. Would God I had
died for thee!" The explorers
sealed the tomb and stepped from
the darkness of the tomb into the
blazing sunshine of the, Egyptian
noon. Yes. death seems so final! i
Today. Easter 1953. has a real}
message for you and me as Nisei“
Easter confronts us with death and}
life and we cannot dodge it. We as‘
Nisei must fave it. We are no‘
longer children and sheltered by]
our parents. It was the Issel folks
that have carried most. of the bur—
den of sorrow and death for us up
to now. But now we have mum of
age and we will have to really share
the sorrows to which all of us are
the heirs Especially the trials thati
come from losing our own life and
blood. , . our children and loved
ones. And even though we can say.
“It is not our time." because we are
young. no one kids himself for death
has no age limit. i
Just to realize that we have come
of age and can expect this common
venture of life, is small comfort.
The reason for the shattered lives
and hopelessness that we see around
us is the [net that we have kept.
death in “the darkness of the
tomb". Too many of us believe
Ldeath is final. We have not heard
the Easter message!
The Road to Bitterness
And so when sorrow and sadness
overtakes us, some oi us grow hit—
ter and the first thing we do is to
fly in rage at. God and blame Him
for what has taken place. Most of
the time these folks never did love
00d nor even try to know Him in
the first. place, but they feel they
have a right to reproach Him
Some people in their disappoint
ment will blame the particular si
tuation and go on to believe that if
they had more money or possessions
they could overcome the circum
stances and be happy. They put all
their faith in the abundance of
things which never satisfies.
And then there are too many who
become cynical and conclude that,
life ls and to begin with and they
would tell themselves that one ought
not to expect too much out of lift
anywayl
These are all pathways of disillu
sioned and disappointed men. and
wide is the gate. Oh sure, they
are existing all right, but day by
dragging (lay. merely surviving
without meaning or significance of
Joy-
But that wide and easy road that
tieads to destruction is not for Chris
tians, no matter how disappointing
‘or sad the circumstance. FOR THEY
’HAVE EASTERN, which means
lthey have a Godk who is their Fa
ther and a Saviour in Christ Jesus.
who promised that "Today shalt
thou be with me in Paradise."
And how does that Easter promise
bring meaning into our lives today?‘
Hope for Our Lives i
That Easter promise brings mean
ing to our lives because it is a mes
sage of hope. No. death is not fi
nal because Christ at Easter over
came the grave and was victor over
the cross.
God through this Easter resurrec
tion showed us that there is a glo
rious future. His act has instilled
a deep hope in every Christian that
they have a great destiny. That
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each one of us is a part of God‘s
plan which ineludes both the pre
sent and future What an assur
ance that fills one‘s heart to know
that all God's ehlldren move toward
a divine resurrection that has been
ereated by the Father in Heaven.
And when we realize that we are
members of this dh-lne plan. noth
ing can get us down. For the Chris
tian comes to know that all hope is
in (kid The earth in all its abun
dance cannot wholly satisfy. It is
only God that ean from the dark
shadows of death on the eross lift
us to the light of the Easter joy
Christ's conquest of the grave
puts deep and abiding meaning in
to the Christians‘ faith, that whe
ther in life or death. Olll‘ souls are
in God‘c keeping, This ought to
mean for us all. not merely eoinfort.
but the power to live. while life
lasts. with hope and eonraaet
“Today shalt thou be with me in
Paradise"
Examples for Our Lives
And not only does Easter bring
meaning into our lives by hope but
also by Christ's example.
God at Easter through His Son's
resurrection showed us by example
what our future would be like If it
wasn‘t for Easter we would know
nothing about the future life No
one has returned except Christ Je-
And as Jesus returned to His dis
ciples after llis resurrection. unre
strained nnd free with every bit of
his divine personnlity preserved. He
promised them that. “In my F‘a—
ther‘s house are 'mrmy mansions."
There is another trnnslntion that
reacts. "In my Father's house are
many stations." The word "sm
tions" implies progress.
What meaning for our lives—
words cannot express in the light of
that promise for adventurous and
abundant livhuz! Jesus by example
offered a place in Paradise which
shall be the prolonging oi the work
begun here on a higher plune. It's
as lan Mnelaren wrote. “Heaven is
not a Trappist' Monastery. neither
is it retirement on in pension. No.
‘lt is a loud of continual progress."
: This example of our future life
will bring meuning only as we work
‘nnd live today on earth as servants
of God. Robert Browning put it
well: “Make nil the strokes you
can while you are here and leave
the event in the hand of God."
“Today shalt. thou be. with me in
Paradise."
Another Chance for Our Lives
And not, only does Easter bring
meimlng into our lives by hope. and
by Christ's cxuinplv but also by gi
ving us another chance,
When Jesus made that promise
of eternal life froin the Cross. "To
day shalt thou be with me in Para
dise". he was looking that. promise
to one of the robbers that. hung next
to him on an adjoining cross, But
in all honesty and sincerity. Jesus
was speaking to you and me. i .
To all mankind.
Christ was speaking to men in all
their slnfulness zmd selfishness To
you and me mnid our mistakes and
failures and wrung-doings Mind
you. He was, amid it“ this. still of
fering us a place in Dflriltllst' with
Him.
No wonder that the Easter pro
mise has so much meoninu tor our
lies today Today that was so
black and dreary need not overtake
us for there is tomorrow according
to Easter. We have: been given an
other chnncc. Only a loving and
forgiving Father would do that
And when we catch a glimpse of
this Easter story. we cannot help
feeling humbled and obligated at
the immensity of God's love. which
went so far as to sacrifice His only
Son for us, that we would have an
other chance.
. William R Cannon in “The Re
deemer" telts of what I am trying
i to say as he described the experi
, encn of Martin Luther, the father
of the Reformation. It was when
9 Martin Luther was kneeling in
' prayer and as he lifted his eyes and
began to gaze upon the crucifix. it
- seemed that his saviour hung be—
- fore him and he once again. like
- John. was witnessing the agonizing
- experience of Christ‘s martyrdom.
r Luther rose and with great emotion
exclaimed. "For me! For me!"
- Young people. we are not our
- own- We were bought with a
i price. May we live today worthy of
t such a promise that "Today shalt
t thou be with me in Paradise"