Word: nichiren
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...address the President of the United States, were it not for the fact that I have traveled many thousands of miles only to deliver to him a message which millions upon millions, who believe in the Buddhist teachings of mercy and tolerance as expounded by the great Saint Nichiren, of Japan, wish me to deliver...
Speaking for the followers of the teachings of Saint Nichiren, it is my first duty to convey to you their heartfelt gratitude for your and your countrymen's magnificent generosity...
Love is supreme. Its voice can never be drowned by the tumult of politics. Of all times this is the Mme when the followers of Nichiren should unflinchingly and steadfastly stand by his eternal doctrine of tolerance, love and righteousness. My second duty, then, is to convey to you, and through you to the American people, the humble assurance that we who endeavor to follow Nichiren will do all in our power to convince our countrymen that the way to set American-Japanese relations aright is to walk in the footsteps of the Great Saint...
...message, then, which 1 am asked to deliver to you is that the followers of Saint Niehiren humbly ask you and your fellow citizens to join with them in a common prayer, invoking love, tolerance and justice-you in the words of Christ, and we in the language of Nichiren...
...conclude this humble message with the assurance that the followers of Nichiren are praying and will continue to pray for you and your people, as they pray for their own people, so that the hands of love will guide the two nations in their endeavor to keep the peace of the Pacific...