...Worldwide Kosen-rufu In the 50 years since SGI President Ikeda embarked on his journey for worldwide kosen-rufu, arriving in Hawaii on October 2, 1960, the SGI movement based on Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism has spread to 192 countries and territories. The August and September 2010 issues of the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal Daibyakurenge featured several experiences by SGI members sharing their personal encounters with President Ikeda and their endeavors to promote kosen-rufu in their respective countries. In commemoration of this 50th anniversary, the SGI Newsletter will introduce a selection of these experiences. “A Rainbow over Niagara” By Elizabeth Izumi SGI Canada Executive Advisor It was about six months after I married my husband, Hugh Izumi, a Japanese-Canadian businessman, and was living in Toronto that I received a letter from my mother saying: “Soka Gakkai President Ikeda will be visiting Toronto. He will be an internationally renowned leader someday. As there are no Soka Gakkai members in Canada, please go and meet him at the airport.” Though it was my mother’s request, I wasn’t eager to comply. I was pregnant and not feeling very well, and I also didn’t want to be pressed into practicing Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism. Nevertheless, to please my mother, I went to the airport (on October 11, 1960). I saw a group of Japanese people who looked like they had just arrived. It was President Ikeda and his party. I went up to greet him saying: “I am not...
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...revitalize POVE and develop the cooperative into the organization seen today. Five family names—Saruwatari, Ikeda, Hayashi, Kobara, and Dohi—have outlasted as members of the organization (“Our History”) (see image 4). The dedication and work ethic involved in POVE’s history is a significant part of Japanese identity. Unyielding generations of labor and impact on the land is the cause of POVE’s significantly long lifespan, a result of enduring Japanese success. Currently POVE’s distribution and cold storage center is located in Oceano near the railroad tracks, with 20 employees on-site. As general manager Dan Sutton revealed in an interview, the location is an artifact from the days when most produce was shipped by train. Other companies have relocated as the railway began to fall into disuse, but POVE has preserved its location even though today’s produce is mostly shipped by truck (see image group 3). POVE is still recognized and greatly appreciated by the community. Recently a mural was commissioned to commemorate the impact that agriculture has had on the economy and culture of the Central Coast. Located on the side of a building in the Village of Arroyo Grande, the centerpiece of the mural is an image of POVE as it would have looked in the 1920s, with workers loading crates of produce onto a Pacific Coast Railway train (see image 5). About the mural, Vard Ikeda, son of Kazuo Ikeda, said, "My dad would've been a little embarrassed. He wouldn't have wanted (the recognition) ... but...
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...1101IBA – Management Concepts Literature Review and Report Valve Case Study By Muhammad Rabani b. Shamsul Khairil s2834180 Semester 2, 2012 1 583 words Table of Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Problem Identification 3 3. Analysis 4 3.1 Vertical Organisation Structure 4 3.2 Horizontal Organisation Structure 5 4. Recommendations 6 5. Conclusion 7 6. Reference List 8 1. Introduction Organisation can be seen as networks of system perform by a collective effort of people in order to achieve to a common purpose. (Schermerhorn et al. 2011, p.11). An organization can be structured in many different ways, depending on their objectives. The structure of an organization will determine the modes in which it operates and performs (Damraks 2009 p.1). Valve has a unique flat organisation structure where it operates. The purpose of this report is to...
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...Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo: Buddhism and the Way of The Lotus Sutra Mary Elise Filipy HUM/130 April 28, 2011 Dr. Gary Carson Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo: Buddhism and the Way of The Lotus Sutra ( Blue Lotus Buddha) Since the beginning of time, people have looked to something beyond themselves for answers about life and the world around them. Early humans believed there must be some power, greater than themselves, controlling the things they could not understand, control or explain. From these beliefs came the development of religions, and the many gods and deities that accompany them. Today, religion provides us with spiritual guidance, directs us in moral matters and how to conduct ourselves, and helps us to prepare for what happens after death. One such religious practice is Buddhism. Buddhism Buddhism. The word conjures up thoughts of chanting monks in orange robes, smoky temples filled with incense, and golden statues in flower filled gardens. To the unfamiliar, Buddhism is a mysterious religion, full of strange practices and rituals. Most people in this country, know only what they have seen in the movies and on television. While there are many differences between Buddhism and religions that are more familiar to westerners, such as Catholicism, Buddhism is a beautiful, complex, and fascinating ancient religion. Buddhism began more than 2,500 years ago in Asia. It is a religion based on the teachings of Siddharta Guatama, as a way to help people...
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...Demonstrative Communication Name Last BCOM 275 Date Instructor Demonstrative Communication Communication is the way in which we can interact with any kind of person from different cultures, languages, and types. It is an imparting or interchanging thoughts, opinions or information among people by speech, writing, or signs. There are different ways in which people communicate. The three types in which people communicate is verbal, nonverbal, and visual. (Nayab, 2011). Verbal communication is the one that we go through it daily with any kind of person we interact with. Our verbal communication is used with the language we speak. Sometimes the way we use our language is defined on how we communicate with each other. The way we are brought up and raised is another example on how we use our verbal communication to others. Also the way we view a person and how our relation toward a person also demonstrates the way in which we communicate them. The way in which verbal communication is use towards those people is very different. For example the way we speak to a family member or a friend is a very different way versus a stranger that we met. Also we communicate differently with a person of authority versus a person that of a person in the same field or even a less position of ours. Even though it all so happens to be different, we use verbal communication as a vital role in our...
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...We are all at some point in our lives drawn to some form of religion, whether this is in the form of believing or not believing. A religion brings us a sense of meaning and purpose in life. Each of the different types of religion, whether that be Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism or any of the other ones, all share many similarities as well as many differences. However, it is these differences that set each of them apart from one another. Two of the most prominent religions in the world today, Christianity and Buddhism, couldn’t be more different, but yet share many similarities. Both Christian and Buddhists ideas and teachings have served to guide and influence the lives and decisions of each of their respected followers for many centuries and both continue to be a dominating force in the world today Christianity offers a distinct and comforting sense of purpose for those who believe. As a human, we are destined to make mistakes. Christianity offers us a way of knowing that we are forgiven of our sins. It shows us that we are loved no matter what, and it gives us a sense of how we should live our lives in order to be who God wants us to be. Christianity provides us with an ideal father figure to look up to and pushes us to live up to his ideals. We believe that our purpose is to work to be the best possible person we could be and to treat everyone with love and kindness. We believe that God made us just the way he wanted us to be and that God has a path already...
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...United States Defence Funding “So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force” (Ikeda 1). This quote shares a great truth in which Daisaku Ikeda is expressing to this day. Countries everyday are working towards new development of nuclear weapons, building their militaries to overwhelm their enemies and friends, and growing fear in the nations of the world that one day, someone will act. Today, we all know the power of these nuclear weapons, demonstrated in situations such as the Trinity test, conducted by the United States on July 16th, 1945, Chagan, conducted by the Soviet Union on January 15th, 1965, and Operation Hurricane, conducted by the United Kingdom on October 3rd, 1952 one of the first Atomic bombs in existence. These tests were the dawn of military growth and development, something in which today is a problem, driving fear in the nations of the world who only has the solution, is to build bigger than their opponents, also known as Militarism. This is an issue currently facing the United States of America, with almost twice the size of a military compared to it’s second ranking opponent Russia in World firepower, and continuously building. “In the past 10 years, overall military spending has more than doubled”(Paul 2). Yes, twice the size of a military, but 9 times the military budget, now how does that sound, possibly depressing when you get into the money talk. The United States has many more...
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...INTRODUCTION According to Ikeda et al. (2005) the word CONFLICT can be said to be disagreement among members of a society. Conflict simply connotes a state of disequilibrium between two parties, groups, section or between the employers and the employees in an organisation. Conflict is an important concept that is central to understanding and appreciation of man’s exchange with reality of human action. It can be viewed as a philosophical concept denoting the clash of power against power in the striving of all things to become manifest or it can be described as the distinct category of social behaviour as two party trying to get something they both cannot have. (Rummel, 1976) Brewer (2002) Feelings of injustice or deprivation give rise to conflict. These feelings may have some real basis or it may be only because of some false or imaginary ideas. Some times false ego gives rise to conflict. Conflicts are also created or imposed upon by interested persons or groups for some ulterior motive to make some gain out of it. In a democratic country political conflicts will always be there and these are not discouraging if they do not result in violence or go against the interest of the people. In a multi-racial, multi-religious, multi-cultural country like India there is always a challenge on ethnic, communal or cultural issues creating conflicts. The contradiction between the privileged and deprived sections of the people, educated and illiterate people, people of higher caste and...
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...a bowl with a poi. A poi consists of a plastic frame that is round with poi paper; poi paper is very delicate and sometimes you can pay more money for stronger poi paper. The game is over when your poi is completely broken so you can keep playing if there is just a small tear in your poi. To play the game, it typically cost 100 yen, which is equivalent to 1 Canadian Dollar. As well as the fish you catch you get to keep and in some cases, if you catch a large enough amount of fish you will get a better fish as a reward. Also for the fish to be considered caught you have to have the fish in your bowl, but you can not scoop with the bowl. "No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation." ~ Daisaku Ikeda. This quote was said by a Japanese spiritual leader stating that no one can subsist in seclusion. Japan has successfully moved from isolation to adaptation politically, economically, and socially. Japan used to be an entirely self sufficient, but now they are no longer sequestered. Japan has transitioned from isolation to adaptation in many ways, but one of the most significant changes were politically. According to the textbook during the Edo period, the society of Japan was ruled by the Shogun, although the emperor had higher authority than the Shogun he did not make as many decisions. Japan had an exceedingly strict hierarchy that had barely any movement within it, at the very bottom was merchants because they did not produce...
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...Communication Opinion HCS/320 September 1, 2013 Stephen Southern Communication Opinion In any field that you’re in you have to communicate with your employees. Sometimes the communication may be good or bad, but when dealing with anyone at a job it needs to be good. Also you have to communicate with everyone in a different way. That’s why you need to know your employees, and know how their personality is. But communication in health care can mean the difference between life and death. When a person life is at risk, effective communication is a must in the health care industry. Basic Elements of Communication When communicating with someone you should have their full attention. Sometimes when you don’t have a person attention they mind will wonder somewhere else. In the elements of communication you have to have the following a sender, receiver, message, channel and feedback. In these elements you must speak clearly, write clearly, and organize your speech so it can be spoken clearly and so that your point can be easy to followed, and understood. You always want the person that receives the information to be able to know what you’re talking, and not looking puzzled when you’re speaking. To me when you’re communicating you should also have good eye contact. This really means a lot. Rules of Health Care Communication The basic element of effective communication differs from the basic rules of health care communication, because health care...
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...properly. Demonstrative communication can be in the form of facial expressions, gestures, body language and posture, eye gaze, blinking of eyes, and lips or mouth. Facial expressions are a big part of nonverbal communication because a lot of information can be given away with a smile or frown. Most facial expressions of happiness, fear, anger, surprise, confusion, excitement, and sadness are the same all over the world. Gestures can be waving and pointing and some gestures might have different meanings all over the world. A clenched fist and indicate somebody is angry, a thumbs up and thumbs down can mean approval or disapproval, the “okay” symbol can mean “okay” in the United States but can mean different things in other countries (Ikeda & Tidwell, n.d.). Body language and posture can be from leg-crossing, arm-crossing, standing with hands on the hips, clasping the hands behind the back, finger tapping or fidgeting, sitting up straight, and hunching forward. Crossing the arms can indicate that a person is feeling defensive, self-protective, bored, or closed-off. Crossing the legs can mean dislike or discomfort. Standing with the hands placed on the hips can mean a person...
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...Ethics and Values in a Global Setting Jason Bokesch CMGT530 March 22, 2010 John Zupan Ethics and Values in a Global Setting This week we were asked to write a paper examining how we reconcile our personal, professional, and cultural values, and our ethics in a global setting. Personal values are individual beliefs that determine individual decision making. These values are not only inherited from our parents, but we also modify them as we experience different events in life. Personal values affect our attitudes toward people, cultures, and society. Professional values are our attitudes toward work, our conduct at work, how we are rewarded, and expectations of our employers. These values ultimately determine who will work for, how hard we will work for them, what we will work for and how we interact with our coworkers. Each group, society, and culture has their own set of beliefs and norms about what is right and wrong, just, or unjust. Ethics are defined as a set of values that determines an individual’s conduct when it comes to making sound decisions regarding what is right and what is wrong. Now that we have looked at how each term is defined, we need to examine today’s global setting in three different terms: cultural differences, economic conditions, and family backgrounds. Now more than ever, there are greater cultural differences in all areas of life. It used to be that cultures were divided by things such as sections of a town, positions in a company, type of company...
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...the last 50 years, DBS have gained an increase of attention as a substrate for the diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases, detection of genetic markers and monitoring drug levels, vaccine-induced responses and viral loads (Smit et al., 2014). Dried blood spot sampling has been used to screen newborns for congenital hypothyroidism and sickle cell disorders(Parker and Cubitt, 1999). Also for screening of congenital metabolic diseases (Mei et al., 2001), lysosomal storage disorders (Reuser et al., 2011), infectious diseases like HIV, Hepatitis B, cytomegalovirus, measles and rubella (Snijdewind et al., 2012) and in drug assays (Burnett, 2011).DBS have been used in the diagnosis of a number of parasitic infections as onchocerciasis (Ikeda et al., 1978), trypanosomiasis (Roffi et al., 1979), leishmaniasis (AL-Alousi et al., 1980), amoebiasis (Mathews et al., 1980),malaria(Corran et al., 2008; Jones et al., 2012), filariasis (Weil et al., 2011), hydatidosis (Kumar et al., 2012) and toxoplasmosis (Parker and Cubitt, 1992; Aston et al.,2014). The fetal manifestations depend on the parasite virulence, the mother’s immune response and the pregnancy period of the woman when she has been infected. Manifestation may also appear later after birth and presents with retinochoroiditis alterations, mental and psychomotor disorders (Lopes et al., 2007). Congenital toxoplasmosis may cause abortion, neonatal death, or fetal abnormalities with detrimental consequences for the fetus (Remington...
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...Awareness of Community Services among IIUM Students Nur Adrina Adawiyah bt Mohd Puad (1124844) Nurul Syafiqah binti Ramlee (1123748) Nurul Taqiah bt Mohd Talib (1124846) International Islamic University Malaysia Abstract Essentially, community service has demonstrated numerous benefits for both the volunteers and the societies as well. However, there still people who do not aware and realize the importance of community service. Thus, the purpose of this research is to study the awareness of community services among IIUM students. This study used quantitative methodological approach and questionnaires that were distributed among a sample population of 30 IIUM students consisted of 15 male and 15 females students were used as the instrument. The questionnaire was used to examine the level of awareness among IIUM students on community services, the differences between male and female students’ awareness and the impact of the involvement of students in community services on their academic performances. The results have shown that most of IIUM students were aware of community services and more female students were involved in community services compared to male students. However, most of the students disagreed that the involvement in community services caused bad impacts on their academic performances. Keywords: awareness, community services, IIUM students Participation in community services or volunteering in this day and age is very crucial to help the society. It is...
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...Ma. Francesca S. Ronario Entry to United Nations Academic Impact Student Essay Contest “No matter how complex global challenges may seem, we must remember that it is we ourselves who have given rise to them. It is therefore impossible that they are beyond our power as human beings to resolve. Returning to our humanity, reforming and opening up the inner capacities of our lives, can enable reform and empowerment on a global scale.” Daisaku Ikeda wrote this quote as words of wisdom and looking into the quote marks the challenge and the truth of global citizenship. Our world is consisting of 150 countries and covers diversity of nationalities. Languages, culture and tradition are the factors that prove that our world, the Earth, is diverse in the line of people. I do believe that the problem of a certain country is a problem of the world and the success of a certain country is the success of the world. What the world needs is unity, equality, solidarity, prosperity and getting people to start carrying out, acting and performing like Global Citizens is the only way to accomplish this. Executing our roles is what the world needs and what the humanity needs also. We have a duty to protect each other as humans. We have a duty to take charge of our life and other people’s lives despite diversity in race, language, nationality and citizenship. Citizenship is about the state of being vested with the rights, privileges, freedom and duties of a citizen. It is a state...
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