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The world lost a great force for peace and the global rule of law when Benjamin Ferencz died on March 31, 2023. The last living prosecutor of Nazi war crimes, Mr. Ferencz visited the Ikeda Center in 2015. Click through to learn about the thoughts he shared with us on his message of Law! Not War!

Continuing the theme of exploring concepts from our founding lecture, the second Dialogue Nights of 2023 took up the essential Buddhist theme of interdependence.

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In the episode, host Lillian I speaks with Dr. Bernice Lerner about her riveting book, All the Horrors of War: A Jewish Girl, a British Doctor, and the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Topics also include the meaning of the greater self.

The concept of the greater self, which is central to the philosophy of Daisaku Ikeda and his 1993 lecture at Harvard University, provided the focus for the first Dialogue Nights of our 30th anniversary year.

On January 11, 2023, Center founder Daisaku Ikeda issued a statement decrying the cruelty and misery of war, calling for action aimed at restoring peace in Ukraine and steps to lessen the risk of the use of nuclear weapons.

The Center's first in-person Ikeda Forum since the beginning of the pandemic was a joyous affair, with Shirley Tang and Karen Ross of the University of Massachusetts Boston sharing their experiences employing story telling to deepen mutual understanding.

Participants discussed why listening is so hard and what they do to overcome the many obstacles to the kind of deep and compassionate listening that dialogue requires

Like the first, the second gathering of its 2022 Global Citizens Seminar featured the excitement of bringing seven doctoral students together with Professors Jason Goulah and Catia Confortini to explore key themes from Daisaku Ikeda’s 2022 peace proposal.