Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate
Rev. Dr. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki, D. Min. is a Buddhist priest, ordained in the 750-year-old Jodoshinshu tradition of Japanese Buddhism. He is a President and Founder of Heiwa Peace and Reconciliation Foundation of New York, Ltd. (501C3 Public Charity non-profit organization), focusing proactive peace building through Eastern approach. He is an executive officer, and former President of the Buddhist Council of New York.
Rev Nakagaki is a Hiroshima Peace Ambassador, Nagasaki Peace Correspondent, and New York City Police Department Clergy Liaison.
The swastika has been used for over three thousand years by billions of people in many cultures and religions—including Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism—as an auspicious symbol of the sun and good fortune. However, beginning with its hijacking and misappropriation by Nazi Germany, it has also been used, and continues to be used, as a symbol of hate in the Western World. In his talk at Woo Ju Memorial Library, Rev. Nakagaki will discuss his book The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler’s Cross, which explains how and why these symbols got confused and offers a path to peace, understanding, and reconciliation.
Light refreshment will be served
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