Lawrence Edward Carter Sr. and Daisaku Ikeda shared a connection through their commitment to peace, education and interfaith dialogue. 

劳伦斯•爱德华•卡特博士和池田大作通过对和平、教育和跨信仰对话的承诺建立了维系。 

Lawrence Carter Sr. played a significant role for the American civil rights movement and is known for his work in promoting equality and justice. As the Dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta, he has been instrumental in fostering dialogue on social justice and spirituality.  

Daisaku Ikeda, on the other hand, is a Buddhist philosopher, peacebuilder, and educator. He is the founder of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a global Buddhist organization, and has dedicated his life to promoting peace, cultural exchange and education.

Carter also commissioned the Gandhi Ikeda King Hassan Institute for Ethics and Reconciliation in 1999 and created the Gandhi-King-Ikeda Community Builder’s Prize of the Morehouse Chapel in 2001. Carter is an advocate of the work of Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, and has done much to publicize Ikeda’s work in the U.S., including helping to create a traveling exhibition on the life and work of Gandhi, King, and Ikeda (GKI).

It is no exaggeration when he also expressed in an CNA interview (attached video) that one living role model for peace, more than anyone on this very planet, is Dr. Daisaku Ikeda.

劳伦斯·爱德华·卡特博士在美国民权运动中扮演了重要角色，以推动平等和正义而闻名。作为亚特兰大莫尔豪斯学院马丁·路德·金国际礼拜堂的院长，他在促进社会正义和灵性对话方面发挥了重要作用。 

另一方面，池田大作是一位佛教哲学家、和平建设者和教育家。他是创价国际学会(SGI)的创立者，这是一个全球性的佛教组织，他致力于推动和平、文化交流和教育。 

卡特博士于1999年委托成立了甘地·池田·金·哈桑伦理与和解研究所，并于2001年创建了莫尔豪斯礼拜堂的甘地–金–池田社区建设者奖。卡特是池田大作博士工作的倡导者，并为在美国宣传池田的工作做出了很多贡献，包括帮助创建了关于甘地、金和池田生平和工作的巡回展览（GKI）。 

他在CNA采访中也毫不夸张地表示，对于和平的一个活生生的榜样，超过了这个星球上的任何人，就是池田大作博士。

Both Carter and Ikeda’s common belief in the transformative power of education and the importance of fostering understanding and respect among people of different backgrounds and faiths. They have engaged in dialogues and formed initiatives that aim to bridge cultural and religious divides, promoting a vision of global harmony and cooperation.

Carter is truly more than just a close friend or disciple to Daisaku Ikeda. This is especially based on his recent posts on his official Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/lawrenceedwardcartersr) and one particularly, which quoted words by Ikeda (though mentioned by latter in 1999), it is as though Ikeda is preparing for his ascension and Soka will only need a President to run day-to-day operations. We are no longer in an age when one should shoulder everything and the future of an organization lies in the hands of everyone working hard for kosen-rufu, and for the victory of others. 

卡特和池田都坚信教育的变革力量以及在不同背景和信仰的人之间经营理解和尊重的重要性。他们进行对话并发起了旨在弥合文化和宗教分歧的倡议，推动全球和谐与合作的愿景。 

《卡特博士与池田大作的关系超越亲密友谊或弟子的范畴。根据他最近在脸书页面（https://www.facebook.com/lawrenceedwardcartersr）的帖子，尤其是一篇引用了池田大作的指导（虽然是后者1999年提到的），似乎表明池田大作正在为自己的离去做准备，而学会只需要一位主席负责日常运营。我们已经不再处于一个人肩负一切责任的时代，组织的未来是建立于每个人为广布而努力、为他人的胜利而奋斗。 

 

This shows even with religious terminology, he is willing to share: 

 

 

Profile: Dr. Lawrence Edward Carter, Sr has received 4 honorary degrees from Lincoln University, Al al-Bayt University, and Soka University of Japan. He has also been given many awards, such as the Seikyo Award for Highest Honor and the Trumpet Award for Spirituality. Carter has been a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow twice, a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar, and has been voted a member of the Class of Leadership Atlanta. 

A tenured professor at Morehouse College, a college that Martin Luther King Jr. had tried to recruit him for years earlier. In 1979, Carter became the founding Dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel and college curator. In 1982, he began lecturing at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta.

Carter was responsible for choosing and researching the site for the new edifice for Ebenezer Baptist Church, a church that both Martin Luther King Jr. and his father preached at. Carter has published several books, including  in the Tradition of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Daisaku Ikeda and A Baptist Preacher’s Buddhist Teacher- How My Interfaith Journey with Daisaku Ikeda Made Me a Better Christian, where he discusses how his interfaith journey with SGI President Ikeda made him a better Christian. The book has been named the 2019 winner of the Illumination Book Awards in the “Biography/Memoir” category. 

 

Note: A Baptist Preacher’s Buddhist Teacher- How My Interfaith Journey With Daisaku Ikeda Made Me a Better Christian, authored by Dr. Lawrence E. Carter Sr. 

 

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