{"id":4881,"date":"2023-12-01T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T04:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/?p=4881"},"modified":"2023-11-26T20:14:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T11:14:22","slug":"article-opening-the-way-of-world-peace-with-an-unwavering-dedication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/article-opening-the-way-of-world-peace-with-an-unwavering-dedication\/","title":{"rendered":"[Article] Opening the Way of World Peace with an Unwavering Dedication\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:0,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:6}\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Exhaustion and even fever from his extensive travels will not waver President Ikeda\u2019s commitment to exerting himself for the sake of world peace.<\/span>\u200b<\/h4>\n<p data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:0,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In March 1974, I flew to the United States, visiting San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Miami, before continuing on to Panama and Peru in Latin America. At every stop along the way, I engaged in dialogue with political, cultural, and educational leaders, as well as using every moment I had to encourage our members. I travelled from north to south, determined to make each day as productive as a year or a thousand days.\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n<p data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:0,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Exhausted by my extended travels, I fell ill, but I persisted in my efforts, even meeting with a university president on one occasion in spite of being weak with fever.\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n<p data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:0,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">I was determined to keep going. I would have been happy to give my life for the cause of worldwide\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">kosen-rufu<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. I was committed to opening the way forward, for the sake of the future and the young people who would come after me. I was resolved to pave the way to peace and victory. This was all I cared about.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exhaustion and even fever from his extensive travels will not waver President Ikeda\u2019s commitment to exerting himself for the sake of world peace.<br \/>\n<br \/><strong>CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-01-dec-2023-fri","category-hs-not-begrudging-articles","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4882,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4881\/revisions\/4882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}