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Exhibition “Senzatomica” in Florence

Exhibition “Senzatomica” in Florence

Italian version“… Friday, Jan. 31, is the first day for the exhibition “Senzatomica. Transforming the human spirit for a world free of nuclear weapons,” at the Refectory of Santa Maria Novella, Station Square 6, Florence. The exhibition, made possible thanks to 8×1000 funds from the Italian Buddhist Institute Soka Gakkai, offers an “immersive” visit to the places of memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through a viewer and the experiences of “hibakusha,” the survivors of the atomic bomb blast…” (Source https://www.sgi-italia.org/firenze-inaugurata-la-mostra-senzatomica/….

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Let us enlighten commonalities

Let us enlighten commonalities

Italian version This story is by my good friend Paolo. It is about a fact happened in May 2022. It shows us how it is possible to arrive at conflict from a barroom discussion, and how wonderfully it is possible to defuse it. Thank you Paolo! It was a sunny day, I was quietly enjoying an ice cream. At one point, a man with a white beard like mine approached me and asked if he could sit at the same…

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The definition of value

The definition of value

Italian version Value is a frequently used word. We often use it for what has economic value, or we use it to refer to people and actions that have to do with acts of heroism and extreme selflessness (civilian and military medals of valor). According to the thought of Japanese pedagogue Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871-1944), value is the synthesis of beauty, gain and good. We create value when we act to improve our physical and spiritual aesthetics (beauty), to gain tangible…

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The wisdom of multiplication

The wisdom of multiplication

Italian version We normally calculate the wealth of a group of people as the sum of the wealth of individuals. Suppose we have 1 island with 5 inhabitants, each of whom has 1 gold coin. The wealth of the island is 5 coins, and it would be the same even if only one person had 5 coins and the other four had none. Addition gives us no information about how wealth is distributed within a group. Instead, let us try…

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