A Quote by Daisaku Ikeda

The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.

Daisaku Ikeda

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All Things Being Buddhism Causes Central Come Conditions Holds Idea Interactions Interdependence Mutual Things Through Various Which

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Daisaku Ikeda
Japanese - Writer
Born: January 2, 1928

My mother was a spiritualist. We had weekly séances at our house with a neighbor who was a medium and various friends, and so I was brought up with the idea that there are many realms of being all around us. So that prepared me for Buddhism, and especially Tibetan Buddhism with all its talk of different realms and dimensions of being.

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