{"id":62,"date":"2005-08-05T04:51:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-05T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=62"},"modified":"2005-08-05T04:51:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-05T12:51:00","slug":"for-those-friends-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/for-those-friends-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;&amp; for those friends in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Subject: [bspg-sbu] 60th Anniversry Atomic Bombings, Interfaith Gathering<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, August 5, from 6:30 pm to 9:30pm, The New York Buddhist<br \/>Church and the Riverside Church will co-sponsor an Interfaith Peace<br \/>Gathering. This year makes the 60th Anniversary of the atomic<br \/>bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As violence and wars continue in<br \/>the world, it is important to stress peace and harmony, that there<br \/>be no more Hiroshimas, no more Nagasakis, and no more war-related<br \/>tragedies.   <\/p>\n<p>The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6,<br \/>1945 at 8:15am, which is equivalent to August 5, at 7:15pm Eastern<br \/>Daylight Savings Time. The statue of Shinran Shonin, the founder of<br \/>Jodoshinshu Buddhism, survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and was<br \/>sent to The New York Buddhist Church in 1955. It has stood there<br \/>since as a symbol for world peace.<\/p>\n<p>We will begin the event from 6:30pm at The New York Buddhist Church<br \/>where the statue stands, including ringing of a gong at 7:15 pm on<br \/>August 5 to pay respect for those who were killed by the atomic<br \/>bombings, as well as those who lost their lives in all wars. It will<br \/>be followed by a Silent Peace Walk with a meditation gong, up<br \/>Riverside Drive ( or Riverside Park) to the Riverside Church.<\/p>\n<p>The peace ceremony at the main chapel of the Riverside Church from<br \/>8pm will include Buddhist chants, interfaith prayer and meditation,<br \/>music, spoken messages and a keynote address. Participants will fold<br \/>a thousand origami cranes as a symbol of our wish for a peaceful<br \/>world. Photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will also be displayed at<br \/>the Riverside Church.<\/p>\n<p>We may have a candle ceremony and various performances at Riverside<br \/>Park (in front of General Grant\u2019s Memorial across the street from<br \/>the Riverside Church) from 10pm \u2013 11:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>We hope that many people will join us for our prayer and meditation<br \/>for a peaceful world.  May all living beings \u2013 humans, animals and<br \/>all creatures \u2013 be happy, well and peaceful. May we all practice<br \/>love and compassion, free from anger, hatred and revenge. May peace<br \/>prevail in our mindful hearts, may peace prevail on earth.<\/p>\n<p>Locations:<br \/>New York Buddhist Church: 332 Riverside Drive @ W. 105th Street, NYC<br \/>The Riverside Church: Riverside Drive at 122nd Street, NYC 10027<\/p>\n<p>Information: 212-678-0305 Rev. T. K. Nakagaki<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subject: [bspg-sbu] 60th Anniversry Atomic Bombings, Interfaith Gathering On Friday, August 5, from 6:30 pm to 9:30pm, The New York BuddhistChurch and the Riverside Church will co-sponsor an Interfaith PeaceGathering. This year makes the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}