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Flame of Hope (One Earth, One Humanity, One Flame)

The Flame of Hope is a movement for connecting humankind through the heart of giving.

Anyone can add their prayers and wishes into the Flame’s historical legendary fires. The Flame of Hope website is an interactive platform that aims to awaken the human spirit and transform it to one of giving. The Flame of Hope was created to be a spiritual innovation for humanity and bring about a bright future for the planet through transcending dogmatic beliefs and borders in the minds of humans.

 

1.   The legendary fires unified with the Flame of Hope

List with photographs

With interlink to the story more below

The Flame of Hope includes the most historic and legendary flames in the world:

1. The Hiroshima Flame (taken from the embers of the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945) 2. The legendary Spirit Flame of Honganji (the largest Buddhist school in Japan, which has been kept burning for 400 years. 3. The Nagasaki Flame of Commitment brought from Olympia, Greece 4. The Flame of Peace from the Nativity Church in Bethlehem. 5. The lights of Lourdes from the Grotto of apparitions, France 6. Blessings of the Botafumeiro from the cathedral Santiago de Compostela, Spain 7. The Holocaust Memorial Flame (Jerusalem Yad Vashem Holocaust Center) 8. The Eternal Flame from the Martin Luther King Center, Atlanta, Georgia 9. JFK Eternal Flame 10. The Peace Flame of Hiroshima (not same as 1)

2.   History

Start with Vatican 2019

2-minute video link (or try to embed in page)

The Flame of Hope is a prayer for peace. It’s the first physical manifestation of humankind’s common hope for peace. The Flame wishes to change the world by lighting the spark of hope for peace in children’s hearts. Working hand in hand, the Flame of Hope aims to spread this wish around the world.

The central message of the Flame of Hope is that peace is possible. The Flame itself is the first physical manifestation of humanity's collective hope for peace.

In March 2019, for the first time in history, embers from the Hiroshima atomic bomb were brought to the Vatican. Pope Francis blew out the flame to symbolize the abolition of nuclear war and weapons.

The Hiroshima Flame was presented to Pope Francis by Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb who accepted the Nobel Peace prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICAN) in 2017.

Also joining the Earth Caravan delegation to the Vatican were four 13-year-old girls who deeply wished for the realization of a world where all beings are respected. Yuki Okada from Nagasaki, Janna Ibrahim from Bethlehem, Mirjam Schmitzhofer from Vienna and Yasmine Abouzaglo from Dallas, USA represented the fervent wish of the next generation for a bright future without nuclear weapons.

When Pope Francis blew out the embers of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, thus extinguishing the pain and suffering from the past associated with the Hiroshima Flame, the Flame of Hope was born. The Flame’s mission is to gather the prayers and wishes for peace of people from all over the world.

Continue with Japan Aug. and Sept 2019...inaugural ceremonies of the FOH.

3.   Beyond religion  (Who has put prayers)

Beyond borders, breaking through borders, transcending

Transcending religion, borders, and beliefs to connect humankind

• Pope Francis
• Ms. Setsuko Thurlow
• Hiroshima…
• Ourasuwa Shrine, Myougyouji Temple (Nagasaki)
• Oura Church (Nagasaki)
• Urakami Cathedral (Nagasaki)
• Mayor of Nagasak - Tomihisa Taue
• Clifton Truman Daniel
• Vice-mayor of Petrovac na Mlavi, Serbia - Mr. Goran Ristic
• Vice-Mayor of Bethlehem
• Director, City Hall of Hoshino Village
• President of Kyoto Honganji Temple
• The apostolic nuncio of Lourdes Monseigneur Antoine Hérouard
• Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) (add names)
• Mayor of Lourdes, France - Thierry Lavit
• The bishop and vice rector of the sanctuary of Lourdes Monseigneur Xavier d'Arodes
• Cathedral Santa Maria de Regla of Leon - Don Jose Sanchez
• Cathedral in Astorga, Spain - Don Francisco Javier
• Cathedral at Santiago de Compostela - Don Segundo Pérez
• Donji Potočari, Srebrenica genocide memorial, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Irvin Mujic, war refugee and peace activist
• Urdruzenje Zena Povratnica Podrinjka- Interfaith women along the river of the Drna, Skelani, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mevlida Mehanovic
• Sami Awad, founder of The Holy Land Trust, Bethlehem, Palestine
• Mayor of Alkmaar
• Vice Mayor of Alkmaar
• Women in church in Alkmaar?

4. Where the Flame of Hope continuously burns

The Flame of Hope is a living fire. The prayers of humankind are being continuously added to it. The Flame is kept burning 24-hours per day, 7 days a week at several locations around the world.

The Flame of Hope was originally housed at the Matsumoto Center, a Pure Land Buddhist temple located in the mountains surrounding Nagano, Japan. It will eventually be transferred to the Peace Pagoda and Park now under construction at the Matsumoto Center. The Peace Pagoda has been entirely constructed by volunteers.

The Flame of Hope has been shared around the world and unification ceremonies happen regularly in Europe, Japan, Israel, Palestine and North America.

5. Flame of Hope chanting　　　　　

To connect all of humankind, the Flame of Hope chanting was designed so that anyone can sing together using different names of God with the same melody. Based on this motivation and ambition, Flame of Hope chanting was born.  

Flame of Hope healing chanting allows anyone to experience the four kinds of enlightenment that exist within the human heart, including:

• The True Vow of Peace
• The Wisdom of Freedom
• The Great Love of Happiness
• The Infinite Development of Joyfulness

Flame of Hope chanting helps individuals uncover their true wish and develop the means to accomplish it as well as transfer the benefits and merit to others, regardless of faith or religion. A Flame of Hope world relay continuously chants around the clock, seven days per week, and 365-day per year.

Link to music source.

6. Transforming prayers into physical giving

Through Flame of Hope chanting, anybody can transform their wishes and prayers into physical giving. The Flame of Hope world relay continuously chants around the clock, seven days per week, and 365 days per year.

By participating virtually in the Flame of Hope chanting relay, people earn community currency called SHARE!. The amount of SHARE! people earn is deposited in the Support Bank account and is then converted into dollars (money that has been donated by individuals, companies, and organizations. The money is then sent to partner aid organizations who the purchase rice and deliver it to children around the world. In this way, people’s acts of prayer are converted into physical giving.

7.  Creating sacred places worldwide on the planet

        by the pilgrimage app called SATORI

By receiving virtual Flame of Hope  and put prayers into it,  at veriouse places to make the earth sacred place ,  is the apps called SATORI.

 

8.  Media

　　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　

 

Contents (LL draft)

1. Purpose / Aim / Mission
2. Composition of the Flame of Hope
3. The Flame of Hope International Pilgrimage
   1. Chronology
   2. Vatican March 2019
   3. Japan Aug/Sept. 2019 (Hiroshima, Nagasaki, peace cycling)
   4. Pope Japan visit November 2019
   5. Europe 2019 (Alkmaar, Bosnia, etc)
   6. Nativity Church visit (Vice-mayor Bethlehem)
   7. Lourdes-Santiago Compostela 2021
   8. Plans for 2022 and beyond (USA, North America, etc.)
4. Preservation
5. The Matsumoto Center
   1. Construction of the Peace Pagoda at the Matsumoto Center
   2. Operation of the Matsumoto Center
6. Earth Caravan
7. Photo gallery
8. See also
9. Notes
10. References

History

The Flame of Hope is a prayer for peace. It’s the first physical manifestation of humankind’s common hope for peace. The Flame wishes to change the world by lighting the spark of hope for peace in children’s hearts. Working hand in hand, the Flame of Hope aims to spread this wish around the world.

The central message of the Flame of Hope is that peace is possible. The Flame itself is the first physical manifestation of humanity's collective hope for peace.

In March 2019, for the first time in history, embers from the Hiroshima atomic bomb were brought to the Vatican, and we asked Pope Francis to blow out the flame to symbolize the abolition of nuclear war and weapons.

Setsuko Thurlow came to the Vatican with Earth Caravan. She is a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, and she accepted the Nobel Peace prize on behalf of ICAN. To represent young people’s interest in this issue, we brought along three thirteen-year-old girls and one twelve-year-old girl, all from different countries.

When Pope Francis blew out the embers of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, the Flame of Hope was born. As the Pope extinguished the pain and suffering from the past associated with the Hiroshima Flame, As a result, The Flame of Hope was born; a flame to gather the prayers and wishes for peace of people from all over the world.

Continue with Japan Aug. and Sept 2019...inaugural ceremonies of the FOH.

2. Purpose and Mission

The Flame of Hope’s mission is to unify the hearts of all human beings through the heart of giving.

We achieve this through five primary activities:

• Pray for all beings on the planet so they can manifest their life’s wishes
• Provide opportunities for people to connect with each other by working hand in hand
• Awaken people to the body sensation of enlightenment
• Teach people how to be in a state of positive Ki energy to create a bright future for all
• Enable genuine friendships

The Flame of Hope was created to be a symbol and a beacon to connect the hearts of all people and allow them, working hand in hand, to create a bright future for all.

The Flame of Hope ceremony is an important part of the path to a future peaceful, because it unifies people across nations, religions and continents. Its wish is to unify all human beings beyond nationality, culture, and religion with a free and giving heart. We believe the world will change by lighting the flame for true peace in the hearts of all human beings.

This flame continuously collects the prayers and wishes of human beings around the world and has become a symbol for "One earth, One heart, One flame."  

Approximately 85,000 people have added their prayers and wishes to the Flame of Hope so far.

3. Composition of the Flame

The Flame of Hope has gathered the most historic and legendary flames in the world, including the Hiroshima Flame (taken from the embers of the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945), the legendary Spirit Flame of Kukai, which has been kept burning for 1,200 years in Japan, and the Flame of Peace from the Nativity Church in Bethlehem.

The Flame of Hope was originally composed of three legendary fires:

      ●    The Hiroshima Flame, taken from the embers of the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. They have been kept burning ever since in Hoshino village, Fukuoka.

   

• The Nagasaki Flame of Peace, was brought from Olympia, Greece. It represents the wish that Nagasaki be the last place ever to be bombed by an atomic bomb.

• The legendary fire of Miyajima Island, lit by Master Kukai, whose flame has been kept burning for 1,200 years.

• The Flame of Peace from the Nativity Church in Bethlehem.

The Flame includes the most historic and legendary flames in the world:

1. The Hiroshima Flame (taken from the embers of the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945) 2. The legendary Spirit Flame of Honganji (the largest Buddhist school in Japan, which has been kept burning for 400 years. 3. The Nagasaki Flame of Commitment brought from Olympia, Greece 4. The Flame of Peace from the Nativity Church in Bethlehem. 5. The lights of Lourdes from the Grotto of apparitions, France 6. Blessings of the botafumeiro from the cathedral Santiago de Compostela, Spain

4. Earth Caravan

The Earth Caravan is a global interfaith pilgrimage dedicated to peace, healing and justice for the most traumatic places on our planet. Since 2015, the Earth Caravan has travelled from Nagasaki to Hiroshima, from Auschwitz to Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina and to Serbia, and from the First Nations of Canada to Israel and Palestine.

[Get more info from website]

The Earth Caravan campaigns for peace in the world, traveling with the Flame of Hope. Its goal is to help people heal from the trauma of past conflicts and to help future generations believe in and work for a bright future on our planet.

Seventy years after the end of World War II, Earth Caravan began its global, intercultural pilgrimage dedicated to peace and healing the world’s wounds caused by war and other tragedies.

On its pilgrimage, Earth Caravan organized charity events at each city it visited in Japan, Europe, North America, and the Middle East, including Palestine. Also, for the first time in history, embers from the Hiroshima atomic bomb were brought to Jerusalem, where people of all religions prayed for peace with each other.

This global, intercultural pilgrimage has continued every year since 2015. A documentary film of Earth Caravan’s 2015 pilgrimage called “BE FREE!” has been screened around the world.

5. The Flame of Hope International Pilgrimage

Since it was inaugurated in September 2019, it has travelled across Japan from Nagasaki to Tokyo including the prayers of His Holiness Pope Francis in front of over 85,000 people at the Pope’s mass at the Tokyo Dome. The Earth Caravan-Flame of Hope Pilgrimage was also welcomed at the Vatican.

Moreover, the Flame of Hope has travelled across Europe in Holland, Austria, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy, and in 2021 will continue to Lourdes in France and Santiago de Compostela in Spain, where the holy flames of these pilgrimage sites will join with the Flame of Hope.

PHOTOS!

7. The Matsumoto Center - Flame of Hope Peace Pagoda and Park

Located in the mountains surrounding Nagano, Japan (also know as the Japanese Alps), the Flame of Hope is housed within the Peace Pagoda and Park at the Matsumoto Center, a Pure Land Buddhist temple. The Flame of Hope monument was constructed entirely by volunteers in 2019-2020.

[Photos (from FB) and documentation of entire construction process]

Hand-made and uniquely crafter stained glass for the Flame of Hope Peace Pagoda was imported from Austria. The stained glass was created by two of Austria’s most well-known stained glass artists. The event was captured by several national newpapers and media.

The Matsumoto Center welcomes people from all over the world who wish to add their prayers and wishes for humanity to the Flame of Hope. In addition, the center hosts regular interfaith chanting retreats, where participants chant, pray, and wish around the clock for a bright future for humanity and all beings. These chanting retreats coincide with the worldwide Mindful24, a global initiative where the Flame of Hope chant is sung continously by people around the world. Anyone can follow the live chanting at any time of the day or night on Mindful24.net.

External links

• The Eartch caravan
• Peace Pagoda Photos
• Flame of Hope official website