Draft:Flame of Hope

• Comment: This needs a complete rewrite as it is full of verbiage from the website especially the bullet lists of mission statement material and goals. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 21:58, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

• Comment: Clearly promotional, e.g., Working hand in hand, the Flame of Hope aims to spread this wish around the world, The Flame is kept burning 24-hours per day, 7 days a week at several locations around the world, The Earth Caravan is a global interfaith pilgrimage dedicated to peace, and [Get more info from website]. Also significant text was copied from here, which is unacceptable. Please see WP:NOTPROMOTION, WP:COPYRIGHT, and WP:PUFFERY. Thanks. VickKiang (talk) 21:07, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

• Comment: The title of this draft either has been disambiguated or will need to be disambiguated for acceptance.
  If this draft is accepted, an entry will need to be added to the disambiguation page for the primary name.
  The disambiguation page for the primary name is Flame of Hope (disambiguation). Robert McClenon (talk) 07:31, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

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The Flame of Hope shortly after it was officially launched in 2019.

The Flame of Hope is a global movement for connecting humankind through the heart of altruism (giving heart) and the first physical manifestation of humankind’s collective hope for peace. Working hand in hand, the Flame of Hope aims to spread this wish around the world.

The Flame of Hope was created to be a spiritual innovation for humanity and bring about a bright future for the planet through transcending beliefs, ethnicity, and nationality.

The central message of the Flame of Hope is that peace is possible. To date, over 90,000 people worldwide have added their prayers and wishes into the Flame’s historical legendary fires.

Purpose and Mission

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

This is achieved 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

Composition of the Flame of Hope

The King Center's Eternal Flame was unified with the Flame of Hope on January 16, 2022.

The Flame of Hope contains the most historic and legendary flames in the world, including:

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) that has been burning for 400 years 3. The legendary Fire of Miyajima Island, lit by Master Kukai, whose flame has been kept burning for 1,200 years 4. The Nagasaki Flame of Commitment brought from Olympia, Greece 5. The Flame of Peace from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestine. 6. The lights of Lourdes from the Grotto of Apparitions, France 7. Blessings of the Botafumeiro from the cathedral Santiago de Compostela, Spain 8. The Holocaust Memorial Flame (Jerusalem Yad Vashem Holocaust Center) 9. The Eternal Flame from the Dr. Martin Luther King Center, Atlanta, Georgia 10. Peace Flame of Saint Francis of Assisi, Italy 11. The Peace Flame of Hiroshima, burning at the Peace Park Memorial in Hiroshima

History

Pope Francis blows out the Hiroshima Flame at the Vatican.

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.

When Pope Francis blew out the embers of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, thus extinguishing the past pain and suffering 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.

Since it was inaugurated in September 2019, the Flame of Hope 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 Flame has also travelled across Europe in Holland, Austria, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy, France and Santiago de Compostela in Spain. In January 2022, the Flame of Hope travelled to Atlanta, Georgia, where it was united with the Eternal Flame of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Flame was also welcomed by Kim Fuller of the Friends of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains, GA.

Beyond Religion and Borders

Global leaders who have added their prayers and wishes into the Flame of Hope include:

• Pope Francis
• Dr. Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Sociopolitical activist
• Kim Carter Fuller, niece of President Jimmy Carter, Executive Director of Jimmy Carter Center
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmental lawyer and nephew of The Honorable John F. Kennedy
• Yukio Hatoyama, former Prime Minister of Japan
• Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Maryland Lieutenant Governor, US Dept. of Labor Advisor on Retirement
• Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of The Honorable Harry S. Truman, Disarmament and Reconciliation activist
• Ms. Setsuko Thurlow, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICAN) in 2017

Preservation: 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.

The Matsumoto Center: the Flame of Hope Peace Pagoda 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 newspapers 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.

Flame of Hope Interfaith 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.

External links

• Flame of Hope official website