
Buddhism & Status & Lofty Ideals
Human society, as viewed with the ‘eyes of Buddhism,’
Takes on a completely different meaning from that discerned by ‘secular eyes,’
No longer are the powerful above and ordinary people below,
Status does not make people great, and people great, and authority does not people noble,
Instead it is people wholeheartedly dedicated to a lofty ideal who shine the brightest.
(Credit Daisaku Ikeda for the philosophy)