Martin Luther King Jr., the champion of the American Civil Rights Movement who inherited Gandhi’s legacy of nonviolence, often said that any religion that overlooks the real-life sufferings of the people is a “spiritually moribund religion.” These convictions of Gandhi and King resonate deeply with us. No matter how lofty the ideals it espouses, a religion not committed to acting for the happiness of those who aresuffering and struggling is spiritually lifeless. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 90
Daisaku Ikeda