The time has come. Time has come when we can no longer contain the urge to do something but rush out of our houses. Time has come to look up to heaven, prostrate ourselves to the earth, voice our grief and share it with everyone. This is what the great world peace walk is all about, what the World Assembly of Religious Workers is all about.
The great bodhisattva Nichiren wrote: "The great evil augurs the coming of the great good. When the entire world is in confusion by war, there is utterly no doubt (of Na-Mu Myo-ho-ren-ge-kyo) to be disseminated widely throughout the world."
What is the great evil? It is the great world war which will annihilate humanity, completely destroy the cities and bring ruin to all civilizations. Among all types of great wars, this would be the great warfare of nuclear weapons which were developed in the modern times. The great nuclear warfare has not yet occurred anywhere on the face of earth. Its preparation is underway, the nuclear arms race. It will occur but once. When it does break out, not a single being will continue to inhabit on earth, waters or air.
Teachngs of Nichidatsu Fujii.