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Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born.

Daisaku Ikeda

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Daisaku Ikeda
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: January 2
Philosopher
Poet
President
Writer
City of Tokyo
Dazuo Chitian
Ta-tso Chʻih-tʻien
Universe
Cosmos
Born
Vast
Living
Arise
Resonant
Earth
Rhythm
Harmonies
Human
Breathe
Extends
Humans
Harmony
Rhythms
Inner
Infinitely
Poetry
Outer

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