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| | Soka Gakkai--NEWS: 2001 Newsletters-Prince Hassan of Jordan Receives Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | In his acceptance address, titled "On the Ethics of Reconciliation and Tolerance," Prince Hassan stated that "possibly the longest distance in the world is from the mind to the heart." He asked the audience if they, through their own efforts, can help society "move from a culture of existing to a culture of participating. |
 | | He praised the Prince's leadership of the Club of Rome, an international brain trust, for finding solutions to serious global problems, and expressed hopes to strengthen relations between the SGI and the Club of Rome, of which his father is an honorary member. |
 | | Prince Hassan said that the SGI's ideals are congruent with the Club of Rome's, and that both are working for reconciliation and harmony among humanity, He expressed hopes that the two organizations could collaborate on future projects. |
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