“Two Bundles of Reeds,”
Only by supporting each other
can the two bundles stand straight —
if one is removed, the other must fall. Because this exists, so does that; because that exists, so does this.
For several brilliant centuries, Western civilization has encouraged the independence of the individual but now appears to be facing a turbulent twilight.
The waves of egoism eat away at the shores of contemporary society.
The tragedy of division wraps the world in a thick fog. Individuals are becoming mere scraps, mere fragments, competing reed bundles of lesser self threatened with mutual collapse.
Daisaku Ikeda SGI Buddhism President
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