The flame is a prayer for peace.
It’s the first physical manifestation of humankind’s common hope for peace.
One Earth … One Humankind … One Flame.
The Flame of Hope Is an international symbol of peace,created hand by hand by human beings
Flame of Hope is an international symbol of peace
Created hand in hand by human beings
Is a single flame unifying
Precious fires from all over the world
Is a single flame in which humanity expresses
Its wishes and prayers beyond religion
This flame continues burning and traveling
Until it alights in children’s hearts
Until humanity’s spirit transforms to being
Responsible for each other’s happiness
Worldwide Leaders who have endorsed the Flame of Hope
As of now (May 2024), more than 170,000 people’s prayers and wishes have been added to the Flame of Hope
His Holiness
Dalai Lama
Mayor of Nagasaki
Taue Tomihisa
Mayor of Alkmaar, Netherlands
Anja Schouten
His Holiness
Pope Francis
Buddhist Society
Bhimrao Ambedkar
Imam of Nagoya Mosque
Ahmed Zeid
India and USA
Sugata Bose
Former Ambassador of UAE
Khaled Omran Alameri
Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
Arun Gandhi
former lieutenant governor of Maryland, USA
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Jewish rabbi
Arik Ascherman
President Exile Government Tibet
Sikyong Tsering
The Flame of Hope has been unified with 15 of the most sacred Flames of the world.
Peace Flame: Hiroshima Memorial Park – Japan
It includes the “fires of religion” from 12 Buddhist streams, the “fires of industry” from factories across the country, and the “unquenchable spiritual fire” of Miyajima Misen, which has been burning for 1200 years in Hiroshima.
embers of the atomic bomb from Hoshino village
The embers of the atomic bomb from Hoshino village from the Peace Tower at Hoshino village
Peace light of Bethlehem from the Nativity Church
The Peace light of Bethlehem from the Nativity Church in Bethlehem, Palestine
Eternal Flame of the Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem is a national memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, on Herzl Hill in West Jerusalem.
Flame of Commitment from Nagasak
The Flame of Commitment from the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan
The light of transfiguration of Jesus
The light of transfiguration is taken from the light of the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Eternal Flame of Honganji
The Eternal Flame of Honganji from Nishi-Hongwanji in Kyoto, Japan
Lights of Lourdes
The Lights of Lourdes from the Grotto of Apparitions Sanctuary in Lourdes, France
Eternal Flame of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Eternal Flame of Martin Luther King Jr. from the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Peace light of Assisi
It has continued to burn as a symbol of peace, and as a symbol of a way of life in which humanity, nature, and the universal Holy Spirit unify, inheriting the spirit of the 13th-century saints St. Francis and St. Claire of Assisi.
Kiezunohi, Miyajima, Japan
It’s a 1200 years burning fire. Originallay, lit by master Kukai for a ceremony.
Buddha’s flame, Lumbini
“Eternal Peace Flame” located at the Lumbini, Nepal. The born place of Shakyamuni Buddha.
The Eternal Flame of Mahatma Gandhi
This flame is burning at Raj Ghat, the Mahatma Gandhi memorial in Delhi, India, built in1951, commemorating his legacy and contribution to the humanity.
Flame of Ambedkar
B. R. Ambedkar, who drafted the Constitution of India at the time of independence, about the abolition of the caste system, is called the father of modern Indian Buddhism. Flame located at Chaitya Bhoomi, Mumbai, India.
Freedom Fire (Liberation Fire)
This fire commemorates the liberation of The Netherlands in May 1945 and stands as a symbol of freedom and peace that is spread from Wageningen to the whole country, lit at local Liberation festivals each year on 5 May.
Flame of Hope International Committee
Ven. Ryokyu Endo
President
Dr. Alice Schmitzhofer
Vice-President
Magali Brosh
Second Generation Holocaust survivor
Clifton Truman Daniel
Grandson of former USA president
Tushar Gandhi
Great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
Flame of Hope International Network
367-2, Motomachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
+81(75)-551-2770
North America:
Canada:
2325 rue Centre, Suite 203, Montréal,
QC H3K 1J6
Tel: 514-295-1470
info@flameofhope.net
USA:
2330 Willard Ave. Madison, WI 53704
Tel: 608-257-4663
usa@flameofhope.net
Europe:
The Netherlands:
Alkmaar / Noord-Scharwoude
Tel: +31-6-44804369
Austria: Neudörfl Tel: +43 699 11048522
France: Nice Tel: +33 608345361
Spain: Tel: +34 693-502472
Middle East:
Israel: Moshav
Luzit shaked 5, 99845,
Tel: +972-54-5804
Religious shrines and organizations that have received the Flame of Hope
Sanctuary of Lourdes, France
Sufi Center at Alkmaar, Netherlands
Momiji social welfare service for the disabled at Hiroshima, Japan
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain
What is the Flame of Hope?
It is a combination of the most historic, legendary, and sacred fires worldwide.
The Flame is the one fire that humanity continues to pray for.