Creating Peace and Happinessfor the World
Prof. NISHIMOTO, TerumaPresident, Musashino University

1. Introduction(1)History of Musashino University(2) Mission Statement of Musashino University

History of Musashino University


1924 Established Musashino Joshi Gakuin, the predecessor of Musashino
University in Tsukiji, Tokyo.
1943 The Musashino Joshi Gakuin incorporated foundation became a school
religiously affiliated with Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect.
1965 Established Musashino Women's College (four-year college with the Facultyof Literature).
1999 Established Graduate School of Musashino Women's University.
2003 Musashino Women’s University changed its name to Musashino University.
2004 Musashino University became coeducational.

Founder: Dr. Junjiro Takakusu

Musashino Joshi Gakuin established in Tsukiji in 1924

Mission Statement of Musashino University“Creating Peace & Happiness for the World”
Under the current brand statement of "Creating Peace & Happiness for
the World," the university’s students, faculty members, and all otherstakeholders are committed to cultivating greater sensibility,
deepening wisdom, and engaging in harmonious co-creation.
Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, once proclaimed: "May all
beings be happy." Musashino University has established its missionand goals to embody a modern interpretation of this wish.

Brand Vision

Cultivate greater
sensibility-Feel joy and pain of the world.
-Take the subjects as your own.

Engage in harmonious
Co-creation-Resolve the subjects.
-Creating Peace & Happinessfor the world.

Deepen wisdom-Inquire happiness for theworld again.
-Acquire subjects fromvarious perspectives.

2. Foundational Attributes of Human Existence(1) Finite, transient, and uncertain nature“People's life between heaven and earth is like a white colt’s passing a crevice, and suddenly disappearing. As with a plunge and an effort they all come forth; easily and quietly they all enter again.
By a transformation they live, and by another transformation they die. Living things are made sad (by death), and humankind grieves for it...”(Knowledge Rambling in the North, Outer Chapters, Zhuangzi)

“Enough, Ananda. Do not entreat me. Ananda,
have I not taught that with what is dear andbeloved outwardly there must be change,
separation, and severance? That what is born issubject to decay? For things not to dissolve –there can be no such state ofthings.” (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra)Five signs that life in heaven comes to end(1) their pure white heavenly clothes become
grimy;(2) the flowers on their heads wither;(3) their bodies become dirty and smell bad;(4) they sweat under the armpits; and(5) they do not feel happy with the pleasuresoffered by heaven.

“The sagely man enjoys himself in that fromwhich there is no possibility of separation, andby which all things are preserved. He considers
early death or old age, his beginning and hisending, all to be good.” (The Great AncestralTeacher, Zhuangzi)(2) Issue of self-centeredness and desire→ Control of human desire toward harmony“The emperor of the Southern Seas was Shu (Brief), theemperor of the Northern Sea was Hu (Sudden), and theemperor of the Center was Hundun (Chaos). Shu and Hu
met each other in the land of Hundun, and Hundun
treated them very well. Wanting to repay Hundun’skindness, Shu and Hu said, “All people have seven holes:
two eyes for seeing beautiful colors, two ears for hearing
beautiful sounds, a mouth for eating delicious meals,
and two nostrils for breathing peacefully. Hundun alone
lacks them. Let’s try boring these seven holes for him.”
So, every day they bored one hole in him, and on theseventh day Hundun gained human resemblance, only to
be found dead.” (Responses for Emperors and Kings,
Zhuangzi)(3) Relationship, Interdependence, and Integrity[1] The Buddhist concept of interdependence“The main theme of the Avatamska Sutra is theintegrity and interconnectedness of all thingsand events. The concept is not only the essenceof the Eastern perspectives of the world, but also
one of the basic elements of the worldview
produced by modern physics. For this reason,arguably, this Ancient religious script ofAvatamska Sutra presents striking similarities
with many models and theories of modernphysics.”

Indra’s net is a curtain hung around the palace of the god Indra. The net has a multifaceted jewel at each vertex, and each jewel shines brightly with unique and unparalleled beauty.
The essence of this beauty is the reflection of all other jewels on each jewel, symbolizing the irreplaceable self-existence achieved only through the infinite relationship with all thingsin the world. Moreover, every jewel is connected to one another through vertices. The movement of one jewel travels beyond itself to all other jewels on the net. Everything ismutually connected. Nothing can exist independently.

Nothing can exist independently. Indra’s net is a curtain hung around the palace of the god Indra. The net has a multifaceted jewel at each vertex, and each jewel shinesbrightly with unique and unparalleled beauty. The essence of this beauty is the reflection of all other jewels on each jewel, symbolizing the irreplaceable self-existenceachieved only through the infinite relationship with all things in the world. Moreover, every jewel is connected to one another through vertices. The movement of one jewel
travels beyond itself to all other jewels on the net. Everything is mutually connected.

[2] Philosophy of everything is one in the Zhuangzi
In the darkness of the northern sea there is agiant fish named K'un. He harnesses a wind tomove to the southern sea. He develops hugewings and changes and becomes a giant birdwhose name is P'eng. He beats the whirlwindand rises ninety thousand li.

“Wavering heat, bits of dust, living things
blowing each other about the sky all looks veryblue. Is that its real color, or is it because it is so
far away and has no end? Probably the latter istrue. Then, when the bird looks down, all hesees must be blue too.” (Free and Easy
Wandering, Zhuangzi)“Wavering heat, bits of dust, living things blowing each other about the sky all looks very blue.
Is that its real color, or is it because it is so far away and has no end? Probably the latter is true.
Then, when the bird looks down, all he sees must be blue too.”(Free and Easy Wandering, Zhuangzi)(4) Compassion and Benevolence[1] Confucian philosophy of benevolence“If the Master sat beside a person in mourning,
he would not eat to the full. If he had wept on acertain day, he would not sing.” (Chapter 7: Shuer, Analects)

“Now the benevolent man, wishing himself to beestablished, sees that others are established,
and, wishing himself to be successful, sees that
others are successful. To be able to take one’sown feelings as a guide may be called the artof benevolence.” (Chapter 6: Yong-ye)[2] Buddhist philosophy of compassion“Whatever living beings there may be;whether they are weak or strong, omitting
none; the great or the mighty, medium, shortor small; the seen and the unseen; thoseliving near and far away; those born and tobe-born; may all beings be at ease.”

3. The Story of Creating Happiness Incubation
 Background of Establishment
Musashino University Creating Happiness Incubation was established in 2016as a center of activity to realize our brand statement “Creating Peace andHappiness for the World.”

 Member composition- Director : Nishimoto Teruma, President of Musashino University- Deputy Director : Ikeda Masao , Vice President of Musashino University- Researchers : 70 faculty members and staff across the organization in MU.
- Visiting Researchers : 36 prominent researchers from all over the world.

 Our Activities- 2017 Feb Held Opening Symposium of Musashino University CreatingHappiness Incubation.
- 2017 Apr Held the inaugural lecture course called “Shiawase Seminar” for students.
- 2017 Nov Held the 1st and the 2nd “Shiawase Forum”.
- 2017 Nov Commenced a public lecture series about Creating Peace & Happinessto outreach our activities to outside the university.

Musashino University rooftop
urban gardening project Proposing a new ecology in urban area Restoring broken connections
between…
• people and nature• people and people - community• people and one's own self andspiritual nature

Permaculture

Naturalresource

Biodiversity

FoodforestLive
stocksNaturalfarmingPresented at :The 24th Asia-pacific Joint Regional Social Work Conference 2017
On Spt. 26-30, at Shenzhen China

What it means “the Happiness of Working”
for persons with disabilities in Japan?

The Show case & Talk Event “Happiness of Working”
Date & Time：March 30th, 2017 (Thrs.) 13：00～16：00
Place： Nishi-Tokyo city Comprehensive Support Center for Disabled
Persons “Friendly”
Talk： Ms. Yuho ASAKA (Writer, Peer Counselor, Activist)
Participated: Eight Social welfare corporations from 7 cities andwards in Tokyo (Nishi-Tokyo city, Nerima Ward, Fuchu city,Suginami wards, Higashi-Kurume city, Kokubunji city, Musashino city)

Employment support center, Daily life care, Self-supporting
training, Employment transfer support A & B, Continuous
employment supportMiho Maehiro, Isamu Honda, Mikako Yazawa, Toshio Maeda,（Musashino University, School of Distance Learning)
Akiko Takata (Musashino University Department of Human Sciences), Miyuki Minatsuki (Inclusion Office)“A person moves namely to work” by Ms. Asaka"Happiness" means just ordinary everyday life
Having a role and connection tosociety are the key of happiness,
which related to self-efficiency.
The Inclusive society with various
different values makes happiness.
Respect to the human dignity
Everyone admits his/her role to help
and to be helped each other would
be the most important value for us
to make whole world happy.

“Happiness “ areTo meet friends & coworkers
To have a roleTo be belonging
To create
To get paid & buy
To choose & decide by own willMusashino IPE(IPE : Interprofessional Education)
Speech Therapist

Pharmacist

Making up happiness through interprofessional Education,bystudents and teachers of the field of medical care and welfare
Social WorkerNurse

Research on maintenance and promotion of mental andphysical health as the foundation to create happiness-Utilization of traditional performing arts and dissemination of health educationH. Takano-Ohmuro1,2, H. Miura1,3, T. Oka1
1: MUCHI, 2: Faculty of Pharmacy, 3: Noh Research Archives of Musashino University,Happiness

PublicPersonal*Healthy life

Maintenance and promotion of mental and physical health
Aim of this research : to help creation of happiness by useof traditional performing arts & health education* http://www.irasutoya.com/2013/01/blog-post_2340.html

Features and significance of this research
Following 2 projects are ongoing.
1) Study on utilization of traditional performing arts such as Nohplay (Noh/Kyogen) for maintenance and/or improvement ofphysical function and broadening of view in elderly people andtheir effects on extension of healthy life.
We will develop a self-care * method using theconcepts and techniques of traditional performing
arts such as Noh play, by taking advantage of thefact that our university created the “Noh ResearchArchives of Musashino University” and has been
doing efforts to introduce Noh to the generalpublic.

2) Research on the dissemination of healtheducation (e.g., education aimed at masteringof self-care methods), including project 1）.

Hagoromo （Written byH.Miura ゛Hajimete no Noh andKyogen”)*: Self-care is what people do for themselves to establish andmaintain health, prevent and deal with illness. （WHO definition）

Quality of life considering health risk
reduction in Bolivia

Open-burning
BrazilUrban city

Potential air pollution source

Argentina

Among the cities reporting to the WHO,
Bolivia’s cities have high levels of poor air
quality , which is derived from rapid
urbanization and open-burning , resulting inlower quality of life.

South America

In this study, we measure several air
pollutants (e.g., BTX) and research happinessof life to local residents.

Bolivia
ChileStudy on People’s Happiness caused by environmental
conscious behavior

Goal of this study
Propose a better recycling system to establish healthy resource circulations and to make people happy

Background
For the next Olympic & Paralympic “Tokyo2020 medal Project” has launched to makeTokyo 2020 Olympic medals by using recycled
metals extracted from consumer electronics
such as used mobile phones.

Problems• Raise people’s awareness• Collect enough recovered amount• Verify effectiveness of the project fromSDGs’ point of view

MethodQuestionnaire, Field studyLife Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Tentative results• Many business operators join the project• Autonomy propose various collectionprogram• Lack of citizens' interest

Future study• Mass scale questionnaire will be done.
• Collecting data and environmental impact
assessment will be done.
• Propose more effective recycling system.

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