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Orchestrated by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shinnyoen.org\/\">Shinnyo-en<\/a>, an international Buddhist community, more than 2,200 candle-lit paper lanterns with individually written messages of peace were set afloat on a large reflecting pool, in the center of Trump Rink, to honor people who have dedicated their lives to the cause of peace. <em>Photos by Noelle Serper.<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 2,200 candle-lit paper lanterns with individually written messages of peace were set afloat onto a large reflecting pool in New York City in honor of people who have dedicated their lives to the cause of peace. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/shinnyo-lantern-floating-peace\/23577\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":20402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[1382,7604,557,1852,250],"class_list":["post-23577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-buddhism","tag-gallery","tag-new-york-city","tag-peace","tag-united-nations","topics-belief-and-practice","topics-faith-and-spirituality","faith-buddhist"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>July 11, 2014 ~ Shinnyo Lantern Floating for Peace | June 5, 2015 | Religion &amp; 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