Kyosei

"Kyosei" is difficult to translate from Japanese to English. Overall, it is a means to achieve peace through either community, sustainability, or both. This column is an anthology of serial fiction that explores what peace looks like amid the eternal push and pull between self and community. Will you join Brandon for the journey?

Chinmoku lived in the ancient kingdom of Itokoku in Kyushu, Japan. Now, he’s traveled to the present day and his city has changed. Will he find his way home?

When a former Buddhist monk, Sakura, becomes an astronaut sent to colonize Mars, she never imagined that she’d be doing it alone. Now, with Earth’s most powerful form of artificial intelligence, she seeks to continue the mission her team couldn’t finish (part 4/4).

When a former Buddhist monk, Sakura, becomes an astronaut sent to colonize Mars, she never imagined that she’d be doing it alone. Now, with Earth’s most powerful form of artificial intelligence, she seeks to continue the mission her team couldn’t finish (part 3/4).

When a former Buddhist monk, Sakura, becomes an astronaut sent to colonize Mars, she never imagined that she’d be doing it alone. Now, with Earth’s most powerful form of artificial intelligence, she seeks to continue the mission her team couldn’t finish (part 2/4).

When a former Buddhist monk, Sakura, becomes an astronaut sent to colonize Mars, she never imagined that she’d be doing it alone. Now, with Earth’s most powerful form of artificial intelligence, she seeks to continue the mission her team couldn’t finish (part 1/4).