--- title: Orlando Bloom Shares Spiritual Quote on Mothers description: The actor shared a quote from Daisaku Ikeda, a Buddhist philosopher whose teachings he ascribes to, praising the importance of mothers. canonical: https://time.com/4509450/orlando-bloom-philosophy-on-mothers/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-27T16:13:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:02.217Z og:title: Orlando Bloom Supports Moms With Totally Spiritual Message og:description: The actor shared a quote from a famed Buddhist leader, praising mothers. og:url: https://time.com/4509450/orlando-bloom-philosophy-on-mothers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Orlando Bloom Supports Moms With Totally Spiritual Message twitter:description: The actor shared a quote from a famed Buddhist leader, praising mothers. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Orlando Bloom Wants Leaders to Focus on Making All Mothers Happy > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 27, 2016 4:13 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 27, 2016 4:13 PM UTC Orlando Bloom went public with his Instagram account a few weeks ago, and it has been a treasure trove of content, as the _Easy_ actor has shared everything from [live wrestling matches](https://www.instagram.com/p/BKf5BfwjVBV/?taken-by=orlandobloom) to [his new platinum dye job](http://time.com/4497331/orlando-bloom-reveals-hes-now-a-platinum-blond-on-public-instagram-account/?iid=sr-link1) … and now, heartfelt Buddhist philosophy calling for a revolution towards recognizing the importance of motherhood. In a lengthy text post, Bloom—who is currently in Shanghai—shared a quote from Daisaku Ikeda, a famed 88-year-old Buddhist philosopher, anti-nuclear activist, who served as a leader of the [Soka Gakkai religious movement](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,133970,00.html?iid=sr-link2). “The times are changing from the age where power is justice to the age where justice is power,” the statement begins, ending with: “It will be an age in which the actions of leaders will naturally be based on the guideline of making all mothers happy.” In his caption, Bloom credited the quote to Ikeda and added, “Let’s make ALL mothers happy!” The maternal-power post was re-grammed by none other [than Madonna herself](https://www.instagram.com/p/BK2kU6dBQ1T/?taken-by=madonna), which is oddly fitting given the subject matter. 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