Celebrated one month earlier than in Japan, the Obon festival commemorates the deceased and the bodhisattva Jizo’s compassion
After a fire destroyed a Buddhist temple and irreplaceable historical documents in Seattle, community members work to rebuild
Jules Shuzen Harris Roshi was a beloved American Zen teacher in the White Plum lineage which combined the Soto and Rinzai traditions of Buddhism
It took over 40 years for the US Congress to acknowledge the failings of the government and the harm caused to countless Japanese-American families
Looking back on the life of an American immersed in Zen: a representative of the post-war union of Japanese Zen and American culture
Buddhist celebrations of the new year varied by tradition and location, showing the many different ways that the Buddhadharma is expressed in the modern world
The Kona Hongwanji Buddhist Temple has served generations of Shin Buddhists on Hawai‘i’s big island
LA’s oldest Japanese Buddhist temple sustained only minor…
Thieves took a tour and drinks from the 85-year-old…
