Japanese Americans Commemorate Remembrance Day
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
28 February 2023
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
Ernest Fenollosa and the Order of the Rising Sun
Joseph Houseal
11 February 2023
Exploring the legacy and impact of an early Western student of Japanese culture and Buddhism
Buddhist Temple in Hawai‘i Celebrates 125 Years of Service
Justin Whitaker
18 October 2022
The Kona Hongwanji Buddhist Temple has served generations of Shin Buddhists on Hawai‘i’s big island
Dance for a Passing World
Joseph Houseal
10 September 2022
Zen and the art of capturing the fleeting nature of life
Japanese-Business-Leader-Turned-Buddhist-Priest Kazuo Inamori Dies Aged 90
Justin Whitaker
6 September 2022
The businessman turned Buddhist priest led a life based on a philosophy of humanism and generous leadership
Ghosts, Mummies, and Robots in Buddhism
Gereon Kopf
25 August 2022
Exploring Buddhist philosophy through the varied ways that practitioners in Japan navigate death and conversations with insentient beings
From Alena to Yushu, Part 1: How I Found My Way to Shugendo
Alena Eckelmann
15 August 2022
Alena describes her path into Shugendo and her training and experiences as a Shugendo practitioner
Buddhist Obon Festival Returns to Southern California after COVID Absence
Justin Whitaker
4 August 2022
The Guadalupe Buddhist Church, a member of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Churches of America, drew Buddhists from several communities together in celebration
Mourners Bid Farewell to Japan’s Shinzo Abe at Buddhist Temple
Justin Whitaker
14 July 2022
Abe truly lived a meaningful life in the service of others, said His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Sagi Mai: Dance of the White Heron
Joseph Houseal
9 July 2022
Sagi Mai brings protection and blessings, just as the beautiful herons appear on the banks of the Kamo River in Kyoto
Book Review: Poetry and Zen: Letters and Uncollected Writings of R. H. Blyth
Raymond Lam
8 July 2022
A look at Norman Waddell’s new anthology of letters, essays, and more from R. H. Blyth
The Hidden Buddha
Gereon Kopf
7 July 2022
An academic account of finding religion and spiritual beings and forces in Japan’s supposedly areligious society