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Today, I revisit a story that I wrote back in 2019 when I was still an English teacher in Kyoto. Disgruntled by the ugly school buildings that defined my day-to-day work life, I wanted to get to the bottom of the question: Why do all Japanese public schools look the same?I give a little backstory and read the script, which you can also follow along in full below (To see the photos, subscribe to the Local Japan email:The click-clack of wooden sandals rings through the bamboo grove as an elder Buddhist monk leads me to the remains of a Meiji Era elementary school. The school building has been transported to this Buddhist temple from its original location three kilometers away.“We now use the old lecture hall as a place of meditation,” the monk says. He turns to me, “Not many people know of this place.”“I did some research,” I reply. “I heard that Chikkan Elementary is one of the only Meiji Era schools that still stands in Kyoto today.”The clay-tiled roof and the wood craftsmanship come into view. Chikkan Elementary's school emblem — 竹間 — flourishes the upper ridge of the structure. When I slide my hand across the wooden gateway, I think of the many Meiji Era (1868–1912) children who once walked beneath it.As an English teacher who has been working in Kyoto for three years, I see students throughout the city commute to gray, modern buildings and study in concrete classrooms. During the course of my time in Kyoto, I have also visited the 959-year-old Ujigami Shrine and I have enjoyed the ancient music of Gion Festival. “Where — in this land of such deep history — did the schools of Kyoto go?” I think to myself.“Chikkan Elementary was almost destroyed, but the monks had the building transferred here in 1929,” says the old man.This temple in Kyoto, known as Shinnyo-do, is a private entity that managed to purchase and preserve such priceless works of historic architecture. Classic Japanese-tiled lecture halls and wooden entry gates once defined Japan's schools. Nearly all of this workmanship has since disappeared, at the hands of a nationwide wave of demolishment during the Showa period (1926–1989).“It's beautiful,” I say to the monk as I snap a photo from my camera.So many in our modern world thirst for beauty as they live in the concrete jungles. The Japanese also feel this dearth, but they have also been able to rely on their repositories of ancestral culture for an answer: Wandering the quiet stone pathways, I observe a young monk tediously rake the Zen rock garden. An elderly woman wearing garden boots cleans the fields of moss, picking up one maple leaf at a time. As I have experienced time and again, Japanese cities give me the opportunity to escape from their noise and rush — if only I look close enough.The schools of today, however, have blended in with the hubbub of urban life. They have shed away their clay roof tiles and wooden gateways. In the call by the centralized government of the early 1900s to prepare its people for militarization and factory work, elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools in every ward of every city of every prefecture of Japan took on uniform shape.Four-story gray cement blocks, exposing their off-white piping and random ventilation ducts protruding off the walls, shine their fluorescent lighting through rows of plastic windows. A single clock raised above the schoolyard ticks away with a watchful eye.To learn more about why these buildings today look the way they do, I take a visit to the Kyoto Municipal Museum of School History. The museum is housed in a modern school building, but its entrance flaunts an antique gateway. Framed by two smooth pillars, this wooden structure is holding onto the way things once were.“School designs are made by a government agency,” a curator at the museum explains to me. “All plans are based on a general model.”“When did this transition take place?” I ask.“Japan started building these modern-style schools around the time of World War One,” he replies. “Government centralization became so prevalent everywhere by 1941 that every elementary school in Japan became public.”I immediately thought of the very elementary school that I teach at, which celebrated its centennial birthday in 2018. It was built in 1918 — just as the Empire of Japan was stepping onto the world stage.“In fact, the government became so desperate by 1943 that they even took bronze statues from the schools and melted them to collect metal for the war effort,” the curator adds.The museum displays a rare bronze statue of Masashige Kusunoki, a famous 14th-century samurai, charging to battle on his horse. It is one of the few that survive.The tragic melting of statues on behalf of the war machine seems a fitting image to describe the demolition of historic architecture for the sake of economic output. Like in the United States, Japanese school clocks ring in 50-minute intervals. Neat rows of chairs face blackboards in the name of “practicality” so that students retain in their heads the fact that a²+b²=c² and in 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue.Passing below the wooden gateway, I exit the museum and make my way back onto the city streets. Returning to my apartment, I decide to head to my roof to catch a view of Kyoto's cityscape. As I clutch the roof railing, I gaze forward to the high-rise next door. Through windows, I see office workers penning paper, typing on keyboards, and generating vitamin D from computer screens.My eyes move up the walls to the roof. There stands a small, wooden Shinto shrine. Throughout the year, it bakes in the summer heat, tastes the autumn rain, freezes in the winter chill, and smells the spring breeze. A salaryman has made his way to the roof for a smoke break and some sunlight. He takes one last drag and puts the cigarette out. His necktie swaying with the wind, he claps his hands and gives a bow before the shrine.In the dense cities of our modern world, beauty hangs on quietly in the small things.Links to Resources:* Udon Making Experience* Mythographers* Kyoto Municipal Museum of School History* Shinnyo-do - The True Temple of the Autumn ParadisePlease subscribe to the Local Japan Substack as a free or paid member starting at just $5 a month! Your contributions help me with production costs and the time required to record and edit podcasts and organize interviews. For this, I thank you always.Local Japan Podcast is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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“It's important to be courteous; not just to sit in Zazen but to cultivate the body and mind in the dignity of the Buddha. To give ourselves dignity and respect. This is difficult. It's easier to welcome others than to welcome yourself.”   Rev. Anna Maria Iten Shinnyo Marradi, spiritual guide of Shinnyoji Temple in Florence, […] The post Cultivating the Dignity of the Buddha | Rev. Anna Maria Iten Shinnyo Marradi appeared first on New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care.

Quattro passi con Giancarlo Shinkai Carboni Giancarlo Shinkai Carboni nasce nel 1963 a Arezzo. Si avvicina al buddismo zen a metà degli anni Ottanta grazie alla lettura di Lo Zen e il tiro con l'arco di Eugen Herrigel (Adelphi), incontra il maestro Roberto Kengaku Pinciara e a partire dal 1987 inizia a praticare con continuità. Nel mentre si forma come attore al Teatro Stabile di Genova e svolge la professione, oltreché quelle di regista e organizzatore presso diverse compagnie e strutture, collabora con la Rai. Dalla fine degli anni Ottanta tiene corsi di dizione e di Public Speaking e ne ha scritto nel libro Manuale professionale di dizione e pronuncia (Hoepli). Dopo un periodo di lavoro e vita all'estero torna in Toscana e diventa allievo del maestro Anna Maria Iten Shinnyo Marradi presso il tempio Shinnyo-ji di Firenze, dove diventa monaco certificato nel lignaggio Sōtō Zen. Nel 2019 ha inizio un periodo di messa in discussione del proprio percorso e si allontana dal suo maestro, intraprendendo un percorso individuale che lo porta ad insegnare la mindfulness e a tenere meditazioni in natura. Nelle ultime stagioni si è avvicinato al maestro Federico Dainin Joko e al suo dojo La Montagne Sans Sommet di Parigi. Intervalli musicali: Conferring with the Moon di William Ackerman, dall'album Conferring with the Moon (1986, Windham Hill Records)

Quattro passi con Anna Maria Iten Shinnyo Marradi Anna Maria Iten Shinnyo Marradi (Firenze, 1953) è monaca zen di scuola Sōtō. Inizia ad avvicinarsi al buddismo nei primi anni Settanta, segue ritiri di yoga in Toscana e in India. Nel 1995 incontra Carlo Tetsugen Serra e il suo centro zen a Milano e diventa responsabile del dojō che si inaugura a Firenze due anni più tardi. Nel 2001 inizia un nuovo percorso in Giappone, al tempio Daijō-ji di Kanazawa, sotto la guida del maestro Ryūshin Azuma (1935); nel 2004 ottiene i voti monastici e nel 2008 diventa erede nel Dharma. Nel 2010 ottiene il riconoscimento che la autorizza all’ordinazione di discepoli. Nel capoluogo toscano è abate del Tempio Shinnyo-ji (Tempio della Verità così com’è), partecipa ad attività educative nelle scuole e nelle carceri minorili. Un suo saggio dedicato a Dōgen è pubblicato nel volume Lo Zen nella cultura giapponese (BioGuida Edizioni, Trieste, 2019).

Quattro passi con Anna Maria Iten Shinnyo Marradi Anna Maria Iten Shinnyo Marradi (Firenze, 1953) è monaca zen di scuola Sōtō. Inizia ad avvicinarsi al buddismo nei primi anni Settanta, segue ritiri di yoga in Toscana e in India. Nel 1995 incontra Carlo Tetsugen Serra e il suo centro zen a Milano e diventa responsabile del dojō che si inaugura a Firenze due anni più tardi. Nel 2001 inizia un nuovo percorso in Giappone, al tempio Daijō-ji di Kanazawa, sotto la guida del maestro Ryūshin Azuma (1935); nel 2004 ottiene i voti monastici e nel 2008 diventa erede nel Dharma. Nel 2010 ottiene il riconoscimento che la autorizza all’ordinazione di discepoli. Nel capoluogo toscano è abate del Tempio Shinnyo-ji (Tempio della Verità così com’è), partecipa ad attività educative nelle scuole e nelle carceri minorili. Un suo saggio dedicato a Dōgen è pubblicato nel volume Lo Zen nella cultura giapponese (BioGuida Edizioni, Trieste, 2019).

Quattro passi con Anna Maria Iten Shinnyo Marradi Anna Maria Iten Shinnyo Marradi (Firenze, 1953) è monaca zen di scuola Sōtō. Inizia ad avvicinarsi al buddismo nei primi anni Settanta, segue ritiri di yoga in Toscana e in India. Nel 1995 incontra Carlo Tetsugen Serra e il suo centro zen a Milano e diventa responsabile del dojō che si inaugura a Firenze due anni più tardi. Nel 2001 inizia un nuovo percorso in Giappone, al tempio Daijō-ji di Kanazawa, sotto la guida del maestro Ryūshin Azuma (1935); nel 2004 ottiene i voti monastici e nel 2008 diventa erede nel Dharma. Nel 2010 ottiene il riconoscimento che la autorizza all’ordinazione di discepoli. Nel capoluogo toscano è abate del Tempio Shinnyo-ji (Tempio della Verità così com’è), partecipa ad attività educative nelle scuole e nelle carceri minorili. Un suo saggio dedicato a Dōgen è pubblicato nel volume Lo Zen nella cultura giapponese (BioGuida Edizioni, Trieste, 2019).

If there's a theme for the next couple of episodes, it will be about the meandering journey of life, ending up in unexpected but wonderful places. Our guest went back on JET the second time, and with her husband and children, stayed on to build a life in Japan, start up a non-profit... and find a home living in the grounds of an ancient temple right in the heart of modern Kyoto. Footnotes: - LEGACy, the NPO exchange program founded by Erin: https://www.facebook.com/LEGACy.NPO/ - LEGACy site: https://sites.google.com/noxon.us/legacynonprofit/ - Shinnyo-ji Temple's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kashikirimomiji/ - A description of the temple from a tourism site: http://slowtourism.jp/product/shinnyoji-temple/ - English site to rent accommodation at the temple: https://sites.google.com/view/shinnyoji-dormitory/ - Japanese site for the temple: https://shinnyo-ji.com/ Music adapted for this episode: "For Beautiful Human Life" by Acreil from the album Shapes With and Without Corners is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License, and is available on freemusicarchive.org

2017-02 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Prayer Beads Beads, Beads, and More Beads The Shingon 108-bead Version Symbolic Meaning Practical Use A Circle of Life Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Prayer beads – in some cultures called “worry beads” as having something in the hand to hold, whether another person’s hand, or a … Continue reading 2017-02 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Prayer Beads →

2017-02 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Prayer Beads Beads, Beads, and More Beads The Shingon 108-bead Version Symbolic Meaning Practical Use A Circle of Life Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Prayer beads – in some cultures called “worry beads” as having something in the hand to hold, whether another person's hand, or a … Continue reading 2017-02 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Prayer Beads →

2017-01 Shinnyo Podcast Peace Through Strength Contradiction A Strong Fence Has Two Sides Fear Builds Walls The Middle Way Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard There is often confusion about what we think is a stereotype of a buddhist monk – shaven head, wearing robes, poor in material but rich in … Continue reading 2017-01 Shinnyo Podcast Peace Through Strength →

2017-01 Shinnyo Podcast Peace Through Strength Contradiction A Strong Fence Has Two Sides Fear Builds Walls The Middle Way Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard There is often confusion about what we think is a stereotype of a buddhist monk – shaven head, wearing robes, poor in material but rich in … Continue reading 2017-01 Shinnyo Podcast Peace Through Strength →

2016-12 Shinnyo Podcast Regarding Hope What is Hope? Does Hope Go Away? Creating Hope When Is Hope Lost and Found? Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard If we define hope as wanting, wishing or imagining something that isn’t in our present existence, we could say that hope is an imaginary concept … Continue reading 2016-12 Shinnyo Podcast Regarding Hope →

2016-12 Shinnyo Podcast Regarding Hope What is Hope? Does Hope Go Away? Creating Hope When Is Hope Lost and Found? Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard If we define hope as wanting, wishing or imagining something that isn’t in our present existence, we could say that hope is an imaginary concept … Continue reading 2016-12 Shinnyo Podcast Regarding Hope →

2016-07 July Shinnyo Podcast Getting Enlightenment Gotta Catch Them All Living with Hungry Spirits Losing My Marbles Alternative Reality The New Cycle Awakens Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. — Yoda … Continue reading 2016-07 July Shinnyo Podcast Getting Enlightenment →

2016-07 July Shinnyo Podcast Getting Enlightenment Gotta Catch Them All Living with Hungry Spirits Losing My Marbles Alternative Reality The New Cycle Awakens Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. — Yoda … Continue reading 2016-07 July Shinnyo Podcast Getting Enlightenment →

2016-06 June Shinnyo Podcast – The Three-Wheel Dharma Bodies Why Three (and not 4 or 12?) Intrinsic – The Nirvana Buddha Compassionate – Kannon Boddhisattva Strict – Mahavairochana Achala Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard   Let's explore further the realms of the three areas of Intrinsic, Compassionate and Strict styles … Continue reading 2016-06 June Shinnyo Podcast – The Three-Wheel Dharma Bodies →

2016-06 June Shinnyo Podcast – The Three-Wheel Dharma Bodies Why Three (and not 4 or 12?) Intrinsic – The Nirvana Buddha Compassionate – Kannon Boddhisattva Strict – Mahavairochana Achala Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard   Let’s explore further the realms of the three areas of Intrinsic, Compassionate and Strict styles … Continue reading 2016-06 June Shinnyo Podcast – The Three-Wheel Dharma Bodies →

2016-05 May Shinnyo Podcast – Practice What is a Practice? Why do we Practice (and not Preach?) The Story of Buddha and the 3 Monks Practice is Not Perfect Balance of Time – Working with Karma Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard What is a practice? Pretty much anything you do. … Continue reading 2016-05 May Shinnyo Podcast – Practice →

2016-05 May Shinnyo Podcast – Practice What is a Practice? Why do we Practice (and not Preach?) The Story of Buddha and the 3 Monks Practice is Not Perfect Balance of Time – Working with Karma Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard What is a practice? Pretty much anything you do. … Continue reading 2016-05 May Shinnyo Podcast – Practice →

2016-01 Shinnyo Podcast Divine Protection and Luck A Heap of Good Fortune For Some Bullets and Bracelets Against the Bad and Wicked Being Fed to Death The Lesser Trodden Path Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard Ever noticed when some people seem to live a charmed life? Not referring to being … Continue reading 2016-01 Shinnyo Podcast Divine Protection and Luck →

2016-01 Shinnyo Podcast Divine Protection and Luck A Heap of Good Fortune For Some Bullets and Bracelets Against the Bad and Wicked Being Fed to Death The Lesser Trodden Path Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard Ever noticed when some people seem to live a charmed life? Not referring to being … Continue reading 2016-01 Shinnyo Podcast Divine Protection and Luck →

2015-September Shinnyo Podcast Pain and Suffering We Really Hate Pain Leading the Horse to Water that It Won't or Can't Drink Taking off the Bandage Rain Flows Downstream Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard When we first enter this world, we learn the harsh feeling that pain delivers. As parents, we … Continue reading 2015-September Shinnyo Podcast Pain and Suffering →

2015-September Shinnyo Podcast Pain and Suffering We Really Hate Pain Leading the Horse to Water that It Won’t or Can’t Drink Taking off the Bandage Rain Flows Downstream Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard When we first enter this world, we learn the harsh feeling that pain delivers. As parents, we … Continue reading 2015-September Shinnyo Podcast Pain and Suffering →

2015-July Shinnyo Podcast One on One Communications …as I have heard. Differences Between Group and Individual Listening Tailoring the Message to the Recipient Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard Each of the various sutras (sacred writings) related to buddhism ends with a common phrase, “…as I have heard.”  (technically, “Thus, I … Continue reading 2015-July Shinnyo Podcast One on One Communications →

2015-August Shinnyo Podcast Mirrors and Seeing You Paradise, Almost. Embracement and Nothingness Waking up and Making Some Coffee (not just thinking about it) Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard What do you see when you look in a mirror? Do you look at your hair, face, expressions, youth, aging, acne, whiskers, … Continue reading 2015-August Shinnyo Podcast Mirrors and Seeing You →

2015-July Shinnyo Podcast One on One Communications …as I have heard. Differences Between Group and Individual Listening Tailoring the Message to the Recipient Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard Each of the various sutras (sacred writings) related to buddhism ends with a common phrase, “…as I have heard.”  (technically, “Thus, I … Continue reading 2015-July Shinnyo Podcast One on One Communications →

2015-August Shinnyo Podcast Mirrors and Seeing You Paradise, Almost. Embracement and Nothingness Waking up and Making Some Coffee (not just thinking about it) Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard What do you see when you look in a mirror? Do you look at your hair, face, expressions, youth, aging, acne, whiskers, … Continue reading 2015-August Shinnyo Podcast Mirrors and Seeing You →

2015-April Shinnyo Podcast Elevations and Heightened Expectations Paradise, Almost. Embracement and Nothingness Waking up and Making Some Coffee (not just thinking about it) Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard ““I hear that this month practitioners are getting ready for my birthday celebration. I'm grateful that you all want to express your … Continue reading 2015-April Shinnyo Podcast Elevations and Heightened Expectations →

2015-April Shinnyo Podcast Elevations and Heightened Expectations Paradise, Almost. Embracement and Nothingness Waking up and Making Some Coffee (not just thinking about it) Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard ““I hear that this month practitioners are getting ready for my birthday celebration. I’m grateful that you all want to express your … Continue reading 2015-April Shinnyo Podcast Elevations and Heightened Expectations →

2015-March Shinnyo Podcast – Understanding Impact Responding to Icky Moments 1 -> 10 -> 10 million Every Seed is Important Try Not to Watch Your Pot When Boiling Water A Snowflake Starts an Avalanche Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard There are many inconsistent and confusing examples of contradictory spiritual behavior … Continue reading 2015-March Shinnyo Podcast – Understanding Impact →

2015-March Shinnyo Podcast – Understanding Impact Responding to Icky Moments 1 -> 10 -> 10 million Every Seed is Important Try Not to Watch Your Pot When Boiling Water A Snowflake Starts an Avalanche Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard There are many inconsistent and confusing examples of contradictory spiritual behavior … Continue reading 2015-March Shinnyo Podcast – Understanding Impact →

2015-February Shinnyo Podcast – Taking Action         How Actions Lead to Perception         Consistent Form -> Consistent Results         The Rules of Engagement Require Actual Engagement         You Are What You Do         Taking the Next Step Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard From an address by Her Holiness, Keishu Shinso at the commencement of this … Continue reading 2015-February Shinnyo Podcast – Taking Action →

2015-February Shinnyo Podcast – Taking Action         How Actions Lead to Perception         Consistent Form -> Consistent Results         The Rules of Engagement Require Actual Engagement         You Are What You Do         Taking the Next Step Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard From an address by Her Holiness, Keishu Shinso at the commencement of this … Continue reading 2015-February Shinnyo Podcast – Taking Action →

2015-January Shinnyo Podcast – Awareness of Needs Defining Selflessness Qualifying our Conversations Know Yourself as You Get to Know Others The Difficult Task of Acting as Themselves Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard From the Shinnyo 2015 Annual Guidance notes: This year’s items of practice: Contributing to the world through selfless … Continue reading 2015-January Shinnyo Podcast – Awareness of Needs →

2014-December Shinnyo Podcast – Introductions and Listening Why Do We Listen? Flat-lining Conversations Listening As-if Your Life Depended On It Increasing the Value of Your Time Spent Listening Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard In order to communicate effectively, we just need to listen. As much as we may like to … Continue reading 2014-December Shinnyo Podcast – Introductions and Listening →

2014-November Shinnyo Podcast – Sales and Selling How I Came to Know Something About Selling Stuff Establishing Rapport Qualifying the Prospect Closing the Deal Overcoming Objections Everyone Can Be Satisfied What Does Selling Have to Do with Spirituality? Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard From this month’s “Shinnyo Teaching for November … Continue reading 2014-November Shinnyo Podcast – Sales and Selling →

2014-10 Shinnyo Buddhism Podcast – Love What is Love? A World of Delusions I Loved Him/Her: Why Didn’t He/She Love Me Back? Attractions and Attachments Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard From a WikiHow on the subject, Love is expressed as an action and experienced as a feeling. Yet, love has … Continue reading 2014-10 Shinnyo Buddhism Podcast – Love →

2014-09 Shinnyo Buddhism Podcast – Attract or Avoid: Perceptions in Life Attraction and Emotion Avoid the Void The Nature of Perception It’s Still a Rock Revealing The Path Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard Do you believe there is a difference in strength between attraction and avoidance? Or to put it … Continue reading 2014-09 Shinnyo Buddhism Podcast – Attract or Avoid: Perceptions in Life →

2014-08 Shinnyo Buddhism Podcast – The Lights of Reflection Shiny Points of Light on the Freeway (of Life) Finding the Brightness (in Everyone) Seeing Beyond the Grime and Noise Cleaning a Little Every Moment Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard Have you ever driven down the road on a sunny morning … Continue reading 2014-08 Shinnyo Buddhism Podcast – The Lights of Reflection →

2014-07 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – On Loss Social Media and Physical Loss of Life Energy Transformations The Ever-Turning Wheel of Dharma You Create Permanence Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS)oriTunes or via Flipboard While life in the eternal world (whether you call it heaven, mecca, nirvana, spiritual or the any other term) goes on, and on, … Continue reading 2014-07 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – On Loss →

2014-03 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Namu/Eza/Spiritual Awakening Namu – What is it and Why do we say it? Eza/Elevation Training – What is it? Why do we participate in it? Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard Namu (Japanese, 南無, lit. devotion) from the Sanskrit word “namas” or “namo”, which means resigning … Continue reading 2014-03 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Namu/Eza/Spiritual Awakening →

2014-02 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Olympic Peace Shinnyo – What Exactly is It? Opening Address by International Olympic Committee President, Thomas Bach Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Shinnyo [Japanese, lit. truth] refers to the nature of reality, and striving to orient oneself around it allows one to see things for what they really … Continue reading 2014-02 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Olympic Peace →

2014-01 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – The New Year Saisho – How to Use the Force Using Diversity to Strengthen and Broaden Community Self-Reflection Leading to Global Peace Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard (Based upon Shinnyo-en’s Annual Guidance and Points of Practice for 2014 – Year of the Horse) In HH … Continue reading 2014-01 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – The New Year →

2013-12 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Listening, are You? What’s Wrong With Everybody Else? Learning to Listen in a Different Way Adjusting Your Vision of the World Looks Like a Duck, But Does It Walk, Talk and Act Like One? Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard (Based upon guidance in Resonance, Issue … Continue reading 2013-12 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Listening, are You? →

2013-11 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Leadership By Example Hey, You’re Religious. Why Aren’t You Perfect? We Still Hate Being Wrong How We Become Unintentional Hypocrites The Path is Wherever You Are and Wherever You Go Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard (From Resonance, Issue 6, 11/2013) In 1952, Shojushinin, co-founder of … Continue reading 2013-11 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Leadership By Example →

2013-10 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – On Breaking Bad (Precepts) The Five Precepts (Rules of Engagement) Why Learning from Others Comes First Extending the Awakening Universe Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes A precept is a rule of conduct originally developed as standards for monks and nuns to know when their behavior had strayed from … Continue reading 2013-10 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – On Breaking Bad (Precepts) →

2013-08 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – The Spirit of Living and Giving Looking Differently at the Difficulties in Your Path Serving or Spoiling? What’s the Difference? Motivation and Recognition to Serve Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard The post-Summer activities of Shinnyo-en often follow a bounty of community service events traditionally marking … Continue reading 2013-08 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – The Spirit of Living and Giving →

The Travels of the Shinnyo Masters Making a Connection to the Past Master Shinjo on Why Do We Have Buddha Images? 2013-July Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Sacred Images Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes The busts of the Shinnyo Parents and the Two Dojis that had been placed at Shinchoji (a Shinnyo-en main temple … Continue reading 2013-07 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Sacred Images →

2013-05 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – A Short History of Buddhism A Little Mahayana and Theravada Background About Walking Along the Buddhist Path HH Keishu Shinso’s Successor Announced – Rev. Torikai Takashi Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes In the centuries after Shakyamuni entered final nirvana, Buddhism developed into various movements, some emphasizing strict … Continue reading 2013-05 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – A Short History of Buddhism →

Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes 2013-April Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Sesshin Meditation Training Why Meditate? Why Guided Meditation? What’s the Difference between Guided Meditation and Sesshin Training? At a workshop on leadership given by Henry Givray, president and CEO of Smith-Bucklin, he cites two qualities of great leaders being self-awareness, and self-management. … Continue reading 2013-April Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Sesshin Meditation Training →

2013-March Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Going With The Flow Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Watching How Traffic Gridlock Forms Harmonious Paths in Disaster The Bodhisattva Vow Traffic patterns, much like check-out lines at a store are fascinating to observe – people always jostling for a better position, racing ahead only to get … Continue reading 2013-March Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Going With The Flow →

2013-February Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Your Heart and The Stars Creating Your Own Destiny (and Reality) Why the Stars are Prominent in Buddhism Practice from Your Heart Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Some people say they were born unlucky.  Yet we are the ones who create our future, and we can change our … Continue reading 2013-February Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Your Heart and The Stars →

2013-January Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Arts and Growing [audio https://jhlui1.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/201301_shinnyo_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes 2013 Guideline, Items of Practice, Sonouta Many of history’s greatest leaders share a commonality – a side affection for the Arts, whether it be music, painting, fictional literature, or even acting.  It may be that these elemental activities, that … Continue reading 2013-January Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Arts and Growing →

2012-October Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Building a Trusted Reputation The Importance of Establishing Trust Consistency Builds a Foundation Learning to Say, “Yes…” Choosing the Difficult Path 2012-October Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Building a Trusted Reputation Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes During an interview recently, Keishu-sama was asked, “What would … Continue reading 2012-October Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Building a Trusted Reputation →

2012-September Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Truth, Self and Goodness Learning Oneness With Truth Selfish Behavior or Why is the World So Cruel (to Me)? On Being a Good Person Audio File: 2012-September Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Truth, Self and Goodness Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes September was the month when … Continue reading 2012-September Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Truth, Self and Goodness →

Learning A Lot From Bees Having A Purpose Anger, Aggression, and Acceptance 2012-August Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Attachments & Nature [audio https://jhlui1.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/201208_shinnyo_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes The August 2012 Nirvana, the monthly publication of Shinnyo-en, actually deals in depth with the subject of last month’s podcast – The Dharma Crisis.  So … Continue reading 2012-August Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Attachments & Nature →

2012-July Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Living Boddhisattvas / Embracement Living as a Boddhisattva Embracement of Everything, even Your Enemies 2012-July Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Living Boddhisattvas / Embracement [audio https://jhlui1.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/201207_shinnyo_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes A sonouta, or spiritual poem, by Master Shinjo Ito reads: Though human, we are bodhisattvas … Continue reading 2012-July Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Living Boddhisattvas / Embracement →

2012-June Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast The Path to Happiness How The Goreiju Melody Came to Be 2012-June Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes The path to our own happiness and the path to making others happy are one and the same. When we completely dedicate ourselves towards the … Continue reading 2012-June Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – The Path to Happiness/The Goreiju →

2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast Dealing with Dharma and Causes of Karma The Perpetual Cycle of Karma Please Do Not Feed the Bears 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast (Dharma/Karma) [audio https://jhlui1.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/201205_shinnyo_extra_dharma_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Dharma, simply put, is Nature’s law.  The way things are meant to be in Nature. The … Continue reading 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast (Dharma/Karma) →

Blending Buddhism with other Beliefs and Religions 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast [audio https://jhlui1.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/201205_shinnyo_extra_bridging_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Within our sangha (or buddhist community) there are to be found Christian Buddhists, and Catholic Buddhists, Jewish Buddhists and many other forms of post-Common Era dual-belief system alignments, sometimes even Agnostic and perhaps Atheistic … Continue reading 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast (Bridging Beliefs) →

Enlightenment is a Universal Truth Redefining Wants versus Needs 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast Subscribe to Podcast (RSS) or iTunes One of the key ideas in the Nirvana Sutra, the principal sutra of Shinnyo-en, is that all living beings possess buddha nature. This means that all sentient beings are naturally endowed with the qualities … Continue reading 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast →