By Rev. Ken Yamada
After leaving Salt Lake City, we traveled upstate to Ogden Buddhist Church, south of the historic Mormon city of Brigham. Continue reading “Nembutsu Roadtrip (Part Two)”
Nembutsu Roadtrip (Part Two)
Roadtrip: Nembutsu Across America (Part I)
By Rev. Ken Yamada
Travel across country in an RV and “spread the nembutsu,” pandemic be damned? Continue reading “Roadtrip: Nembutsu Across America (Part I)”
WWII internment in Hawaii
By Rev. Steven Toyoshima
I bid farewell
To the faces of my sleeping children
As I am taken prisoner
Into the cold night rain.
-Otokichi Ozaki, Honouliuli internee
We traveled to a place long lost to history: the site where Honouliuli Internment Camp once stood. Continue reading “WWII internment in Hawaii”
Shared History: Buddhists and Muslims
I first noticed what the Muslim prayer hall and our Buddhist temple had in common: no sign.
Q & A with Duncan Ryuken Williams
Professor Duncan Ryuken Williams’ recently published book American Sutra has been attracting much attention for its description of Buddhism in World War II internment camps. We asked Professor Williams more about his book, its origins and its message for today’s world. Continue reading “Q & A with Duncan Ryuken Williams”
American Sutra
A religion labeled anti-American, its leaders arrested, buildings shot at and burned, followers viewed with suspicion. The target? Not Islam, but Buddhism. Continue reading “American Sutra”