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Posted on October 14, 2020November 9, 2020

Nembutsu Roadtrip (Part Two)

Honeyville Buddhist Temple, Utah

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)”

Posted on October 1, 2020November 9, 2020

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)”

Posted on October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

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”

Posted on June 13, 2019

Shared History: Buddhists and Muslims

I first noticed what the Muslim prayer hall and our Buddhist temple had in common: no sign.

Continue reading “Shared History: Buddhists and Muslims”

Posted on May 30, 2019May 30, 2019

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”

Posted on April 1, 2019June 26, 2020

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”

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