Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)BDG News: Salt Lake Buddhist Temple Members Express Concern Over Development Project
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The Open Buddhist University📰 Karma, War and Inequality in Twentieth Century Japan (A free, 12-page article from 2007)
Tags: #Karma #JapaneseBuddhism #Modern #Inequality
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/karma-war-inequality_victoria-b
Karma, War and Inequality in Twentieth Century Japan
In an era when socially oppressive, if not fanatical, aspects of religion are all too visible, a bleak future awaits Buddhism should its leaders fail to disavow the traditional understanding of karma as a rationale for oppression and social discrimination.
BDG News: Woman Arrested on Arson, Hate Crime Charges After Fire at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
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📑 Japanese Buddhists and Constitutional Law (A free, 31-page paper from 2022)
Tags: #Japan #JapaneseBuddhism #EngagedBuddhism #ConstitutionalLaw
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/papers/constitutional-buddhism_mclaughlin-levi
Constitutional Buddhism: Japanese Buddhists and Constitutional Law
This chapter presents two contrasting examples of Buddhist activists whose on-the-ground activities and institution-building efforts have been defined by concerns about divisions between religion and state stipulated by Japan’s 1947 Constitution. The first case introduces Buddhist clergy who mobilized following the March 11, 2011 disasters in northeast Japan. The second investigates the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai and its affiliated political party Komeito.
BDG News: Sacred “Eternal Flame” Preserved After Fire Destroys Historic Buddhist Hall in Japan
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✨ Dreaming as a butterfly ✨
🪷 Delicate wisdom from Otagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875) 🪷
💛 What feels solid until you look more closely? 💛
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🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Otagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875) 🪷
🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Otagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875) 🪷
✨ Fluttering in a field / of flowers and dew / now dozing away... / who while dreaming / comes as this butterfly? — Otagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875) ✨
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📰 Abortion, History, and Buddhism in Japan. A Rejoinder to George Tanabe (A free, 12-page article from 1995)
Tags: #BuddhistStudies #History #JapaneseBuddhism
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/silences-and-censures-abortion-history_lafleur-william-r
Silences and Censures: Abortion, History, and Buddhism in Japan. A Rejoinder to George Tanabe
One could, of course, dismiss this as a misunderstanding of what real Buddhism is, but then one would probably have to jettison most of the history of Buddhism in Japan as wrongheaded delusion as well. The cost is considerable.
📰 Toward a Non-Site-Specific History of Buddhist Art in Japan (A free, 20-page article from 2023)
Tags: #JapaneseBuddhism #Buddhastatue
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/portable-faith_chan-c-h
BDG Feature: Letting Care Last Without Wearing Us Down
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