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"By using proven breathing and mindfulness techniques, we give them the power to manage stress in any situation, making them more lethal warfighters and more resilient in their recovery."
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Yesterday the Homeless Project at Midwest Buddhist Temple delivered 190 sandwich bags to unhoused people around Chicago. The Women's Association made three mats from plastic bags to provide a softer area to sleep.
#buddhism #buddhist #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #engagedbuddhism #chicago #unhoused
In July 1956, the renowned Bay Area poet, writer and playwright Hiroshi Kashiwagi’s play “Kisa Gotami,” was performed by the Berkeley YBA Choir at the Berkeley Buddhist Temple — and featured a UC Berkeley student named George Takei.Kashiwagi’s play was a retelling of the Buddhist Jataka tale, “The Parable of the Mustard Seed.” It was requested by Jane Imamura, who provided the music.The cast included Mary Tagumi, Janet Shohara, Richard Arakawa, Takako Shinoda, Thomas Okamura — and Takei. “The mo
📰 Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States (A free, 29-page article from 2012)
Tags: #Pureland #Ethics #USA #QueerHistory #Religion
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/all-beings-equally-embraced-by-amida_wilson-jeff
Ministers in the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA) began performing same-sex marriages approximately forty years ago. These were among the first clergy-led religious ceremonies for same-sex couples performed in the modern era, and were apparently the first such marriages conducted in the history of Buddhism. In this article, I seek to explain why Jodo Shinshu Buddhists in America widely and easily affirmed same-sex weddings in the later 20th and early 21st centuries. My argument is that there are three factors in particular—institutional, historical, and theological elements of American Shin Buddhism—that must be attended to as contributing reasons why ministers were supportive of same-sex marriage.
Nov 6, 2025: Members of the Buddhist Church of San Francisco Engaged Buddhism group participated in the
San Francisco Faith in Action prayer vigil and procession for immigrants' rights and protection.
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May 4, 2025: The Buddhist Church of San Francisco choir and the GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance Men's Chorus sang together for the temple's Gotan-e service, honouring the birth of Shinran Shonin. GAPA Men's Chorus first performed at the temple in 2016.
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@nytimes.com has an autocracy meter. 0 = healthy democracy, 10 = complete autocracy. The meter was at 0 when Trump was elected. It is now at 4.3. In one year the USA has moved nearly 50% of the way towards the world's worst autocracies. How far will three more years take it?
Rev. Toshiyuki Umitani, bishop of the Hawaiian Nishi Hongwanji Pure Land temples, issues a statement on ICE's violence in Minnesota.
#buddhism #buddhist #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #engagedbuddhism #ice #immigration #minnesota #nikkei
https://hongwanjihawaii.com/messages/awakening-to-compassion-in-turbulent-times/
Message from the Bishop: “Awakening to Compassion in Turbulent Times” Bishop Toshiyuki Umitani February 2, 2026 Dear Dharma Friends, Today, I write to you with a heavy heart. Mourning the tragic events in Minnesota caused by state-sanctioned violence and fear, I grieve the lives lost and the
"What we call the Pure Land has to be a vision of complete freedom for all beings–there is no justification for placing anyone in a cell, camp or corral, not in the U.S. or anywhere else."
Jodo Shinshu minister Rev. Patti Nakai reflects on her ongoing study class and current events
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https://windycityjodoshinshu.blogspot.com/2026/02/study-group-january-2026-session.html
The Midwest Buddhist Temple Homeless Project members were at it again yesterday, making sandwich bags for delivery to unhoused people around Chicago
#buddhism #buddhist #shinbuddhism #jodoshinshu #engagedbuddhism #unhoused #hunger #chicago
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