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"American Sutra" To Look At World War II Camps Through Buddhist Perspective

A new book titled American Sutra will take a unique and different look at the experiences of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II; showing ...

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A Grass Roots Effort: Saving a Cultural Icon in Rural Maui

The Hana Hongwanji Gakuen Temple (know as Hana Buddhist Temple) located on Maui in Hawai‘i is a culturally significant building nominated to be listed ...

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Advice for Modern America, from When Buddhism Was Seen as a National Threat - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Hondo Lobley: Your work reminds us that at one time in this country being Buddhist was synonymous with being a racial “other ...

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Advice for Modern America, from When Buddhism Was Seen as a National Threat - Part 1

For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, Buddhism was considered a threat to America. Hondo Lobley interviews scholar Duncan Williams about what we might ...

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The Way of the Busshi Bridging Past and Present, East and West

Making my first feature film when I was 18 drastically changed the course of my life. For better or worse, it made me dare to ...

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Yakima Buddhist Church Endures

Even now we are separated here and there. In front of the Amida Buddha we are always close and live together. - Jack M. Iwata, Tule ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #500 Million Followers: "Buddha-Bot..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, meet “Xian’er” the robot monk… Check back every ...

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Funerals in the Japanese American community

It’s a hackneyed cliché to say “death is part of life,” but like many clichés, just because it’s become trite doesn’t ...

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Jesus and Buddha

I was the youngest of a large family. When I was born, my parents were already old enough to be grandparents. So I grew up ...

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Chasing Śākyamuni - Part 4 of 4

Read Part 3 >>  Writing on the Heart  Thanks to the interviews with her consociates, Dr. Arai found numerous rituals, used by the interviewees, on their ...