In popular culture, the term “Zen” has lost almost all meaning. Sadly, it is no longer a noun that refers to a Japanese school of...

I have always had an issue with the term Other-Power. It is a trigger word for many newcomers and me to Buddhism. Other-Power sounds...

One of my academic research interests is how women contributed to the development of Buddhism and specifically, Shin Buddhism (Jodo...

The year 2023 will mark the 850th anniversary of Shinran Shonin’s birth and 2024 will be the 800th anniversary of the establishment of...

Hello everyone, I hope this message finds you well. There were many speaking engagements I was invited to this summer. One of them was a...