Japanese Monks
Seishin Jack Fitterer of Indian Lake, along with five other Tendai Buddhist monks from the United States and Denmark became the first trained outside of Japan to receive Soryo Tokudo, an advanced ordination requiring a minimum of six years of study and practice. Thirty monks traveled from Japan to the Tendai Buddhist Institute
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Monks and priests across the world often wonder how to make their religious faith relevant to the younger generation. In societies where life is busier than ever, where cities are swelling and families dispersed, the religious rituals of yesterday do not seem so relevant. But in Japan, a group of Buddhist monks are trying to [...]
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The Buddhist religion has largely remained the same over the past few centuries, but a group of monks in Japan are spicing things up by turning to alcohol and rap music to lure in followers. The monks are calling it Buddhism 2010. Kansho Tagai, who is a Buddhist monk, believes it’s time to change for [...]
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Summary. In 1989, the Vietnamese released a Mr. Ganshin Yoshida, an old Japanese Buddhist monk who had been in Vietnam for 25 years. Yoshida’s story — actually, his lack of a story — has been falsified and misrepresented by the MIA activists. This article contains the facts about Yoshida. Background In 1989, the Vietnamese released [...]
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Prayer and Meditation: Each day in the monastery has a proscribed amount of time set aside for meditation. Typically, at least three to four hours of the day which begins at dawn and ends sometime after sundown. Meditation is conducted as a group in the Meditation Hall, however, individuals may also meditate in solitude at [...]
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