Tendai Buddhist Institute

12/31/2019

Live stream of New Year's Events on Mt. Hiei:

From the bell of the first night of Reiwa to the first sunrise
"Live over the year at Hieizan Enryakuji''

令和初の除夜の鐘から初日の出まで「比叡山延暦寺の年越し生放送」 令和初の年越しライブ配信を、比叡山延暦寺にて行ないます 大晦日から新年を迎える延暦寺の様々な神事をご覧ください 「配信予定スケジュール」 12月...

12/06/2019

最勝護国宇賀耶頓徳如意寳珠王修儀(Saishougokoku-ugayatontoku-nyoihoushuō-shugi) AKA 修儀(Shugi).
Congratulations to Rev. Kenei Ito for completing this practice dedicated to the guardian deity, Benzaiten. He spent 3 years preparing, and comprised of a daily ritual early every day for 108 days while on a very restrictive diet. And culminating in doing the ritual 108 times in a week (starting the ritual every 90 min.) while fasting completely and no sleep.
In the last week, along with 3 other Japanese Tendai monks, 4 members of TBI went to Japan to help assist Rev. Ito in his practice. Pictured here: In the rear, Ryudo Moses L James III, Kairen Eric Russell, Koshin Karl Bower, and Shingaku Jenny Henderson. In front, Rev. Ito, 5 days into his 8 day fast.

08/07/2019

Check out the amazing work done to bring awareness of transporting migrants to a former Japanese-American internment camp. Kairen Russel, Tendai priest-in-training, was involved in carrying out this tremendous event. Read more about it here

Buddhist priests replicate a historic ceremony at Fort Sill, a former Japanese internment camp, to protest the detention of migrant children.

06/09/2019

SUTRA SUNDAY: The Nirvana Sutra (Volume 1)- Zhiyi, the founder of Tiantai in China, revered the Nirvana Sutra, like the Lotus Sutra, as revealing the highest truths of the Buddha's awakening. https://www.bdkamerica.org/system/files/pdf/dBET_T0374_NirvanaSutra1_2013_0.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=497

06/07/2019

Hieizan (Mount Hiei) rises high to the northeast of the city of Kyoto, straddling the border between Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures. It is one of the most sacred Buddhist sites in Japan, and has been a focus for people's faith for over 1,200 years. The precincts of Enryakuji temple cover the entire mou...

06/02/2019

SUTRA SUNDAYS: Queen Srimaladevi Sutra and Vimalakirti Sutra- both of these sutras were revered by Zhiyi, the Chinese founder of Tiantai (Image of Vimalakirti from Mt. Hiei, Japan) https://www.bdkamerica.org/system/files/pdf/dBET_Srimala_Vimalakirti_2004_0.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=480

05/26/2019

SUTRA SUNDAYS: The Lotus Sutra, the cornerstone of Tendai Buddhism, and one of the most important sutras in East Asian Buddhism https://www.bdkamerica.org/system/files/pdf/dBET_T0262_LotusSutra_2007_0.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=486

05/19/2019

SUTRA SUNDAYS: The Teachings of the Lotus Sutra in Tendai Buddhism

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