Foundation for Shingon Buddhism

12/26/2025

Commemorative service for the 100th anniversary of Paauilo Kongoji Shingon Temple, Big Island, Hawaii.

08/27/2023

Aloha and dana are manifest in the words, thoughts, and actions of the community.

08/09/2023

https://gofund.me/0e924a60

Please consdier donating to help Rev. Takayuki Meguro of Lahaina Shingon Mission. A l… Kosho Finch needs your support for Lahaina Shingon Mission fire relief

12/23/2022

https://www.tastingtable.com/1136467/the-buddhist-origins-of-the-shojin-ryori-diet/

Originally affiliated with Buddhist philosophy, Shojin Ryori is a plant-based cuisine that can be found at temples and restaurants throughout Japan.

11/08/2022

A worthy documentary that needs your assistance to reach a wider audience:
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05/31/2022

"As the ancestral vein interweaves with our breaths and heartbeats, let us raise a great vow to serve each other, all beings, and the Earth. I bow in gratitude with my forehead touching the ground. May it be so." —from 'The Heartbeat of a Soldier Ancestor' by Wendy Egyoku Nakao

The wooden pieces shown in this photo are memorial tablets for fallen Nisei soldiers of WWII. On the Hawaiian islands, Reverend Mitsumyo Tottori of the Hale‘iwa Shingon Mission, the only Issei Buddhist priest not arrested and incarcerated on the mainland, handwrote roughly 420 toba (wooden memorial tablets) for those Nisei soldiers from the islands who were killed in action.

These tablets were not made for display, but rather were meant to ensure that every soldier who died in battle would be prayed for. The first tablet Reverend Tottori wrote was for Sergeant Shigeo “Joe” Takata of Waialua, who died on September 29, 1943. Sgt. Takata was the first soldier of the 100th Infantry Battalion to be killed in action.

Reverend Tottori continued this practice of creating memorial tablets for soldiers’ death as he learned of them—regardless of their religion— until the end of the war. See these tablets and more as part of the exhibition, Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration

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Wooden Memorial Tablets on loan from Liliha Shingon Mission, IL.1.2021

05/19/2022

https://www.lionsroar.com/us-president-joe-biden-white-house-extend-warm-wishes-to-buddhists-with-second-annual-vesak-celebration/

On Monday, a Vesak celebration honoring the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha was held at the White House.

02/17/2022

A new article in The Atlantic says more Americans with mental illness are turning to Buddhism for mental health treatment. Experts might advise otherwise.

01/18/2022

"On June 1, 1966, I met the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in person for the first time in Chicago. From the first moment, I knew I was in the presence of a holy person. Not just his good work but his very being was a source of great inspiration for me. When those who represent a spiritual tradition embody the essence of their tradition, just the way they walk, sit, and smile speaks volumes about the tradition. Martin Luther King Jr. was young at that time, as was I. We both belonged to the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an organization working to help groups in conflict find peaceful resolution.

We had tea together in his room, and then we went down for a press conference. In the press conference, Dr. King spoke out for the first time against the Vietnam War. That was the day we combined our efforts to work for peace in Vietnam and to fight for civil rights in the US. We agreed that the true enemy of man is not man. Our enemy is not outside of us. Our true enemy is the anger, hatred, and discrimination that is found in the hearts and minds of man. We have to identify the real enemy and seek nonviolent ways to remove it. I told the press that his activities for civil rights and human rights were perfectly in accord with our efforts in Vietnam to stop the war."

Thich Nhat Hanh
Read more: https://plumvillage.org/thich-nhat-hanhs-friendship-with-dr-king/

06/14/2021

05/28/2021

"For this reason, Buddhism is not a religion of mere faith and worship but a system of education. To study the Dharma is to sit at the Buddha's feet and learn the principles that will lead to the highest happiness and freedom. We should study the Dharma with a twofold purpose in mind: first, how to live a life that will be truly beneficial to ourselves, a life that will give us deep satisfaction; and second, how to contribute effectively to the good of others, how to be a source of blessings for humankind."
"Sitting at the Buddha's Feet" Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

05/27/2021

Second Gentleman Emhoff joins representatives of all three major traditions