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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 …

Funie Hsu +1 • July 5, 2018

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Buddhism Duncan Ryuken Williams hysteria identity immigration Japanese Americans media Muslim Americans religion religions terminology United States World War II
Buddhism Duncan Ryuken Williams hysteria identity immigration Japanese Americans media Muslim Americans religion religions terminology United States World War II
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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…

Yujiro Seki • March 7, 2018

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Buddhism busshi butsudan Carving the Divine (film) documentaries films identity religions sculptures United States wood carving wood work
Buddhism busshi butsudan Carving the Divine (film) documentaries films identity religions sculptures United States wood carving wood work
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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 li…

Tammy Ayer • May 10, 2017

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Buddhism buildings churches communities Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp religion religions United States Wapato Washington World War II World War II camps Wyoming Yakima
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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 desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Oct. 8, 2016

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Buddhism cartoonists cartoons humor monks religion religions robotics robots
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Nikkei View
Funerals in the Japanese American community
It’s a hackneyed cliché to say “death is part of life,” but like many clic…

Gil Asakawa • June 2, 2016

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armed forces Buddhism Colorado communities customs (social) Denver emotions funerals historic sites history holidays Japanese Americans koden Memorial Day memorials memorial services monuments mourning etiquette Nisei War Memorial religion religions retired military personnel sympathy Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temples United States veterans war war memorials World War II
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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 g…

Marta Marenco • Jan. 15, 2016

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aesthetics Argentina Buddhism Catholicism culture death families hapa metaphysics psychology racially mixed people religion religions rituals theory of knowledge traditions values
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Chasing Śākyamuni - Part 4 of 4
Read Part 3 >>  Writing on the Heart  Thanks to the interviews with her consociat…

Edward Moreno • June 8, 2015

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Buddhism Japan Paula K. Arai religion religions women Zen
Buddhism Japan Paula K. Arai religion religions women Zen
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Chasing Śākyamuni - Part 3 of 4
Read Part 2 >> Bringing Zen Home —This book took root, Arai says, on December…

Edward Moreno • June 1, 2015

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Buddhism Japan nuns Paula K. Arai religion religions women Zen
Buddhism Japan nuns Paula K. Arai religion religions women Zen
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Too Much Mottainai?
After our mother passed in 2013, my siblings and I were faced with the daunting task of cleaning …

Chris Komai • May 26, 2015

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aesthetics Buddhism business culture economics gaman (values) hoarding management metaphysics mottainai (phrase) psychology recycling religions shikata ga nai (phrase) theory of knowledge values
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Chasing Śākyamuni - Part 2 of 4
Read Part 1 >> Arai’s circuitous route to find the Buddha began at Kalamazoo, a &l…

Edward Moreno • May 25, 2015

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Buddhism hapa Japan nuns Paula K. Arai racially mixed people religion religions women Zen
Buddhism hapa Japan nuns Paula K. Arai racially mixed people religion religions women Zen
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