On Friday, September 11, the New York Buddhist Church will rededicate its iconic statue of Shinran Shonin, the founder of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism. The ceremony marks the statue's 60th anniversary in New York. It originally stood in a park in Hiroshima, where it survived the 1945 atomic bomb blast. On September 11, 1955, the statue was donated to the New York Buddhist [...]
Buddhist Churches of America to host discussion on Shin & LGBTQ
On Saturday, June 27, Buddhist Churches of America is presenting a half-day seminar on LGBTQ in Shin Buddhism. Shin Buddhist ministers have been conducting same-sex marriages for at least 40 years, and Shin organizations have long supported equal rights for the gay community. The event is geared towards people who wish to hear "how Shin Buddhism can offer an enduring [...]
Profile: The New York Buddhist Church
The weathered bronze statue of Shinran Shonin, the thirteenth-century Japanese religious reformer, gazes watchfully across Riverside Drive toward the Hudson River, greeting visitors arriving for Sunday-morning services at Manhattan’s New York Buddhist Church. Taking their seats in rows of chairs, they will spend the next hour chanting together in Japanese, singing Western-style [...]