Three Lectures by Takamaro Shigaraki
M. Editor | February 5, 2013
Dr. Takamaro Shigaraki, noted Shin Buddhist Scholar, former Professor and President of Ryukoku University, and author of A Life of Awakening: The Heart of the Shin Buddhist Path (2005) and Heart of the Shin Buddhist Path: A life of Awakening (2013) will be the key note speaker at three Buddhist Churches of America major events.
The first is the Winter Pacific Seminar 21st Century, held on Saturday, February 23, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. The title of his presentation is The Path of the Nembutsu. He will speak in Japanese with English translation by Rev. Dr. David Matsumoto, Institute of Buddhist Studies. The presentation will be followed by a dialogue with Dr. Shigaraki.
The event is co-sponsored by the IBS and the BCA Center for Buddhist Education, and hosted by the BCA Southern District Ministers Association and Buddhist Education Committee.
Registration donation of $30.00 includes lunch. Deadline is February 4, 2013. Southern District Temple members are asked to register through their local temple. General registration should visit the BCA website.
The second is the IBS and CBE sponsored Conversation with Shigarkgi-sensei on Tuesday, February 26,2013, at the San Mateo Marriott
Hotel. All BCA ministers, minister emeritus, and minister’s assistants are invited to take part in an informal conversation about the teachings and path of Jodo Shinshu with Shigaraki sensei. A light meal will follow.
Dr. Shigaraki’s final presentation, Tradition and Insight: Our encounter with the true essence of the Pure Land Way, will be presented on Thursday, February 28 in conjunction with the BCA National Council Meeting. The keynote address will explore the roles that a received tradition and personal engagement play in our realization of the truth of meaning of Jodo Shinshu. Presentations will also be made by Dr. Michael Conway of the Eastern Buddhist Society, and Rev Henry Adams of the Oxnard Buddhist Temple. The symposium is free of charge and open to all interest persons.
The symposium is sponsored by the IBS with the generous financial support of the George T. Aratani Endowment for the IBS Center for Contemporary Shin Buddhist Studies.