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Head Teacher, Rev. Eido Espe, gives a Rokasu to Shawne Kleckner during Jukai, a lay ordination ceremony, at the Des Moines Zen Center in Des Moines, IA. The Rokasu was hand-sewn by Kleckner.
The Sanshin Zen Community was incorporated as an organization in 1996 by Shohaku Okumura after serving as the interim abbot of the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center since 1992. He chose the name sanshin ( 三心 , sanshin ) , meaning "three minds", in reference to Eihei Dogen 's teaching from the Tenzo Kyōkun of the three minds a Zen student ...
Heavily Buddhist Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage in 2019 with the prominent support of Buddhist Nun Chao-hwei Shih. [30] [31] Nepal, a country with relatively significant Buddhist influences, legalized Same-sex marriage on 24th April, 2024. [32] Heavily Buddhist Thailand legalized same-sex marriage in 2024. [33]
Genki Takabayashi Rōshi was invited by the Seattle Zen Center (founded by Dr. Glenn Webb, at the time a University of Washington Art History professor) to become the resident teacher in the fall of 1978. He accepted, and by 1983 founded Cho Bo Zen Ji. In Japan, he trained for nearly twenty years at Daitoku-ji, one of two parent Rinzai school ...
A Zen Buddhist priest and spiritual adviser to a death row inmate is suing Attorney General William Barr and other officials in a bid to delay one of the four federal executions scheduled for the ...
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa CEO Bridget Cravens-Neely speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the organization's new location on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Des Moines.
It is a late date example of Neo-Classical style architecture, designed by Roland Harrison, a partner in the Des Moines architectural firm of Wetherell and Harrison. [ 2 ] The building is owned by the Scottish Rite and mainly used by the Scottish Rite and other Masonic organizations but is also used as a venue for weddings and other events.
Downtown Des Moines is defined by the City of Des Moines as located between the Des Moines River to the east, the Raccoon River to the south, Center Street to the north, and 18th and 15th Streets to the west. [1] In 2014, Downtown Des Moines was listed as the number one "up-and-coming downtown" in America, by Fortune.com. [2]