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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.
At the end of World War II, Chicago attracted Japanese American workers with job opportunities. In 1944, Reverend Gyodo Kono started the Midwest Buddhist Temple as Japanese Americans were released from the World War II relocation camps. The Midwest had much less discrimination than areas in the West Coast, and jobs were available. Of about ...
Minnesota Buddhist Vihara is a Theravada Buddhist temple in the state of Minnesota. It was established in 2004 by Venerable Witiyala Seewalie Maha Thera, who is also the current Abbot of the Vihara and the Deputy Chief Sangha Nayaka of North America, [1] appointed by the Malwatta Chapter in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Its 10th anniversary was celebrated ...
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The BCA is currently the only organization authorized by the Department of Defense to endorse Buddhist chaplains seeking to serve in the military. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] BCA ministers have also been the only Buddhists to serve as chaplains in the California State Senate and the California State Assembly , Rev. Shoko Masunaga (1975-1976) and Rev. Bob ...
Twin cities program helps open a dialogue about living with disabilities. Frankie McLister. January 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM. PeaceMaker Minnesota. MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — They can be obvious, or ...
66% of the population in Laos adhere to Buddhism and Buddhism is the basis and mainstream religion practiced in Laos. Lao Buddhists belong to Theravada Buddhism and are tolerant towards the pre-Buddhist animist or folk beliefs, which is the belief of spiritual essence possessed in objects and creatures. Buddhists residing in rural parts of Lao ...
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