“Fire Rite” ceremony at Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo set on Jan. 1, 2017, at 10AM Koyasan Buddhist Temple, 342 East First Street in Little Tokyo, will hold its “Fire Rite” on Jan. 1, 2017 at 10:00 am. Bishop Junkun Imamura will officiate the ceremony and kick off three-day New Year’s celebration in the […]
Forwarded for Zenshuji Soto Mission Rev. Kojima will be offering another Introduction to Zen Meditation lecture series starting on May 12th in English. It will be four Thursday evenings from 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm. Rev. Kojima would be focusing on individuals and their zazen postures, so the class will be limited to 12 people. […]
Film: Zen and Bones (Henry Mittwer / Zen to hone) Director Takayuki Nakamura, 2016, 123 min Los Angeles Asia Pacific Film Festival Wednesday, April 27, 6:30 pm at Downtown Independent, 251 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, General admission $14 http://laapff.festpro.com/films/detail/zen_and_bones_2016 University of Southern California / Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions […]
On every New Year’s Day, over 3,000 people come to Koyasan Buddhist Temple of Los Angeles for paying their first visits to the temple or “Hatsumode” to pray their health, peaceful mind, and successful New Year. To accept Hatsumode visitors, Koyasan Temple will be open from January 1 through 3, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. […]
Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo presents the First Annual Koyasan Family Festival on Sunday, Oct 18 from 11am at its venue, 342 East First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. (213) 624-1267 The festival provides foods and drinks, raffle drawings and beanbag contest. There will be Japanese amulets and calligraphy for sale. From 1:00 pm, […]
The One Drop Zendo of Los Angeles will present “Calligraphy Demonstration and Talk” by Japanese Zen Master Shodo Harada Roshi of Sogen-ji Monastery in Okayama on Sept. 15, from 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, 244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Free admission For more […]
Zenshuji Soto Temple in Little Tokyo will host a Special Dharma Talk by a dispatched priest, Rev. Shiju Sakagawa from Hokkaido, Japan on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 11:30 am after the 11:00 am Higan-E service. Rev. Sakagawa’s lecture is entitled, “The Easy Way to Become a Buddha”. Rev. Sakagawa graduated from Komazawa University and completed […]
Dr. Wako Kazumitsu Kato is Professor Emeritus of California State University Los Angeles and Professor Emeritus of Nagoya University of Foreign Studies in Japan. Dr. Kato is an ordained Zen monk, and served at Zenshuji Soto Mission since 1963. He was chief priest of Fuganji in Nara, Japan. He has written at least 8 books, held […]
Rev. Shumyo Kojima of Zenshuji Soto Mission will be offering an Introduction to Zen Meditation lecture series starting on August 6 in English. It will be four Thursday evenings from 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm. Rev. Kojima would like to focus on individuals and their zazen postures, so the class will be limited to 12 […]