It may be a good idea to visit another shrine on the evening of New Year’s Day or the 2nd.

Abbot Hasebe praised the tireless efforts put into spreading Buddhism in North America over the past 110 years and encouraged a commitment to this mission toward the 150th year and beyond.the Japanese American Cultural Community Center (JACCC) played host to the Kado Koyasan flower arrangement exhibition in its gallery.

Dancers from Japan perform dedication dance.Koyasan Buddhist Temple started in Little Tokyo just a year before the outbreak of the U.Matsumoto noted that this sutra serves as the origin of Japan’s 400-character manuscript paper and Ming-style typeface.

The ceremony commenced with a procession.shukyo buyo (religious dance).

which embodies Buddhist practices through movement.

during which monks recited sutras with resounding voices while vigorously shaking yellow sutra scrolls.than on the issue of Palestinian human rights.

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making Israel the 10th-largest military exporter in the world.before any other African American leader or civil rights organization.