Contemporary Buddhism in Japan & Asia

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  • New online course

    See the latest podcast #7 for my new online course: On the Path: Buddhism, the Beats, and the 20th Century Literary and Cultural Revolution in the West! Continue reading

    New online course

  • Spring Syllabus Updated

    The Buddhism and Social Change in Contemporary Asia: Spring 2024 syllabus has been updated with a menu for easy access, see the new page here https://ogigaya.com/syllabi/buddhism-and-social-change-in-contemporary-asia-spring-2024/ Continue reading

    Spring Syllabus Updated

  • Buddhism and Social Change in Contemporary Asia: Spring 2024

    Spring 2024 – Syllabus Unit 1: the Social Foundations of Buddhism April 9 Class 1: Introduction: What Is Religion? & A Brief History of Buddhism Introduction to Course: Read the Course Overview & Requirements & Final Project pages on this… Continue reading

    Buddhism and Social Change in Contemporary Asia: Spring 2024

  • Suicide Prevention Field Trip Photo Gallery

    November 24 (Sun.) 14:30-17:00 Visit with Rev. Soin Fujio, a priest of the Rinzai Zen Kencho-ji sect, at his temple in Yokosuka, south of Kamakura, where we experienced first hand Zen meditation and learned how it can be used to help… Continue reading

  • Peace March Field Trip Photo Gallery

    November 3, 2019 (Sun.) 10:15-14:30 Visit to the Nipponzan Myohoji center in Shibuya and then joining their monks, nuns, and laypeople in front of the national Diet building in Kasumigaseki to join a wider popular protest to preserve Article 9 of Japan’s constitution… Continue reading