B2B Seminar vol.27 “Buddhist-Based Human Resource Development: An Organization Where We Learn and Grow Together”｜「仏教的人材育成 ～学び育て合う組織～」

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This seminar was an online discussion held under the theme “Buddhist-Based Talent Development and Organizations Where People Learn and Grow Together,” featuring Mr. Nishihara, Professor Hirahara, and His Eminence Otani Guen, Head of the Otani Sect. Mr. Nishihara emphasized the importance of Buddhist-based talent development and the benefits of nurturing others by setting aside one’s

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仏教と科学のサロン vol.71 “The Left Behind: Neo-Buddhism in India”｜「取り残された人々 ～インドのネオ・ブディズム～」

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During the seminar, His Eminence Otani Guen and Dr. Hirahara engaged in a dialogue on the revival of Buddhism in India. The seminar covered the history of Buddhism’s decline in India, how Dharmapala (1864–1933) initiated a movement from Sri Lanka to reclaim Buddhist holy sites in India, and how Ambedkar (1891–1956), serving as Minister of

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B2B Seminar vol.26 “Innovation Through External Power: The Strategy of Delegation”｜「他力イノベーション ～お任せする戦略～」

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This is a Buddhist online seminar held under the theme of “Tariki Innovation Strategy,” with the participation of His Eminence Guen, Head Priest of the Otani Temple, Professor Hirahara, and Coach Nishihara. At the beginning of the seminar, the Buddhist understanding of “Tariki” (other-power) and “Jiri” (self-power) was discussed, with a particular focus on explaining

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仏教と科学のサロン vol.70 “The Three Vows: A Journey Toward Salvation”｜「三願転入 ～救いへの道のり～」

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The seminar discussed the concept of “San’gan Ten’nyū” (the Transfer of the Three Vows) in Jōdo Shinshū and explored the path to attaining Amida Buddha’s Primal Vow (the 18th of the 48 Vows). Participants engaged in detailed discussions about the gradual transition from self-powered nembutsu to other-powered nembutsu, and the process of ultimately reaching the

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【research】A 10-Day Comparative Religious Studies Observation Trip to North India｜北インドへの比較宗教学的な10日間観察旅行

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The academic event that colored October was, without a doubt, the ten-day journey to North India. As usual, an uncanny level of Buddhist karmic connection led me to travel to McLeod Ganj in Dharamshala—the town where His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama resides. The purpose was to observe, with my own eyes, the lives and

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【salon】Relation of religion and science to politics, especially war｜宗教と科学の政治との関係、戦争責任

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As usual, the small group and closed discussion space made it possible to talk about this sensitive or even radical topics, which are difficult to discuss in front of a large audience, but is extremely important, nonetheless. This online salon, where people of a certain social standing can discuss with a sense of humor in

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【salon】Does Pure Land lie beyond euthanasia?｜安楽死の向こうに浄土はあるのか？

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It is a very serious topic, we know. However, recent enactments of laws in Switzerland and Canada that lower the hurdles for “death with dignity” will make it impossible to avoid serious discussions in Japan in the near future. In those Western countries, in addition to “bioethics” as an academic discipline, the discussion is also

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【salon】How many times have we visited back? Mādhyamaka and Yogācāra!｜何度目の再訪？中観と唯識！

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Really, how many times have I talked with Rev. Gwen, the Go-Monshu, on this subject? However, it’s the Mādhyamaka School and the Yogācāra School as the “most fundamental religious philosophy platform of Mahayana Buddhism” that absolutely cannot be dropped, right? But unlike Tibetan Buddhism, where both doctrines can be the central talk even when it

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