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October 27th, 2025Ritual and Resiliency in the Unprecedented Times of the COVID PandemicNatasha L. MiklesThe period of COVID-19 will hopefully be a lesson on the important role funerary and other death rituals have in he... -
October 26th, 2025Rites for the DepartedMasashi HashimotoVenerating ancestors and their attainment of buddhahood is inextricably linked to the perfection and the liberation... -
October 25th, 2025Japanese Funeral Rites: A Miracle of LifeMasaki MatsubaraFuneral rites are very powerful because they develop one’s self-cultivation or self-awareness. In the early mornin... -
October 24th, 2025Interreligious Peacebuilding in Wartime: Finding Hope and JusticeMohammed Abu-NimerThe Niwano Peace Foundation awarded the forty-first Niwano Peace Prize to Dr. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, in recognition of... -
October 23rd, 2025The Enchanting World of the Lotus Sutra (2)Gene ReevesThe chief way in which the Lotus Sutra enchants is by telling stories—parables and similes, accounts of previous li... -
October 22nd, 2025The Enchanting World of the Lotus Sutra (1)Gene ReevesThis article represents the first installment in a new series of essays devoted to stories in the Lotus Sutra. Writ... -
October 21st, 2025Illuminating One Another in Dialogue: Interreligious Perspectives through the Prism of the Lotus SutraParide StortiniThis is a report on the International Lotus Sutra Seminar held June 13–16, 2019, at the headquarters of Rissho Kose... -
October 20th, 2025“Found in Translation”: Transpositions of the Lotus SutraYue Eric TojimbaraThis is a report on the International Lotus Sutra Seminar held June 13–16, 2018, at Rissho Kosei-kai’s headquarters... -
October 19th, 2025Understanding the One Vehicle for TodayAura Di FeboThis is a report on the International Lotus Sutra Seminar, held June 28–July 1, 2017, at Rissho Kosei-kai’s headqua...
