This week, we’re talking about some of the major projects of Ikeda’s time as leader of Soka Gakkai, including both…
This week, we continue our look at the history of Soka Gakkai during the tenure of Toda Josei. We’ll also…
This week, we’re starting a multi-episode series on one of Japan’s most famous organizations: the study society-turned-religion-turned-political-party known as the…
This week, we investigate the great Zen master Dogen, who was something of an eccentric in his own time but…
This week: one of Japan’s most famous Buddhist masters, Kukai, takes center stage! Listen to the episode here. Sources Winfield,…
This week, we’re doing a biography of the little known Buddhist socialist Seno’o Giro. How do you reconcile Buddhism and…
This week: what happens when Buddhists go to war? We’ll explore the relationship between the Japanese Empire and the Zen…
This week, we’re going to be talking about one of Japan’s most famous religious movements: Nichiren Buddhism, devoted to the…