Returning from a Japanese funeral ... I read the postcard and learned that in the Jodo Shinshu sect (Pure Land Buddhism), death is not considered an impurity because when a person dies, they ...

The debut episode was crafted using an animation style and soothing music that set the mood for calmness and self-reflection. Each episode is narrated by Bruno Wang, a patron and philanthropist who is ...

Temples of the True Pure Land sect’s Hongwanji school are ... a call of nature there out of his deference to Buddhism. “I thought Japan would lose in the war, because bells that should ring ...