Experiencing The Power Beyond Self: How the Buddhist Teachings are Manifested in Our Helping Others

26th Annual Nembutsu Seminar

Saturday, February 11, 2023

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Rev. Dr. Yasushi

Kigoshi

Professor

Otani University

Visiting Scholar

University of California Berkeley

In this seminar, Rev. Dr. Kigoshi will talk about the series of weekend trips he and Otani University student volunteers took to the area affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The volunteers went to provide help to the disaster victims – cleaning out damaged properties and organizing gatherings for activities but most importantly, being there to listen and provide moral support without using the occasions for proselytizing. In this way, Prof. Kigoshi and the students learned concrete Dharma lessons about themselves and society.

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