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The bishop of the Buddhist Churches of America is the highest spiritual leader in the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA). Since BCA is part of Honganji-ha, ...
Bishop of the Buddhist Churches of America (2020–) Rev. Marvin Harada reciting a text at the White House Vesak celebration in May 2021 Marvin Harada (born 12 September 1953) is a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist minister within the Buddhist Churches of America , and serves as its bishop since 1 April 2020.
The Buddhist Churches of America (abbreviated as BCA in English, 米国仏教団 or Beikoku Bukkyōdan in Japanese) is the United States branch of the Nishi Honganji subsect of Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") Buddhism.
In the following years he founded a number of temples in Canada, such as the Hamilton Buddhist Church and the Montreal Buddhist Church, and the US, including Ekoji Buddhist Temple. From 1968 to 1981 Kenryu Tsuji served as the first North American born, first nisei Bishop of the Buddhist Churches of America and also served as President of the ...
In 2008, he was a visiting professor of Buddhism [1] at Harvard Divinity School where his studies focused on the Buddhist monk Shinran. [2] Seth Evans is a scholar and educator who specializes in the Abhidhamma Pitaka (abhidhammapiṭaka) and the Visuddhimagga. He is known for his work in the phenomenological aspects of Buddhist psychology.
Mariann Budde was born on December 10, 1959 [1] in Summit, New Jersey, [2] to a Swedish-American mother, Ann Björkman (1931–2024), and an American father, William Edgar. [3] [4] She grew up in the Flanders section of Mount Olive Township, New Jersey, attending West Morris Mount Olive High School, and also in Colorado, following her parents' divorce.
Pages in category "Buddhist Churches of America" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Bishop of the Buddhist Churches of America;
The temple was established through the beneficial efforts of the late Rev. Kenryu Tsuji (1919-2004), the former Bishop of the Buddhist Churches of America, and the late Rev. Dr. Yehan Numata, a Japanese businessman and devout Jodo Shinshu Buddhist. [2]