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2024
8 October 2024: Soto Zen Journal "Dharma Eye", vol.54 (September 2024) has been published.
13 September 2024: The Preliminary Memorial Ceremony for the 700th Anniversary of Daihonzan Sojiji's Founder, Taiso Keizan Jokin Zenji was held in 2023.
29 August 2024: The report on relief donations for the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake
20 August 2024: Regarding the passing of Rev. Shugen Komagata, Director of the Soto Zen Buddhism Hawaii Office
10 April 2024: Soto Zen Journal "Dharma Eye", vol.53 (March 2024) has been published.
3 April 2024: A Message from the Head Priest of Sotoshu in 2024
2023
29 November 2023: Soto Zen Journal "Dharma Eye", vol.52 (September 2023) has been published.
23 August 2023: To Everyone who had been affected by the wildfire in Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A.
16 May 2023: Soto Zen Journal "Dharma Eye", vol.51 (March 2023) has been published.
4 April 2023: A Message from the Head Priest of Sotoshu in 2023
3 February 2023: Soto Zen Journal "Dharma Eye", vol.50 (September 2022) has been published.
2022
2 December 2022: A new recipe "Vietnamese-style Cabbage Stir-Fry" has been released.
3 October 2022: A new recipe "Vegetarian Empanadas" has been released.
6 September 2022: A new recipe "Simple Broccoli Soup" has been released.
25 August 2022: Information about Ukraine Donations.
10 August 2022: A new recipe "Kale Rice" has been released.
9 August 2022: The article "17. Partnerships for the Goals" on SDGs has been released.
27 July 2022: The article "16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" on SDGs has been released.
22 July 2022: A new recipe "Deep-fried Apple Spring Rolls" has been released.
8 July 2022: A new recipe "Carrot Apple and Ginger Soup" has been released.
24 June 2022: A new recipe "Baião de dois" has been released.
13 June 2022: A new recipe "Italian Butter Bean Stew" has been released.
30 May 2022: A new recipe "Purple Potato Dumplings with Coconut Sauce" has been released.
26 May 2022: The article "15. Life on Land" on SDGs has been released.
17 May 2022: A new recipe "Simmered Pumpkin" has been released.
26 April 2022: The article "14. Life Below Water" on SDGs has been released.
21 April 2022: A new recipe "Shortbread" has been released.
8 April 2022: A new recipe "Ajiaco -with Oyster Mushrooms-" has been released.
8 April 2022: Soto Zen Journal "Dharma Eye", vol.49 (March 2022) published.
1 April 2022: A Message from the Head Priest of Sotoshu in 2022
1 April 2022: The article "10. Reduced inequalities" on SDGs has been released.
25 March 2022: A new recipe "Cashew Nuts Rice" has been released.
25 March 2022: The schedule for "ZEN class" after April has been set.
17 March 2022: A new recipe "Ganmodoki - Deep Fried Tofu Patties -" has been released.
8 March 2022: The article "12. Responsible Consumption and Production" on SDGs has been released.
4 March 2022: A Statement by the President of the Administrative Headquarters of Soto Zen Buddhism on the Invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation
8 February 2022: The article "11. Sustainable Cities and Communities" on SDGs has been released.
7 February 2022: A new recipe "Tofu Steak" has been released.
14 January 2022: We have published "ZEN in daily life," a guide to including Zazen in everyday life.
11 January 2022: The article "No.13 Climate action" on SDGs was released.
2021
December 2021: The article "No.9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure" on SDGs was released.
October 2021: Soto Zen Journal "Dharma Eye", vol.48 (September 2021) published.
September 2021: ZEN class will reopen from this month! (only online)
April 2021: Soto Zen Journal "Dharma Eye", vol.47 (March 2021) is published.
April 2021: A Message from the Head Priest of Sotoshu in 2021
January 2021: We have added the French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish versions of the "Zazen under New Normal" leaflet.
2020
November 2020: Denkoroku CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO has been added.
October 2020: Denkoroku CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE has been added.
October 2020: Soto Zen Journal "Dharma Eye", vol.46 (September 2020) published.
October 2020: Denkoroku CHAPTER FIFTY has been added.
September 2020: Denkoroku CHAPTER FORTY-NINE has been added.
September 2020: Denkoroku CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT has been added.
September 2020: Leaflet "Zazen under New Normal" has been added.
August 2020: ZEN class re-opening
March 2020: Denkoroku CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN has been added.
March 2020: Denkoroku CHAPTER FORTY-SIX has been added.
February 2020: Denkoroku CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE has been added.
February 2020: Denkoroku CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR has been added.
January 2020: Denkoroku CHAPTER FORTY-THREE has been added.
January 2020: A new hotel is open in front of EIHEIJI Temple
January 2020: Denkoroku CHAPTER FORTY-TWO has been added.
2019
December 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER FORTY-ONE has been added.
December 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER FORTY has been added.
November 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE has been added.
November 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT has been added.
October 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN has been added.
October 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX has been added.
September 2019: Soto Zen Journal No.44
September 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE has been added.
September 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR has been added.
August 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE has been added.
August 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO has been added.
July 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE has been added.
July 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER THIRTY has been added.
June 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE has been added.
June 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT has been added.
May 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN has been added.
May 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX has been added.
April 2019: New movie has been added; Soto Zen Buddhism in Europe.
April 2019: Denkoroku CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE has been added.
April 2019: Message from the Head Priest of Sotoshu in 2019
March 2019: Soto Zen Journal No.43
2018
August 2018: "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" has been renewed.
June 2018: ASZB Newsletter June 2018 published.
May 2018: The homepage has been redesigned.
April 2018: "The Buddhist Service Series" has been added.
April 2018: "Denkōroku" has been added.
April 2018: Message from the Head Priest of Sotoshu in 2018
March 2018: Soto Zen Journal "Dharma Eye", vol.41 (March, 2018) published.
March 2018: "Zen Talks" has been added.
March 2018: "Leaflet and Booklet" has been added.
March 2018: Recipes - We have collected 8 new Shojin Ryori recipes used in Zen monasteries for you to try.
2017
September 2017: "Dharma Eye", vol.40 (September, 2017) published.
April 2017: Message from the Head Priest of Sotoshu in 2017
April 2017: "Dharma Eye", vol.39 (March, 2017) published.
2016
December 2016: 1/11 ZEN class - Let's listen to the sound of ZEN - Zazen in English
September 2016: "Dharma Eye", vol.38 (March, 2016) published.
September 2016: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Kakusoku (Enlightenment, Awakening, Realization)
August 2016: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Jinshin Inga (Deep Faith in Cause and Effect)
June 2016: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Muchu setsumu (Explaining a Dream within a Dream)
June 2016: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Mokusho Zen and Kanna Zen (Silent Illumination Zen and Koan Zen)
June 2016: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Menju (Face-to-face Transmission)
April 2016: "Dharma Eye", vol.37 (March, 2016) published.
April 2016: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Hotsu Bodaishin (Arousing the Aspiration for Enlightenment)
April 2016: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Zenkai Ichinyo (The Oneness of Zen and the Precepts)
April 2016: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Shobogenzo Nehanmyoshin (The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, the Marvelous Mind of Nirvana)
April 2016: Message from the Head Priest of Sotoshu in 2016
April 2016: Comics "Story of Dogen Zenji" Chapter 11-24
March 2016: Movie "Soto Zen Buddhism in Hawaii"
January 2016: "Dharma Eye", vol.36 (November, 2015) published.
January 2016: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Byojoshin Zedo (Ordinary Mind is the Way)
2015
June 2015: Comics "Story of Dogen Zenji" Chapter 6-10
May 2015: Message from the Head Priest of Sotoshu in 2015
March 2015: "Dharma Eye", vol.35 (March, 2015) published.
March 2015: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Dotoku (Able to Speak)
January 2015: New sermon - Gyoji Ho-on - Practicing Buddhism and Repaying Blessings by Rev. Shomyo Aihara
January 2015: Movie "How to do Zazen"
2014
December 2014: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Uji (Existence-Time)
November 2014: "Dharma Eye", vol.34 (October, 2014) published.
November 2014: New sermon - Hotsugan Risho - Making the Vow to Benefit Beings by Rev. Shiju Sakagawa
October 2014: New sermon - Jukai Nyu-i - Receiving Precepts and Joining the Ranks by Rev. Kodo Takeuchi
September 2014: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Bussho (Buddha-nature)
August 2014: New sermon - Sange Metsuzai - Repenting and Eliminating Bad Karma by Rev. Tenshin Nakano
July 2014: We have updated our Baikaryu Eisanka section with an Introductionairy booket and 4 hymns you can listens to.
June 2014: Message of 2014 from the Head Priest of Sotoshu
May 2014: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Baika (Plum Blossoms)
April 2014: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Gyoji Dokan (The Circle of the Way in Continuous Practice)
April 2014: Message of 2014 from the Head Priest of Sotoshu
April 2014: Movie "Soto Zen Buddhism"
April 2014: Comics "Story of Dogen Zenji" Chapter 1-6
April 2014: "Dharma Eye", vol.33 (March, 2014) published.
April 2014: Recipes - We have collected 16 new Shojin Ryori recipes used in Zen monasteries for you to try.
March 2014: New sermon - Seeking the "Correctly transmitted Dharma" - A Dharma Talk on the Origin of Japanese Zen Buddhism (A Chronicle of the ancestral Teachers in Zen) by Rev. Shunya Sano
March 2014: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Ichibutsu Ryoso (One Buddha Two Founders)
January 2014: New sermon - "Sutras - Volumes of the Sutras are the Tathagata's Total Body" by Rev. Juko Nakano
2013
November 2013: New sermon - "The Zen Life - Learning Our Attitude for Living from Zen" by Rev. Hosho Kurata
November 2013: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Dojo Daishu Ichinyo (In activity and stillness at one with the community)
October 2013: New sermon - "Zazen - Stop using the ego too much" by Rev. Tenshin Nakano
August 2013: "Dharma Eye", vol.32 (August, 2013) published.
August 2013: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Hishiryo (non-thinking)
June 2013: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Shusho Itto (Oneness and equality of practice and realization)
May 2013: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Genjo Koan (Complete manifestation of established truth)
April 2013: Message from the Head Priest of Sotoshu in 2013
April 2013: "Dharma Eye", vol.31 (March, 2013) published.
April 2013: The Second Anniversary of the "The Great East Japan Earthquake"
April 2013: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Kesa Kudoku (Virtue of the Kashaya)
April 2013: Movie "Soto Zen Buddhism, Daihonzan Eiheiji"
March 2013: "Monthly Sermon" of January-March - About Doji (Being one with all things) by Rev. Dosho Saikawa
February 2013: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Sokushin Zebutsu (The Mind Itself is Buddha)
February 2013: The Second Anniversary of the "The Great East Japan Earthquake"
February 2013: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Shinjin Datsuraku (Shedding Body-Mind)
January 2013: San Francisco Zen Center - Hosshinji Part 2: A Day at Hosshinji has been published
January 2013: New editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Jijuyu Zanmai (Self-receiving-and-using Samadhi)
2012
December 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of December - Kind Speech - Aigo 愛語 by Rev. Daigaku Rumme part 3
November 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of November - Kind Speech - Aigo 愛語 by Rev. Daigaku Rumme part 2
November 2012: "Dharma Eye", vol.30 (September, 2012) published.
November 2012: Starting the new editorial "Basic Key Terms of Soto Zen Teaching" - Shikantaza (Just Sitting)
October 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of October - Kind Speech - Aigo 愛語 by Rev. Daigaku Rumme part 1
September 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of September - Joy of Giving and Sharing - Fuse 布施 by Rev. Shugen Komagata part 3
August 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of August - Joy of Giving and Sharing - Fuse 布施 by Rev. Shugen Komagata part 2
July 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of July - Joy of Giving and Sharing - Fuse 布施 by Rev. Shugen Komagata part 1
June 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of June - Beneficial deeds - Rigyo 利行 by Rev. Jiso Forzani part 3
May 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of May - Beneficial deeds - Rigyo 利行 by Rev. Jiso Forzani part 2
May 2012: "Dharma Eye", vol.29 (March, 2012) published.
April 2012: "Pray for JAPAN - We are always with you!" updated.
April 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of April - Beneficial deeds - Rigyo 利行 by Rev. Jiso Forzani part 1
April 2012: "Pray for JAPAN - We are always with you!" updated.
April 2012: Message from the Head Priest of Sotoshu in 2012
April 2012: The First Anniversary and memorial service of the "The Great East Japan Earthquake"
March 2012: Sotozen English-Japanese Glossary
March 2012: Downloadable Sutras : Soto School Scriptures For Daily Services And Practice
March 2012: Movie "Soto Zen Buddhism, Daihonzan Sojiji"
March 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of March - Higan (The Other Shore)
February 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of February - Nehan-e (Nirvana assembly to commemorate the Buddha’s entering Nirvana)
January 2012: "Monthly Sermon" of January - Welcoming New Year
January 2012: "Pray for JAPAN - We are always with you!" updated.
2011
December 2011: "Dharma Eye", vol.28 (November, 2011) published.
December 2011: "Monthly Sermon" of December - Jodo-e (Ceremony Commemorating the Awakening of Shakyamuni Buddha)
November 2011: "Monthly Sermon" of November - Hoji (memorial services)
October 2011: "Zenshu Soto Buddhist Community of Busshinji from South America"
October 2011: "Pray for JAPAN - We are always with you!" updated.
October 2011: "Monthly Sermon" of October - Daruma Memorial (Darumaki)
September 2011: "Pray for JAPAN - We are always with you!" updated.
September 2011: "Monthly Sermon" of September - Two Founders' Memorial (Ryoso Ki)
August 2011: "Monthly Sermon" of August - Urabon-e
August 2011: "San Francisco Zen Center" Part 1: Introduction
July 2011: "Monthly Sermon" of July - A Visit to a Grave
July 2011: "Pray for JAPAN - We are always with you!" updated.
June 2011: "Monthly Sermon" of June - Funeral
June 2011: "Pray for JAPAN - We are always with you!" updated.
May 2011: "Pray for JAPAN - We are always with you!" updated.
May 2011: "Monthly Sermon" of May - Ancestor Veneration
May 2011: "Shakyo (Tracing the Sutras)"
May 2011: Follow me on twitter!
April 2011: "Pray for JAPAN - We are always with you!" updated.
April 2011: "Dharma Eye", vol.27 (March, 2011) published.
April 2011: "Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund"
April 2011: "Pray for JAPAN - We are always with you!"
April 2011: "Monthly Sermon"
January 2011: "Short Zen Stories" updated.
January 2011: "Touring Venerable Temples of Soto Zen Buddhism in Japan.
2010
December 2010: "Dharma Eye", vol.26 (October, 2010) published.
December 2010: "Short Zen Stories" updated.
December 2010: "Touring Venerable Temples of Soto Zen Buddhism in Japan.
November 2010: "Shojin-ryori" updated.
October 2010: Comics "Bodhidharma" 1-12 updated.
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