A UNESCO committee on Thursday did not list a collection of photos and videos depicting the devastation in Hiroshima after ...

After praying for victory, they tried shakyo, which is to copy Buddhist sutras by handwriting ... It is said that people can feel calm by copying sutras. Japanese original Easy Japanese news ...

Normally the structure is closed to the public, but visitors were free to enter and leave during the event. Visitors entered one after another and chanted the Buddhist sutras with the monks.

Shikoku is the smallest of Japan's four main islands ... as Ajikan meditation (a practice from Shingon Buddhism) and calligraphy (copying of sutras) during your visit. Advance reservations ...

The monks perfected the practice of shomyo, a melodic singing of Buddhist sutras, and in its heyday the village had as many as 50 practice halls. Ohara also was a sanctuary for nuns, and is known ...

Jacqueline I. Stone received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in East Asian Languages and Cultures, with a focus in Buddhist Studies. She is now Professor of Japanese ...