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USC Ito Center Event: HEALING AMERICA’S RACIAL KARMA: A CONVERSATION WITH LARRY WARD Is there a Buddhist approach to acknowledging and transforming America’s enduring racial karma? Larry Ward - senior Dharma teacher ordained by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and founder of the Lotus Institute - will share insights from his recently released book America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal on how to break the nation’s cycles of racial trauma. In conversation with Ito Center Dire...ctor Duncan Ryuken Williams. RSVP here: https://dornsife.usc.edu/events/site/192/35917813206777/

Have you heard of Amabie? It is meant to protect and safeguard your health from a pandemic! "In the fight against COVID-19, a sea monster has emerged from 19th century Japanese folklore in countless new iterations from art to food to fashion as a symbol of hope, an internet meme and pop culture mascot." https://www.npr.org//in-japan-mythical-amabie-emerges-from

CHECK OUT this amazing virtual event!!! -- A workshop exploring how Buddhist communities in Japan and the U.S. have skillfully adapted to the constraints, suffering, and challenges from the global COVID-19 pandemic. Presentations will include an overview of religious responses to COVID-19 in Japan by Levi McLaughlin (North Carolina State University), adaptations at North American Buddhist temples by Jeff Wilson (University of Waterloo), and Buddhist practice at the San Quentin State Prison by Jun Hamamoto. The workshop will be moderated by Duncan Ryuken Williams (USC Ito Center). https://dornsife.usc.edu/events/site/192/35334997395317/

Happy Hanamatsuri !! Celebrating the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha Namu Daishi Henjyo Kongo.

Support Higashi Honganji in Little Tokyo LA, after they were targeted for vandalism on Feb 25: https://gofund.me/9ac0b83d