Maida Center
Center of Buddhist Studies stablished by Dr. Nobuo Haneda, for the study and enhancement of Shin Buddhism in USA This center started its activities in 1997. Mr.
The name of the center comes from Shuichi Maida (1906–-1967), one of the most important Buddhist thinkers of modern Japan. When Dr. Nobuo Haneda, a translator of Shuichi Maida's articles, was interviewing Maida's students in Japan in 1996, he met Mr. Yukimasa Tada, a student of Maida and the founder of the Sun Drug Company in Tokyo. Tada offered to help Dr. Haneda in his efforts to introduce Ma
03/18/2023
The Orange County Buddhist Church Spring Ohigan Seminar on Saturday, March 18 will feature Dr. Nobuo Haneda speaking on "Shakyamuni and Shinran: Buddhism as a Teaching of Self-Examination." This pre-recorded seminar will be available in English and Japanese. It will premiere on the OCBC YouTube channel at 10 a.m. PDT and can be viewed at any time thereafter. The seminar handout can be downloaded from the OCBC website .
Spring Ohigan English Seminar 2023.03.18 Shakyamuni and Shinran: Buddhism as a Teaching of Self-Examination. Please follow link for seminar outline https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bVDJdUUpJK-gSYmVb...
03/16/2022
Dr. Nobuo Haneda will give the Spring Ohigan Seminar for Orange County Buddhist Church on Saturday, Mar. 19 at 9:30 a.m. (PDT). His topic is "They First, Me Last: The Bodhisattva's Innermost Aspiration." Pre-recorded lecture, YouTube premiere on 3/19; downloadable seminar notes are posted on the OCBC Buddhist Education Center webpage.
They First, Me Last: The Bodhisattva’s Aspiration 2022.03.19 SPRING OHIGAN ENGLISH SEMINAR - Download English Seminar Notes https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xlz_ybQm_WQFfRTMOpdeJPMVCdBelFVI/view Dr. Nobuo Haneda, is di...
10/08/2019
En francais (in French)
Shuichi Maida : Une Personne Mauvaise - Bouddhisme Jōdo Shinshū Shuichi Maida est un penseur moderne important de la branche Ōtani du Bouddhisme Jōdo Shinshū. Dans cet essai il discute de la notion de "personne mauvaise"
08/13/2019
Report on the 2019 retreat
Shinran Bound and Gagged (And Finally Released – Higashi Honganji USA By Rev. Patti Nakai “What the heck,” a newcomer may wonder after hearing a common explanation of Jodo Shinshu. The explanation? “Just recite Namo Amida Butsu and rebirth after death is guaranteed in a bejeweled paradise called Pure Land.” That message heard for decades at North American temp...
07/28/2019
Presentation on Akegarasu (day 3 of 2019 retreat). “Hongan” is the innermost aspiration in each being, while the translation “Primal Vow” misleads people to think it’s only the desire of a particular being named Dharmakara
07/28/2019
Presentation on Kiyozawa (day 3 of 2019 retreat)
07/27/2019
Day 2 of 2019 retreat(don’t read if you don’t like criticism of Honganji doctrine)
07/27/2019
2019 retreat begins
04/17/2019
07/29/2018
Day 3 of 2018 retreat - the two aspects of Shinjin
07/28/2018
Day 2 of the 2018 retreat - Dr Haneda explains Sangan Tennyu (Shinran’s 3-Vow Transition)
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