On 6 June 2015, the Grand Ceremony for the 15th Anniversary of Daiseion-Ji Germany and the Interreligious Dialogue Forum made a huge success with over 200 guests coming from in and out of the country. In the afternoon, Shomyo music by Nichiren-shu monks, choir by Taizé Community in France, and flute trio by Focolare Movement,…
With the theme of ‘The Complementary Relationship between Man and Woman’, the ‘Humanum’ International and Interreligious Colloquium was held at Synod Hall, Vatican City in November 2014, where Abt. Nissho Takeuchi, Chairman of Daiseion-Ji, was invited to make a speech as a representative of Buddhism. Today we are pleased to announce this speech is included…
Rev. Shokei Steffens, Deputy Chair of Daiseion-Ji Germany participated in the National Meeting of the All Japan Young Buddhist Association (JYBA) in Naha City, Okinawa on 22 June 2015. Following a lecture “Learning Okinawa’s History” and Peace Commemorating Ceremony by the members of JYBA, the Interreligious Dialogue Symposium was held in the afternoon. The panelists…
Welcome! Daiseion-Ji, a temple of the Nichiren-shu traditional Buddhism and center for inter-religious dialogue, was founded in 2000 with the purpose of promoting mutual cooperation and dialogues between different world religions. Today – 15 years since the foundation of Daiseion-Ji – this task appears more pressing and more important than ever before: How can we deal with the…
Among the 120 new members inaugurated at the 25th Festive Plenary Session of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in Salzburg, Austria, on March 7, 2015, Abt. Nissho Takeuchi, Chairperson of Daiseion-Ji was accepted as a new member of the Class 7: World Religion and celebrated with about 600 distinguished guests from around the world. He received…
Abt. Takeuchi, Chairperson of Daiseion-Ji, presented in ‘Humanum Inter-religious Dialogue Symposium‘ at Synod Hall in Vatican, November 17-19, 2014. Over 30 speakers came together from all over the world and presented their views and insights on family and marriage, and their value in society, based on the theme ‘the complementarity of man and woman.’ The presenters…
As the velocity of globalisation continues to increase, our modern society in the 21st Century has become a literally pluralistic society. Becoming pluralistic society means that human beings who have different races and ethnicities, thoughts and religions, and cultures and civilisations live together in one society. The critical issue in this pluralistic society is conflicts…
We are delighted to announce the publication of the memorial proceeding, “Creating the Future through Dialogue” available in German, English, and Japanese. The inter-religious symposium ‘Collisions Among Differing Religions and Cultures in the 21st Century’ was held in July 2003, celebrating the re-construction of Daiseion-Ji, an international exchange centre with a mission of promoting inter-religious dialogues…