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,…
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…
Daiseion-Ji supports the German-Japanese Society for Integrative Sciences. Abt. Takeuchi, the Chairperson of Daiseion-Ji, is a Co-President (Japanese President) of the society with Prof. Dr. Klaus Mainzer (German President). Find out more about the German-Japanese Society for Integrative Sciences
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…