Professor Alfred Bloom, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Shin Buddhism and a proponent of its compassion for all beings, is going to get the final word at his funeral service Saturday, says ...

A recently retired religion professor at Smith College and author of River of Fire, River of Water, Unno here takes on the larger classroom of Westerners interested in Eastern religions to introduce ...

KAPAA — The Rev. Soryu Kagahi conducted the first Jodo Shinshu Buddhist service in the Hawaii Kingdom on March 3, 1889, at the Kojima Hotel located at No. 1 Beretania St. on Oahu. Kagahi, a minister ...

Kenji Akahoshi had been thinking about becoming a minister most of his life. But it was never the right time. He had a family to support and a dental practice in San Jose to run. And there were his ...

JAMM AQUINO / [email protected] Alfred Bloom, a professor emeritus at the University of Hawaii and an authority on Shin Buddhism, with his beloved statue of Amida Buddha in his Kailua home.

In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage month, learn how Buddhism is being passed down to young Japanese Americans in the U.S. Watch retired elementary school teacher June Akita share Shin ...