CEIE Presents—Recording of the Buddhist Dharma Talks with Rev. Taijo Imanaka
Posted: December 9, 2022
About the presenter
In 1992, Rev. Taijo Imanaka was ordained at Rengejoin, a Koyasan Shingon monastery on Mt. Koya in Japan, as a disciple of Abbot Ryusho Soeda. In 2006, he was assigned as Head Priest of Seattle Koyasan Buddhist Temple, located in the downtown area of Seattle. In 2011, he was assigned as the chef monk at Entsuritsuji, one of the oldest training monasteries in Koyasan, cooking everyday for young novice monks.
Since returning to Seattle in 2014, Rev. Imanaka has focused on educational and social outreach, hosting field trips from the Psychology Department and Theology Department of Seattle University and delivering Ah-breathing meditation to the community, including homeless camps. More recently, he has been conducting a Mandala Symphony meditation weekly dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement. Rev. Imanaka is also serving as an Advisory Council Member for CEIE.
About the Shingon Buddhist Tradition
Seattle Koyasan Buddhist Temple is located in the Central District of Seattle, Washington. We are a temple in the Shingon-shu 真言宗 (Shingon Sect) of Japanese Buddhism. Shingon-shu traces its origins to the lineage founder, Kobo Daishi. Kobo Daishi (the Monk Kukai) brought esoteric Buddhism to Japan from China in the 9th century C.E. Please come join us for our services and events as we learn and practice Shingon Buddhism. Our web page is currently being updated to include a wealth of information relating to the cosmological structure and history of Shingon-shu.
For more info on Shingon Buddhism, click here.
Related Religica Podcast
In this interview, Rev. Imanaka expresses his belief in the potential good of religious participation as well as just how deeply we can harm one another with our words.
Learn more about the Dharma talk Series:
In this podcast, Steve Wilhelm invites us to consider Dharma in the Buddhist traditions as instructions for awakening, as paths to practice toward awakening, and as a means of aligning ourselves to reality around us. This year we will hear three speakers who teach us about attachment, suffering, our limits and freedoms, and more.
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