Interview with Rev. Hidehito Okochi August 1, 2024 This is an interview with Rev. Hidehito Okochi, the chief abbot of Juko-in and Kenju-in temples and founder of the Rita Citizen Asset Foundation, previously posted in Japanese on the Rita Foundation homepage. Rev. Okochi has been engaged in “supporting community/civil society activities by utilising the temple’s…
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November
Shift the Power
by Jonathan S. Watts[1]
November 10, 2018
Here you can find a 2024 interview with Rev. Okochi about his work as well as his journey as a religious leader and engaged citizen.
He has helped develop a micro-credit “Future Bank”, constructed temples and houses to last 100 years, and is working for…
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October

Rev. Ryogo Takemoto
Rev. Ryogo Takemoto is the abbot of Saisho-ji, a Jodo Shin Hongan-ji Pure Land denomination temple located in Katsuragi City in Nara Prefecture. In June 2018, he established a new company called Tera Energy (tera=Buddhist temple) based in Kyoto City, which in April of 2019 began selling electricity within Hiroshima prefecture. He…
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August
Won Buddhism Eco-Network
The Economics of Energy Conversion and the Protection of Sacred Sites
The name for Won Buddhism (Wonbulgyo) in Korean) is a compound word for truth, enlightenment, and teaching. Won 圓 means circle and symbolizes the ultimate truth. Bul 佛 means enlightenment, and gyo 教 means teaching the truth. Therefore, Wonbulgyo is the path…