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Thinking as a Citizen and a Religious Leader

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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Tera Energy: A Buddhist Company Building Human Bonds and Community while Taking on the Structural Foundations of Climate Change

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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The Sunshine Temple Project in South Korea

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…

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