“What is this?”, I asked an elderly grandmother. She said that it’s a rock shrine. “I didn’t know that people worshiped rocks in Taiwan. Is this true?” I asked. She said that honestly, she didn’t [...]
Active involvement in Buddhism has fluctuated over the centuries, but there is still a sense that to be Japanese is to participate in Buddhist traditions.
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‘Afraid of what?!’ I looked puzzled into the dark eyes of one of our 12 year old Sunday school boys. He comes to Sunday school together with his younger brother and sister every week.