BERKELEY BUDDHIST TEMPLE September 2013 Web Edition

BCA Center for Buddhist Education – Fall Programs
Jodo Shinshu Center 2140 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
www.BuddhistChurchesofAmerica.org Phone: 510-809-1460 E-mail: admin@cbe-bca.org
PUBLIC LECTURE: Monday, September 16, 2013 7:00 - 9:00 pm
D.T. SUZUKI’S HISTORICAL MISSION IN A NUTSHELL:
To Flip the Polarity of the Western Intellectual World by
Affirming the Infinitely Creative Urge at Work at the Center of the Buddhist Universe
Guest Speaker: Rev. Wayne Yokoyama
Nishi Hongwanji International Center, Kyoto, Japan. Translator of Gomonshu Koshin Ohtani’s The Buddha’s Wish
for the World and The Buddha’s Call to Awaken and Shinmon Aoki’s Coffinman: The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician
Saturday, October 5, 2013
JAPANESE SEMINAR
The 2013 International Ministerial Orientation Program (IMOP) Ministers will be the featured speakers.
Details TBA. This program will be presented in Japanese.
October 18-19, 2013
MAKING THE DHARMA CONNECTION
On the Yellow Brick Road to Inclusion
A Dharma School Teachers’ Continuing Education Seminar
With Guest Speakers:
Rev. Dr. David Matsumoto
(IBS & Berkeley Buddhist Temple)
Kiyo Masuda, Educational Resource Specialist
Registration: $100 due 10/1
Early Registration: $75 due 9/18
Download flyer/forms & Register online
Saturday, November 2, 2013
WAKE UP & BE ALIVE!
The 7th Annual Baby Boomers’ Seminar
Keynote Speaker:
Rev. Masao Kodani
Senshin Buddhist Temple
Registration: $75 due 10/20 Early Reg. $60 due 9/29
BCA Member Rate: $50 due 9/29 Register online
November 5-8, 2013
2013 INTERNATIONAL HONGWANJI OVERSEAS PROPAGATION EXCHANGE
(IHOPE)
Hongwanji International Ministers: Opening Wide the Dharma Gate with a Generous Heart
A gathering of Jodo Shinshu ministers & minister’s assistants. See registration guidelines online.
For more details, downloadable flyer/forms or to register online, visit www.bcasites.net