American Buddhist Study Center

Join the American Buddhist Study Center on May 3rd-4th, 2025 for our Annual Book Fair! 📚 Discover new titles and authors at this exciting event.
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The Annual ABSC Holiday Bazaar is this Sunday, Dec. 8, from 11am to 4pm. We will have Kimono Tote Bags by Hiroko, Fine Arts, Japanese Calligraphy, Buddhist Books, Sake tasting, and more!

This coming Saturday, June 29th, 2024, join us for a delicious Japanese Box Lunch and get-together. This will be a low-key meet-and-greet, relaxing afternoon in a safe and friendly space. With all the stuff happening in the world and all the stress in our daily lives, slow down with us before all the sounds and excitement of the New York Pride Parade.

Our message is Sono Mama: Just come as you are because no two individuals are the same, no matter how they identify themselves. We are all different with our own strengths, uniqueness, passions, and love. The ABSC welcomes all LGBTQ+ people, regardless of their religious or non-religious beliefs. We provide a safe and caring environment for all.

ABSC Pride Luncheon Join the ABSC as we kick off a post-LGBTQ+ Pride Parade celebration luncheon with guest speakers and delicious food

Join the ABSC as we kick off a post-LGBTQ+ Pride Parade celebration luncheon on June 29th from 1 to 4pm. It will be a fun afternoon with guest speakers and delicious food.

The ABSC LGBTQ+ is a Shin Buddhist community practicing equality and non-discrimination for all beings. We bring together the Buddhist teachings of wisdom and compassion and Japanese culture. Our message is Sono Mama: Just come as you are because no two individuals are the same, no matter how they identify themselves. We are all different with our own strengths, uniqueness, passions, and love. The ABSC welcomes all LGBTQ+ people, regardless of their religious or non-religious beliefs. We provide a safe and caring environment for all.

A suggested donation of $20 is requested.

ABSC Pride Luncheon Join the ABSC as we kick off a post-LGBTQ+ Pride Parade celebration luncheon with guest speakers and delicious food

Tomorrow is ABSC Annual Bookfair from 11am to 5pm.
There will be haiku reading with Jerry Block, children's Buddhist book reading, Artworks, Kimonos, Obis, and Pottery and more. Karl's famous Takoyaki will also be served right in front as well. Come early to get the best selection!

ABSC Annual Book Fair An exciting book fair with lots of exciting activities including Japanese arts & craft, massage, wine bar, Children's book reading and more

Join ABSC on Saturday, May 25, from 11 to 5 pm for the Annual Book Fair! The annual book fair will have various activites and other offerings. This includes:
Haiku reading with Jerry Block
Children's Buddhist book reading
Japanese arts and crafts
Artworks, Kimonos, Obis, and Pottery
Wine bar
Massages
Etc.

Come Early to get the best selection!

ABSC Annual Book Fair An exciting book fair with lots of exciting activities including Japanese arts & craft, massage, wine bar, Children's book reading and more

Please join ABSC in person next week on Saturday, April 20th, from 11 to 12 noon EST for Seiza meditation, led by Rev. Miki Nakura, a Shin Buddhism minister. You will learn the fundamentals of Seiza (sitting-in-stillness) meditation, which Torajiro Okada established. You can sit on a chair or a cushion on the floor. Rev. Nakura will demonstrate how to posture correctly, breathe, and put full power into the lower belly. Sensei will explain the history and why this is an excellent meditation to clear your mind from stress.

No registration is required for this free in-person event. Just come to the ABSC at 331 Riverside Drive (third floor). Please note we start promptly at 11 am.

Join ABSC next week on Saturday, April 20, from 1 to 4:00pm for the premier showing of PURE LAND by Nori Mizukami. PURE LAND is a documentary film about Reverend Miki Nakura, a Shin Buddhist minister, and Toni Katz, an older woman. Rev. Nakura from the Higashi Hongwanji came to New York City as a solo traveling monk to spread Shin Buddhism. Toni and her husband were impressed by his mission and invited him to stay at their home in New Jersey, which was a short bus ride into New York City. Each morning, Rev. Nakura would hold morning service with Sutra chanting, Dharma messages, and discussion.

Nori produced a beautiful film documenting the life of a Buddhist minister and a seeker of Buddhist wisdom.

Following the movie, meet Rev. Miki Nakura. Nori Mizukami will join via Zoom from Tokyo.

Click below to register

Pure Land by Nori Mizukami - A Premier Showing Join us for a special premiere showing of Nori Mizukami's Pure Land - an unforgettable experience you won't want to miss!

This past week we heard the tragic news that on the island of Maui, the famous and historic tourist town of Lahaina was eighty percent destroyed by fires and 80 deaths to date. One of the historic landmark buildings that went up in flames was the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission, built in 1933. I am sad not only for the people of Lahaina who are suffering but also about this Shin Buddhist temple. This is the temple where my mother and father became Sangha when they retired to Maui at my brother’s invitation in 1982. My mother played the piano there until she couldn’t anymore and was an active Fujinkai member until she passed in 2010. My father attended services and enjoyed the island. He said, “I will never leave here.” He died in 1991. My brother organized and helped build and finance a new Nokotsudo (mausoleum) where members’ ashes lay in rest, including my mother, father, and brother, who died in 2015. The temple people are family; whenever I visit, they say, “Welcome home, Hoshina.”

My father, Rev. Hozen Seki, established the Arizona Buddhist Temple, New York Buddhist Church, and the American Buddhist Academy (now American Buddhist Study Center). We would not be here if it weren’t for him. The ABSC is setting up a Go-Fund-Me page where all donations except Go-Fund-Me fees will go directly to Rev. Ai Hironaka, the Head Minister of the Lahaina Hongwanji to use the money to help Sangha members and build a new temple.

Many donation sites are popping up, but this one is personal.

Please click to donate to the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission and its Sangha Members.

From all of us, including our ABSC Board of Directors, Team ABSC, Rev. Ai Hironaka, and Lahaina Sangha members, we say thank you so much for your support.

In Gassho,
Hoshina Seki

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