“The way we currently live and build our societies is
centered on the insatiable craving for more.”
- Shinjo Ito
centered on the insatiable craving for more.”
- Shinjo Ito
Shinnyo-en USA
www.shinnyoenusa.net
Na Lei Aloha Foundation
www.naleialoha.org
Lantern Floating Hawaii
www.lanternfloatinghawaii.com
Global Shinnyo-en Website
www.shinnyoen.org
Exhibition of the Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito web site
www.shinjoito.com
The Univers Foundation
www.univers.or.jp/index2.html
July 13, 2009 by
Dr. Robert Birgeneau, is the Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, as well as being an internationally distinguished physicist. He is highly respected for his commitment to diversity and equity in the academic community, and has introduced many important initiatives at the university focused around challenging issues such as global poverty and climate change. [...]
June 18, 2009 by
Dr. Duncan Williams, Chair of the Center for Japanese Studies, UC Berkeley Duncan Williams, Associate Professor of Japanese Buddhism, received his B.A. in Religious Studies at Reed College (1991), his M.T.S. at Harvard Divinity School (1993), and Ph.D. in Religion at Harvard University (2000). He works primarily on Japanese Buddhist history, Buddhism and environmentalism, and [...]
June 19, 2008 by
A graduate of UC Berkeley, Professor Carl Bielefeldt specializes in East Asian Buddhism, with particular emphasis on the intellectual history of the Zen tradition. He is the author of Dôgen’s Manuals of Zen Meditation and other works on early Japanese Zen, and serves as editor of the Soto Zen Text Project. He is also the [...]
June 19, 2007 by
As Deputy Executive Director of External Affairs for City Year New York, Ms. Billings-Burford establishes and maintains relationships with politicians, leaders and community stakeholders. In addition, she indirectly oversees Recruitment and Communications. Most recently, Ms. Billings-Burford served as the Director of External Affairs (NY) for Achievement First, a charter school management organization, which opens and [...]
June 19, 2006 by
A friend of the Shinnyo-en Foundation for many years, Kent Koth is the Director of Seattle University’s Center for Service and Community engagement. He comes to the Center after a long and active career working in the Community Service and Service Learning fields, including holding such positions as Service-Learning Program Director at the Haas Center [...]
June 19, 2005 by
Mayor and 29 year resident of Burlingame Terry Nagel has been very active throughout her mayorship. In 1996, Terry organized Poppy Drive residents to battle three “McMansions” that threatened her neighborhood. She convinced the City Council to make the developer downsize and redesign the houses. Her efforts led to the city’s adoption of design review [...]
Ms. Nan Peterson is the Director of Service Learning for The Blake School located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is also the first and only Senior Fellow of the Shinnyo-en Foundation. Read more...
