Conversation with Dr Masaki Matsubara

Описание: Dr. Matsubara is a well-known figure in Rissho Kosei-kai. He is an 18th-generation Rinzai Zen priest who operates a monastery in Japan and teaches Buddhism at various universities in the United States. The founder of Rissho Kosei-kai, Rev. Nikkyo Niwano, shared a long friendship with Dr. Matsubara’s grandfather—a relationship that continues warmly to this day, through several generations.

Rev. Matsubara has collaborated with Rissho Kosei-kai International of North America to offer lecture series and online meditation classes, generously sharing his knowledge and Buddhist practice for the happiness of all participants.

This episode is a conversation with Dr. Matsubara, giving us a chance to get to know him more personally and learn about his outlook of life.

BIo: Rev. Dr. Masaki Matsubara is an eighteenth generation Zen priest in the Japanese Rinzai tradition. Following his Zen monastic training at Heirinji Monastery in Japan, Matsubara earned a Ph.D. in Asian Religions from Cornell University.
Following his doctoral studies, he taught Buddhist Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultures, and Religious Studies at the University of California, Berkeley (2009-2013) and was a fellow at the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford University (2013-14). He was a Visiting Scholar at Cornell’s East Asia Program (2014-2021) and also served as an Adjunct Affiliated Chaplain at Cornell United Religious Work (CURW). Further, he served as a Visiting Lecturer in the Religious Studies Department and the Contemplative Studies Concentration (Spring 2020) at Brown University.
　Currently, he is a Contemplative Mentor in Residence in the Contemplative Studies Initiative at Brown. He also serves as a Visiting Professor at Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at the University of Tokyo. Recently he has been assigned as a member of the prestigious Advisory Forum of the KAICIID (King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue). He is the abbot of the Zen temple Butsumo-ji in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, traveling between the United States and Japan to lead seminars and retreats. He resides in New York City, New York.

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