Belén Boville travels to Cuba’s Kosen Shin-ji temple, 20 kilometers from Havana, with food and other supplies for the needy
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Travel to a Tropical Sesshin in Cuba, Part Three
Belén Boville travels to Cuba’s Kosen Shin-ji temple, 20 kilometers from Havana, with food and other supplies for the needy
Travel to a Tropical Sesshin in Cuba, Part Two
Belén Boville travels to Cuba’s Kosen Shin-ji temple, 20 kilometers from Havana, with food and other supplies for the needy
Travel to a Tropical Sesshin in Cuba, Part One
Belén Boville travels to Cuba’s Kosen Shin-ji temple, 20 kilometers from Havana, with food and other supplies for the needy
Soka Gakkai in Latin America: New Frontiers for Women
The worldwide organization of Soka Gakkai is classed as a “new religious movement,” which is characterized by lay leaders and pastors, a vibrant and proactive missionary philosophy, and a core message that is easily replicable and attractive. In Soka Gakkai’s hermeneutic, the Lotus Sutra is the core scripture that contains the essence of the Buddha’s […]
Mahayana in Cuba: Chinese Forebears
Lined by small restaurants, shops, laundromats, cultural societies, medicinal establishments, and leisure and education clubs, Barrío Chino in Havana is perhaps the largest “Chinatown” in the Latin American world, with a history dating to the 19th Century. This is the locus where the earliest recorded presence of people practicing Buddhist customs in Cuba can be […]
The Presence of Theravada Buddhism in Cuba
Think of Cuba, and one might see in the mind’s eye fine cigars and cocktails by the beach, ironic and decontextualized Che Guevara art, and romantic hotels and bars in the midst of Havana’s scenic buildings and streets. Yet there is something unusual developing in this misunderstood and oft-romanticized country: an interest in the Buddhist […]