Shoeizan Enkyoji Buddhist Temple of Rochester

All are welcome to attend as we celebrate Hanamatsuri (Buddha's Birthday) 4/10/2021!

https://publications.enkyojibuddhistnetwork.org/ We have an Big Announcement! I would like to give a big congratulations to Shami Kantoku Peña Escobar who has become the Editorial Director of Enkyoji Publishing. ... It is a big job and I hope all of you will support him. If you are interested in helping us publish books and information, please consider joining our team. With Gassho, Rev. Kanjin Cederman

Please Support! https://www.gofundme.com/f/Help-girl-assaulted-by-Rochester

https://fb.me/e/nzeq8ykHJ Join us! Please email me at seattlebuddhist.org for the zoom link.... With Gassho...

Hello everyone, The New Bridge edition has just been released celebrating the Lunar New Year! If you have a subscription, you should have received a notification, and if you have not signed up for a yearly subscription, please do!... Many amazing articles, commentary, health, wellness, and more. We need your support to help share the Buddha Dharma with others. With Gassho...

Great news! The official Enkyoji lineage Juzu are here. These are the traditional colors that we use in our practice. We finally could order them for all of you from Japan. Limited quantities.

Our Annual event!

This is a 2021New Year message from Enkyoji Buddhist Network! https://youtu.be/0MwrveSgCu4 Thank you for all of your support in 2020. We are looking forward to... get going in 2021! We cant do it without everyone. With Gassho, Enkyoji Buddhist Network

A Happy Holiday to everyone from the Enkyoji Buddhist Network, Seattle Choeizan Enkyoji Nichiren Buddhist Temple, Seattle Hokke Shugendo Temple, and The Cederman Family. We are looking forward to the New Year celebrations... With Gassho...

The New Bridge Magazine is here! With Gassho...

Wonderful news! We’re all set up with Amazon Smile now! Please share this link with our faithful friends to help put us in as their Amazon Smile charity! We will use all funds to share, support and propagate the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law and support all sentient beings! https://smile.amazon.com/ch/47-3584901... With Gassho Kanyu Hosshi

Hello everyone, we are so happy to make available our Enkyoji Buddhist Network masks. They are 5.5" from the nose to chin and 8.5" from left to right. They are double layed and have adjustable straps for your comfort. The Cost is $10 plus $5 shipping and handling in the United States. A donation is going to be made to help support Seattle Choeizan Enkyoji Nichiren Buddhist Temple and our Mission to make programs available to our members around the world.... Please contact [email protected]; limited amount available. With Gassho...

Hello everyone! A reminder that my Master's Master, Rev. Tsukamoto, will be giving a special teaching on The Way of the Bodhisattva this afternoon at 3pm. It will be given online through Zoom, and Rev. Tsukamoto will share ways we can grow the bodhisattva spirit and express this through the way we live. If you haven’t already, please register at the link below in order to be able to attend this special event. Gassho, Kanyu.... https://seattlebuddhist.org/special-lecture/

https://youtu.be/o0KdfBYP-zs

Let us chant together for World Peace!

Join us! With Gassho...

Sunday service photo op!

Dont forget to like and subscribe to Shoeizan Enkyoji Buddhist Temple of Rochester's Youtube channel to stay up to date on all of our live streams! Dont forget to hit the little bell to get notifications when we add content! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfKsbzM0T2r2S9XUSsIjqrg

Photos from our observance of Obon.

I was sent this by Kanse Hosshi in the UK because it reminded him of my 2 year old son and I doing services together during the pandemic :) inspirational! NMRK!

New Enkyoji Project!

Join us for our weekly services on YouTube live today at 10:30 AM this morning, July 26th. Namu Myoho Renge Kyo! https://youtu.be/zQNuz5fyimI

Thank you for your amazing support! With Gassho...

Check out our weekly services from our Rochester Temple at 10:30 this morning! https://youtu.be/eKYyu8FIJ7Q

Join us in a few moments (10:35 AM Eastern time) for our live Sunday shodaigyo!

24 Hour Odaimoku Chanting to Heal the World

New from gasshodo! It is very cool! With Gassho...

Enkyoji Morning Services https://youtu.be/DWYmJYMuHI8

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Join us live on YouTube at 10:45 this morning for our weekly services!

Hello everyone, Please support Gassho-do during this challenging time. They have reduced the price for these special ema (prayer wish boards) that can be used for prayers against sickness, world peace, and any important goal.... Please share this post and get one for someone important to you. Thank you for your continued support. Many new items coming this year. Stay tuned! With Gassho, Rev. Kanjin Cederman

Nichiren Daishonin inscribed Fudo Myo on the right side (as one is facing looking) of calligraphic mandala to represent the teaching of Shoji Soku Nehan - - meaning "samsara is itself nirvana." He used the Bija Sanskrit character - - literally "Seed Syllable" which is is used as a metaphor to represent a complex teaching in one character. When looking at the calligraphic mandala, the three largest representations are in order of size: Centered: Namu Myoho Renge Kyo, ...Right Side: Fudo Myo as "Shoji Soku Nehan" and Left side: Aizen Myo as Bono Soku Bodai (defilements are themselves awakening) From Rev Ryuei Michael McCormick's forth-coming book "A Nichiren Shu Buddhist Dictionary:" Achalanatha Vidyaraja: (S. Acalantha Vidyrja; J. Fud My; ) The Sansksrit name Acalantha Vidyrja means Immovable Protector Knowledge King. He personifies the power of the buddhas to vanquish blind craving and is a dharmapala, a type of guardian deity of esoteric Buddhism. As such, he is one of the vidyaraja, a king of mystic knowledge. Achalanatha Vidyaraja is considered a wrathful form or manifestation of Mahavairochana Buddha, who personifies the Dharma-body of the Buddha. He is also the chief of a group of five or eight kings of mystic knowledge in esoteric Buddhism. He is very popular in Japan as a destroyer of demons, black magic, sickness, and all forms of evil. He is also revered in Japan as the protector of the nation. According to some interpretations he represents the transmutation of the sufferings of birth and death into the bliss of nirvana, and therefore represents the teaching that samsara is itself nirvana. Achalanatha Vidyaraja is depicted surrounded by flames that consume all karmic obstacles. His sword of wisdom cuts through the three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion. He uses his lasso to bind the forces of evil and to catch or draw near those in need of self-control and discipline. The rock he sits on represents his overcoming of the hindrances to awakening, but also his immovable determination to liberate all sentient beings. Nichiren Shonin had visions of Achalanatha Vidyaraja and Raga Vidyaraja. On New Year’s Day of 1254 he felt the presence of Raga Vidyaraja and then had a vision of him. From January 15 through January 17, Achalanatha Vidyaraja appeared in the same way. The drawings he made of his visions are kept at the Myohonji Temple (J. Myhonji) in Hota. Nichiren Shonin wrote of these visions in his Fud-Aizen Kanken-ki (Record of Seeing Fud and Aizen My) (WNS5, p. 1) Achalanatha Vidyaraja and Raga Vidyaraja are both represented on the Great Mandala of Invoking the Ten Realms by their respective seed syllables, that embody their essence. In this case, the seed syllables are written in the Siddham script that is used for writing Sanskrit. Achalantha Vidyrja appears as the syllable vam. These are the only two names to appear as a seed syllables on the Great Mandala.

Today, we celebrate Juneteenth Day! Juneteenth, June 19th, marks the day in 1865 that chattel slavery finally ended in the United States, when the Union Army marched onto plantations in the final state (Texas) to free the last people held in bondage there, 2.5 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. May we all celebrate the liberation of all sentient beings through the teachings of the Lotus Sutra and the Wonderful Dharma of the Eternal Buddha! ... Shoeizan Enkyoji Temple celebrates the inherent equality and freedom of all sentient beings :) Namu Myoho Renge Kyo!

This is a new video from our own Shami Kanjo of Ro-o Zan Enkyoji Buddhist Temple in Buffalo, NY! https://youtu.be/00V3jvlQ6Kk

Hi everyone! Our Sunday Services will be streamed LIVE at 10:40 AM (10 minutes from now). https://youtu.be/G9fM7wm0-MI

1,000 bows of gratitude to Gonzalo Pena Escobar for this generous donation of Dharma materials! May these material help us to further our study and practice of the Buddha Dharma.

Hi everyone, today we broadcast on YouTube live at 10:30 AM Eastern. Technical difficulties with the internet may have prevented the broadcast from airing, but please tune in again next Sunday at 10:30! Also, we are happy to announce that our Temple is re-opening with limited capacity for in-person services. More details to follow!

We are going to be broadcasting Services now on our YouTube channel. With Gassho...

Sunday Services 5/24/2020 https://youtu.be/J_0LjKdG-zk

First Service in the Temple this Spring, Join us! https://youtu.be/J_0LjKdG-zk

Today we are attempting to broadcast Services from the Temple via YouTube's platform at 10:30 am est. Our channel link is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfKsbzM0T2r2S9XUSsIjqrg Please be patient with any technical difficulties that may arise :)... With Gassho, Shami Kanyu

Hello Sangha! I would like to have a Sangha wide meeting at our normal Service time (Messenger Group Video Chat) to discuss as a community what we would like to do about scheduling the re-opening of the Temple. Due to the easing of restrictions in WNY, Churches are able to open with proper measures and I feel we should discuss as a community what methods we should use and how we will accomplish this noble goal. I would like to maximize attendees today by doing it @ 11am rathe...r than broadcast today. I am excited that soon we will be able to study and practice together again in person. Namu Myoho Renge Kyo!!! With Deepest Gassho, Shami Kanyu Kroll Shoeizan Enkyoji Buddist Temple of Rochester

Unfortunately, we are no longer able to broadcast live services due to a mandatory Google Beta download I am required to install to use Facebook Live anymore. I have only have a work computer I use as a teacher and I have no permissions to install new software on my computer, my sincere apologies. We are working on a solution... 21 Century problems :) With Gassho, Shami Kanyu

Today's Daily Shodaigyo Toddler's Service is postponed until tomorrow :) NMRK

Shodaigyo Toddler's Services are postponed until tomorrow :) NMRK

NMRK !!! Thank you for sharing practice today !!!

Today's Daily Shodaigyo Toddler's Service is postponed until tomorrow @ 10:30 am :) Namu Myoho Renge Kyo !!!

Namu Myoho Renge Kyo !!!

Join us for the 24hrs of chanting. With Gassho...

Happy Monday!!! NMRK!!!

Good Morning, thank yo for sharing practice with us :) Remember we are broadcasting now @ 10:30 am Monday-Friday, causes and conditions permitting ;) NMRK !!!

Good Morning! Thank you for sharing practice with us today!!!

Daily Shodaigyo Toddler's Service is postponed today due to my online teaching schedule, my apologies :) With Gassho, Shami Kanyu

Daily Shaodaigyo Toddler's Service is postponed until tomorrow @ 10am :) Looking forward to sharing Services with you :) With Deepest Gassho...

Good Morning! Namu Myoho Renge Kyo !!!