See Handout from Dharma Lecture Saturday, Nov. 23 on Eitaikyo
UPDATED November 26, 2024. In response to your questions, we are not able to provide a video of Rev. Adams’ lecture, but with his permissiom we are sharing his handout for this lecture. Rev Adams, to link the topic of Eitaikyo to the End of Life seminar earlier in the day, provides extra coverage of the Jodo Shinshu concpet of death and related funeral or memorial services.
Our original article, published before the event, follows below.
Sangha and the public are invited to this special Dharma Lecture about the meaining of the Shin Buddhist observance of Eitaikyo. Our guest speaker is Rev. Henry Adams of the San Mateo Buddhist Temple. (Rev. Adams will provide the Dharma talk for this formal observance on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 19 a.m.)
The event is free and open to the public; donations are gratefully accepted. Light refreshmants will be served.
About Rev. Adams
Rev. Henry Toryo Adams grew up in Buffalo, Minnesota. He discovered his interest in Buddhism during a one-year high school exchange program in Chennai, India. As an undergraduate student at St. Olaf College, he began his study of Buddhist scriptures and first considered pursuing the path to the ministry. After receiving an M.A. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Michigan, he moved to Miyazaki, Japan where he worked for the Miyazaki Prefectural Government. In 2007, Rev. Adams moved to Kyoto, Japan to pursue his ministerial studies at the Chuo Bukkyo Gakuin Buddhist Seminary. Upon graduating from the seminary, he began serving as a Minister in the Buddhist Churches of America in 2010.
Rev. Adams has been serving in his current capacity as the Resident Minister of the San Mateo Buddhist Temple since 2013. Prior to coming to San Mateo, he served the Oxnard Buddhist Temple, the Buddhist Church of Santa Barbara, the San Luis Obispo Buddhist Temple and the Guadalupe Buddhist Church. He also served as Supervising Minister for the Buddhist Church of San Francisco from September 2020 to May 2023.
From September 2018 to May 2019, he served as a Chaplain Intern at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.