The Honolulu Hongwanji Buddhist Ministers Association presents…
Why Buddhism and the West Need Each Other
a lecture by Dr. David Loy

David Robert Loy is a professor, writer, and Zen teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. In Dr. Loy’s view, the highest ideal of the Western tradition is to restructure society so that it is more just. While the most important goal of Buddhism is to awaken spiritually, which ends dukkha, loosely translated as “suffering.” He puts forth a fruitful idea that the world needs both of these ideals. Not only because they complement each other but also because they in fact need each other.

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