In this episode we will finish reading from the book, Bright Dawn: Discovering Your Everyday Spirituality by Rev. Koyo Kubose, which was published in 2004.
In this episode, I finish reading the book by reading Rev. Koyo Kubose’s Epilogue and finish with a short bio of Rev. Koyo. This is another special episode that offers insight into what the “Bright Dawn” lineage is all about. And, because of that, I am offering this as a free episode.
As I mention in this podcast episode, I encourage you to check out this episode I recorded with Rev. Koyo Kubose for my podcast, Everyday Buddhism: Making Everyday Better:
Everyday Buddhism 69 - Thoughts on the Loss of My Teacher - Rev. Koyo Kubose (episode from April 11, 2022)
My teacher, mentor, and friend, Rev. Sunnan Koyo Kubose passed away suddenly last month. In his honor, I'm replaying Episode 20, a special interview with him, as the first of a series of episodes dedicated to honoring my teachers. It is through Bright Dawn and my Sensei, I learned how to bring Buddhism into the everyday.
Listen as we discuss what the Bright Dawn Center of Oneness Buddhism and its Lay Ministry program is all about, from Rev. Koyo's perspective ... its historical influences, its mission, vision, and special niche as a program bringing the Dharma to everyone in an ordinary, everyday way.
We'll talk about the balance of gratitude, humility, ambiguity, uncertainty, perfect studentship, and — most importantly — naturalness, in Bright Dawn and it's lay ministers, as they bring the Dharma to everyone.
I hope you will subscribe to hear more from the teachings and teachers of the Bright Dawn / Kubose Dharma Legacy lineage.
I hope you enjoy these readings and also hope you’ll subscribe to ensure you continue listening to what’s coming next. The next readings will be from a treasured, hard-to-find, out-of-print book by Rev. Haya Akegarasu, Rev. Gyomay Kubose’s teacher. The book is Shout of Buddha.
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