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Bright Dawn and the Kubose Dharma Legacy Keeping Buddhism REAL and ALIVE!

I began the podcast Words From My Teachers, a premium, weekly Everyday Buddhism podcast in December 2023, but we have reached the end. The section remains but there will be no new content added.

Words From My Teachers features readings from the books written by and about my teachers from the Bright Dawn Center of Oneness Buddhism and the Kubose Dharma Legacy … Rev. Gyomay Kubose, Rev. Koyo Kubose, and Haya Akegarasu.

In the first episode, I gave a background of Bright Dawn, based on an article I wrote some years ago. I called it The Bright Dawn Center of Oneness Buddhism: Buddhism with Attitude—Keeping it REAL and ALIVE. It summarizes the history of the Kubose family and Bright Dawn and I shared a link to a PDF of the original article (including vintage photos).

Rev. Koyo Kubose and his father, Rev. Gyomay Kubose, continued the mission started by the Japanese Pure Land teachers, Honen and Shinran—bringing the Dharma to everyone in their everyday lives. Rev. Gyomay Kubose’s lifework was dedicated to promoting Buddhism in America, so that the Dharma could be part of the lives of those in a Western culture, where Buddhism was not native.

It is my hope that this Words From My Teachers podcast will continue to live in the evergreen of the Internet to help keep Rev. Gyomay's and Rev. Koyo's voices alive. The mission of this podcast was to bring the Kubose’s voices to listeners not familiar with Bright Dawn teachings and reinforce the teachings in those who already appreciate them.

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