Introduciton to Shingon and the Buddha's Teaching is an online interactive and lecture-style class magnifies the foundation of Mahayana Buddhist practices and philosophies, with an emphasis on Shingon Buddhist concepts.
This is a biweekly class that occurs via Zoom every other Wednesday at 6 p.m. Pacific Time as permitted by Kosho Finch Sensei's schedule.
If you are unsure if a class is canceled, please visit our events calendar. If an event is not on the calendar, it is canceled. We also typically post cancelation messaging on Facebook.
$5 donation suggested. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. All are welcome to practice.
To get more information on attending our classes, please email events@shingonpdx.org.
If you would like to review previous class lectures, some of them are archived on the Foundation for Shingon Buddhism YouTube channel.
Buddhism For Dummies by Jonathan Landaw, Stephan Bodian, Gudrun Bühnemann
Life of the Buddha by Ashvaghosha, translated by Patrick Olivelle
https://bdkamerica.org also provides free PDFs of Buddhist texts as well as hardcopy editions for sale