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Upcoming Events
BDK Hawaii presents
A Journey Through Diverse Buddhist Traditions
with Dr. George Tanabe
Four Wednesday Sessions:
10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 (all 2025)
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Offered at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin and via Zoom
(enter parking at 1742 Lusitana St.)
Discover the richness and variety of Buddhist teachings and practices as they developed in India, China, and Japan.
Professor Emeritus Dr. George Tanabe, a Waialua native, taught Japanese religions at UH from 1977 to 2006. President of BDK Hawaii and Chairman of BDK America, he has authored numerous works on Buddhism. Dr. Tanabe was honored with Japan’s Foreign Minister’s Award and the Order of the Rising Sun. He and his wife Dr. Willa Tanabe (Professor Emerita of Japanese Art History) researched and wrote Japanese Buddhist Temples in Hawaiʻi: An Illustrated Guide.
BDK Hawaii presents
A Journey Through Diverse Buddhist Traditions
with Dr. George Tanabe
Four Wednesday Sessions:
10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 (all 2025)
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Offered at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin and via Zoom
(enter parking at 1742 Lusitana St.)
Discover the richness and variety of Buddhist teachings and practices as they developed in India, China, and Japan.
Professor Emeritus Dr. George Tanabe, a Waialua native, taught Japanese religions at UH from 1977 to 2006. President of BDK Hawaii and Chairman of BDK America, he has authored numerous works on Buddhism. Dr. Tanabe was honored with Japan’s Foreign Minister’s Award and the Order of the Rising Sun. He and his wife Dr. Willa Tanabe (Professor Emerita of Japanese Art History) researched and wrote Japanese Buddhist Temples in Hawaiʻi: An Illustrated Guide.
BDK Hawaii presents
A Journey Through Diverse Buddhist Traditions
with Dr. George Tanabe
Four Wednesday Sessions:
10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 (all 2025)
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Offered at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin and via Zoom
(enter parking at 1742 Lusitana St.)
Discover the richness and variety of Buddhist teachings and practices as they developed in India, China, and Japan.
Professor Emeritus Dr. George Tanabe, a Waialua native, taught Japanese religions at UH from 1977 to 2006. President of BDK Hawaii and Chairman of BDK America, he has authored numerous works on Buddhism. Dr. Tanabe was honored with Japan’s Foreign Minister’s Award and the Order of the Rising Sun. He and his wife Dr. Willa Tanabe (Professor Emerita of Japanese Art History) researched and wrote Japanese Buddhist Temples in Hawaiʻi: An Illustrated Guide.
BDK Hawaii presents
A Journey Through Diverse Buddhist Traditions
with Dr. George Tanabe
Four Wednesday Sessions:
10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 (all 2025)
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Offered at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin and via Zoom
(enter parking at 1742 Lusitana St.)
Discover the richness and variety of Buddhist teachings and practices as they developed in India, China, and Japan.
Professor Emeritus Dr. George Tanabe, a Waialua native, taught Japanese religions at UH from 1977 to 2006. President of BDK Hawaii and Chairman of BDK America, he has authored numerous works on Buddhism. Dr. Tanabe was honored with Japan’s Foreign Minister’s Award and the Order of the Rising Sun. He and his wife Dr. Willa Tanabe (Professor Emerita of Japanese Art History) researched and wrote Japanese Buddhist Temples in Hawaiʻi: An Illustrated Guide.
