Aum Shinrikyō
| Situation | Former study |
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| Details | Following the Aum Shinrikyō Affair, the Institute for Zen Studies proposed a series of meetings to discuss the Affair from the standpoint of the individual Zen monk as well as that of the Zen school. A series of eight meetings, attended by the respective directors of Educational affairs from Rinzai head temples and various other individuals, was held between June 1995 and March 1996. Among the general themes discussed were, “What was the Aum Shinrikyō Affair?”, “Who were the Aum Shinrikyō believers?”, and “What should the Zen response be?” Summary of Meetings First meeting: June 13, 1995 Second meeting: July 25, 1995 Third meeting: September 18, 1995 Fourth meeting: October 23, 1995 Fifth meeting: November 20, 1995 Sixth meeting: December 20, 1995 Seventh meeting: January 22, 1996 Eighth meeting: March 25, 1996 Conclusions 1: What Was the Aum Affair? Conclusions 2: What Was Aum Shinrikyō? Conclusions 3: What Should be Done? |
| Name of group leader and members |
Ōno Eishū 大野鍈宗, Director of Educational Affairs, Myōshin-ji Kakimi Soryū 垣見祚隆, Director of Educational Affairs, Eigen-ji Kanatani Gisen 金谷義宣, Director of Educational Affairs, Hōkō-ji Kawamoto Hakumei 川本博明, Director of Educational Affairs, Kennin-ji Kichise Masaru 吉瀬勝, Director of Religious Affairs, Hanazono Univ. Zuba Bokusan 葛葉睦山, Advisor, Religious Affairs, Hanazono Univ Gotō Tenshō 後藤典生, Director, Rinzai Union of Proselytizers Segawa Sōryū 瀬川宗隆, Associate Director, Rinzai School Union of Proselytizers Takai Shōshun 高井正俊, Director of Educational Affairs, Kenchō-ji Tasaka Myōdō 田坂明道, Director of Educational Affairs, Butsū-ji Tahara Gisen 田原義宣, Director of Educational Affairs, Tenryū-ji Noritake Kōtoku 法岳光徳, Director, Shinshō-ji International Zendō Hasegawa Gikō 長谷川義恒, Rinzai School Young Monks’ Association Hiratsuka Keidō 平塚景堂, Director of Educational Affairs, Shōkoku-ji Hoizumi Shōshū 補泉正宗, Director of Administrative and Educational Affairs, Hōkō-ji Hōzumi Genshō 宝積玄承, Associate Director of Religious Affairs, Hanazono Univ. Horiguchi Sōshin 堀口宗信, Director of Lay Affairs, Nanzen-ji Miwa Sōkan 三輪宗貫, Director of Educational Affairs, Kōgaku-ji Yamada Shōshū 山田宗正, Director of Educational Affairs, Daitoku-ji Horio Tsutomu 堀尾 孟, Professor of Philosophy, Ōtani Univ. (Group leader) Toga Shōryū 栂正隆, Institute for Zen Studies Nakagawa Kōdō 中川弘道, Institute for Zen Studies |
