TeachingsMagazine | Ask a Teacher, Teachings
What Is the Meaning of Refuge?
Rev. Myokei Caine-Barrett answers.
Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin
Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin is the first African-Japanese woman and the first American to hold the position of bishop in the Nichiren Order of North America. She is the resident priest of the Myoken-ji Temple in Houston, Texas.
Chanting as the Whole of Life
A Nichiren Buddhist priest explains the many approaches to reciting the sacred title “Namu-myoho-renge-kyo.”
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Great Divide
In the search for diversity, have the meditation-centered traditions been asking the wrong questions? A Nichiren priest weighs in.
Our Common Thread
A Nichiren priest resists the idea that meditation is the uniting factor across Buddhist traditions.
Foundations of Nichiren
Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin will be available to answer questions about this teaching all week (4/29-5/5). Post a question below and she will get back to you. Read Tricycle’s special section on understanding Nichiren Buddhism here.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
A Right to the Dharma
An Interview with Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin
Dharma Talks
Living the Lotus Sutra
Nichiren Shonin taught that the essence of the Lotus Sutra is found by developing faith through chanting what’s called the daimoku (or the odaimoku), the sutra’s sacred title. Myokei Caine-Barrett, the first woman and the first…
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