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| Photographs from the New York Buddhist Church 2005 Obon Festival held in July at Bryant Park, New York City. During Obon, we remember and commune with our ancestors. The Bon Odori dance is performed to entertain our ancestors and to show our respect and gratitude to them. |
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| Photograph of a walking meditation led by Rev. Nakagaki and other members of the Buddhist community conducted on February 21, 2005 beneath the gates created by the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. |
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| Photographs from the New York Buddhist Church 2003 Obon Festival held in July at Bryant Park, New York City. During Obon, we remember and commune with our ancestors. The Bon Odori dance is performed to entertain our ancestors and to show our respect and gratitude to them. |
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| Photographs from Reverend T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki's travels in India in January and February of 2003. During his trip, Rev. Nakagaki visited many sites sacred to Buddhism, such as Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha, and the Maha Bodhi Temple, the site at which the Buddha became enlightened. |
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| Photographs from the Hatsubon service held near the World Trade Center in New York City on July 16, 2002. The Hatsubon service was held to honor and remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. |
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| Photographs of the historic statue of Shinran Shonin, founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism, in front of the New York Buddhist Church. This statue of Shinran Shonin survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in which 150,000 people
died, and 90 percent of the buildings in the city collapsed or burned. |
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| Photographs of the mosaic of the New York Buddhist Church from the 86th Street No. 1 Train Subway Station, uptown side. |
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| Photographs of the NYBC Tour to India in 2006. |
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