Important Sangha News - 2008
White Lotus Center for Shin Buddhism
Myoko-in Buddhist Temple
Meets every Sunday at 11am
in the Chapel located on the Campus of
the Alaska Pacific Univeristy
Please check our calendar frequently for service location, dates and times. There will no longer be services held at the Turnagain Arts Building, but we continue to maintain our temple office there.
Myokoin Temple - White Lotus Center for
Shin Buddhism
The White Lotus Center for Shin Buddhism was designated as an official
Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temple by the Jodo Shinshu Nishi Hongwanji-ha
in Kyoto, Japan, September 2004. The temple name is Myokoin, which
means “Wondrous Light Temple”. The White Lotus Center for Shin Buddhism,
founded in 1998 by Rev. Yuho and Diane Van Parijs, has been conducting
regular Shin Buddhist services on a weekly basis, offering free
lecture series, and building a Jodo Shinshu sangha (community) for
the past 9 years. The temple is unique in the sense that it is affiliated
with Jikoji Temple in Antwerp, Belgium, home of Rev. Yuho Van Parijs,
which is directly affiliated with the home temple in Kyoto, Japan.
In October 2003, Rev. Jishin (Diane) Johnson studied at the Jodo Shinshu
Nishi Hongwanji-ha in Kyoto, Japan and was ordained as a Jodo Shinshu
Priest. Myokoin Temple of Anchorage, Alaska is fortunate to have
two resident priests at this time.
