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	Chicago Jodo Shu Temple Evanston IL [email protected]
	Midwest Buddhist Information Ce Evanston IL [email protected]
	Midwest Buddhist Temple Chicago IL [email protected]		Pure Land History of Our Temple Shinran Full BW 3 95x150The Midwest Buddhist Temple is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism, with roots in the Pure Land Buddhist tradition. Jodo Shinshu, also referred to as Shin Buddhism, was founded in Japan by Shinran Shonin (1173-1262). It was Shinran Shonin who made Buddhist teachings accessible to people of all walks of life—in contrast to the traditional, primarily monastic practice of Buddhism. The first appearance of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism in the United States is traced back to Japanese immigrants who initiated a gathering of Buddhists in San Francisco on July 14, 1898. The Buddhist Churches of America, with which the Midwest Buddhist Temple is affiliated, is rooted in the Jodo Shinshu tradition. Between 1900 and 1940 many Jodo Shinshu temples were founded along the West Coast of the United States. But it wasn’t until 1944 that the Midwest Buddhist Temple was founded in Chicago by Rev. Gyodo Kono—its beginning linked to the “resettlement” of many Japanese-Americans who moved to the Midwest to start new lives as World War II came to a close.

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