Buddhism is “in,” and has been for about 2,500 years, if only for a few decades in the West. Ecology, too, is “in,” but for only about 30 years, since the first Earth Day, in April 1970. Buddhism is a ...

During the Edo period, Japanese Buddhism worked with the shogunate and enjoyed a position of influence and authority in society. But as political power shifted from the samurai class to the emperor ...