The Institute of Buddhist Studies provides graduate level education in the entirety of the Buddhist tradition with specialized instruction supporting Jodo Shinshu Buddhist ministry.
Spring is Hers: Beginning Now is Everything
On the Sundays of April 17 and May 8 at 10am, Sensei Bonnie Myotai Treace will be giving meditation instruction and talks on the life and poetry of Buddhist nun Otagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875) at the Japan Society in New York. Myotai Sensei will be placing a particular emphasis on Rengetsu’s poems of resilience and new beginnings, and on the transformative capabilities of meditation, poetry, and art as spiritual practice.
For ticket information, click here or call the Japan Society at (212) 715-1258.
Myotai Sensei's website:
108 bowls
Further reading:
"The Sword Disappears in the Water" by Sensei Bonnie Myotai Treace
"Rising to the Challenge: Filling the Well with Snow" by Sensei Bonnie Myotai Treace
"Being Love By Loving" -Sensei Bonnie Myotai Treace honors her teacher.
Video teaching:
"Nothing to Give: Giving it All," the first talk of Myotai Sensei's Tricycle Retreat, "Whole Life Offering"








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