報恩講セミナー Hōonkō Seminar
Fri Nov 27 – Sun Nov 29, 2026 (Starting Fri Nov 27, 2:00 pm)
(Time Plan: Fri Nov 27: 2:00 – 6:15 pm, Sat Nov 28: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm; Sun Nov 29: 9:00 am – 1:15 pm)
Event Language: English
Organisation: EKŌ-Gemeinschaft der Europäischen Shin-Buddhisten e.V.

Speaker: Dr. habil. Martin REPP
Theme: “Hōnen, Shinran, and the Challenges of the World Today”
1. Religious reforms and innovations
2. Pure Land Buddhist Ethics – Foundations and Applications
3. Intra-Buddhist and Interreligious Communication

Since Hōnen and Shinran introduced groundbreaking innovations, their movements may be characterized as Buddhist reform movements. However, religious reforms do not only tackle decadence or abuse, but most of all they try to adjust teaching and/or practice to the changes of their times (taiki seppō). Because the establishment of Jōdo-shū and Jōdo Shinshū now has passed since quite some time, the question has to be considered whether they still meet the requirements of our times and places today.

Registration Fee: Member of EKŌ-Gemeinschaft der Europäischen Shin-Buddhisten e.V.: €0 | Non-Member: €10

Other Fee: Those who wish to have meals with other participants for lunch on Nov 28 should inform us by Nov 25, 2026 and pay additionally €15 for the lunch box.

Information & registration: nottelmann@eko-haus.de