Hanazono University ( 花園大学 , Hanazono Daigaku ) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan that belongs to the Rinzai sect (specifically the Myōshin-ji temple complex, which it is next to). The university and the neighborhood are named for Emperor Hanazono , whose donated his palace to make Myōshin-ji.
21-786: Hanazono may refer to: Places [ edit ] Hanazono University in Kyoto, Japan Higashi Osaka Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashi Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan Hanazono, Saitama , former town in Saitama Prefecture, Japan Hanazono, Wakayama , former village in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan Hanazono Shrine , a Shinto shrine in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan People [ edit ] Emperor Hanazono ,
42-451: A mutual understanding and experience of each other's spirituality . The origins of DIMMID go back to post World War II when communism was on the rise and many countries, especially in Africa, were becoming independent from their colonial powers, some of which had introduced and favoured Catholicism, which was now losing governmental support and competed with a reviving Islam. Pope Pius XII
63-713: A serious attempt to understand it and appreciate their reasons for following the monastic way of life. The participants of the 1987 exchange were received at the end of their time by Pope John Paul II in Rome. On proposal of Julian von Duerbeck, O.S.B. , and Br. Wayne Teasdale the DIMMID hosted a dialogue session with the Dalai Lama on "Emptiness and Kenosis" at the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1993. This led to
84-470: A setting dedicated to spiritual life was fruitful and allowed for a deeper level of communion. The next "East-West Spiritual Exchange", in which 17 monks and abbots went to Japan upon invitation of Reverend Hirata Seiko, the president of the Institute for Zen studies, proved crucial. The participants recognised that in order for proper exchange and dialogue to occur, they had to enter their spirituality, make
105-461: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Monastic Interreligious Dialogue DIMMID , Dialogue Interreligieux Monastique - Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIM·MID), is a movement within the Benedictine and Cistercian order aimed to promote interfaith dialogue between monastic communities of different religions. Created in 1977, the movement approaches this aim through
126-635: Is a major competitor of the Sōtō college in Tokyo known as Komazawa University . Despite the university's sectarian affiliation, the school accepts Soto students. The school operates two research centers important in Zen academia, i.e. the Institute for Zen Studies and the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism. Founded in 1872 as a seminary for those interested in the priesthood,
147-456: Is often conducted within an academic setting, DIMMID approached this topic from an experiential side. William Skudlarek O.S.B., the Secretary general of DIMMID, characterises their approach to interreligious dialogue as emphasising the experiential knowledge of other spiritual paths and therefore “plunging” into another religious tradition in order to gain this experiential knowledge. Though
168-636: The First International Dialogue for Buddhist and Christian Nuns which took place in Kaohsiung , Taiwan, from 14-19 October 2018. 70 monastic women, half Buddhist and half Catholic, participated in the conference under the theme of "Active Contemplation and Contemplation in Action". While the origins of DIMMID lie in a missionary setting, the approach since the 1970s has been one of spiritual exchange. Whereas interreligious dialogue
189-687: The Second Vatican Council , which in its Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes in 1965 urged the Catholic community to acknowledge its solidarity with humankind and its history. In this early time, the AIM helped to sponsor conferences aimed to help monks and nuns in non-Christian countries to better understand the cultural and religious setting better. The conference in Bangkok in 1968 is particularly well-remembered due to accidental death of
210-519: The 95th emperor of Japan Utako Hanazono , Japanese geisha Fictional characters [ edit ] Hikari Hanazono , in the anime and manga series Special A Karin Hanazono , in the anime and manga series Kamichama Karin Sakura Hanazono , in the anime and manga series Kaichō wa Maid-sama! Shizuma Hanazono , in the anime Strawberry Panic Tae Hanazono, a character in
231-1000: The AIM were created. The North American Board for East-West Dialogue (NABEWD), which would later become the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, was created in Petersham, Massachusetts in June 1977 and the Dialogue Interreligieux Monastique was founded in Loppem in Belgium in August that same year. In 1979, the DIMMID helped to organise an "East-West Spiritual Exchange". Japanese Zen monks went to Europe to spend some time in Christian monasteries. Their experience of hospitality in
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#1732783893368252-734: The DIMMID has been sometimes suspected of syncretism and a relativistic attitude by fellow Benedictines, it has been supported by Catholic authorities since its inception and promotes an ecclesiastic consciousness based on an approach to hospitality that is shaped by the Gospel command to love each other unconditionally . In 2011, the DIMMID launched an online, multi-language journal called Dilatato corde (from Latin "expanded heart"). This bi-annual journal features contributions from spiritual practitioners and scholars of different religious traditions who wish to report, reflect on, and examine this form of interreligious dialogue. A documentary movie about
273-722: The Trappist monk Thomas Merton . The direction impetus for the foundation came through the letter of Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli , president of what has become the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue , to the Benedictine Abbot Primate Rembert Weakland in 1974. In this letter the cardinal asked the monastic orders to take up a leading role in interreligious dialogue as the presence of monasticism in various religions provided an important bridge for this dialogue. In 1977, two subcommission of
294-654: The annual meeting of the European DIM in Montserrat in 1995, the year before his murder . In his talk he explained the practice of communion in prayer, thus opening dialogue to other religions beyond Buddhism and Hinduism, such as those with non-monastic traditions such as Islam. In 2007, the European DIM met at the priory of Our Lady of Atlas in Morocco, the continuation of the Thibirine community . In 2011,
315-707: The creation of the so-called Gethsameni Encounters , encounters between Theravadin Buddhist monks and members of the DIMMID. The first of which took place at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in July 1996 and was attended among others by the Dalai Lama and bishop Joseph John Gerry , O.S.B.. Until 1994, the DMI was a subcommission of the AIM but as differences between their methods and objectives were becoming more evident, it
336-546: The first international monastic/Shia Muslim dialogue was organised by the DIMMID in Sant’Anselmo , attended among others by Iranian scholar Mohammad Ali Shomali . Since then, four further further meetings took place in Qom/Isfahan (2012), Assisi/Rome (2014), Qom/Mashad (2016) and Karen, Nairobi (2017). The "East-West Spiritual Exchanges" continue up to today and the DIMMID helps also to organise similar exchanges such as
357-465: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hanazono&oldid=1102602035 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hanazono University It
378-416: The multimedia franchise BanG Dream! Yurine Hanazono, in the anime and manga series Dropkick on My Devil! See also [ edit ] Hanazono Station (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hanazono . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
399-782: The university carries on that tradition while offering an education to those uninterested in becoming a priest. The university's president is Dr. Kosan Abe. Former presidents include Eshin Nishimura . Since 1979, the Institute for Zen Studies has organised together with the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIMMID) the so-called East-West Spiritual Exchanges in which Buddhist and Christian monks or nuns take turns residing for one month in each other’s monasteries. 35°0′59.2″N 135°43′35.7″E / 35.016444°N 135.726583°E / 35.016444; 135.726583 This Zen -related article
420-663: Was concerned about the situation of the Church and therefore launched a general call to mission in 1957 in his encyclical Fidei Donum which led to the formation of AIM ( Aid for the Implementation of Monasticism ). The main force behind this imitative was the Dutch Benedictine Cornelius Tholens. Instead of focusing on evangelisation, he stressed the duty of monks and nuns to interact with people in any race or religion. This open approach predated
441-543: Was set up by Abbot Primate Jerome Theisen as an independent Secretariat, though always in liaison with the AIM. This secretariat would serve not only the Benedictine Confederation but also the two branches of the Cistercian order and to stress its international character, it was given both an English and French name. Fr. Christian de Chergé , prior of the monastery Our Lady of Atlas , came to
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