[Part5] Rev. Shundo Aoyama and Rev. Konjin Godwin

A Dialoge Between Two Soto Zen Nuns
Rev. Shundo Aoyama and Rev. Konjin Godwin
Part5(5/5)

A Message to Future Priests
～What Soto Zen Buddhism needs now～

A dialogue video on the theme of "SDG Development Goal 5: Achieve Gender Equality" was created for the Soto Zen Buddhism Religious Office's SDG activities.

Rev. Shundo Aoyama
Seido, Daihonzan Sojiji
Abbess of Aichi Senmon Nunnery or Nisodo
1947 　Ordained by Rev. Shunki Kurashina
1976 　Appointed as Abbess of Aichi Senmon Nisodo
2009 　First woman appointed as "Daikyoshi"
2022 　Appointed as the first female "Seido" of Daihonzan Sojiji

Rev. Konjin Godwin
Director of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center
Houston Zen Center, Shounji, Kokusai Fukyoshi（International teacher）
1985 　Trained at San Francisco Zen Center, served on board of directors, etc.
1992 　Trained at Hosshinji, Fukui prefecture, Japan
2003 　Established Houston Zen Center, Shounji, Houston, Texas
2009 　Appointed as Kokusai Fukyoshi（International teacher）
2018 　Appointed as the first female Director of the Soto Zen Buddhism
International Center

Part1:Thinking About Gender Equality
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Part2:Listening with Humility to "Differences"
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Part3:What Happens When Men and Women Practice Together?
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Part4:"Don't Discuss Gender"
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Prt5:A Message to Future Priests
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