BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO RESPECTED BISHOP SEICHO ASAHI

Respected Bishop Seicho Asahi was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He studied Shingon Buddhism at the Koyasan University in Japan, came to California as a Buddhist minister in 1981, and worked at Koyasan Temple for 10 years. He has been active with all segments of the community in teaching Buddhist philosophy and has engaged in interfaith activity, prison Sangha work, the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, etc. He has been the head minister of the Northern California Koyasan Temple in Sacramento for the last 16 years.