Listen "Paths of Practice with Rev. Robert Ryugen Doshin Yamada"
Episode Synopsis
Rev. Robert Ryugen Doshin Yamada is a Soto Zen priest and founder of the Animal Liberation Temple (Dōbutsu Kaihōji), a Soto Zen Buddhist temple and animal sanctuary based in Martinez, CA.
We discuss how the Animal Liberation Temple approaches caring for non-human animal residents, Rev. Yamada's journey into Buddhism, the guidance Rev. Yamada finds in the bodhisattva, Jizo, when addressing suffering, and non-human animal rescue efforts and rehabilitation.
We discuss how the Animal Liberation Temple approaches caring for non-human animal residents, Rev. Yamada's journey into Buddhism, the guidance Rev. Yamada finds in the bodhisattva, Jizo, when addressing suffering, and non-human animal rescue efforts and rehabilitation.
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