AI＋Compassion Cafe Talk #12: Taikyo Murakami (村上泰敬)

Taikyo Murakami

In 2001, he became the acharya of the Shingon Esoteric Buddhism. In 2005, graduated from the Department of Buddhism, Faculty of Buddhism, Shuchiin University. In 2007, received a master's degree from the Otani Graduate School of Humanities, majoring in Buddhist culture. Specializes in esoteric Buddhism, Buddhism and culture in the Heian and Kamakura periods (9C-13C).

He grew up in a temple where people consulted, and has done more than 10,000 face-to-face consultations. Training disciples of monks and ascetics (Shugendo). He was qualified as a clinical Buddhist teacher (Chaplain of Buddhism: Institute for Engaged Buddhism), and has been involved in home medical care, including palliative care wards, and still cares for staff and patients. He has been involved in the World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP) for a long time, involved in interfaith dialogue and reconciliation education, teaching listening methods, and facilitator training courses.

Since 2006, he has…