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Bushi Yamato Damashii returns for the second part of this two part interview. Click here to listen to part one.
Bushi Yamato Damashi is the founder of Sangha Bodhi Christo (a Buddhist-Christian student and practice community), and directs the Thomasville Buddhist Center in Thomasville, NC. He is a student of Buddhist teachers Lama Rod Owens and Lama Justin Von Bujdoos. Like many American Buddhists, his practice is eclectic, drawing from the Daishin Zen and the Vajrayana lineages.
Bushi, who also is known as Heiwa no Bushi, or “peaceful samurai,” speaks and teaches on topics such as “The Making of a Christ Sangha” and “Celebrating and Integrating Inter-Spiritual Energetic Healing Modalities.” Joining us on the podcast, he shares his insightful wisdom not only on Buddhism and Buddhist-Christian dialog, but also on the psychology of spiritual growth.
Jesus and the Buddha did the same work. Were they different in their lineages or where they came from? Yes. But I believe that Jesus and the Buddha both understood… we must become a very intimate people with one another, and then our books will begin to make sense — and not the other way around. — Bushi Yamato Damashii
Some of the resources and authors we mention in this episode:
- Lama Rod Owens, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger
- Justin Von Bujdoos, Modern Tantric Buddhism: Embodiment and Authenticity in Dharma Practice
- Howard Thurman, Essential Writings
- Francis X. Clooney, Comparative Theology: Deep Learning Across Religious Borders
- The Matrix Film Trilogy
- Carl Jung, The Portable Jung
- Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions
- Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love
- Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments With Truth
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Never hold yourself or anyone else too seriously. — Bushi Yamato Damashii
This is part two of a two-part interview. Click here to listen to part one.
Silence became pretty much the foundation for the rest of my living with the life that I have; the foundation for the rest of my living. — Bushi Yamato Damashii
Episode 74: Silence and the Peaceful Samurai: A Conversation with Bushi Yamato Damashii (Part Two)
Hosted by: Carl McColman
With: Cassidy Hall, Kevin Johnson
Date Recorded: September 6, 2019
a seminal book on Christian-Buddhist interspirituality, and so we were eager to have him join the Encountering Silence conversation to reflect on how silence takes us to a place beyond the limitations or separations of doctrine, dogma, or religious culture.
Mr. Leong has been a speaker and lecturer on Buddhism and spirituality since the mid-1990s, having taught in Manhattan’s Chinatown, the New York Open Center, and other continuing education and adult learning venues. He is active on social media, moderating or contributing to groups devoted to topics such as Buddhism, Alan Watts, and Zen Christians.
