d39f8724-07d1-11ed-87ba-c9de5a43d6bf /publications/.content/item/item_123456789_496.xml Transcending Borders: Using Regional and Ethnographic Studies to Envision the Future of Humanistic Buddhism

db7301a4-07d1-11ed-87ba-c9de5a43d6bf /publications/.content/item/item_123456789_456.xml Transcending Borders: Using Regional and Ethnographic Studies to Envision the Future of Humanistic Buddhism

Ellison Onizuka (1946-1986) made this observation upon viewing the Earth from Space Shuttle Discovery in 1985. A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut, Onizuka became the first Asian-American and the first Buddhist to reach space. Raised as a Shin Buddhist in Hawaii affiliated with the Kona Hongwanji, Onizuka was struck by the lack of boundaries or borders—political, racial, or egoistic—visible from such a distance.