Women of Other Faiths
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Asayo Horibe
One of the Buddhist teachings is that there are 84,000 ways to find the truth, and whether you take the way of Islam, Christianity, Judaism, if this helps you to live better and to believe that this life is precious, then I think that's wonderful.
—Asayo Horibe
Known For: Buddhist Leader
Dates: Common Era 1945 – Present (CE)
Faith: Buddhism
Country: United States
About
An R.N. and President of the Buddhist Council of Midwest, an organizations for all Buddhists in Chicago and the Midwest, Asayo Horibe is on the Board of Trustees for the Council for a Parliament of the World Religions. She is a member of the Heartland Sangha in Chicago and was one of the speakers at the Buddhist Women’s Conference in 2006.
A third generation Japanese-American, Horibe was born in the Rohwer Relocation Camp, a Japanese internment camp in Arkansas, during World War II. A member of the Buddhist Temple of Chicago for 50 years, in 1989, she became the first President of the Heartland Sangha which is affiliated with the American Buddhist Association. While she is no longer president, she now serves as secretary for the Heartland Sangha.
Elected in 1997 as president of the Buddhist Council of the Midwest, she works to educate the general public about Buddhist, attempting to right preconceived notions they have about Buddhism.
Not only a participant in the Council for a Parliament of the World Religions, Horibe has also organized symposia on social issues such as interreligious and interracial unions, Horibe is active in the broader interfaith community.
