BDK Financial Assistance Programs
2019
Total Number of Entries: 36, Selected: 27
和元（2019）年度 助 1 件ずつ申請書の確認及び審査を行い、下記の団体への助A. Support for Groups
Name of GroupProject

The Japanese Association ofBuddhist Studies

International academic exchanges andpromotion of cultural contributions, etc.

NPO Kamakura Terakoya

Promotion of temple communities throughvolunteer activities by universities, temples,
local government, and people

Japan-India Cultural
Exchange Network

Development of Japan-India cultural
exchange network and promotion of cultural
exchanges between Japan and India“Freestyle Monks”

Publication of free magazine, “FreestyleMonks” and website, and holding related
eventsB. Support for Projects:
B-1 Buddhist Spiritual/cultural and Humanitarian Activities
Name of GroupProjectSociety for Interfaith
Chaplaincy in Hokkaido andTohoku

Telephone consultation

General Incorporated
Association Terakoya

Workshops and lectures for Buddhist priests
who try to maintain temple communities ineach local area and provide useful information
through its website

BuddhaGeneral Incorporated

Development of Buddhist priests who canFoundation Hongwanji Vihara work with medical personnel
Medical Welfare Association“JU YA FES” Executive

Temple festival “JU YA FES”

Committee

1/4NPO Society to Promote
India-Japan CulturalRelations

Dance Performance “Learn More – Brahminmonk Bodhisena the First Indian who came toJapan”

General Incorporated
Association Kogen

Temple festival “Kogen”

Public Interest Incorporated
Foundation Zenkoku
Kyokaishi Renmei (Japan

Training/education of Buddhist chaplains

Buddhist Chaplain Union)
All Japan Young Buddhist

Mindfulness retreats of Thich Nhat Hanh

Association
General Incorporated

Training/education of chaplains

Association Society forInterfaith Chaplaincy in Japan
General Incorporated
Association Project Gamon

Publication of free Buddhist magazine,“Wagense”

Buddhist Cultural Resources
Study Group

Series of lectures and seminars “Rakan, Arhat

The ZENSEIKYO
FOUNDATION for Youth andTraining/educating chaplains and sending
them to facilities in need

Buddhist Culture”

Child Welfare

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B. Support for Projects:
B-2 Promotions of Buddhist Academic Learning
Name of Group

Project

Ryukoku Museum

Special Exhibition Fall 2019 “Japanese simple
drawings – Relaxed, Cute, and Fun Art”

Public Interest Incorporated
Foundation the Nakamura
Hajime Eastern Institute2019 research investigation

Klaus-Dieter Mathes,
University of Vienna, Austria

150th anniversary Symposium forJapan-Austria Friendship “Celebration forJapan-Austria Friendship: Southern AsiaStudies, Tibetology, Buddhist Studies”

Jørn Borup, Arhus University,Denmark

Academic Conference “Japanese Buddhismin Europe”

Japan Society for Buddhist
Nursing and Vihara

15th conference of Japan Buddhist NurserySociety for Vihara

B. Support for Projects:
B-3 Protections of Buddhist Cultural Properties
Name of Group

Project

Minobusan University

Restoration Project of Buddhist statues in theworld heritage sites of Luang Phabang, Laos

Nousu Kosetsu
Commendation
Committee

Preservation Project of Buddhist wall paintings byMr. Kosetsu Nousu in Sarnath, Inida

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C. Numata Program in Buddhist Studies and its Related Activities
Name of GroupProject

The University ofChicago Divinity School,U.S.A.

Continuing Numata Program in Buddhist Studies

Leiden University, TheNetherlands）

Continuing Numata Program in Buddhist Studies

National Chengchi
University, Taiwan

Establishing Numata Program in Buddhist
Philosophical Studies

McMaster University,

Establishing Numata Program in Buddhist Studies

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