{"id":68449,"date":"2007-06-08T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-09T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/?p=68449"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:02:48","slug":"53-respected-bishop-seicho-asahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/53-respected-bishop-seicho-asahi\/reposts\/the-most-acknowledged-and-the-most-rigorously-certified-buddha-in-the-history\/","title":{"rendered":"53. 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Respected Bishop Seicho Asahi\n\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df796db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df796db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56ebba3\" data-id=\"56ebba3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4869bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4869bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1169\" height=\"1371\" src=\"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-79387\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53-1.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53-1-873x1024.jpg 873w, https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53-1-768x901.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1169px) 100vw, 1169px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f34a16c\" data-id=\"f34a16c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9951c8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9951c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Respected Bishop Seicho Asahi was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He studied Shingon Buddhism at the Koyasan University in Japan, came to California as a Buddhist minister in 1981, and worked at Koyasan Temple for 10 years. He has been active with all segments of the community in teaching Buddhist philosophy and has engaged in interfaith activity, prison Sangha work, the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, etc. He has been the head minister of the Northern California Koyasan Temple in Sacramento for the last 16 years.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d63d18b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d63d18b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bccf09c\" data-id=\"bccf09c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f34c3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f34c3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"1744\" src=\"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-79388\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53-3.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53-3-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53-3-768x997.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53-3-1184x1536.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8defc3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8defc3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Congratulatory Letter<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Your Holiness Buddha Vajradhara Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Dharma King:<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I, as a head of the Koyasan Shingon-shu North American Mission, have seen Your Holiness great accomplishments on Buddhism, which have never been seen before in the world. Your Holiness is truly the primordial Buddha who incarnate to this world to save living beings and to transmit the authentic Buddha-dharma of Tathagata. All of us from different sects of Buddhism are extremely joyful about this. This supreme karmic affinity of true Buddha-dharma is difficult to encounter in eons and today finally appears in our world again. I would like to extend my utmost respect and sincere congratulations to Your Holiness and to wish that every living being would be able to listen to the supreme Buddha-dharma your Holiness brings to us.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\">Respectfully,<br \/>Bishop Seicho Asahi<br \/>Koyasan Shingon-shu North American Mission<br \/>June 8, 2007<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d388a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d388a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibsahq.org\/uploads\/editor\/files\/202010-5f8bbe5211eb4.pdf\">Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20febcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20febcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/h-h-dorje-chang-buddha-iii-2\/#1\">\u00ab The Most Acknowledged and Most Rigorously Recognized Buddha<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Respected Bishop Seicho Asahi was born in Hiroshima, Japan. 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