Junsei Terasawa (Japanese: 寺沢潤世, Russian: Дзюнсэй Тэрасава, Ukrainian: Дзюнсей Терасава; September 15, 1950) is a Japanese Buddhist monk, belonging to the Order Nipponzan Myōhōji. He is notable for being the first Nipponzan monk to be active in Eurasia.

Being a respected mentor, surnamed Terasawa-sensei or simply Sensei,[citation needed] he has undertaken many years of monastic peacemaking practices in India, Europe and the former Soviet Union. Presently, he teaches groups of monks from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and China. In 2000 he was forbidden from entering Russia because of his opposition to the war in Chechnya.[independent source needed]

Biography

Peace Pagoda with coordinates 52°03′28″N 0°43′32″W/52.057697°N 0.725436°W/ 52.057697; -0.725436(Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda), built Nipponzan Myōhōji in 1980. Milton Keynes, England, is the first Peace Pagoda in the western hemisphere.
Peace Pagoda with coordinates 51°28′55″N 0°09′32″W/51.482018°N 0.159025°W/ 51.482018; -0.159025(London Peace Pagoda) (London, England) built by Nipponzan Myōhōji in 1985.
Rev. Terasawa-Sensei with Frank Kaufmann. Jerusalem, 2003.

Junsei Terasawa was born on September 15, 1950, into a poor family in Hakui, Ishikawa. He is the second son in the family.

Shortly before the Berlin Wall Fall, he conducted a seven day prayer without food and water on the grave of Karl Marx, burned his finger phalanx and made a Peace March from Warsaw to the wall.[independent source needed]

Terasawa suggested Ukrainian religious leaders make a joint application for peace and a non-violent society in Ukraine.[independent source needed] On the day of commemoration for those killed on the Kyiv Maidan, he initiated another peace walk in Kyiv and cities of south-eastern Ukraine.

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Notes

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  • Shvedovski, Felix (2011). . YouTube.
  • Spencer, Metta (Jul–Sep 2001). . Peace Magazine. 17 (3): 16. ISSN .
  • Terasawa, Junsei (8 January 2006). (PDF).
  • Tribinevicius, Medeine (2011). .
  • ПЧР (January 3, 2007). (in Russian).
  • Тэрасава, Дзюнсэй (1997). (in Russian). Donetsk, Ukraine: Mahasangha. p. 224.
  • Тэрасава, Дзюнсэй (2001). (in Russian). Donetsk, Ukraine: Mahasangha Nipponzan Myōhōji. p. 512.
  • Тэрасава, Дзюнсэй (2006). (PDF) (in Russian). Donetsk, Ukraine: Mahasangha Nipponzan Myōhōji. p. 447. ISBN 966-8292-87-1.