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 Jun Yasuda outside her shrine at the Grafton Peace Pagoda Temple in Petersburg, NY | |
| Born | June 30, 1948 |
Jun Yasuda, born in Tokyo, Japan on June 30, 1948[1] is a Japanese American Buddhist nun.[2] She is part of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji-Daisanga order, and works with Peace Pagodas, most notabley the Grafton Peace Pagoda in Petersburg, NY. [3]She is an activist, whose work involves opposing nuclear energy and weapons.[4] She organizes Peace walks, which have spanned the entire length of the country. She has walked across America 8 times.[4]
Early Life in Japan
[edit | edit source]Jun Yasuda lived in Japan until her early 30s. [4] She was born 2-3 years after the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which greatly impacted her outlook towards nuclear energy. At 19, she enrolled in Hosei University for a degree in economics and dropped out after her first day. She grew dissatisfed with the materialist culture in Japan, and later left for Sri Lanka.
Peace Walks
[edit | edit source]The first walk Yasuda engaged in was The Longest Walk, which began in San Francisco and ended in Washington D.C.
As Yasuda leads walks, she marches to a beat from her drum. Yasuda's peace walks are not limited to anti-nuclear causes, as she has engaged in walks to oppose prisons, military bases and natural gas and oil pipelines.[4] Every year, from August 6–10, she leads a "No More War" Peace walk in commemoration of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[3]
Notable Peace Walks
[edit | edit source]In 1978, Yasuda's began her first peace walk titled "The Longest Walk" which began in San Francisco and ended in Washington D.C. [5]
In 2011 Yasuda took park in a peace walk that began in Austrialia and stretched to Japan in the aftermath of an explosion at a Fukishima power plant.[6][2]
Nipponzan-Myohoji Order
[edit | edit source]Yasuda joined the Nipponzan-Myohoji order, founded by Nichidatsu Fujii (1885-1985), friend of Mahatma Gandhi, and proponent of nonviolence. [7]
Indigenous Activism
[edit | edit source]Yasuda has made close ties with many indigenous communities including the Lakota people, Seneca people, and Shoshone people, as her walks towards nuclear sites often cross paths with indigenous lands.[4] She has worked with Native American Activist, Dennis Banks, in organizing peace walks.
The Grafton Peace Pagoda
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The Grafton Peace Pagoda is one of two Peace Pagodas in the United States, the second one is located is the New England Peace Pafgoda, located in Leverett, Massachussetts.[8][5] Yasuda built the Grafton Peace Pagoda in Petersburg, NY.[5]Many volunteers helped fund and build the Grafton Peace Pagoda, and its completion took 8 years (1985-1993). Yasuda and the volunteers used primarily recycled materials to build the pagoda. The Grafton Peace Pagoda holds two prayer services a day, sunrise and sunset.[3] [5]
In 1983, Hank Hazleton, Native American Activist, gifted the land to Yasuda to create the peace pagoda. [9] Yasuda resides on the property of the Grafton Peace Pagoda.[5]
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