About Shishinkan
Shishinkan is a community of practice, designed not as a place to teach Japanese spiritual culture, but as a place to feel and experience it. Rather than seminars or lectures, we invite you to sense, through all five senses, the culture rooted in Wa, Makoto, Kei, Do, and Toku.
Based in Tokyo, with gatherings also held in Kyoto.
Our Intent: Why Shishinkan
Shishinkan is a place that embodies the spiritual culture Japan has nurtured, and hands a harmonized society on to the world. We contribute to a society where people live not for self-interest but for others; not from ego, but from selflessness.
Not to teach, but to be together. Not to preach, but to let people experience and practice. Those who visit carry the spirit of Japan home within themselves, and quietly spread it in their own lands. Beyond that, we believe, lies peace in the world.
The Five Spirits
We do not over-explain. The heart of the experience is your own realization; Shishinkan is simply the vessel.
Membership draft
Full Member
- By introduction
- Engaged with Radio WISDOM or the Compass Tsushin newsletter
- Completed the full course on the Five Spirits
- Fee: to be announced
Supporting Member
- Individuals and organizations who share our intent
- Support through funding and networks
- Fee: to be announced
Invited Member
- Opinion leaders in Japan and abroad
- Beginning with an invitation to an experience gathering
- Fee: none
What we ask of every member
- An understanding of Japanese spiritual culture, and the will to practice it
- An introduction, or a connection with our existing community
- The will to carry what you experience here back to your own community
- Agreement with the intent of Shishinkan
Where to Meet Us
Radio WISDOM
Voice and video, reaching listeners around the world. The first doorway to Shishinkan.
Compass Tsushin
A monthly newsletter (in Japanese) that brings Japanese spiritual culture into everyday words.
Contact
Our contact desk is in preparation. A form will be available at the official launch.