Hi. I'm Kanjin, a member of the Atlas Obscura community. I'm the head Buddhist priest and founder of Seattle Choeizan Enkyoji Nichiren Buddhist Temple, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. At the age of 18, I began studying Buddhism and eventually became a priest of the Nichiren Shu tradition. For the past 25 years, I've studied with many of the most noted of all meditation teachers in Buddhism as well being the first non-Japanese priest to attend the ancient 100 day Aragyo ascetic training conducted in Japan. I have special permission and formal licenses to share and instruct others the traditions of meditation.