Sugitani Gijun

Chief Priest of the Myoho-in Temple, Tendai Buddhism, Japan

[JAPAN - 1942]

 

In 1968 he was ordained head priest of the Enju-in temple of Tendai Buddhism.

In 1999 he became general secretary of Religions for Peace Japan, of which he would become president in 2012.

In 2005 he was appointed Supreme Adviser of the Tendai Buddhist Denomination and in 2009 Chairman of the Taisho University Council.