Tendai Buddhist Institute

Welcome to the Tendai Buddhist Institute, an official North American representative of the Tendai School of Japanese Buddhism, and branch of Enryakuji, Mt. Hiei, Japan. Tendai Buddhist Institute is comprised of the Karuna Tendai Dharma Center and Jiunzan Tendaiji.

The Tendai Buddhist Institute was founded by Reverend Abbot Monshin Paul Naamon and his wife, Reverend Shumon Tamami Naamon. Revs. Monshin and Shumon trained for six years in Japan under Rev. Abbot Ichishima Shōshin, Professor Emeritus of Taisho University and Abbot of Tamon-in Temple in Chiba, Japan. 

The Tendai Buddhist Institute is an officially recognized branch temple of Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei. We are also the first fully authorized Tendai Buddhist training center for the education of priests in the Tendai Buddhist lineage, and the establishment of new Tendai Temples and Dharma Centers in North America and beyond.