Yoshinobu Miyake
About the Author
Rev. Yoshinobu Miyake studied at Doshisha University in Kyoto and at Harvard University.
He takes the important roll in his Konko Church as Superior General. For the past 4
decades he has been active worldwide in the interfaith field, such as RfP. In 1997 he
established RELNET Corporation, whose website publishes widely on religion-related
matters in Japanese. He is serving Chair of the Board of International Shinto Studies
Association. Most recently, he led G20 Interfaith Forum 2019 to success as Chair of
the Steering Committee.
Resources by Yoshinobu Miyake
IARF Congress 2023, Day 3: Interfaith Devotion
This interfaith morning devotion brings together Christian, Buddhist and Shinto practices around the Congress theme of reconciliation. Rev. Lóránd Ilkei opens with the Beatitude “Blessed are the peacemakers,” after which Rev. Yukonobu Sahara of Rissho Kosei-kai leads a recitation from Chapter 16 of the Lotus Sutra. He connects the Buddhist teaching of “three thousand realms in one mind” with the responsibility to cultivate thoughts that build trust, friendship and peace rather than transmit hostility to others.
Rev. Yoshinobu Miyake introduces a Konko/Shinto prayer, explaining the sacred evergreen twig as a sign of humanity’s place within nature and offering an English rendering of a daily prayer to Kami. Rev. Jarek Kubacki, a Mennonite minister in the Netherlands, reflects on John 20 and the Hebrew ruach - breath or spirit - as a divine life-force that people receive and share with one another. The devotion closes with blessings from several traditions, presenting interfaith worship not as a blending of religions but as mutual hospitality among distinct spiritual practices.
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