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SHOUKEI

MATSUMOTO

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SHOUKEI
MATSUMOTO

Creating the World with

Resonance of Aisatsu from Person to Person.

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Profile

  • Ancestorist/Buddhist Monk

  • Member of Young Global Leaders from World Economic Forum

  • CEO & Co-Founder of Interbeing, Inc.

  • Founder of Institute of Temple Management

  • Visiting Professor at Musashino University, Japan

  • Member of Young Global Leaders from World Economic Forum 

  • Member of Co-Creation Advisory Board, Development Bank of Japan (DBJ)

Rev. SHOUKEI MATSUMOTO

​Rev. Shoukei Matsumoto received his BA in Philosophy at The University of Tokyo in Japan and MBA at Indian School of Business in India as an Ambassadorial Scholar of Rotary Foundation. He has notably published A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind in more than seventeen languages, among other books. Matsumoto has also translated books, including Roman Krznaric's The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World. He has held lectures and workshops internationally, and has been featured on publications including the Japan Times, the Guardian and the Forbes Japan, which highlights Matsumoto as one of the "100 Hopes to Save the World" on its June 2023 issue.

Activity

SHOUKEI MATSUMOTO

*Written in Japanese

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WORLD

ECNOMIC

FORUM

Human beings are interbeing. We are all connected.

The Guardian

Take it from me, a Buddhist monk: cleaning is good for you

GEMINI LABORATORY

Opening Yourself Up To The Unknown: Monk Shoukei Matsumoto Discusses Well-Being In The Metaverse Era

HIGHFLYERS

地球上にもう逃げ場はない。誰一人取り残さないという発想でやっていかないと、“nowhere” の世界に未来はないことに、今、気づき始める時

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WIRED

開発とは本来、新たな「気づき」を得る行為である。【対談】Winny開発者・金子 勇×インターネット寺院開祖・松本紹圭

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WIRED

「未来世代から何かを奪えると思う傲慢さ」:僧侶・松本紹圭に訊く「わたしたちは『グッド・アンセスター』になれるか」

(Japanese)

HIGASHI HONGANJI USA

Reaching Beyond Temples to Teach Buddhism

the japan times

Why cleaning is good for you, according to Buddhist monk Shoukei Matsumoto

Article

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Inter-dependent, co-arising.

Career

CEO & Co-Founder

Interbeing, Inc provides workshops, lectures and conversational counseling service between a monk and executive/employee to better their work environment, using voice emotion analysis

Founder

a business school for monks and priests established in 2012

Founder and Organizer

Temples belonging to the movement open to the public for a time for temple cleaning and a tea and talk session with a monk

Podcast

Podcast "voice"

Spotify: Temple Morning Radio (Japanese)

on air every weekday at 6:00AM (JST)

Temple Morning Radio has a spontaneous conversation with a guest monk from various schools of Buddhism, followed by the guest's chant of sutra.

Blog

note by Shoukei Matsumoto

Rev. Shoukei has been globally acclaimed as an ancestorist, author, and entrepreneur. He has been highlighted in the Japan Times, the Guardian, the Wired and more.

Publication

HUB CULTURE DAVOS 2023

Interview

PAKHUIS DE ZWIJGER

​Interview

HIGHFLYERS

​Interview

Media

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