Teresa Shimogawa is a minister’s assistant at Orange County Buddhist Church. As a veteran civics teacher at a public high school, her day job is teaching students that democracy is a verb. She says her greatest accomplishment is raising three children on her own, choosing joy after the loss of her husband.
Teresa Shimogawa
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A Mother’s Love
Both Amida Buddha and the idealized mother figure are symbols of pure love, says Teresa Shimogawa. Whether we’re male, female, or nonbinary, whether we have children or not, we can each aspire to give that kind of love.
Finding the Dharma
Teresa Shimogawa shares how she found her way to Buddhism after the death of her husband and how it became a flotation device to save her from drowning in despair.