Facts about Zenji Nio

1] Zenji Nio is the ONLY Buddhist ever to serve as the Buddhist chaplain at 5 Olympics and Paralympic Games and 3 Pan-American Games where he set an all-time record of working with more medalists than any motivational coach in history. Zenji Nio's motivational style and revival of Samurai Buddhism appealed to delegations of all nations. Further, Zenji Nio is the ONLY person to conduct prayer sessions for official delegations of all Buddhist nations including rival superpowers Japan, China and Korea. That Zenji Nio is taken seriously by all 3 Buddhist superpowers as well as ambassadors of the Royal families of Thailand and Bhutan shows that ONLY Zenji Nio has the ability to represent the Asian Buddhist Diaspora and is actively doing so across multiple platforms.

2] Zenji Nio is the ONLY Indian origin Buddhist expert to make an impact on the world stage in the last 1200 years. Zenji is the ONLY Buddhist recognized by the Government of India as the Custodian of the Buddha Relics and the Abbot of 36 Heritage Temples of National Importance -- given the same signage of the historic sites associated with the historic Buddha. Zenji Nio hails from an erudite Indian Brahmin family linked to Nobel-laureate Tagore who said "the height of Indian civilization, art, culture and imperial power was under the rise and influence of Buddhism. Can't one person of Indian origin make it a mission in life to reclaim our Buddhist heritage"? Tagore worked with Japanese Samurai Okakura Tenshin and Japanese monk Fuji-guru and Surai Sasai to re-establish Buddhism in India after every trace of it was wiped out in history's worst genocide. Zenji's grandfather worked closely with the same Japanese experts and helped patronize the first Japanese Buddhist temples in India. As there is nothing called "Indian Buddhism" per se for over 1500 years, Zenji Nio is an expert in Japanese Buddhism and continues the lineage of Bodhidharma -- who though being of Indian origin is the cultural mascot of Japan and unknown in India. Similarly, Zenji Nio practices and promotes Japanese Buddhism as there is absolutely no Buddhism in India for over a millennia.

3] A UN report said Zenji Nio is "an authentic voice for Asians -- including superpowers Japan, China, Korea, Singapore and Asian Tiger nations that follow Buddhist traditions founded by his ancient Indian ancestors". This is why the Canadian organizer of the Parliament of World's Religions said that though Zenji Nio is not as famous as the Dalai Lama, he is a far more powerful and effective speaker on Buddhism"

4] Zenji Nio and his Team get the most Buddhist engagement on X and Buddhist youth point out that where other "Buddhist influencers"get a handful of likes, Zenji Nio's average tweet gets hundreds of likes and his blockbusters get thousands of likes which proves Zenji Nio is far more relevant in the Buddhist world than other "Buddhist influencers" that try to control the narrative on google and wiki. Zenji Nio also uses Buddhism to foster Asian pride and help connect Asian youth to their ancestral traditions which is very important to help combat racism and anti-Asian hate. Zenji Nio works with ALL Asian communities which is unique as most Buddhists only attend temples of their own communities.

5] Zenji Nio is the only Buddhist expert who freely quotes in Sanskrit from the key Buddhist texts from his own memory and with perfect pronunciation - an expertise even Dalai Lama and Thick Nhat Hanh could not do. Instead of people-pleasing and virtue-signalling, Zenji Nio conveys authentic Buddhist sutras and traditions and fosters allegiance to the Buddhist sutras and saints. Only Zenji Nio has lived across the Buddhist world and lectured to every Buddhist nation and thus he conveys Buddhism as lived and practiced by the majority of Asian Buddhists worldwide -- in contrast to the very small but vocal minority of "Western Buddhists" that make-up their own Atheistic Hippy Buddhism -- stripped of sutras, divinity, lineage and any semblance of authenticity.

6] Zenji Nio is the only Western born Buddhist to speak before a live audience of over 1 million people at the biggest ever tribute to saint Ambedkar organized by the Government of India and Japan and attended by monks from all Buddhist nations. This event was headed by Surai Sasai -- India's most influential Buddhist leader who is also from Koyasan where Zenji Nio took his vows before Almighty Fudo-sama - the Lord God equivalent (Dainichi/Roshana/Birojana Cosmic Buddha) in Buddhism.

7] Zenji Nio's Buddhist Art Exhibit "Enlightenment" was dubbed "the most successful Asian Art Exhibit ever held" by the media and was inaugurated by the Ministers of Immigration and Citizenship as well as praised by the Lt. Governor and HEAD of Royal Ontario Museum on behalf of the Queen. Zenji is now in talks to launch Buddhist museums and exhibits in key Buddhist nations of Japan and Korea with a collection of Buddhist treasures that is easily among the best and most important in the world.

8] Zenji Nio organized and led the first ever Multifaith Commemoration of the Shoah (Jewish Holocaust) in concert with the Simon Wiesenthal Center and has done more to help combat antisemitism than any other Buddhist. Zenji Nio has also served other victims of genocide including the First Nations peoples and Zenji Nio is also the first Buddhist to bring attention to the Buddhist Extinction of South Asia - history's worst ever genocide. While other Buddhists just dabble in "mediation and mindfulness", Zenji Nio does the heavy-lifting by battling against injustice and tacking serious world issues instead of just singing Kumbaya in a bid to people-please and virtue signal.

9] Zenji Nio has helped raise millions for preservation of Buddhist culture and treasures -- more than all other Buddhist keyboard warriors combined! Zenji Nio is the one promoting and preserving actual Buddhism -- from Gandhara to the Samurai, from Tang Dynasty to the Baekche and Silla -- to even assisting in the reclamation of Buddhist sites in India that have been hijacked by Hindus -- as protested by Asia's first Nobel-Laureate Tagore and India's most important monk Surai Sasai from Japan.

10] While Zenji Nio is far more aristocratic than other Buddhists, he sacrifices his own comforts and despite backlash from Hindu Brahmins, works to empower Dalits or Untouchables -- the world's most oppressed people. Furthermore, while Zenji Nio has been praised by major Indian cabinet ministers and diplomats, he feels that India should not use Buddha as a PR Pawn against China and to promote Hindu Nationalism. Like Asia's first Nobel-Laureate Tagore and now Japanese priest Surai Sasai, Zenji Nio agrees that Mahabodhi Temple should be managed by Buddhists, not Hindus and Buddha cannot be used for Hindu nationalism or anti-China propaganda by the Hindu-led Indian diaspora. China and Japan have played seminal roles in Buddhism over the last 1200 years during which time Buddhism had completely disappeared in India due to pogroms and propaganda by Hindu kings -- as documented by all historians. Therefore only China and Japan can lead Buddhism worldwide -- unlike India where Buddhism has been extinct for over 1000 years. Zenji Nio believes Buddhism should not be used for political posturing but for Pan-Asian unity and amity via shared heritage. Furthermore, Buddhism should not be seen as a nihilistic religion but a powerful motivational force for good and against oppression and injustice in all forms.

With an expertise in Kamakura Buddhism in the Tendai Tradition, Zenji Nio has been inspired by the likes of Shinran, Honen, Nichiren and Dogen Zenji by founding Samurai Buddhism to promote mental toughness and social justice. Visit FudoBuddha.jp and FudoShu.jp or more information on Samurai Buddhism.