IN 1844, Henry David Thoreau translated a passage from the French translation of the Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarikasutra) for Dial magazine. With Thoreau's translation and commentary America commenced its dialog on Buddhism.

UDUMBARA FOUNDATION is a non-profit, Buddhist foundation following the tradition of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, believing in Namu-myoho-renge-kyo as the true Law and Nichiren Daishonin as the True Buddha.

The foundation is an American-based representative of Sanbo-in temple which is located in Fukuyama City, Japan.

Our mission is to transmit the teachings of Nichiren Daishonin as taught by Shoshin-kai (True Faith Awakening) priest Reverend Raido Hirota. This site is dedicated to presenting a discourse on True Buddhism. We respect all people for their inherent Buddha nature and hope this site will open the eyes of all who visit it, and aid in leading you to your enlightenment.