Hello, I’m Seimin.
While conducting research on Buddhism in Kyoto, I run Buddha AI with the aim of making Buddhism more accessible and easier to understand.
The name “Buddha AI” brings together three ideas: AI (Artificial Intelligence), ai (love), and Eye (the Eye of Wisdom).
On this website, I share practical ways to use AI for Buddhism and temples, ideas for digital transformation, and accessible introductions to research on Japanese and Indian Buddhism.
In the future, I also hope to develop AI translation tools for Buddhist scriptures and chatbots that make it easier for anyone to ask questions about Buddhism.
Connecting Buddhism and technology to create new opportunities for learning and discovery.
That is the vision of Buddha AI.
Thank you for visiting.
Current Positions
- Buddhist monk (Vice Chief Priest, Jinkoji Temple, Tendai School)
- Lecturer, Tendai School
- Program-Specific Researcher, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University
- Researcher, Dojoji Temple
My Online Activities
- X(@seiminkimura)
- Facebook(Seimin Kimura）
- Buddha AI
Media Appearances
- BS Shochiku Tokyu, Gogai! Nihonshi Scoop-ho: Did Prince Shotoku Really Exist?! The Frontiers of Prince Shotoku Research — January 2, 2023
- NHK, Rekishi Tantei: Prince Shotoku — The Mystery of the Beloved Prince — July 19, 2023
- NHK, Bugi Ugi — Tendai monk role, February 2024
Courses at Culture Centers
- Mt. Hiei and Saicho (3 sessions), NHK Culture Center Kyoto, 2022
- The People Who Supported Mt. Hiei: The Rise and Fall of the Tendai School (6 sessions), NHK Culture Center Kyoto, 2022
- Saicho’s Tendai Thought (1 session), Asahi Culture Center Nakanoshima, 2022
- Prince Shotoku and Buddhism: Reading the Sangyo Gisho (1 session), Asahi Culture Center Kuzuha, 2022
- An Introduction to Sanskrit: Reading the Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya (Heart Sutra), Asahi Culture Center Nakanoshima, 2022
- Mt. Hiei and the Saicho Tradition (3 sessions), Asahi Culture Center Kuzuha, 2022
- Mt. Hiei: The Prosperity and Decline of the Tendai School (6 sessions), Asahi Culture Center Kuzuha, 2023
- Reading the Hasshū Kōyō (12 sessions), Asahi Culture Center Kuzuha, 2023–2024
Selected Lectures
- “Tendai Thought,” Myōnichi Kōmura Buddhist Association, Tachibana Temple, February 16, 2023
- “Buddhism and Technology,” Tendai School Genjō Hōryū Preachers’ Association Training Seminar, June 23, 2024
- “Prince Shotoku and Buddhism: Reading the Sangyo Gisho,” Myōnichi Kōmura Buddhist Association, Tachibana Temple, March 5, 2025
Selected Publications
My main research interests are Buddhist theories of emptiness (śūnyatā) and Prince Shotoku.