KODO NISHIMURA

KODO
NISHIMURA

ARTIST /
BUDDHIST MONK

Let your heart be the
torch, follow where it
directs you.

KODONISHIMURA

I am an artist who liberates people. The change in your heart is my art.

I am an artist who liberates people. The change in your heart is my art.

Kodo Nishimura is an artist, Buddhist monk, and activist. He was born in Tokyo in 1989. He graduated from the Parsons School of Design in New York. After graduating, he started to thrive as a makeup artist, working behind the scenes of Miss Universe and NY Fashion Week. In 2015, Kodo trained to be a monk and was certified by the Pure Land school. As an activist, he spoke at the United Nations Population Fund, Yale University, and Stanford University talking about Buddhism and diversity, which attracted wide coverage on the likes of CNN and the BBC. He was selected by TIME magazine as a Next Generation Leader. His book This Monk Wears Heels: Be Who You Are is available in Japanese, English, German, French, Estonian, Spanish, Italian and Mongolian. It will be also published in Hebrew.

西村 宏堂 - アーティスト / 僧侶

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This Monk Wears Heels

This Monk
Wears Heels

BE WHO YOU ARE

This Monk Wears Heels is a guide to self-love, self-acceptance, and taking a Buddhist approach to life. He reveals how inclusive the Buddhist teachings really are—and that, yes, it is possible to be a Buddhist monk and do makeup and wear sparkly earrings. This book is about being who you really are, totally unapologetically and with full conviction. It will show you how to shine in your own colors and be celebrated for yourself. Please select your language below, and click order online.

著書「正々堂々 私が好きな私で生きていいんだ」

7ヶ国語に翻訳された、世界で話題の西村宏堂の自伝書。

『自分の人生は自分で決める』ハイヒールをはいたお坊さんが説く自分を大事にする生き方顔も見えない世間の価値観に自分の人生のハンドルは渡しちゃダメ!私を苦しめる「普通」や「常識」を壊して、自分の好きな自分で生きていこう

LGBTQで、僧侶で、メイクアップアーティストである著者が他人と違う自分を受け入れ、好きになり、ユニークな自分として正々堂々と生きていく方法を提案。「自分の価値を自分が信じていなければ、何も変わらない」自己肯定感を上げて、他人とは違うユニークな自分に自信を持っていこう!と、背中をおしてもらえる一冊。
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