Peter went from guitar player and recording artist with Hiroshima, the renown jazz-fusion band, to solo jazz musician and author of “Speaking Jazz: The Natural Way to Jazz Improvisation”, to fully ordained Buddhist Minister. He received his full Kaikyoshi ordination in the Higashi Honganji tradition and was Resident Minister at the West Covina Temple in Los Angeles. Peter continued to perform with his own band, directs adult choirs and youth bands. In 2021, Peter retired as staff minister and continues his interest in and study of the dynamic interaction between Shin Buddhism and our American culture and intellectual traditions.