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Contemplating Disease Part 4 – Resting in Forbearance – August 27, 2018
Space Inside – Dharma Talk – August 14, 2019
Frequently I am asked about Sangha building. I have given a few Dharma talks on this subject and have mentioned this in some of my daily meditations. Sangha building is nothing more than building a community, something we engage in many ways every day. Our whole lives actually revolve around community building on many different levels. I am reading an interesting book written on the subject of dealing with people we may label ‘difficult’. The…
Royal Ontario Museum – August 6, 2019
Today I visited the Royal Ontario Museum while on a brief holiday in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I hope you enjoy these images. Most of these are from China and some as old as the 5th century.
Life of Nichiren Shonin – Video – July 31, 2019
Below is a little video I put together on October 13, 2014 from photos and videos. These video tour begins with images from my Docho ceremony. When a person begins the process of becoming a priest the first step is Tokudo. The Tokudo is where a novice shaves their head and takes up the robes as well as abandons family and the life of a lay practitioner. While the Tokudo is important it isn’t until…
Day 5 – Fugen/Universal Sage Bodhisattva Retreat – Practice – July 5, 2019
“All beings, however, make delusory distinctions weighing whether somethings is this or that; whether it is a gain or a loss. Bad thoughts come to them, producing a variety of evil actions. They transmigrate within the six states undergoing all kind of suffering and harm, from which they cannot escape during innumerable billions of eons. Seeing this clearly, bodhisattva great ones cultivate sympathy and show great kindness and compassion in the desire to extricate others…