My newest book, Contemplating Illness is now available on Amazon. For a limited time, until May 24, 2019, the book is available at a reduced price of $9.00. This is a significant reduction from the list price of $12.99. About Contemplating Illness For the majority of my life I have in one way or another engaged in caring for people suffering from various diseases and illnesses. First, taking care of boys dying from AIDS. Then…
Graduation from Shingyo Dojo This is a short video of the final day and graduation from Shingyo Dojo. Shingyo Dojo is a 35 day intense training done at Mount Minobu the head temple of Nichiren Shu. The video was recorded by the parents of Kanjo Bassett and so the emphasis in the video is of their son. There are instances where you can hear my name being called and can see me in the video.…
Today I am offering to you an interesting post, diverging a bit from posting about strictly Buddhist topics. I ran across these images while going through my photos for my upcoming book Contemplating Illness. These are photos that I took when I visited the US National POW Museum in Andersonville, GA back in 2004. Andersonville is in a very remote corner of the state of Georgia and I visited there on the return trip to…
Today we celebrated the Founding of Nichiren Buddhism, commemorating the day, April 28, 1253, Nichiren proclaimed to the world the efficacy and suitability of chanting Odaimoku as the primary practice of Buddhism in the age in which we live. Today celebrating this important occasion we had people from five countries present representing Czech Republic, Portugal, France, Belgium, and the United States. Many portions of the service are read in English and French. I hope you…
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