Contemplating Illness – Book Release – May 13, 2019

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…

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Dharma Talk and Text Transcript – April 28, 2019

Here is the audio recording (I forgot to turn the video recording on during the talk so there is only audio) of the Dharma Talk I gave on April 28, 2019.  This is the first part of teachings on Bowing to the Three Treasures, Rai Sanbo Kan. One of the shortcomings of my English language videos is that it is difficult for foreign language speakers to understand what I am saying.   I am trying out…

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Senji Sho – Part 1 – Text Transcript – April 17, 2019

Back in April of 2015 I posted this lecture I gave on the Senji Sho, one of Nichiren’s Five Major Writings. One of the shortcomings of my English language videos is that it is difficult for foreign language speakers to understand what I am saying.   I am trying out a new application that creates text files of speech.  For the first time I am using it on previously recorded materials.  My thinking is that folks…

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Staying Motivated In Your Practice – Text Transcript – April 16, 2019

Back in April of 2015 I posted this lecture I gave the previous year in October 2014.  One of the shortcomings of my English language videos is that it is difficult for foreign language speakers to understand what I am saying.   I am trying out a new application that creates text files of speech.  For the first time I am using it on previously recorded materials.  My thinking is that folks can then have Google…

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