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…

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Pebble – Dharma Talk – June 20, 2019

Good morning (13 March 2011 Sunday Morning Service).  Thank you all for coming to the temple today and thank you to all the folks who have joined us online as well.  Today we gathered together as a Sangha and celebrated the day praising the Lotus Sutra by reciting passages and chanting the Odaimoku, the sacred title.  As it says in the sutra we have partaken of the medicine, which is good in flavor and color…

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Namu And You – Devotion – Part 2 – June 20, 2019

In Nichiren Shu our main practice is chanting the Sacred Title of the Lotus Sutra, the Odaimoku of Namu Myoho Renge Kyo.  In addition we recite portions of Chapter II and Chapter XVI the two most important chapters in the Lotus Sutra.  These two chapters are the heart of the sutra.  When we chant the Odaimoku it is as if we are reciting the entire Lotus Sutra, which is contained in the title Myoho Renge…

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