Numerous times in my life, and I am sure in yours too, I have experienced setbacks, or roadblocks or even dead-ends. There have been times when my best laid plans became seemingly impossible to complete. My first attempt at college was put to a stop because of lack of money and the Vietnam War. After my discharge from the Marine Corps finding a job was very difficult, some employers did not want to hire a…
Happy New Year to all of you; to those here at the temple, to those who are joining us on line, and to those who will only be able to read this message on the blog. I wish the best for each of you, may this year be one of good fortune and great personal growth in enlightenment. The year 2014 will be the Year of the Horse in which the Fourth Star is the…
Quite a surprising turn of events with Abutsubo showing up with his wife several days after our first rather contentious encounter. When he showed up that first time with 40 other villagers there was so much anger among them I feared for my life. It is part of human nature that when closely held values or ideas are challenged then the response is as if one’s very life is threatened, and these folks were acting…
Nichiren’s exile to Sado Island represents in many ways the ending of his persecutions and struggle against the government sponsored backing of religions . After the exile the government did little else to vex Nichiren, though the persecutions did continue for his followers. The story that has come to us through many historians is that the exile was in itself a death sentence; what couldn’t be accomplished by the sharp sword of the executioner at…
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