Category: Foreign Language Posts

Ohigan Time to Focus on the Six Paramitas (with French Translation)

A French translation/interpretation done by Luca Guccione follows at the end of this post. My deepest appreciation to Luca for donating his time and effort towards making this accessible to French language readers. With Gassho, Ryusho. Twice a year as the equinox occurs we celebrate Ohigan. This is a time during which we pay particular attention to our practice of the Six Paramitas, for the five days surrounding the equinox. While we are supposed to…

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El Tiempo – Charla sobre el Dharma 5/10/2009

The following Spanish translation of my Dharma Talk was done by Yoryu Alzaa who is a Nichiren Shu Shami, novice priest, practicing in Paraguay. I am deeply indebted to him for his time and effort translating this. The English language version can be found by clicking on this link. Gassho Me gustaría hablar un poco sobre el tiempo. En dos semanas estaré dando una lectura sobre los Principales Escritos de Nichiren – Senji Sho que…

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Ohigan and Effort the 4th Paramita (with French Translation)

Today is the Equinox, the heart of the Ohigan season, and today I’ll write about Effort. The French translation for this post appears at the end. Translation done by Luca Guccione By some accounts the Six Paramitas came about as a Mahayana response to what they felt was an over emphasis on development of self by only adhering to the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-Fold Path, which are primarily focused on self. Effort as…

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