Lecture – Sho Hokke Daimoku Sho – Part I – 27 November 2018

First part of lecture series examining one of Nichiren’s early writings on the importance of chanting the Odaimoku, Namu Myosho Renge Kyo. The name of the religion of the third friend which I could not remember during the lecture is Bahá’í.  He belonged to the Bahá’í Faith. Also the long causeway connected to Kailua.  In the video I misspoke and said Kaneohe.  There is now a bridge that connects the base to Kaneohe but that bridge…

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NVC Dharma Talk – Requests – November 18, 2018

Today our Dharma Talk covered the fourth part of the four part Nonviolent Communication, NVC formula.  Requests may seem as if they should be simple yet when done according to the NVC way they are indeed challenging.  Some my think they are not workable, I challenge that because with skill and practice every part of the NVC approach is possible and beneficial to engaging in connecting conversations.  Mostly it is a matter of practice and…

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NVC Dharma Talk – Connections and D-Day Results – November 11, 2018

Today we review experiences from our D-Day during the week.  Also we shared our results focusing on our word of the week, Communication.  For next week the word of the week is Connection.  Again as we did last week I hope you will set aside one day to be your D-Day.  Here’s the recording from the meeting.  I notice the video quality is rather poor, don’t know what’s up with that. Subscribe to my blog…

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