Myokei and I met each other at the airport in Brussels without any major incidents. I fell down in the terminal and then couldn’t get back up but thanks to the kind hands of the Belgium police, the Belgium army, and Belgium customs agents they picked me up and got me steady on my feet. We caught a train headed to Drongen but missed the stop, there were no announcements nor any signs. But because…
I’ve written previously, on my blog as well as in my book Lecture on the Lotus Sutra, about the hidden practice of Rahula. Being the son of the Buddha must have been very difficult. Anytime a person follows in the footsteps of someone who has achieved success there is always the comparison people will make of the two and the different efforts and ways of being. Imagine being the son of the Buddha and then…
I have been inspired to write this book by a group of men I had the wonderful opportunity to meet during the summer of 2014 at two Texas state prisons. I am still humbled and in awe of the spirit with which these men practiced and sought out the Wonderful Dharma of the Lotus Flower Sutra, frequently referred to as simply the Lotus Sutra. Why is this book necessary? The state and federal prison…
This year I will be leading the service to commemorate the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Last year I made a little video about this I hope you will enjoy watching it and that you too will take a moment to remember this tragic event and pray it never happens again. The fear of it happening again is greater in me now than at any other time in…
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