Here will be posted Dharma Talks given after services usually given on Sunday’s.
Dharma Talk for Ohigan – September 20, 2009 Today we celebrate Ohigan, which occurs twice a year at each of the Solar Equinoxes, March and September. During Ohigan season which is actually 7 day surrounding the actual day of the equinox, 3 days before and 3 days following, we strive with greater diligence to observe faithfully the Six Paramitas or Six Perfections. It is thought that the Six Paramitas came about as a Mahayana response…
Memorial Day – 23 May 2009 Available on Podcast Today we celebrate Memorial Day a day on which communities throughout the United States take time out to honor those who have died in the service of the country during a time of war. This holiday first began after the end of the Civil War and has continued since then under several different names and on a couple of different days. Here in the United States…
Good Afternoon. Thank you all for coming today. I would like to thank the following: Rev. Faulconer Rev. Ryuei McCormick (from San Jose to be an official witness) Visiting Ministers Shami Ryunen Sorenson Haru – flowers Members and Friends of Nichiren Buddhist Temple Hoto-ji My Friends and classmates at PSU Karen Shawcross My parents Today I hope you will bear with me for a brief while longer, it has been a long ceremony for you…
Time – Dharma Talk – May 10, 2009 Today I would like to talk a little about time. In two weeks I’ll be giving a lecture on Nichiren’s Major Writing – Senji Sho which in English is abbreviated as On Selection of Time. In this writing Nichiren lays out the argument that this time in which we live, this time called the Age of Degeneration of the True Law, the time in which the efficacy…
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