Here will be posted Dharma Talks given after services usually given on Sunday’s.
Parts of You The other day I attended a short lecture introducing Internal Family Systems Theory and was immediately struck by how, in many ways, similar it is to the Ten Worlds Theory and further, Ichinen Sanzen or 3000 Conditions of Mind in a Moment of Existence. Now mind you this was only an introduction to Internal Family Systems so I am not an expert and am only able to present what I understood from…
Advance Medical Planning – January 25, 2013 Meditation “The Bitter End” Since this past August, as you are probably aware, I have taken a position at a major hospital here in Charlotte as a Resident Chaplain. Because of that responsibility my blog postings and some of my temple work has needed to be cut back some. As a Resident Chaplain part of our time each week is spent in education and a larger portion is…
Prayer; What Manner of Prayer As many of you know I work as a hospital chaplain for a very large hospital in Charlotte North Carolina. The nature of the work is to provide spiritual comfort to those in need whether they be patients, family and friends of patients, or even staff. Spiritual comfort can take many forms but frequently it does involve prayer. As chaplains we begin and end our day together in community prayer…
Portuguese translations appears after English Benefits of Rituals In Nichiren Shu, as well as in possibly all religions there are certain rituals that are performed as a part of the practice of that religion. Form some people these rituals can seem to be limiting. There may come times when we think to ourselves, why do we do the same thing over and over; nothing seems to change, or it is boring why don’t we do…
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