Category: Pastoral Care

Peaceful Practices #1 – February 4, 2014 Meditation (With French, Portuguese & Italian Translations)

French, Portuguese and Italian translations appears after English I thought I would do a little series on the Peaceful Practices given to us in the Lotus Sutra Chapter XIV. The four practices are proper practice (shin anrakugyo), mouth practice (ku anrakugyo), mind practice (i anrakugyo), and vow practice (seigon anrakugyo). Anrakugyo means peaceful practice. I encourage you to study along with me over the next several weeks these practices the Buddha gives to those who…

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Light Of The Moon – January 28, 2014 Meditation

I am not sure where everyone is who reads these blogs, and then too not every one reads them on the day they are posted. Sometimes they may be read much later by people new to my blog. Nonetheless this is definitely a winter of 2014 blog post. Tomorrow in the Carolinas and much of the South of the US we are expecting yet another icy artic blast. This time however besides the cold weather…

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Afraid – January 22, 2014 Meditation (With French Translation)

French translation appears following the English A common childhood game that parents play with their children is the fake scare, where you might hide your face behind your hands then drop the hands and say boo! This usually elicits some giggles and laughter from the child, and of course it is good for laughs for a long time. Eventually though it becomes stale and as we age we replace this experience with perhaps other slightly…

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Chanting The Odaimoku – January 19, 2014 Sunday Dharma Talk (With French Translation)

French translation appears after the English Good morning. Thank you to all of you here in the temple and to those of you who have joined in to our live video stream. Also, thank you to those who will read this at some other time. Thank you for your efforts to practice the Dharma thereby enabling you to attain enlightenment, thereby establishing your happiness as well as the happiness of those in your environment. In…

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