Happenings around Myosho-ji, Wonderful Voice Buddhist Temple
No Escape HAVE you ever had a dog mix it up with a skunk? Well, the thing is when a dog and a skunk mix it up the dog probably comes out worse off. No matter what the poor thing does it can’t escape the smell and if it brings into the house you can’t either.
Ohigan TODAY the first day of autumn we celebrate Ohigan. Actually the autumnal equinox occurred during the afternoon yesterday, but today is the first full day of fall. “They had already trained themselves out of their compassion towards others, entered the Way to the wisdom of the Buddha, obtained great wisdom, and reached the Other Shore so that their fame had already extended over innumerable worlds.” (Lotus Sutra, Chapter I)
Dear Readers, I was sent a link to a documentary video on the efforts of Buddhist meditation in a prison in Alabama. The link was sent to me by Luca and I thank him for that. The Dharma Brothers The documentary is 75 minutes long. In our busy lives that can seem like a long time, though not nearly as long a time as inmates incarcerated in prison. You may enjoy the experience. With Gassho,…
Hour Of The Wolf – Green Meditation I can’t find the original sound file, it has to be somewhere on either my computer or the FTP site but I’ll be darned if I know where it is. This will take you to the page where the audio can be heard. I was looking for something else and came across this. I thought it might be worth listening to again. I really need to find the…
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