Graduation from Shingyo Dojo Movie Recorded 2008 – May 9, 2019

Graduation from Shingyo Dojo This is a short video of the final day and graduation from Shingyo Dojo. Shingyo Dojo is a 35 day intense training done at Mount Minobu the head temple of Nichiren Shu. The video was recorded by the parents of Kanjo Bassett and so the emphasis in the video is of their son. There are instances where you can hear my name being called and can see me in the video.…

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Celebrating the Founding of Nichiren Buddhism – May 5, 2019

Today we celebrated the Founding of Nichiren  Buddhism, commemorating the day, April 28, 1253, Nichiren proclaimed to the world the efficacy and suitability of chanting Odaimoku as the primary practice of Buddhism in the age in which we live.  Today celebrating this important occasion we had people from five countries present representing Czech Republic, Portugal, France, Belgium, and the United States.  Many portions of the service are read in English and French. I hope you…

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Dharma Talk and Text Transcript – April 28, 2019

Here is the audio recording (I forgot to turn the video recording on during the talk so there is only audio) of the Dharma Talk I gave on April 28, 2019.  This is the first part of teachings on Bowing to the Three Treasures, Rai Sanbo Kan. One of the shortcomings of my English language videos is that it is difficult for foreign language speakers to understand what I am saying.   I am trying out…

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Senji Sho – Part 1 – Text Transcript – April 17, 2019

Back in April of 2015 I posted this lecture I gave on the Senji Sho, one of Nichiren’s Five Major Writings. One of the shortcomings of my English language videos is that it is difficult for foreign language speakers to understand what I am saying.   I am trying out a new application that creates text files of speech.  For the first time I am using it on previously recorded materials.  My thinking is that folks…

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