Archived Posts
Primary Cause – Nyoze In – August 8, 2018
Contemplating Disease – Part 5c – Comforting the Ill – September 3, 2018
Announcing A New Book Forthcoming
My goal is to have a new book published by mid-December dealing with matters of mind and attitude as we approach and engage in our practice of the Dharma of the Lotus Sutra. Here is the introduction as it is tonight. Of course it is subject to change, lol. Over several months in the Spring of 2017 I gave a series of lectures on some of the important material available to ministers in the Shutei…
New 2nd Edition of Service Book (Gongyo)
Now available from Amazon the newest edition of the standard service for Myosho-ji. This is the format we follow for our regular Sunday services which are streamed live using Zoom. Included in this new edition are extra prayers which you may find useful for various occasions in your daily life. To those presented in the previous edition I’ve added even more. Also I’ve introduced gathas and how you might use this type of Buddhist practice…
Prison Chaplains in France
Today I had the most fruitful and beautiful conversation about chaplain work in France. The Lama I met with was so wonderful, curious, exciting, and dynamic of all the people I have spoken with. Our meeting was set for 1700 however because she was attending a funeral of the husband of her mother she asked if we could move the time to 1800. If course I agreed and even offered to hold our meeting next…
Letter to a Student – written from Paris
Good morning A., Today is my last full day in Paris, tomorrow I fly back to the US. For me this has been a long trip, the longest time away from home since my graduation from the Shingyo Dojo in Japan in 2008 and the time I lived in Japan. I miss my bed, my food, and my schedule. The trip has been fruitful on many levels. In Paris I’ve seen many new sights. Each…