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Appreciation; Spiritual Progress – September 9, 2012 Meditation
Five Implements of Skillful Means Taught by Chih-i – Podcast – May 7, 2019
Wrestle With Your Spirit – May 2, 2012 Meditation
Commemorating the Dropping of the First Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
This year I will be leading the service to commemorate the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Last year I made a little video about this I hope you will enjoy watching it and that you too will take a moment to remember this tragic event and pray it never happens again. The fear of it happening again is greater in me now than at any other time in…
Reading to Others & Wordless Storytelling – July 18, 2017
Words are so much a part of our every day lives, though thinking back over history this has not always been. In years gone by there were few daily instances where most people were required to read as much as we are today. Perhaps the daily newspaper, some ledgers, and occasional item in the mail, a catalogue or broadside were the bulk of a persons reading. A label on a product, perhaps a handed down…
Three Delightful and Recommended Books Not Just for Children
Once there was a little boy named Neftalí who loved wild things wildly and quiet things quietly. From the moment he could talk, he surrounded himself with words. Neftalí discovered the magic between the pages of books. When he was sixteen, he began publishing his poems as Pablo Neruda. Pablo wrote poems about the things he loved―things made by his friends in the café, things found at the marketplace, and things he saw in nature.…
Shimizu Lodging Temple – July 2, 2017
I’d like to share with you the significance to me of staying at Shimizu Bo. The story of Shimizu bo. Every day during a priests stay and training at Shingyo Dojo the day is begun with Suigyo, the water purification and wakey upy ceremony. Following that the hike is made from the dojo up the mountain to Kuon-ji to lead morning prayers at the head temple. These morning services are attended by pilgrims visiting the…