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Have Dharma, Will Travel (日本語は英語の後)
Beginning tomorrow, I am privileged to be allowed to conduct ‘Bon Mairi’ services in the homes of 60 families over the next six days. In Japan, the Obon season is one of the busiest times of the year for Buddhist priests, as the tradition is to conduct services in the home, unlike Hawaii where people…
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「見真」’Seer of Truth’
Shinran Shōnin, founder of Jōdō Shinshū, was given the posthumous title “Kenshin,” which can be seen in the frame above the altar area. This honorific title, bestowed by the Emperor Meiji, can be translated as “Seer of Truth” but during his life he preferred to be known as “Gutoku Shinran” or “Shinran the stubble-headed foolish…
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「和顔愛語」”Wa Gen Ai Go”
「和顔愛語」”Wa Gen Ai Go” can be translated as “kind face, gentle words”, a reminder that a peaceful world and harmonious society begins with each of us. If everyone took this wisdom to heart, what a different world we would all share together, free of the ugliness, alienation, and desperation of living a self-centered, selfish existence.…
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