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When the Winds of Impermanence Blow…in Your Face!

Anicca, the Truth of Impermanence, is one of the Three Marks of Existence, the key Truths taught by Gautama Buddha, the historical Buddha who lived more than 2500 years ago. We all understand, in an abstract sense, all things arising from causes and conditions are anicca “inconstant,” “impermanent” or “all things change”, “nothing stays the…

May 27, 2025
What is the sound of one hand clapping?

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March 28, 2022
The Masks We Wear: Halloween 2021

(Minister Message, Makawao Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Newsletter, October 2021) Twelve months have passed since the Makawao Buddhist Temple hosted its first (and supposed to be only) “in-person distanced trick-or-treat” Halloween Fun Day in October 2020. This was first time in months we were able to welcome back on temple grounds our precious keiki, Dharma School…

October 2, 2021
Gecko Wisdom

“Things are always looking up from where I am.” —Gecko Wisdom

July 20, 2021
“LOCK HIM UP!”

A reflection on my personal reactions to the horrific insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and how as Shin Buddhists, we can try to respond to the relentless images of violence and destruction. From a Buddhist perspective, there are no “winners” or “losers”, no “good” or “evil”, no “right” and “wrong”, just us, ordinary human beings…

January 10, 2021
What is the sound of one hand clapping?

Zen Master: (slaps head)

January 12, 2015
People who say, “you never write,” never write.

May 1, 2013