
Not By Birth Does One Become a Brahmin
Click Here for Japanese (日本語) Miss Hatsumairi Last April, the Mountain View Buddhist Temple presented the Hanamatsuri Service in celebration of Sakyamuni Buddha’s birth. Although it was offered only online,
Click Here for Japanese (日本語) Miss Hatsumairi Last April, the Mountain View Buddhist Temple presented the Hanamatsuri Service in celebration of Sakyamuni Buddha’s birth. Although it was offered only online,
“Two Rivers and a White Path” is a famous story from the commentaries on the Contemplation Sutra written by Shantao (613–681), one of the seven Pure Land masters in the Shin Buddhist tradition.
The Coast District Young Buddhist League Conference will be held this month. We will have the conference online this year due to the CoVid pandemic…. The theme of this year’s conference is, “You’ve Got A Friend in Me.”
Click here for Japanese (日本語) “Hard is stone, soft is water. Water will wear away stone. If one has plumbed the mind, the Enlightenment of Bodhi is certain.” If Shinjin
2020 was a very unique and challenging year. We faced the unprecedented situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, many challenging social issues, and the chaotic U.S. presidential election. I am not sure there has been anything in recent history that has upset our peaceful daily lives more than these terrible issues.
Last year, the Rugby World Cup was hosted by Japan and it was a great success. Football is far more popular in the U.S., but rugby has one aspect superior to other team sports. It is the spirit of “No Side.”
Click here for Japanese (日本語) To pick up where we left off last month, I would like to share an interesting anecdote about Shoma. Although he was illiterate and couldn’t
Click here for Japanese (日本語) It has already been seven months since we started sheltering-in-place due to the COVID pandemic. Because we haven’t been able to come together for Sunday
Click here for Japanese (日本語) The Year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These bombings killed over 200,000 people with
Gotan-E celebrates the birth of our founder Shinran Shonin who was born on May 21, 1173. Reviewing Shinran Shonin’s life, he did not live a fortunate life filled with happy
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