Dharma Articles

G Sakamoto For a few years now I’ve been asked by a Vipassana group to come and talk about the Dharma and to sit with them for a while. It’s usually sometime in the beginning of the year. The group of about twenty people has

President’s Message It’s nearing the end of the year and the days are shorter and colder.  As I reminisce about the past, November was usually a slow month. Not much is going on, except Thanksgiving.  While in school, we were taught that Thanksgiving was an

President’s Message It’s nearing the end of the year and the days are shorter and colder.  As I reminisce about the past, November was usually a slow month. Not much is going on, except Thanksgiving.  While in school, we were taught that Thanksgiving was an

“Peace of mind and Namo Amidabutsu!” E Mikame With Halloween coming up, I’ve had several oversea friends ask me questions about how the holiday is conducted in Japan. “Is it any different from how we do it?” they ask. Long story short, the answer is

Episode 5 Aloha! Thank you to those who have told me that they like reading what I am writing! I hope you continue to be enthusiastic and I hope I can improve on them also! There is a new club in the Betsuin. The Aloha

G. Sakamoto Above the onaijin hangs a plaque. On this plaque are three characters. These characters are read from the top, down. The characters are read “kai ho zo”. When we read Juseige together on Sunday mornings we read these characters. Kai means to open.