Why We Live (the True) Versus How We Live (the Provisional)
Letters from Dharma Friends on theSpecial Convention Hosted by Youth Followers “Why do we live?” People reply to this question with their...
"Isn't Buddhism a Philosophy of Resignation?"
Q: My parents often listen to Buddhist sermons, and they tell me the importance of resignation (akirame). But if we were resigned about...
Keeping the Crucial Matter of the Afterlife in Mind
At about 9:30 p.m. on April 14, there was a sudden violent tremor that seemed to be bursting out from below. This was followed by...
The Picture of Dorian Gray and the Mirror of Truth
It was when I was living in London, the UK, that I was reintroduced to reading books as a pastime. I was in my early twenties and I had...
A Rogue Then, A Buddhist Now
David Esparza was born in Los Angeles in 1971. It might be difficult to imagine him as a delinquent, considering his mild disposition...
Reflections on time in the Philippines
I recently spent a few months in the Philippines. It was my happiness to return there again after spending some time there last year. In...
The Foundation of Buddhism is the Law of Cause and Effect
The title of the lecture was “the foundation of Buddhism.” Takamori- sensei started the lecture by teaching us what the title meant....
To Share Buddhism is A Rare Blessing
The treasure contained within the nembutsu, as you stated, is inexhaustible, undeniable, and impossible to be taken away. And yet this...
Until the Doubting Mind Is Banished
Circling among the houses of the birth-and-death cycle Is caused by one thing alone: the doubting mind. (Shoshinge, or Hymn of True...
Former Police Officer: I Could Never be Saved Without Listening to Buddhism
Toshihiro Okada (65, Yonago City) worked as a police officer in a residential police box for 35 years. The jurisdictional area of his...
