It Was Not Table Tennis that My Heart Was Seeking For
I was born in Nagoya City. My parents were both teachers and they were very busy everyday. When I was an elementary school student, I...
Anger is the Enemy
In November we had a special guest speaker from Japan, Mr. Yoshimura, visit us for a week. I learned a lot from him during such events as...
Miho-no-Matsubara A Famous Story from Japanese Noh Play
This is the story of Miho-no-Matsubara in Suruga province. There we see a long green stretch of pine trees along the beach with white...
Cooperation in the Philippines
This August in Manila there was a special speaking event. A Buddhist teacher, Mr. Shiina, came from Japan to give a talk on Buddhism at a...
There is No Tomorrow in Buddhism
Misfortune is Brought About By Deluded Beliefs In the Buddhist lectue at the 2000-Tatami-Mat Hall, we learned about the poem of Master...
Smile Warmly, Your Heart will Ease and People Around Will Be Happy
Orphan Saya and Anathapindada As the reddish evening sun was setting behind the mountain, the heart of a little girl named Saya was...
"I Can't Take It Anymore!"
A grief-stricken elderly woman in Ohfunato City, Iwate said right after being engulfed by the tsunami. Junpei Uratani , a Shinran...
Very Happy to Know the True Purpose Beyond My Expectation
When I was young, I loved dreaming. I always dreamed of the most fantastic things in life. This is one of the children’s fondness. When I...
The Far Away Hills Appear Greener
I recently heard again the story from the sutras of Sakyamuni and a woman who was attempting to commit suicide. She had been betrayed in...
Whisper deep in the soul Human's greatest contradiction
People want happiness yet cannot find it. This is a huge contradiction in all human beings. A web conference last year was held on Part...
