A Question of Fate
I was taking a break, sitting down on a bench that was alongside a secluded path inside a garden. I was enjoying the fragrance of the...
An Important Thing that I Encountered in a Country I Love
A Russian Woman Who Became A Shinran Follower I was born in the small town of Kirovsky in the eastern part of Russia. My family and I...
A Company President from Osaka Salutes to Buddhism
“The teaching is really nice, so I’d like to share it with a lot of people,” came the hearty laugh from Seiji Kitagawa (42, picture...
A Master of PC Games Encounters True Buddhism
When Mizuki was nine years old, he was assailed by great waves of hardship. His mother divorced and got married again. He suddenly had a...
Living life to the fullest
I recently read a book called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. The author, Amy Chau is Chinese-American. Her purpose in writing the book...
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...
What To Do with Our Worldly Passions: Fulfill them or Eliminate them?
Until recently there lived a mother squirrel behind the eagle emblem of LA Shinran Center, raising its pup. Once in a while, when its pup...
Boundless Joy of Living
In this world as fleeting and unstable as a burning house, inhabited by human beings beset by worldly passions, all is idleness and ...
I Found He Has A Clear Mission
In the afternoon of the first day of Gotan-e, the event for celebrating Master Shinran’s Birth, two Shinran followers made touching...
Bakku Yoraku: Removing Suffering & Imparting Joy
Śākyamuni Buddha’s lifetime teaching can be summed up in four Chinese characters: bakku yoraku. “Bakku yoraku” refers to removing...
