The Light of the World (Part 1)
The painful sea of birth and death knows no bounds. Long have we been sinking in its waters. Only the ship of Amida’s universal Vow ...
Smile and the Whole World Smiles With You
While on summer vacation one year during high school, I attended a Gaeltacht, an Irish speaking college, to do an intensive study on the...
What I Experienced in Mexico and Canada
Testimonial at the Youth Convention A Person with the Fragrance of Buddhism What I Experienced in Mexico and Canada Six years ago after...
“Your life has a purpose. You must live”
“Now, the court reads the verdict...” The defendant heard the verdict with tears. It was in summer when I was assigned to defend this...
A Theme Park of Life
Not so long ago I went to the theme park Knottsberry Farm with some friends (you know who you are!). It was a fun day, a full day spent...
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...
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...
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...
“Finally, I Know!” The Meaning of My Life
A Woman Who Stopped Short of Double Suicide with her Mother “I want to kill my mother and then kill myself.” This is what my heart had...
“It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn”
The pain I had was like glasses piercing my whole body. It wouldn’t stop even after taking more than 40 pills and injecting some type of...
