All Humanity Is Headed for the Basin of Death
What is the purpose of living? Life, as poets and songwriters remind us, is like a journey. From yesterday to today, from today to...
Life Changes in The Instant
On page 36 of YOU WERE BORN FOR A REASON there is a quote from the book The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. The quote is, “Life...
The Deceaced Wife Guides the Husband
“Though I Have Always Heard That We Meet Only to Part …” As Master Shinran says, “Among the Eight Sufferings, the anguish of parting is...
“About How Long Do You Want to Live” Inquired the Monk.
Once I heard the following from an acquaintance: “I once asked my mother how many more years she expected to live as a joke. She...
True Way to Remember Our Deceased Loved Ones
The answer is in Tannisho The dreadful earthquake and tsunami on 3/11 deprived many of their precious lives in a instant The ocean-like...
Memento Mori
I recently bought a new money wallet. The one I had became very used over the years. The old one was a rectangular shape, brown leather...
I Felt the Great Compassion of Amida behind the Strict Law of Cause and Effect
Thirty thousand, six hundred and fifty one. This is the number of people who committed suicide last year in Japan. I was almost going to...
“He Made the Path Better For Others”
I recently started running again for exercise. Appropriate footwear for running is essential, and the more I run, the more I thought...
The Most Urgent Matter is the Funeral of the Soul
“Revelation of the Primal Vow means the end of life in the former-moment.” —Gutoku’s Notes With these words, Master Shinran taught that...
Our Home, Titanic
One hundred years ago on April 14, RMS Titanic sank with the loss of 1514 lives. On centenary of the sinking, there is a lot of interest...
