The Last Stage of My Life is the Happiest Time
Message From a Member I have heard that when elderly people go to a hospital or some institution, they donʼt need to prepare meal nor put...
The Act of Sharing Buddhism Wins the Hearts and Minds of Youths
Appointments are All Booked Up for 2 Weeks! Shogo Takeda’s enthusiasm to convey Buddhism to young people in Kyoto has spread to other...
Analyzing the Poison Before Removing It?
A Parable Taught by Śākyamuni Buddha When learning the Buddhist teaching accurately, it is no doubt that discussion is highly important....
“Seeing New Shinran Centers, We Got Motivated to Build a New Temple for Ourselves”
Last year Shinran followers from the northeast of Japan visited the new Shinran Center in Toyama several times on their way to The...
Sins Committed Knowingly and Unknowingly
Q:Sometimes in spite of ourselves we do the wrong thing, knowing that it is wrong, but many other times I think we commit sins without...
The Attitude of True Buddhists toward Their Missionary Work
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What Is the Most Unknowable
Who or what is the “real me”? What could be more important than knowing this? The German philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945) began his...
There Should Not Be a Day that Is Spent Meaninglessly in Our Lives
While reading the chapter of “The four and eight kinds of suffering”, I realized that although I enjoy various things in my daily life,...
Family Unite, Brings Light to Town (Part 2)
(Read the previous part here) How difficult his hardships were! I can not give up because of such a trivial matter. If I give up on my...
Family Unite, Brings Light to Town (Part 1)
I was born in Nagaoka city, Niigata prefecture to parents who are Shinran followers. I chanted Shoshinge, The Hymn of True Faith, and I...
