Thank You for Bringing Me into This World
Learning the Great Debt of Gratitude to Parents Many children got together at the Shinran Center in Hiroshima. There were watermelon...
Memento mori (Part 2)
(Read the previous part here) A kitchen and bathroom We like kitchens. When we ran home from school as children, we tended to make a bee...
Memento mori (Part 1)
An Ancient Roman Saying Memento mori is a word which was used in middle-age Europe. Memento means “remember”, and mori means “mortal”....
Frank Gives A Buddhist Lecture at Two Colleges
Frank Costelloe held lectures on Buddhism at two colleges in the Philippines recently. A professor whom Frank got to know through...
New Shinran Center in Oyabe City, Toyama Prefecture
Major cleanup by Shinran followers before the opening ceremony The news of the inauguration ceremony for the completion of a Shinran...
Putting a Life on the Line
Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant A Shinran follower still coping with the aftermath of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi...
You Were Born For A Reason Published in Brazil
The Ardent Wish of Shinran Followers in Brazil has Finally been Realized. The Portuguese Version of You Were Born For A Reason (see the...
Conveying Buddhism with Confidence
When I held Unlocking Tannisho in my hand, I felt like it was a dream come true. There were parts in the Japanese version of the book...
Full of Enthusiasm!
Missionary Chief Takamori’s 12-Day Mission During his stay in Brazil for 12 days, Missionary Chief Takamori held meetings and lectures...
The F-Building was Filled to Overflowing for the Myogo Granting Ceremony
Through the Vow power of the Supreme Buddha, Shinrankai activities have picked up at full speed and have drawn in more and more people...
