Dharma Articles

Many years ago oshoko was commonly translated “incense offering”. We used “offering” in many of our practices to describe an action before the Buddha. When we used to observe our Hanamatsuri service in the Annex, students would bring flowers, omanju, candles and incense offerings to

Just try to imagine, if you share a table with 4 people in your family or friends together, which table would you prefer, a round table or square table? I would choose maybe a square table. I know that a round table looks cute and

The calendar says that the end of Winter is just a couple of weeks away, but you could have fooled me!  I think we are already in Spring.  We haven’t seen any significant precipitation since December.  The last couple of weeks have seen temperatures in

What do you put in the center of `your` life? What do you rely on in `your` life? These questions are repeatedly posed to the attendees of the services not only through the Dharma talks but also by the temple decorations. The Buddhist arts and sculptures

Crazy to think that we are almost exactly two years into the global pandemic!  Unfortunately, there are still about 25% of Americans that have not gotten and likely never will get vaccinated.  These are the “it’s my right” or the “government can’t tell me what

Long, long time ago in a palace far, far away a prince killed his father and intended to kill his mother. The Prince was Ajatasatru; the King, Bimbisara; and the Queen, Vaidehi. There are two other key figures in this event, Devadatta, Sakyamuni Buddha’s cousin