Dharma Articles

This year, 2021 is the special year to commemorate the 1,400th anniversary of Prince Shotoku’s death. Prince Shotoku is considered as one of the most important patriarchs in our Jodo Shinshu tradition. So, we enshrine his image inside of our Naijin to pay respect to

Alpha…beta...delta…mu….  Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would need to remember all those names and symbols.  I thought I was through with the Greek alphabet when I finished school!  I guess not.  It’s amazing how much the Coronavirus has and continues to

September and March are the months during which we observe Ohigan. Higan is the other shore opposite from where we are in shigan, this shore. Ohigan is a time when we think about the relationship of higan and shigan and how we might move from

The heat of summer still lingers as we begin to think about the fall. The Summer Olympics are behind us. Lots to think about and discuss regarding athletes’ mental health and how we think of them. I get emotional watching the games. To see Carissa

September Dharma Article Incredibly, September marks the year and half “anniversary” of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Back in March of 2020, I could never have imagined that we would still be in this situation.  It was always “it’ll be a couple of months” or “it will

Hard to believe, but Obon 2021 is in the books! This was only possible because of the tremendous efforts of the Obon committee to conceive of, prepare for and conduct the entire weekend long program. This program consisted of two distinctly separate events. Saturday was