Dharma Articles

Kazoe-doshi and our lives Etsuko Mikame When we spend new year’s day, we eat especial cuisines and visit family to celebrate the beginning of the new year in. When I was still child, one of my favorite things during the new year’s days is to

Happy New Year G Sakamoto and Family A year has passed and a new year begins. It’s a time of celebration and of reflection. We may have had important experiences in this past year, experiences that change the way we think about ourselves and the

A Kid’s Life My parents were Nisei. Dad (Kunihiko Seki) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah where he was raised until maybe middle school. I’m not sure about this part. They moved to Los Angeles somewhere. I know that he attended Manual Arts

Nurtured In My Old Days With My Grandmother Reverend Etsuko Mikame November 13th is the first Hoonko service in my family temple in Shimane, Japan since my grandmother passed away. She passed away this March and it was a sudden parting for me. She taught

G Sakamoto For a few years now I’ve been asked by a Vipassana group to come and talk about the Dharma and to sit with them for a while. It’s usually sometime in the beginning of the year. The group of about twenty people has

President’s Message It’s nearing the end of the year and the days are shorter and colder.  As I reminisce about the past, November was usually a slow month. Not much is going on, except Thanksgiving.  While in school, we were taught that Thanksgiving was