Dharma Articles
President’s Message – October
President’s Message Autumnal Equinox was September 23 and Ohigan has also passed. You can feel the weather change during the day from hot to warm and the nights are cool to cold. The leaves on the trees are beginning to change to fall colors. People
Walking the Nembutsu path
Walking the Nembutsu path G Sakamoto On the first day of Dharma School we chanted together in front of the Buddha. That should not seem odd but it is very different from how we have been conducting services. The spirit with which this decision was
Article from Mikame-sensei
Hello, everyone! I am Etsuko Mikame. I am the new Kaikyoshi Minister assigned to the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin. I have been looking forward to meeting all of you! And I am really grateful of your warm welcome. I am excited to be able
Welcome Mikame Sensei
G Sakamoto At long last Reverend Etsuko Mikame has arrived. Our hopes that she would arrive sooner probably made the wait seem much longer. But she is now here. In the days to come there will be opportunities to meet Mikame Sensei and welcome her
President’s Message – Sept 2019
If you have visited the temple recently, you will see a happy new face. Reverend Etsuko Mikame finally arrived in San Jose on August 16th after a week stay in the IBS Center in Berkeley. We have been awaiting her arrival for so long and
President’s Message – August
President’s Message Can you believe it? All the preparation and anticipation that started back in March and in a blink of an eye, Obon is over. Otsukaresama deshita. Thank you to everyone for your support of the Obon festival. It’s so wonderful to walk around