Dharma Articles

There is so much going on in the world that demands our attention. I scroll through news feeds looking for bits of information about politics, Ukraine, the environment. The conditions of human beings that demand our attention to help with hunger, poverty, shelter. Across the

June is graduation season in the United States. The Baccalaureate service is scheduled to be held in-person at our Betsuin. This service has been held virtually for the past two years due to the pandemic, but this year we will finally be able to get

Yeah!  Summer is finally here….I think.  Weather has been so crazy.  At least that’s what I’m blaming for the slow growth of our vegetable garden this year.  It can’t be operator error…can it?  The weather will be a convenient excuse if any of the different

With the drastic development of the technology of Artificial Intelligence, our lives and jobs have been getting more convenient and efficient. Those technologies are modified into various devices, machines and apps, which help us to create something smoothly and know whatever we want to know

You may remember Reverend Hojo and Reverend Tokunaga, who both served the Betsuin for many years, but do you know many years ago our temple established the Hojo Tokunaga Chair at the Institute of Buddhist Studies? We did this to recognize the work of two

It certainly has been an historic 2 years…ones that we hope never to encounter again!  However, there is a light at the end of the tunnel….and it’s not an on-coming train!  The COVID situation is definitely improving.  Many of the restrictions put in place to