I had not been to Mt. Shichimen since golden week vacation 2020, during the very first COVID pandemic ‘state of emergency’. It was a surreal trip to say the least. […]
Buddhism
History Preserved and Lost: Nichiren & Lotus Culture
The “Nichiren Shonin and Lotus Sutra Culture” exhibit that ran from October 2 until November 23 at the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum was one of the last Nichiren Shu events in […]
Buddhism
Frodis Seeds
I’ve been thinking of The Monkees a lot this year, I knew there was not much time before it would be just ‘The Monkee’. Mike Nesmith was in poor health […]
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Obon Okuribi 2021
It’s a shame that the famous Kyoto Okuri-bi send off bonfires will be limited again this year. It’s an outside event and I don’t see the point of caution. Hopefully […]
Buddhism
The Four Reliances
One of the sharpest quotes from 2020 was James Lindsay on American life post 2020 election: It’s rather important that more people take the gift of the Trump era while […]
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Remembering 3-11
A recent strong aftershock in a wide area beyond the Fukushima epicenter, that sicking feeling of a very different kind of earthquake, was a rude late night reminder that March […]