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07
Feb 2012
Posted Tue, 02/07/2012 - 10:15am
by haradam
Recently I visited one of our members who was very ill and in the last phase of his life, Lui Kodama. Lui has been very kind and generous to OCBC over the years. For the past number of years, I have made oden for our festivals, both at Hanamatsuri and at the Obon Festival. Lui has personally raised all the daikon that I put into the oden. Daikon,...
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07
Feb 2012
Posted Tue, 02/07/2012 - 9:58am
by doamij
For the younger people, this month is probably most significant for its celebration of Valentine’s Day. It probably still would be for me, too, but since I have learned that I am what is known as a pre-diabetic, I know I should not eat things like candy or cake that have a lot of sugar in them; otherwise I will move from a pre-diabetic to someone...
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07
Feb 2012
Posted Tue, 02/07/2012 - 9:56am
by sakamotoa
This Paramita is the enlightened quality of concentration, meditation, contemplation and mindfulness. Our minds are sometimes called a “monkey mind,” since our minds have a tendency to be very distracted and restless, always moving from one thought or feeling to another. Just like a monkey who jumps from one tree to another. This Paramita means...
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17
Jan 2012
Posted Tue, 01/17/2012 - 12:00am
by miyajia
皆(みな)さま、明(あ)けまして おめでとう御座(ござ)います。 今年(ことし)もひとつよろしくお願(ねが)い致(いた)します。 二〇一二年( ねん)は、干支(えと)でいいます「辰(たつ)年(どし)」を迎(むか)えます。辰(たつ)、すなわち龍(りゅう)の年(とし)にあたります。龍(りゅう)は架空(かくう)の動物(どうぶつ)ですが、歴史(れきし)は大変古(たいへんふる)く原語(げんご)はインドの梵語(ぼんご)「Ｎａｇａ」から来(き)ています。 物語(ものがたり)は蛇形(じゃけい)の竜神(りゅうじん)として、空中(くうちゅう)・地(ち)上(じょう)・水(すい)中(ちゅう)に住(すまい)し、我々(われわれ)に「水(みず)」...
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07
Jan 2012
Posted Sat, 01/07/2012 - 3:51pm
by haradam
This past month I have been helping to take care of my uncle who recently had surgery at the City of Hope for lung cancer. The operation went well, but he developed complications during his recovery, and has been hospitalized again because of an infection. His condition is improving, thankfully, and I hope to see his complete recovery in the near...
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07
Jan 2012
Posted Sat, 01/07/2012 - 3:50pm
by doamij
Akemashite omedetō-gozaimasu. Sakunen-chū wa iro-iro to osewa ni narimashita. Kotoshi mo mata yoroshiku onegai mōshi-agemasu.
Happy New Year, everyone! Thank you very much for all that you did for me and my family last year. Please continue to favor us this year as well.
My New Year’s greetings nearly always begin with these words and they may...
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