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May 2012
Posted Thu, 05/24/2012 - 6:10pm
by haradam
This month I went to Oregon with our family to celebrate the 70th wedding anniversary of Gail’s parents, Connie and Glo (Gloria) Shimojima. It was the first time in my life I have ever even attended a 70th wedding anniversary. No, they didn’t get married at 16 years of age. They were both 22, and now they are 92. It is amazing that they were able...
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May 2012
Posted Thu, 05/24/2012 - 6:10pm
by doamij
This story first appeared in the Sept. 15, 1958, issue of The American Buddhist, forerunner of the present Dharma Wheel.
A Short Story
In church the other day, I met a man. It wasn’t the first time I had seen him, to be sure, but you know how it is in church: you have your own crowd, and unless someone among them knows the new one, you just give...
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May 2012
Posted Thu, 05/24/2012 - 6:06pm
by sakamotoa
The Hanamatsuri Festival here at the Orange County Buddhist Church has recently finished and it was very successful thanks to all of you. However, before and during the festival I heard through the grapevine many complaints about this and that, why we have to work, and comments pitying those working in certain booths. I thought that this would be...
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Apr 2012
Posted Sun, 04/01/2012 - 10:24am
by haradam
Last night in Dr. Nobuo Haneda’s lecture on the Shoshinge, he shared the most wonderful story. This is a legendary story that dates back to the time of Rennyo Shonin, the 8th generation patriarch of our Shin Buddhist tradition.
During the time of Rennyo, there was a young couple who lived with the husband’s elderly mother. This young couple...
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Apr 2012
Posted Sun, 04/01/2012 - 10:24am
by sakamotoa
Today, modern technology has provided us with many different tools to communicate. We have cell or basic phones, smart phones, tablets, iPads, iPhones, mobile hotspots, net books, laptops, and desktops, just to name a few. We can use Facebook, My Space, text, email, page, not to mention, just using the mundane function of talking on the phone. I...
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Apr 2012
Posted Sun, 04/01/2012 - 10:24am
by doamij
“Pleasure derived from the misfortune of others.” – (pron. shahd’n-froi’da) The American Heritage Dictionary of the American Language.
Have you ever derived pleasure from the misfortune of others? I have, though not recently enough that I can remember what the situation was. If you’ve said, either to yourself or to someone else, “I’m glad it...
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