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The Life of Sakyamuni Buddha (5)
By Rev. Shinkai Oikawa 8. Sweet temptations of devils It is said the place where He sat then was under a big tree c...
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2025.01.20
The Life of Sakyamuni Buddha (4)
By Rev. Shinkai Oikawa 7. Sakyamuni’s practices 7. —meditation and asceticism And then Sakyamuni went to teachers in ...
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The Life of Sakyamuni Buddha (3)
By Rev. Shinkai Oikawa 5. Studies in the olden times were 5. to learn by heart Although Sakyamuni liked to escape f...
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The Life of Sakyamuni Buddha (2)
By Rev. Shinkai Oikawa 3. Birth of Sakyamuni Next we must determine Sakyamuni’s birthday. His birthday has long bee...
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The Life of Sakyamuni Buddha (1)
By Rev. Shinkai Oikawa 1. Are the North and the South 1. quite different? My name is Shinkai Oikawa as introduced. ...
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Kuyo and the Importance of Remembering and Forgetting The Japanese kanji and meaning for Kuyo (供養) apparently has n...
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What’s the Difference between Obon and Osegaki? It is easy to confuse Obon and Osegaki as people sometimes use them i...
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The Power of Written Odaimoku It is said that one of the reasons Toki Jonin went to so much trouble traveling all ove...
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What is the Mokusho? The Mokusho is a wooden drum used in Nichiren Shu. It is used to keep the tempo when chanting th...
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What is the Enbi? Enbi is the pointed hat worn by a priest at a formal Nichiren Shu service. The Chinese priest...