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Reflections on Leaving Japan: Part 2

This will be published as I am in flight back to the States. Japan Standard Time is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time. One of the oddities of traveling from Japan to the East coast of the States is that I’m leaving Japan at 4 PM on June 14 and arriving in . . . → Read More: Reflections on Leaving Japan: Part 2

Reflections on Leaving Japan: Part 1

As I write this (11th of June) it is the three month anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. For those of us not in the tsunami and nuclear disaster area life goes on pretty normally. Concurrently there is always an undercurrent of awareness about the devastation which occurred . . . → Read More: Reflections on Leaving Japan: Part 1

Japan 7th – Tamonin Part 1 – Bishamonten-do

Tamonin Part 1 – Bishamonten-do

One of the readers asked if I could write more about Tamonin. It is a good day to do so, danka (sangha members) started showing up yesterday morning about 7:30 for a clean-up / work day. It’s funny that sangha members at Tendai Buddhist Institute are doing the . . . → Read More: Japan 7th – Tamonin Part 1 – Bishamonten-do