by NCKoyasan Website-Editor | Aug 25, 2022 | Announcements, Newsletters
September Newsletter 2022
by NCKoyasan Website-Editor | May 29, 2022 | Announcements, Newsletters
During the month of May, I went to Los Angeles to assist Bishop Matsumoto, head minister of the Koyasan Shingon Mission of North America, with the Tokudo ceremony. Tokudo is an ordination ceremony for people who are studying Buddhism and aspire to become Buddhist...
by NCKoyasan Website-Editor | Feb 25, 2022 | Announcements, Newsletters
March 2022 Newsletter I would like to introduce one of my favorite Japanese poems: “散る桜、残る桜も、散る桜” “Chiru Sakura, Nokoru Sakura mo Chiru Sakura”. Its literal meaning is when you see “the scattering petals,” though many petals are left on the branch, they too, will...
by NCKoyasan Website-Editor | Dec 15, 2021 | Announcements, Newsletters
December 2021 Newsletter- The Mossy Temple – In Kyoto, Japan, there is a famous temple known as the Mossy Temple. A long time ago, this Temple was in ruins, and a priest was assigned to rebuild and revive it. The Temple stood on a huge property with a field that...
by NCKoyasan Website-Editor | Oct 14, 2021 | Announcements, Newsletters
Kan-no, By Reverend Mimatsu I am going to discuss Kan-no, which means the experience a person has in reaction to something such as an event, vision, or a sound and the response that ensues. What is remarkable about this experience is the communication of feelings from...
by NCKoyasan Website-Editor | Jun 3, 2021 | Newsletters
June 2021Northern California Koyasan Temple View Whole Newsletter For Buddha, a lie is a tool to save people. But, if we lie to others for our own selfish interests, people will see through it and the “lie” will never become a tool for saving people. The following is...
