Fukushi

A couple of months ago I went to a Lilac inspiration meeting. That was an experience in itself. Part of it is too private to share it here,...

This is something I wrote for a Discussion meeting I was supposed to moderate but I ended up not being able to attend. In rereading it, I fo...

I can't believe how it didn't occur to me to write anything about our Actual Proof campaign. D'oh! This campaign started las...

I have been meaning to talk about the idea of sincerity in Buddhism and the impact sincere prayer has on actual proof, if any. I have had ...

And yet more awesome stuff from SGI-USA. This is a short video that explains very clearly our daily practice of Nichiren Buddhism. ...

I was making my cup of coffee the other morning, getting ready to chant, and obviously found a way around it. I'd like to present you wi...

I went to do my first homevisit the other day. I had a very interesting chat with the young woman I went to support, which made me think of ...

I will now discuss a topic that’s very close to my heart: etiquette at Buddhist meetings. As you know if you’ve read my profile or any ...

I finally found an article that explains the meaning of our prayer beads, or juzu. Yippee!!

As I promised , here is a short glossary of Japanese terms used in everyday Buddhism.  This list is by no means comprehensive (basically I...

Ok, someone shakubuku -ed you. You went to your first zadankai , maybe a to s o or two, did some daimoku and started learning how to do g...

Here is a link to a lovely short essay that explains the daily practice of gongyo. It is written by a Fukushi (like me!) who doesn't m...

(a makeshift Butsugu me and my mother devised when she visited me with her Omamori. That was a stack of books and don’t you just love...