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Ofumi Readings in English
From Friday evening to Sunday afternoon I attended a retreat at the Jōdo Shinshū temple which some of us who blog here attend. It was only the fifth such retreat to be held and was generally very successful, although there is always much to learn about the organisation of such events both at a communal and personal level. A [...]
New Year’s Day
Following on from Kyoshin’s post yesterday I would like to add one of my favourite verses for the New Year: Long ago, joy was wrapped in my sleeves – but, tonight, it’s more than I can contain! This poem is quoted by Rennyo Shonin in the 1st Letter of Fascicle 1 of the Ofumi. It [...]
Notes from Rennyo Shonin Ofumi Meeting
London Buddhist Society – 19th July 2009 Notes on talk by Rev. Kemmyo T. Sato The Sixteenth Letter of Fascicle 5 – White bones – In Higashi Honganji this letter is not read at funerals (Shoshinge and Wasan are chanted) but rather at certain services before and after the funeral. One reason is that much [...]
Temple Stay: Jan ‘08 (Part 2)
I’m back home now after a long journey last night. During the rest of Saturday I helped Rev. KHI expand the glossary on the temple website a little, chatted with Gakko who was staying over too, and attended evening service. Sunday morning I nearly over-slept after a weird Ballardian dream in which I escaped from [...]
Letters of Summer (3)
This is the third in the series of Rennyo Shonin’s ‘Letters of Summer’. Since you will observe the anniversary date of the former resident priest of this temple this month, it would be an expression of gratitude to him should those of you without Anjin-Faith as yet were to acquire this Shinjin-Faith. Although from the [...]
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