Reverend's Message Archive
2021
July 2021 - "Graduation Speeches by Thomas McGall and Josh Tanaka"
June 2021 - "Let's Gogh and Let Gogh"
May 2021 - "Survivor: The Buddha Dharma"
April 2021 - "I am a link..."
March 2021 - "One year ago..."
February 2021 - "Choose: Dogs, Snakes or Frogs"
January 2021 - "The Year of the Ox!"
2020
December 2020 - "4 Cups"
November 2020 - "Seeing the Buddha"
October 2020 - "Winners and Losers"
September 2020 - "Peaches vs. Nectarines"
August 2020 - "The Fullness of Obon"
July 2020 - "Senior Graduate Speeches"
June 2020 - "Graduation, really???"
May 2020 - "Life to its Fullest"
April 2020 - "One comes alone and goes alone, is born alone and dies alone"
March 2020 - "The Perfection of Imperfection"
February 2020 - “Bodhi Day Talks by Jr. YBA Students - Dec 8, 2019"
January 2020 - "The New Year's Greeting"
2019
December 2019 - "The Keys to Life"
November 2019 - "Tokudo Ordination and Working Together as a Family"
October 2019 - "What is Shin?"
September 2019 - "September 11th Re-visited: “A Great Disturbance”
August 2019 - “My O-butsudan"
July 2019 - “Senior Graduate Speeches"
June 2019 - “A Cold Shower"
May 2019 - “Ignorance May be Bliss...But There is Joy in Awakening!"
April 2019 - “Ask not what the Temple can do for you..."
March 2019 - “Crossing Over"
February 2019 - “Bodhi Day Talks by Jr. YBA Students - Dec 9, 2018"
January 2019 - “Know the Feet"
2018
December 2018 - “I'm dreaming of a White Lotus..."
November 2018 - “Never forget the Beginner’s Mind”
October 2018 - Showing front, Showing back
Showing front, showing back, falling maple leaves.
- Ryokan
September 2018 - September 11th Re-visited: “a Great Disturbance"
August 2018 - "Hanging Up-Side Down"
July 2018 - "Lost wallet, lost phone"
June 2018 - "Attention Shoppers, There is a lost boy..."
May 2018 - "Mustang Mach 1"
April 2018 - "The Dana in Golf"
March 2018 - "Infinite Lives"
February 2018 - "A Dana Lesson"
January 2018 - "Dog, You almost wag your tail off for me"
2017
December 2017 - "Reflections on Living a Foolish Life"
November 2017 - "Turkey, Thanksgiving and Tradition"
October 2017 - "The Three F's: Fall, Football and Food
September 2017 - "The Voice Message from the Pure Land
"It is easy to get to the Pure Land, but no one is there."
August 2017 - "Understanding The Hungry Ghosts, A Look Into Our Own Cravings"
July 2017 - "Questions"
June 2017 - "The Pure Mind"
May 2017 - "Hollow Chocolate Figures"
April 2017 - "Goings and Comings"
March 2017 - "Sporting in the Forest"
February 2017 - "CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE"
January 2017 - "Eye Popping Events"
2016
December 2016 - "Where there's smoke, there is a...smoke detector?"
November 2016 - "Hey Taxi!"
October 2016 - "Living from the point of Shinjin"
September 2016 - "Out of a Dirty Job Blooms a Lotus"
August 2016 - "What will makes us so "Great"?"
July 2016 - "The Fullness of Obon"
June 2016 - "Don't Leave Home Without It"
May 2016 - "Birthdays and Memorial Days"
April 2016 - "To Live Among Buddhas"
March 2016 - "Lost and Found"
February 2016 - "Real Virtual Reality"
January 2016 - "Year End Traditions"
2015
December 2015 - "T'is the Season to be Jolly...Not"
November 2015 - "Easy does not mean not difficult"
October 2015 - "The Ultimate Shelter"
September 2015 - "I do...Become my Foolish Self"
August 2015 - "A Lost Wallet and Phone"
July 2015 - "The Power of Bon Jour""
June 2015 - "Soup or Salad?"
May 2015 - "The Fabric of Our Lives"
April 2015 - (UN)Self-LESS Giving the Gift of Life
March 2015 - Rolling Buddha, Falling Sensei
February 2015 - A Change of Perspective
January 2015 - The Priceless O-musubi
2014
December 2014 - Forget Being Busy
November 2014 - Socks, Finger and Moon
October 2014 - Seeing the Buddha
September 2014 - The Same Ol' Thing
August 2014 - The Sound of Namu Amida Butsu
July 2014 - 2014 OBON/HATSUBON SERVICE
June 2014 - ...To Forget One's Self
May 2014 - Know the Feet
April 2014 - ...It is Outta Here!
March 2014 - I'm leaving on a jet plane (I hope!)
February 2014 - Ask not what the temple can do for you...
January 2014 - T'is the Season
2013
December 2013 - Overdoing Things Cannot Lead to Happiness
November 2013 - ISSHIN One Heart: Grateful and Determined
October 2013 - May I have your Name?
September 2013 - Everything that has a beginning has an end
August 2013 - Because of Stones and Shadows...
July 2013 - In the Beginning