June 26, 2010: The Buddhist Memorial Services

The bereaved enshrine the soul of the dead, while putting up with the agony.

June 19, 2010: The Christian hymn No.21-493

I think the crucial difference between Christian ideal and Buddhist ideal is that: "love in Christianity" indicates love for a particular person, while "compassion, or jihi, in Buddhism" represents one's friendship with all people, not with a particular person.

April 16, 2010: A Requiem for my late wife

My wife, Shoko, passed away suddenly on Mar.19, 2010 at the age of 65 due to acute heart failure.
I don't think that our relationship which lasted 40 years is fragile even in the case of her demise.
See you in the next world, Shoko.

Mar.19, 2010: Let's enjoy cherry-blossom viewing in Nara: strolling to your nearby site

In Nara there're many famous cherry-blossom viewing sites such as Mt.Yoshino, nice spot to visit, however, I would here prefer to tell you nearby good places to enjoy it.

Mar.17, 2010: In Pursuit of the Idealism of Japanese Buddhism

Japanese Buddhism has got to differ significantly from the original one. Well, how about the denial of desires?

Mar.9, 2010: Free services in Japan

Weekly Diamond Vol.98 on Mar.13, 2010 introduced typical free services in Japan.

Mar.6, 2010: Japanese Buddhism looks as if it were indigenous

Buddhism was founded in India and introduced through China and Korea to Japan, and it took in Japan's substratum indigenous religious sense: equality, endless cycle of life and death, and a set of a recited Mass & Ancestor worship, which featured Japanese Buddhism.