Buddhist Thoughts Newsletter
Temple members receive a print copy of the Temple’s Buddhist Thoughts newsletter in the U.S. Mail. This is a collection of the writings of sensei that are found in the newsletter. Please enjoy these selected excerpts from recent newsletters.
I love holidays! To me it really doesn’t matter where the tradition may have originated, I love them all. However, I know that it’s sometimes confusing about what is a Buddhist Holiday? This article is to define my own perception and celebration of holidays.
Many of you know that besides supervising Salt Lake City, Ogden, Honeyville and Idaho Oregon Buddhist Temples, I am also the Director of the Buddhist Churches of America Center for Buddhist Education (CBE) and Ministers’ Assistants program (MAP). Most of the CBE and MAP programs are held at the Jodo Shinshu Center (JSC) in Berkeley, CA. Therefore many of the seminars are difficult to attend in person for people not living in California.
Last week, Carmela and I attended the Mt. States District conf. in Denver, Colo., one of the member temples of our BCA district. I still remember that I was in awe of this place, when I first came here as a teenager in about 1975. The culture of Denver as a city wasn’t that different from Utah. A western vibe, but more modern and bigger, you had the Broncos (NFL), the Nuggets (NBA) and now the R
