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Dharma Talk – June 2024
MISSION STATEMENTS As part of our ongoing learning, the committee working on the temple’s participation in Toronto Pride met with JJ Viviers and Rev. Brent Hawkes of the Toronto Metropolitan […]
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Dharma Talk – May 2024
Sources of Inspiration I was looking for inspiration as I researched for this month’s Guiding Light dharma talk. I turned to several sources, Rev. Kenryu Takashi Tsuji, Terry Watada, Ruth […]
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Dharma Talk – September 2023
To know the truth of this life is to know that this life is uncertain. And to encounter Jodo Shinshu teaching is to encounter the Amida Buddha’s Ote-mawashi (お手回し).
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Dharma Talk – July/August 2023
“Bussho” Buddha Nature Today I would like to talk about “仏性-Bussho” “仏-Bu” means Buddha and a fully Awakened Person. “性-Sho” means Nature. Bussho means Buddha-Nature or the Nature of a […]
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Dharma Talk – June 2023
TBC GOTAN’E, WBWC & CELEBRATION SERVICE You might know that I left Toronto for several days to guide JSBTC members in Japan. We attended a service for Shinran Shonin 850th […]
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