Minister’s Dharma Talks

• Dharma Talk – May 2025

  GOTAN-E AND KEIROKAI May is a deeply meaningful month for us as members of the Jodo Shinshu community.First, May 21st marks the birth of our founder, Shinran Shonin, which we […]

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• Dharma Talk – December 2024

  This month, I would like to talk about missionary activities. Normally, we have a tendency not to think of Buddhism as a missionary religion. After all, we’ve all met missionaries […]

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• Dharma Talk – October 2024

  “A life centred on Amida Buddha” It has already been half a year since I came to Toronto. In the past six months, I have officiated nearly twenty funerals in […]

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• Dharma Talk – September 2024

  The Road to the “Kaikyoshi” I returned to Japan for training to become a Kaikyoshi Minister (Official Overseas Minister) and I wrote this month’s article from Japan. At the end […]

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• Dharma Talk – July 2024

  WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ENTRUST (OMAKASE) AMIDA I am Rev. Kensho Hashimoto, the resident minister of the Toronto Buddhist Church. I hope we can enjoy the teachings of Amida […]

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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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