Dharma Talks

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Rev. Ron Miyamura draws inspiration from “Rashomon”—the classic film by legendary director Akira Kurosawa—which involves various characters providing alternative, self-serving and contradictory versions of the same incident—to illustrate a lesson on “imperfection.”

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Lay speaker Michael Harada shares what he learned about Buddhism through his relationship with his father-in-law.

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Rev. Kodo Umezu, bishop of the Buddhist Churches of America, makes his first visit to the Midwest Buddhist Temple. In his Dharma Talk, Rev. Umezu shares his view on the meaning of Pure Land.

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Ministers Assistant Roger Suekama shares a Dharma Talk that he first delivered at the Ministers Assistants seminar in New York. He speaks of growing up in a Buddhist family and personally discovering the Buddha Dharma.

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Rev. Ron Miyamura speaks at the November Family Service and Monthly Memorial Service. His message is about “beginning.” Through a Buddhist parable, he explains that we should always be ready to receive the Dharma (Buddha’s teaching).

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Rev. Ron Miyamura speaks of the traditions of Halloween and points to some Buddhist lessons in the process.

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Ministers Assistant Kay Schroeter shares her thoughts about the sutras on which the Jodo Shinshu sect is founded.

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Rev. Ron Miyamura speaks at the Family Service and Monthly Memorial Service. His Dharma Talk focuses on the many different ways in which Shin Buddhists receive the Dharma, the teaching of the Buddha.

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Ministers Assistant Melissa Maslanka shares her observations of nature and how they parallel the path and journey of those seeking enlightenment.