Sun, 23 October 2022
Rev. Todd Tsuchiya shares his Dharma message for Family Service. |
Sun, 23 October 2016
Rev. Ron Miyamura delivers a formal Dharma Talk explaining a Shinran Shonin quote on the subject of cross-wise transcendence. |
Sun, 15 November 2015
Minister's Assistant Terry Cichocki speaks at the annual Perpetual Memorial service. In keeping with the theme of the Perpetual Memorial service, her Dharma message is about thinking of our ancestors. |
Sun, 27 September 2015
Rev. Fumiaki Usuki of the Buddhist Temple of West Los Angeles shares two messages during Family Service. First he speaks to the Dharma School class and then he shares his Dharma talk describing how he came to Shin Buddhism. |
Sun, 20 September 2015
Rev. Miyamura delivers his message about Ohigan, the special service held at the time of the Spring and Fall equinox. |
Sun, 30 August 2015
Rev. Patti Oshita of the Sacremento Betsuin shares her dharma message as part of the memorial service for Eshinni and Kakushinni, the wife and daughter of Shinran Shoning. |
Sun, 23 August 2015
At the MBT's back entrance is a sign that says "Midwest Buddhist Temple - All are welcome, come as you are!". Rev. Miyamura provides the background of that phrase in the context of Shin Buddhism. |
Sun, 14 June 2015
Minister's Assistant Jesse Zavala shares a story of Zen Master Sengai to illustrate a Buddhist teaching about our own attitude towards death. |
Sun, 31 May 2015
Rev. Miyamura shares some personal stories about his mother who recently passed away in California. |
Sun, 19 April 2015
Minister's Assistant Susan Gilkey provides an introduction to Zen Shin meditation services. As part of her talk she conducts a brief Zen Shin service to illustrate the sounds and methods practiced during a typical service. |
Sun, 18 January 2015
Guest minister, Rev. Patti Nakai speaks at the annual Hoonko Service (Shinran's Memorial). The first part of her talk is addressed to the Dharma School children in attendance. Then, on this occasion of Hoonko, Rev. Nakai talks about Shinran Shonin's life, concentrating on his later years when he created many of his writings which are still studied today. |
Sun, 10 October 2010
There is no dharma talk today due to the Chicago Marathon. A number of streets local to the Temple are closed for the Marathon making it very difficult for people to attend service. In light of this occasion we have decided to cancel Sunday service.
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