Dharma Messages
We apologize for lack of current Dharma messages posted here, but are working on remedying that situation and can promise that soon new messages will be posted.
The following are AUDIO versions of the Dharma Messages from past Sunday Services and other guest speakers. To play the audio messages you need Windows Media Player (for the PC or Mac). If you do not have Windows Media Player installed you can download and install it from the link below.
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Audio Messages for the Year 2006
DOC - Jan 15th "Ho-onko" Message by Bill Hirsch
Audio Messages for the Year 2005
AUDIO - Jan
2nd "Tsunami Disaster" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Feb 6th
"Nirvana Day" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - April
3rd "Buddhism and Beliefs" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - April
17th "Benefiting Self, Benefiting Others" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - May 1st
"Dharma and Tattoos" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - May
29th "Memorial Day" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - June
26th "My Father Passed Away" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - July
3rd "Politics and Religion" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - July
24th "Nembutsu and Me" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - July
31st "The Boy Scout and the Bear" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Aug
21st "Eshinni" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Sept
4th "Wisdom Ocean" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Sept
18th Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Oct 2nd
Message by Bhante Seelawimala
DOC
- Oct 7th "Interbeing and Equality" Message by Bill Hirsch
DOC - Nov
6th "One Buddhism" Message by Bill Hirsch
AUDIO - Nov
13th "Jodo Shinshu" Message by Rev. Mas Kodani
Audio Messages for the Year 2004
AUDIO - Jan
2nd Message by Rev. Doei Fujii (Japanese)
AUDIO - Jan
4th "New Years" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Jan
18th "About Shinran" Message by Rev. Gregory Gibbs
AUDIO - Jan 25th
"Internet and Indra's Net" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Feb 1st
"Elephant and the Blind Man" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Feb
29th "Reverence for All Things" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Mar 7th
"Home is Where the Heart Is" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Mar
14th "Ohigan - Zest for Life" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Mar
28th "Forgetting the Self" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Feb
14th "NW Convention - Everything and Everyone is my Teacher" Keynote Message by
Rev. David Matsumto
AUDIO - April
4th "Harmonious Sangha" by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - April
18th "Buddhism, An Ecological Perspective" by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO -
April 18th Message by Rev.Doei Fujii (Japanese)
AUDIO - April
25th "Appreciating the Moment" by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - May
23rd "Old Age and the Nembutsu Spirit" by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - May
30th "Memorial Day" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - June
6th "All Sangha Memorial" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - June
25th "Do Buddhists Pray?" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Aug
22nd "Attachment and Teasing" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Oct 3rd "Gaman"
Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Oct
10th "Religion and Politics" by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Oct
17th "The Big Picture" by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Oct
24th "Our Own Faults are Hard to See" by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Nov
21st "Something Speaks to You" by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Nov
28th "Buddhist Etiquette" Kids Message by Kevin Tanemura
AUDIO - Nov
28th "No Buddhist Left Behind" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Dec
12th "State of the Sangha" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Dec
19th "The First Precept" Message by Rev. Don Castro
Audio Messages for the Year 2003
AUDIO - Jan
5th "Jodo Shinshu is Visceral" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Jan
19th "Ho-onko" Message by Rev. Yasu Izumi
AUDIO - Sept
1st 2002 "Ho-onko" Message by Rev. Dr.Toshikazu (Japanese)
AUDIO - Jan
26th "Thus I Prostrate Myself" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Feb 2nd
"Be Prepared" Scouts Message by Rev Don. Castro
AUDIO - Feb
16th "Pet Memorial" Kids Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO -
Feb 16th "Pet Memorial" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Feb
23rd "25th Anniversary" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Mar 2nd
"Campfire" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Mar 9th
Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Mar
16th "Ohigan" Message by Rev. Abe
AUDIO - Mar 23rd
"War" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Mar
30th "Don't do something! Just stand there!" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Apr 6th
"Snake or rope" Message by Rev. Doei Fujii
AUDIO - Apr 13th "Hanamatsuri" Message by
Bhante Seelawimala
AUDIO - Apr
20th "Nembutsu Example" Message by Rev Doei Fujii
AUDIO - April
28th "Iraq War Ends" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - April
28th Message by Rev. Doei Fujii (Japanese)
AUDIO - May 4th
"Earth Day " Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - May 4th
Message by Rev. Doei Fujii (Japanese)
AUDIO - May
11th Message by Rev. Doeii Fuji
AUDIO - May
11th Message by Rev. Doeii Fuji (Japanese)
AUDIO - May
18th "Gotan-E" Kids Message by Rev. Dean Koyama
AUDIO - May
18th "Gotan-E" Message by Rev. Dean Koyama
AUDIO - May
18th "Gotan -E" Message by Rev. Seishin Yamashita (Japanese)
AUDIO - May
15th "Aging and the Nembutsu" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - May
15th Message by Rev. Doeii Fuji
AUDIO - June
8th "All Sangha Memorial Service" (Japanese)
AUDIO - June
15th "Rinban Memorial Day" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - June
22nd "Buddha Nature" Message by Rev. Doeii Fuji
AUDIO - June
27th "Warm Hearted Buddhism" by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Aug
10th "Atomic Bomb" Message by Rev. Toshikazu Arai
AUDIO - Aug
17th "Images in Budddhism" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Nov 2nd
"Temple Cleanup Day" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Nov 9th
"Etaikyo" Kids Message by Rev. David Matsumoto
AUDIO - Nov 9th
"Etaikyo" Message by Rev. David Matsumoto
AUDIO - Nov
16th "Conflict Resolution" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Nov
23rd Message by Rev. Doeii Fuji
AUDIO - Nov
30th "Thanksgiving" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Dec 7th
"Bodhi Day" Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Dec
21st Message by Rev. Don Castro
AUDIO - Dec
28th "End of Year" Message by Rev. Doeii Fuji