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Keiko Ahner painting on display at Megane No Good, Minamai Nobeoka, Japan
Joke by Howard Ahner, election time in Japan...
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November 11, 2008
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Best Youchien in Kawaminami
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What color was the carpet at the Tokyo film festival?
Takachiho Sen Update
Have you had any frozen green beans lately?
Will Ex-Nova students get their money back?
If gas costs $3 a gallon in the US, how much is a liter in Japan?
Nobeoka Grass
"Kankei Nai" Town
His Flowers in Nobeoka
Driftwood in Nobeoka
Beachwood in Nobeoka
Nobeoka Holes
A "Mamacheri" Bicycle is For Mother's
Okatomi Means, "Rich Hill."
My Friend Lost His Bicycle Key in Nobeoka
Mamacheri Bicycles in Japan
English Classes in Nobeoka with Howard Ahner, an American from California
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My MS Paint Art
Ahner Small Talk
A Day on Nagahama Beach in Nobeoka - Autumn
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

Roots of Good Fortune
 
I have received the various gifts that you were kind enough to send.
 
The roots of good fortune are not determined by whether one’s offerings are large or small. Depending upon the country, the person and the time, the merit gained will differ in various ways. For example, even if one dries dung, breaks it up, passes it through a sieve and forms it into the likeness of a sandalwood tree, or of a woman, a heavenly goddess or a Buddha, when it is burned, it will give off no other fragrance but the stink of dung. Similarly, if one kills or robs others and takes from them the first fruits of the harvest, then even if one should offer one’s gains with the intent of acquiring merit and good fortune, that offering will instead become an evil deed.
 
The wealthy man Sudatta was the richest person in all of India. He built the Jetavana monastery as an offering and invited the Buddha there. Yet his monastery burned down and not a trace of it remained. This rich man originally gained his wealth by catching and selling fish, thus depriving them of life, and therefore in the end this monastery disappeared.
 
In the same way, the donations made by people today may seem impressive, but they are offerings of fiefs won in battle or of wealth gained by heedlessly oppressing the people. Though these gifts appear to be great acts of devotion to the Buddha, not only will the people who offer them fail to attain Buddhahood, but their contributions will vanish without a trace.
 
Again, even if one does no harm to others and honestly strives to make offerings, there will be cases in which one does not attain Buddhahood. To illustrate, if one plants good seed in a bad field, the seed itself will be ruined, and one will in turn suffer loss. Even if one is sincere, if the person to whom one makes offerings is evil those offerings will fail to produce benefit; rather, they will cause one to fall into the evil paths.
 
Your own offerings were not made to me, Nichiren, but to the Lotus Sutra. Therefore we must leave it to Shakyamuni Buddha, Taho Buddha and all the other Buddhas of the ten directions [to fathom the greatness of] the resulting benefits.
 
I have written to you about various events of this past year, but I must say that I do not recall at any time in my life such cold as we are now experiencing. The snow has fallen and piled up in great quantity. Even those with a strong resolve find it difficult to visit me. The fact that you have sent a messenger to me here shows that yours is certainly no ordinary sincerity!
 
With my deep respect,
Nichiren
 
The twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month
 
Reply to Kubo-no-ama Gozen

The Causal Law of Life
The Swords of Good and Evil
The Teaching for the Latter Day

  

As I have often said, unseen virtue brings about visible reward.

 

"No affairs of life or work are in any way different from the ultimate reality."

 

If gas costs $3 a gallon in the US,
If gas costs $3 a gallon in the US, how much is it
how much is a liter in Japan?

Will Ex-Nova Students Get Their Money Back?
Students of Nova
Nova Pays Back....

Have you had any frozen green beans lately?
Tainted
Tainted Green Beans

What color was the carpet at the...
What color was the carpet?
Tokyo film festival?

Nothing Ever Changes in Nobeoka
East Kyushu Says Kankei Nai Often Enough
Kankei Nai in East Kyushu Japan

Nobeoka Grass
Nobeoka Grass
Nobeoka Grass

Nobeoka Holes
Nobeoka Holes
Nobeoka Holes

Beachwood in Nobeoka
Beachwood in Nobeoka
Beachwood in Nobeoka

Driftwood in Nobeoka
Driftwood in Nobeoka
Driftwood in Nobeoka

His Flowers in Nobeoka
His Flowers in Nobeoka
His Flowers in Nobeoka

Lost Bicycle Key
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Cost to Replace is High

Okatomi Means Hills-Rich
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in Nobeoka

MamaCheri Bicycle for Shopping Mother's
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in NOBEOKA JAPAN

My Microsoft Paint Art
in Nobeoka
by Howard Ahner

English Classes in Nobeoka
English Teacher in Nobeoka
Miyazaki English

Nobeokanese
Nobeokanese
Nobeokanese

Nobeoka Grass
Nobeoka Grass
Nobeoka Grass

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

Ahner Small Talk
and Miyazaki Prefecture Japan
in Nobeoka

Howard Ahner Art
Nobeoker Does Microsoft Paint in Nobeoka
Microsoft Paint Art by Howard Ahner

Email Howard Ahner:
 
Telephone: 0982-34-5666
 
 

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