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#34 おかげさま（5）Thankfully (Okagesama) 5

Rev. Kodo Tanaka 田中孝道 Title: Thankfully (Okagesama) 5 Through the past four columns, I have introduced how Buddhism considers our present...

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#33 ザ・メッセンジャーズ結成 The Messengers

Rev. Yasuhiro Oda 織田恭博 Title: The Messengers " Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. " (Matthew...

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#32 おかげさま（4）Thankfully (Okagesama) 4

Rev. Kodo Tanaka 田中孝道 Title: Thankfully (Okagesama) 4 In the last column, I introduced how our ancestry can be appreciated from the...

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#31 愛の味わい深さ The taste of love

Rev. Kei Kataoka 片岡継 Title: The taste of love Loving someone takes a lot of time. When I first came to the U.S., I thought it was a good...

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#30 おかげさま（3）Thankfully (Okagesama) 3

Rev. Kodo Tanaka 田中孝道 Title: Thankfully (Okagesama) 3 How is “a person” depicted in both English and Japanese? In English, the subject of...

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#29 恐れるな Do not be afraid.

By Rev: Ed Park 朴エド Title: Do not be afraid. The greatest emotion that has attacked us in the two years from 2020 to 2021 is fear. Fear...

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#28 おかげさま（２）Thankfully (Okagesama) 2

Rev. Kodo Tanaka 田中孝道 Title: Thankfully (Okagesama) 2 In Japan, an island country, a foreign country is called “kai-gai,” which means...

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#27 汽車、人生の旅 Life is like a journey on a train.

Rev: Toshio Maehara 前原利夫 Title: Life is like a journey on a train. There are many ways to travel. There are walking trips, car trips, sea...

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#26 おかげさま（１）Thankfully (Okagesama) 1

Rev. Kodo Tanaka 田中孝道 Title: Thankfully (Okagesama) 1 One summer, a Japanese family friend of mine casually sent their daughter to a...