Actually, this should be applied to Florida -- the rest of us had our act
together, but they are so screwy down there they deserve it!
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To the Citizens of the United States of America, In the light of your
failure to elect a President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we
hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties
over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Your new prime
minister (The rt. hon. Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until
now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a
minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and
the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year
to determine whether any of you
noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules
are introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then
look up "aluminium." Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at
just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. Generally, you should raise
your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary". Using the same
twenty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you
know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. Look up
"interspersed."
2. There is no such thing as "U.S. English." We will let Microsoft know on
your behalf.
3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It
really isn't that hard.
4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the
good guys.
5. You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen",
but only after fully carrying out task one. We would not want you to get
confused and give up half way through.
6. You should stop playing American "football". There is only one kind of
football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a very good game.
Some of you, who are aware that there is a world outside your borders, may
have noticed that no one else plays American "football." You will no longer
be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football. Initially,
it would be best if you played with the girls. It is a difficult game. Those
of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is
similar to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest
every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like nancies). We
are hoping to get together at least a US rugby sevens side by 2005.
7. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 8th will be a new
national holiday, but only in England. It will be called "Indecisive Day."
8. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and it is for your own
good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.
9. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Reverend Kawabata,
Thanks for the beautiful message. The comments after the story are
especially thoughtful. Sharing our beliefs is something we find difficult
to do in America. I don't know how it is in Japan, or other places in the
world, but here we're so afraid of offending other people that we just don't
talk about it. Spreading the teachings is something we discussed in the San
Antonio seminar and I think we agreed that it's a challenge for all of us.
Gassho,
Ann Rinehard, OKC
-----Original Message-----
From: Takeshi Kawabata <bata3@...>
To: rkksf@egroups.com <rkksf@egroups.com>
Date: Thursday, November 09, 2000 5:33 PM
Subject: [rkksf] A beautiful story
>>From Kawabata@RKSF
>Skyjubilee@Seattle sent me this story. I would like to share with you.
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>In the spirit of the season. A beautiful story (You may have seen this
story
>once before, but it's worth another look).
>
>In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to learning disabled
>children.
>
>Some children remain in Chush for their entire school career, while others
>can be mainstreamed into conventional schools.
>
>At a Chush fundraising dinner, the father of a Chush child delivered a
speech
>that would never be forgotten by all who attended.
>
>After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he cried out, "Where is
>the perfection in my son Shaya? Everything God does is done with
perfection.
>
>But my child cannot understand things as other children do. My child cannot
>remember facts and figures as other children do.
>
>Where is God's perfection?
>
>The audience was shocked by the question, pained by the father's anguish
and
>stilled by the piercing query.
>
>"I believe," the father answered, "that when God brings a child like this
>into the world, the perfection that he seeks is in the way people react to
>this child."
>
>He then told the following story about his son Shaya:
>
>One afternoon, Shaya and his father walked past a park where some boys
Shaya
>knew were playing baseball.
>
>Shaya asked, "Do you think they will let me play?"
>
>Shaya's father knew that his son was not at all athletic and that most boys
>would not want him on their team. But Shaya's father understood that if
his
>son were chosen to play it would give him a comfortable sense of belonging.
>Shaya's father approached one of the boys in the field and asked if Shaya
>could play.
>
>The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he
took
>matters into his own hands and said "We are losing by six runs and the game
>is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put
>him up to bat in the ninth inning." Shaya's father was ecstatic as Shaya
>smiled broadly.
>
>Shaya was told to put on a glove and go out to play short center field. In
>the bottom of the eight inning, Shaya's team scored a few runs but was
still
>behind by three.
>
>In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shaya's team scored again and now with
two
>outs and the bases loaded with the potential winning run on base, Shaya was
>scheduled to be up. Would the team actually let Shaya bat at this juncture
>and give away their chance to win the game?
>
>Surprisingly, Shaya was given the bat. Everyone knew that it was all but
>impossible because Shaya didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, let
>alone hit with it.
>
>However as Shaya stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved a few steps to
>lob the ball in softly so Shaya should at least be able to make contact.
>
>The first pitch came and Shaya swung clumsily and missed. One of Shaya's
>teammates came up to Shaya and together they held the bat and faced the
>pitcher waiting for the next pitch.
>
>The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward
>Shaya. As the pitch cam in, Shaya and his teammate swung at the ball and
>together they hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher.
>
>The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have thrown the
ball
>to the first baseman. Shaya would have been out and that would have ended
>the game.
>
>Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to right
field,
>far beyond reach of the first baseman. Everyone started yelling, "Shaya,
run
>to first. Run to first." Never in his life had Shaya run to first.
>
>He scampered down the baseline wide-eyed and startled. By the time he
reached
>first base, the right fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball
to
>the second baseman who would tag out Shaya, who was still running. But the
>right fielder understood what the pitcher's intentions were, so he threw
the
>ball high and far over the Third baseman's head. Everyone yelled, "Run to
>second, run to second."
>
>Shaya ran towards second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously
circled
>the bases towards home. As Shaya reached second base, the opposing
shortstop
>ran to him, turned him in the direction of third base and shouted, "Run to
>third." As Shaya rounded third, the boys from both teams ran behind him
>screaming, "Shaya run home."
>
>Shaya ran home, stepped on home plate and all 18 boys lifted him on their
>shoulders and made him the hero, as he had just hit a "grand slam" and won
>the game for his team.
>
>"That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face,
>"those 18 boys reached their level of God's perfection." Funny how simple
it
>is for people to trash different ways of living and believing and then
wonder
>why the world is going to hell. Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes'
>through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending
>messages regarding life choices, people think twice about sharing.
>
>Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through
cyberspace,
>but the public discussion of morality is suppressed in the school and
>workplace.
>
>Funny isn't it?
>
>Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many
>on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what
they
>will think of you for sending it to them.
>
>Funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than
what
>I think of me.
>
>FUNNY ISN'T IT!
>
>Sad actually - we can all do better.
>
>
>
>
>
>To Post a message, send it to: rkksf@eGroups.com
>To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: rkksf-unsubscribe@eGroups.com
>
From Kawabata@RKSF
Skyjubilee@Seattle sent me this story. I would like to share with you.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
In the spirit of the season. A beautiful story (You may have seen this story
once before, but it's worth another look).
In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to learning disabled
children.
Some children remain in Chush for their entire school career, while others
can be mainstreamed into conventional schools.
At a Chush fundraising dinner, the father of a Chush child delivered a speech
that would never be forgotten by all who attended.
After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he cried out, "Where is
the perfection in my son Shaya? Everything God does is done with perfection.
But my child cannot understand things as other children do. My child cannot
remember facts and figures as other children do.
Where is God's perfection?
The audience was shocked by the question, pained by the father's anguish and
stilled by the piercing query.
"I believe," the father answered, "that when God brings a child like this
into the world, the perfection that he seeks is in the way people react to
this child."
He then told the following story about his son Shaya:
One afternoon, Shaya and his father walked past a park where some boys Shaya
knew were playing baseball.
Shaya asked, "Do you think they will let me play?"
Shaya's father knew that his son was not at all athletic and that most boys
would not want him on their team. But Shaya's father understood that if his
son were chosen to play it would give him a comfortable sense of belonging.
Shaya's father approached one of the boys in the field and asked if Shaya
could play.
The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took
matters into his own hands and said "We are losing by six runs and the game
is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put
him up to bat in the ninth inning." Shaya's father was ecstatic as Shaya
smiled broadly.
Shaya was told to put on a glove and go out to play short center field. In
the bottom of the eight inning, Shaya's team scored a few runs but was still
behind by three.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shaya's team scored again and now with two
outs and the bases loaded with the potential winning run on base, Shaya was
scheduled to be up. Would the team actually let Shaya bat at this juncture
and give away their chance to win the game?
Surprisingly, Shaya was given the bat. Everyone knew that it was all but
impossible because Shaya didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, let
alone hit with it.
However as Shaya stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved a few steps to
lob the ball in softly so Shaya should at least be able to make contact.
The first pitch came and Shaya swung clumsily and missed. One of Shaya's
teammates came up to Shaya and together they held the bat and faced the
pitcher waiting for the next pitch.
The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward
Shaya. As the pitch cam in, Shaya and his teammate swung at the ball and
together they hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher.
The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have thrown the ball
to the first baseman. Shaya would have been out and that would have ended
the game.
Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to right field,
far beyond reach of the first baseman. Everyone started yelling, "Shaya, run
to first. Run to first." Never in his life had Shaya run to first.
He scampered down the baseline wide-eyed and startled. By the time he reached
first base, the right fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to
the second baseman who would tag out Shaya, who was still running. But the
right fielder understood what the pitcher's intentions were, so he threw the
ball high and far over the Third baseman's head. Everyone yelled, "Run to
second, run to second."
Shaya ran towards second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled
the bases towards home. As Shaya reached second base, the opposing shortstop
ran to him, turned him in the direction of third base and shouted, "Run to
third." As Shaya rounded third, the boys from both teams ran behind him
screaming, "Shaya run home."
Shaya ran home, stepped on home plate and all 18 boys lifted him on their
shoulders and made him the hero, as he had just hit a "grand slam" and won
the game for his team.
"That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face,
"those 18 boys reached their level of God's perfection." Funny how simple it
is for people to trash different ways of living and believing and then wonder
why the world is going to hell. Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes'
through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending
messages regarding life choices, people think twice about sharing.
Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through cyberspace,
but the public discussion of morality is suppressed in the school and
workplace.
Funny isn't it?
Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many
on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they
will think of you for sending it to them.
Funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what
I think of me.
FUNNY ISN'T IT!
Sad actually - we can all do better.
Dear friends:
Please visit "Files" section and find the file named "yakushin10.doc" which I
got a few minutes ago from Overseas Mission Section at the HQs.
Two members of San Francisco chapter (Mrs. Yaeko Lee and Mrs. Aiko Weber) and
one from Seattle (Mrs. Kumi Boyce) received the Dharma Teacher's Certificate on
Oct. 30.
Mrs. Weber told me that Ms. Kris Ladusau of Oklahoma was among the people who
were to receive the certificates this time (some 14 hundreds) and Kris was the
only non-Japanese recipient. And she was the center of attention.
The photos and articles will be on the next issue (or one after) of Kosei or
Yakushin, I suppose.
Ann Rinehard of Oklahoma chapter sent me the following e-mail to me.
Thank you Ann.
To those who have the voting rights, please go and vote.
Who's winning?
Item 2 might be helpful for you Californians - Rev. Kawabata, perhaps you
could pass this website on to the English group in Pacifica Church.
Ann
-----Original Message-----
From: Wes Boyd, MoveOn.Org
<moveon-help-78-71908-BoVJ%2BLgShULZ2EKKKvH6tw@...>
To: Ann Rinehard <annr@...>
Date: Monday, November 06, 2000 10:10 AM
Subject: THIS IS IT!
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This is Rev. Kawabata@RKSF
Mrs. Sachiko Johnson, a member of San Jose District of SF Church passed away
yesterday, Nov. 3rd at 4 p.m. Pacific Time.
The Memorial Service will be held at Willow Glen Funeral Chapel located at
Lincoln Street, San Jose, on Saturday Nov. 11th at 1:30 p.m..
She is survived by her husband, Richard, and only daughter Wendi.
Wendi, now a resident in Seattle, will inherit her mother's faith together with
her husband.
Please come and pay the last respects to the late Mrs. Johnson in the Buddhist
ceremony on Saturday.
Willow Glen Funeral Chapel: (408) 295-6446
Dear Friends:
Please visit "Files" section for another English translation of President
Niwano's guidance (Kosei Magazine August Issue), titled "Kosei08.doc".
Mrs. Noriko LaMar sent me an e-mail informing that Mrs. Sachiko Johnson, a
member of San Jose District, is now in a critical condition and suffers a lot of
pain in bed.
Her daughter Wendi is her side and other family member takes care of her in
turn. Please give your prayer for the entire family of Mrs. Johnson.
Gassho
Takeshi Kawabata@Pacifica
Dear friends:
Please visit "Files" section and find "Yakushin9.doc". It's President Niwano's
monthly guidance on Yakushin September issue.
"Dharma Seminar 2000 Part 2 in San Antonio" is coming up later this month.
Unfortunately, the schedule does not permit me to go there this time.
Also, only one member from SF Church (Mr. Don True) is participating.
Ms. Vicky Woods and Mr. Daniel Yeomans would not be able to make it because of
their life's important occasions.
I will be with all the participants there in spirit.
Gassho,
Takeshi Kawabata@San Francisco
Dearest Fellow Buddhists,
Finally, my silence is broken to inform you of some addtional
information. I hope that everyone is doing well. We in San Antonio
are incredibly anxious to host the Basic Seminar on October 20-22. I
pray that all leaders will attend to further enhance our
understanding and communication of buddhist teachings.
Unfortunately, we have only received 2 Events Registration Forms.
The forms must be submitted as soon as heavanly possible to that we
can be made aware of flight arrangements as well as hotel
accommodations. As far as hotels are concerned, we have booked
reservations at the Super 8 Motel. This motel is fairly close to the
church and provides economical rates. We have reserved 10, 2-bed
rooms. Each room will be assessed a rate of $44.00 a night. It is
our suggestion that pairing up will prove to be more cost effective.
If contacting the Motel, ask for the reserved rooms either under RKK
or Ms. Stacy. That is all for now. Once again, please submit your
Registration forms by fax and contact either myself or my mother for
any further details or questions regarding the seminar. We eagerly
anticipate your arrival.
Gassho,
Nick Ozuna
RKK of San Antonio
Address of Super 8 Motel:
5319 Casa Bella
San Antonio, TX 78249
Phone: (210) 696-6916
Hello Everyone,
This is just a quick reminder to those who will be participating in the
Basic Dharma
seminar in San Antonio. The required presentations should be based on
these
three choices.
1. The Seal of the Three Laws and Four Laws
2. The Four Noble Truths
3. The Ten Suchnesses
Please fill out Events form and send to San Antonio church.
If you have any other questions, please contact Trina @ tozuna@...
Gassho,
Trina
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Hi everybody
I wrote a little story about the Fall Higan. In San Francisco, we
read stories like this as part of the service on special days like
Higan and O-Bon. The idea is to provide a little background so
people will feel more comfortable with the service.
I posted the story to the FILES section of EGROUPS. There are two
versions. One is plain text and the other is for Microsoft Word.
Use whichever one looks better on your computer.
If you decide to make changes please let me know about it. Send email
to Douglas Wolfe at
flatfoot0@...
by & by
Douglas
Sacramento
hello !!
my name is Hiroo Kohjiro.
I live in Yamaguchi prefecture Japan.
I am worried about my english. but...
I know about Miyoshi city.
There is a chapter charch in Miyoshi city.
Miyoshi chapter is part of Hiroshima branch charch.
If I were you , I would ask to Hiroshima branch Charch.
Hiroshima is the first city a-bomb attacked. I think there is a member who
can use english.
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Miles <res047yd@...>
To: <rkksf@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 11:12 PM
Subject: [rkksf] help.
>
> Part of what RKKSF I have learned from the teaching is service to
> the communities we life in. Crescent City, Ca has a sister city
> relationship with Miyoshi City, Japan. Is there a branch church in
> Miyoski City. Are there any American member from that area. I'm
> working with the Crescent City , the local AmeriCorp, The Business
> Improvement District to establish a small friendship garden and to
> buy some Japan Children Books both in English /Japanese for the
> Library and for the local Read to Children Program.
>
>
> To Post a message, send it to: rkksf@eGroups.com
> To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: rkksf-unsubscribe@eGroups.com
>
>
Part of what RKKSF I have learned from the teaching is service to
the communities we life in. Crescent City, Ca has a sister city
relationship with Miyoshi City, Japan. Is there a branch church in
Miyoski City. Are there any American member from that area. I'm
working with the Crescent City , the local AmeriCorp, The Business
Improvement District to establish a small friendship garden and to
buy some Japan Children Books both in English /Japanese for the
Library and for the local Read to Children Program.
Have anyone read Erich Fromm " The Art of Loving can't put it down .
I would like comments. A great relationship book. A good friend
suggest that I read it.
Hello Ann,
Thanks for your quick reply. We are all looking forward to our first
Dharma seminar.
If you or any one else have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at
Tozuna@...
See you in October !
Gassho,
Trina
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Dear Marvin:
You may be right in saying that there would be some connection between
receiving junk mails and exposing the addresses in an OPEN mailing list like
ours.
Sponsor's banner, like one on the top of this mail, used to appear at the
bottom. They changed to satisfy the sponsors in this way, I suppose.
"eGroups.com" is a free service and there may be "hidden" costs for using
this site.
I would like to do a "poll" before long whether it's a good idea to make
this a "CLOSED" mailing list or keep this an "OPEN" mailing list as it is
today. (eGroup provides "POLL" system among the members of each group) I am
not sure this change can despel the flow of junk mails or not, though.
"CLOSED" means solid "Members Only" way of running the site where becoming a
member and posting the messages you have to wait for approval of the
Moderator.
In the meantime, please be patient and keep sending "unsubscribe" send-back
messages to "GroupLotto", "For your eyes only" and so forth.
Takeshi--Moderator:[rkksf]
By the way, would you please make sure the "Event Registration Forms" for
San Antonio English Seminar have been filled out and sent to Trina. Vicky,
Don and Dan... any other person? I am a little worried about Vicky because
of her mother's health.
Janette sent me a mail about the survey for Advanced Course of the Dharma
Seminar 2000. I am very pleased to hear from her.
----- Original Message -----
From: Marvin W. Cole <marv_cole@...>
To: <rkksf@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:14 PM
Subject: [rkksf] Junk mail
>
> Have any of you noticed an increase in the amount of juck mail you
> have been getting since the start of the e-group? I have had a four
> fold increase. I would hate to think there was any connection. Any
> answers?
>
> Marv Cole
>
>
> To Post a message, send it to: rkksf@eGroups.com
> To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: rkksf-unsubscribe@eGroups.com
>
Have any of you noticed an increase in the amount of juck mail you
have been getting since the start of the e-group? I have had a four
fold increase. I would hate to think there was any connection. Any
answers?
Marv Cole
8-31-00
Rev. Kawabata
Zansho omimai moshi agemasu!
I just got back from Japan a week ago today. I attended my frailing parents
for 4 weeks.
They are weak but still surviving in this world. They seem to merely live to
see the day to say good-bye to us. I left my heart with them. 5000 miles is
far far away for me to reach them when they need me there. I wish I could
live closer to them. You said that everything has reasons, but I don't
comprehend what means this to me. Maybe I need time to recover from the jet
lag. Sometimes, time gives me the answer, so I will wait and see. It has
been a long time since I met and talked to you in Pacifica, so I just want
to say hello and let you know that I do love the way you describe our rkksf
site as "Cyber Sangha".
Please good take care of yourself and your family members.
Masako Nakayama
LA Church
From: "Takeshi Kawabata" <bata3@...>
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This is a small request from the Moderator of [rkksf]: Takeshi Kawabata
Katsu Kosaka, a member of Chicago Chapter of New York Church, sent
his message in Japanese a couple of days ago.
He said he enjoys the essay Kim Oyama posted the other day and hoped
to get more in the future. (Unfortunately it was in Japanese. So,
most of you may have had a trouble of wondering what it was.)
He also said that he just returned from New York Church where the
members welcomed President Nichiko Niwano on his official visit to
the church.
He felt as if the entire Sangha was like a true family with Rev. Niwano
as centering figure.
I would like to have this kind of information directly from each of you,
hopefully in English to this [rkksf].
We have another site, namely [rksf], for those who prefer to use Japanese
language. So, please post your messages to the "Ciber Sangha" either
in English or Japanese. But please differentiate the appropreate place
you post your message.
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Katsu-san:
Thank you very much for sending me the namecards I ordered. Please
send me the bill if it's ready. Takeshi Kawabata
(Mr. Kosaka has his own buisiness of designing and printing)
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This is a small request from the Moderator of [rkksf]: Takeshi Kawabata
Katsu Kosaka, a member of Chicago Chapter of New York Church, sent
his message in Japanese a couple of days ago.
He said he enjoys the essay Kim Oyama posted the other day and hoped
to get more in the future. (Unfortunately it was in Japanese. So,
most of you may have had a trouble of wondering what it was.)
He also said that he just returned from New York Church where the
members welcomed President Nichiko Niwano on his official visit to
the church.
He felt as if the entire Sangha was like a true family with Rev. Niwano
as centering figure.
I would like to have this kind of information directly from each of you,
hopefully in English to this [rkksf].
We have another site, namely [rksf], for those who prefer to use Japanese
language. So, please post your messages to the "Ciber Sangha" either
in English or Japanese. But please differentiate the appropreate place
you post your message.
If you would like to become a member of [rksf], please contact me at
bata3@...
Visit [rksf], if you can read Japanese, www.eGroups.or.jp/group/rksf/
Katsu-san:
Thank you very much for sending me the namecards I ordered. Please
send me the bill if it's ready. Takeshi Kawabata
(Mr. Kosaka has his own buisiness of designing and printing)
This is a lovely parable. And thank you, Rev. Kawabata, for your reply.
Sometimes it's difficult to see the middle path, but we should always be
aware that it's there if we'll just remember to look for it.
Ann R., annr@...
-----Original Message-----
From: Takeshi Kawabata <bata3@...>
To: rkksf@egroups.com <rkksf@egroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 11:04 AM
Subject: [rkksf] Posting a message on behalf of Kim Oyama
>This message has been posted by Kim Oyama through
>rkksf-owner@egroups.com on Aug 28.
>I repost it because it didn't get distributed to all of you as it was
intended.
>Takeshi Kawabata: Moderator-rkksf
>(Thank you Kim. Please take better care of yourself!-Do not work too much-
>for Sakyamuni Buddha taught us the MIDDLE PATH. When you post,
>use "post" section, or mail your message to "rkksf@egroups.com")
>
>-----------------------------------------------------
>Hello! I am Ikuyo Kim from Japan.
>It is extremely hot this summer,
>so I sometimes don't feel like going out for work.
>
>One day, as I left home for work, a district chief called me
>and we had a small talk. She is 60 years old.
>On that day, I had a bit of a headache and I was fed up
>with this hot weather. Needless to say, I wanted to stay
>home. I was thinking about the reason to take a day off.
>I was very lazy. But at the same time, I told myself that
>I had to teach as some students were waiting for me.
>
>She told me that she would bring Kosei monthly magazines
>and she was glad to devote herself to RKK activities even in
>this hot summer, thanks to her good health and blessings from
>Buddha.
>
>Her words encouraged me a lot and I reflected myself how lazy I was,
>and recognized that I was supposed by people around me.
>When I thought in that way, my headache was gone and I became
>energetic enough to go out for work.
>
>Last month. four friends of mine became members. I would like to
>send them messages of Buddha and our Founder, Rev. Nikkyo Niwano.
>If you have something you learned through your activities, let me know
>sometime.KIM
>
>
>
>
>
>
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This message has been posted by Kim Oyama through
rkksf-owner@egroups.com on Aug 28.
I repost it because it didn't get distributed to all of you as it was intended.
Takeshi Kawabata: Moderator-rkksf
(Thank you Kim. Please take better care of yourself!-Do not work too much-
for Sakyamuni Buddha taught us the MIDDLE PATH. When you post,
use "post" section, or mail your message to "rkksf@egroups.com")
-----------------------------------------------------
Hello! I am Ikuyo Kim from Japan.
It is extremely hot this summer,
so I sometimes don't feel like going out for work.
One day, as I left home for work, a district chief called me
and we had a small talk. She is 60 years old.
On that day, I had a bit of a headache and I was fed up
with this hot weather. Needless to say, I wanted to stay
home. I was thinking about the reason to take a day off.
I was very lazy. But at the same time, I told myself that
I had to teach as some students were waiting for me.
She told me that she would bring Kosei monthly magazines
and she was glad to devote herself to RKK activities even in
this hot summer, thanks to her good health and blessings from
Buddha.
Her words encouraged me a lot and I reflected myself how lazy I was,
and recognized that I was supposed by people around me.
When I thought in that way, my headache was gone and I became
energetic enough to go out for work.
Last month. four friends of mine became members. I would like to
send them messages of Buddha and our Founder, Rev. Nikkyo Niwano.
If you have something you learned through your activities, let me know
sometime.KIM
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