Santa Maria Central Coast Church - Guadalupe Buddhist Church
May all creatures, both the weak and the strong, find and abide in peace! ~ Excerpt from Metta Sutra From the book, Buddha’s Words of Wisdom, Allen, G.F., 1959 Phew! Another year, another Obon and it is now over. We can start to think of the other things that we have put aside. For some […]
Death leaves a heartache that No one can heal, love leaves A memory no one can steal. ~Inscription on an Irish Headstone By now you have received your raffle and dinner tickets for Guadalupe Buddhist Church’s (GBC) Obon. We have to wear a new hat of being a salesman. It is a difficult role to […]
“…My Father instructed me in the path to follow since I was a child…I have tried to follow the way he showed…: ~Foreword from Muyuge, by Lady Takeko Kujo There seems to be a close bond between fathers and their daughters. When I was a small child, I was a “sickly” child. My mother would […]
The most powerful way to change The world is to live our lives in Front of our children the way We would like the world to be. ~Graham R. White In the 1950s a mother’s “job” was centered in the home. They were the cooks, house cleaners, babysitters, or caregivers among other occupations that was […]
Under the guidance of Shinran Shonin’s teachings, We will strive to receive Amida Buddha’s aspiration That all beings will live a life of true happiness, and Follow the path together to realize a society in which Everyone is able to live a life of spiritual fulfillment. ~Excerpt from The BWA Creed A long-standing tradition of […]