It
has been a great spiritual pleasure for me that this year when we had the 800th
anniversary of Shinran Shonin’s birth in this world, and 20 years have passed since
my ordination, our Amidaji international sangha has grown in quality with
people of faith who are active in both learning and teaching. We are indeed a
genuine Sangha where faith in Amida Buddha can be received and those who don’t
have faith yet, can be guided and helped to receive it.
Also, this year has been very auspicious in the sense that I successfully examined and ordained Rev Kosho Arana of Colombia as a Buddhist monk (priest). He and our lay teachers, together with various lay members, ar...