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The water floweth not, but the bridge doth flow

The child of sin

The man who realizes that his fiancee has been pregnant before they came together must get flustered.

When Joseph, the husband of Mary of whom was born Jesus, was wondering about divorcing her quietly, an angel of the Lord appeared to him and said "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel which means, God with us."

When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. And he gave the child the name Jesus.

The Anointed

Every being in this world is set apart by God as his very own and sent into the world, that is the son of God. However Joseph, whom not only brought up the child as his own son but also gave the child the name "God with us", is the greatest father in the human's history. This merciful heart that Joseph achieved in anguish, bore Jesus Chríst.

The poem by Shan Hui Da Shi

Shan Hui Da Shi(497-569), a Chinese Zen master during the period of the North South Dynasty, taught us the need for this great diverting. In other words, "huiguang-fanzhao(learn to withdraw, turning the light inward, illuminating the Self)".This led him to write the following poem.

Empty-handed I go, and behold the spade is in my hands;

I walk on foot, and yet on the back of an ox I am riding;

When I pass over the bridge,

Lo, the water floweth not, but the bridge doth flow.

Jesus' real father

According to Mr. James D. Tabor, the author of "The Jesus Dynasty", Jesus' real father was possibly Tiberius Iulius Abdes Pantera, a Roman archer of the Cohors I Sagittariorum. And Jesus seemed to have visited his own father on his way for mission according to the description of the Gospel of Mark.

President Obama’s Hotsugan (Vow)

Mr. Barack Hussein Obama, the first Black President in the history of the United States, seems to have found the way to save the sick major powers through the total destruction of nuclear weapons in this world. America, who develops and stores weapons of mass destruction which can uproot life on earth, is more sinful than Adam who committed the original sin. However if they manage to abolish all nuclear weapons, their accomplishments far outweigh their crime and not only the U.S., but all human beings can revive. And now probably only the United States can do it.

Let God transform you

In an era when storm and stress come together, big and small countries, companies and people, everyone finds it difficult to weather the angry waves and the more you flounder, the deeper you sink. Then you had better withdraw from the water and try to stand on the bridge. It is a marvel. You will find that the water does not flow anymore but the bridge flows together with you. When you entrust yourself to the will of heaven, you do not need to transform yourself but you will automatically change accordingly.

Paul too preached in his letter to the Christian in Rome; Do not copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. (Roma: 12-2) .(Hensho 2009/07/10)

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Hotsugan

Hotsugan refers to the Tathagata’s (Amida’s) aspiration, in which he determined to obtain enlightenment in order to rescue sentient beings