Recent Columns

by BISHOP KOSHIN OGUI
Buddhist Churches of America

I had been diagnosed with a brain injury that had resulted from my car accident in Los Angeles. After spending about two months in the hospital in San Francisco, I was released.
I was still unsure about my English ability and my life in this foreign land but nevertheless, I was assigned to work at the Buddhist bookstore at the Buddhist Churches of America headquarters. That was right around the time that I started going to Zen meditation sessions.

by DELIA TOMINO NAKAYAMA

I’ve written about “honesty” and “trust” in the past. Lately, another virtue was brought to mind and so I am inclined to write about it this week, which happens to be the week I turn 41 years of age.

Hard to believe. I certainly don’t feel and am told I don’t look this particular age, nor do I have a house, children or a “real” job. I am not sure where I expected I would be at this age, or what my values were to be.

by TAKEO "BABE" UTSUMI

In last Monday’s financial disaster on Wall Street, the Dow Jones dropped 777 points. It was the biggest recorded drop in Dow Jones history.

This debacle was created by the fact that Congress could not come up with a solution for a bail-out of financial and insurance companies. At this time of writing (Thursday), we will have to wait and see if the House will reverse its votes to pass the bail-out bill.

by YUMI WILSON

It was just after 11 a.m. Sunday. I had just finished subbing a step class at 24 Hour Fitness in Millbrae. A fit woman, perhaps around my age, walked up to me after class. Thin-rimmed glasses framed her petite, rectangular face. Her shoulder-length hair was pulled back in a headband.

“You should teach step here,” the woman said as we walked toward the locker room. Before going in, the woman stopped and gave me a serious look.

“So you’re Japanese,” she said with a smile.