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I missed "Bata" Matsuri.

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Chimes Of Freedom
"Peace on earth." was all it said
The Long Surfer
Yatogi Falls with Lee
Hyuga Caves Natural
Long Beach Nobeoka Slide Shoe July 7, 2009
Long Beach Nobeoka Sand Dunes
Keiko Ahner's New Piece - July 4, 2009
Asahigaoka Nobeoka Beach July 4, 2009
Tsurugaoka Nobeoka July 4, 2009
July 2, 2009
I missed "Bata" Matsuri.
I really think this is a cool house in Hyuga, except for the rust.
Introducing Hands On Politics in Japan. Does anyone know what this guy stands for?
Some Will Always Prosper in Hitotsugaoka
Hitotsugaoka Paradise
Alien Hitotsugaoka
Hitotsugaoka Plants
The Best of Hitotsugaoka
Let's have a picnic at our house in Tsurugaoka, Nobeoka.
He was banished to Kyushu Island.
We shared a few laughs in Tsurugaoka, Nobeoka.
Miyazaki Prefecture has something to offer the citizens of Nobeoka...
Are you thinking what I'm thinking it is?
Dr. Kudou gave me an "L" shaped scar when I asked for an "S" shaped scar. And, he saved my life.
Yellow Slide Show in Kyushu, Japan
Yellow Socks in Kawaminami Cho
No Swimming Near the Dams in Japan
Logging in Kyushu, Japan
Hi no Chi, Miyazaki Ken, Japan
Japanese Kindergarten
Kindergarten Hideout
Oh, Peace Train, Soundin' Louder. Everyone Get on the Peace Train.
Kindergarten Clean Up Area
Kindergarten Five Year Olds
Kadogawa Wind Power
Hitotsugaoka Flower Power
Great Hitotsugaoka Leaves
I finally stepped down this Tsurugaoka, Nobeoka mountain pass on June 19, 2009.
New Nobeoka Hair
The City of Nobeoka invested in Green Space.
The Lone Yellow in Nobeoka
I gave Ed Ahner a call on SKYPE on June 19, 2009.
Take a look at the best looking tree in Shiohama, Nobeoka.
This is what is on the back side of our house in Tsurugaoka, Nobeoka.
Slide Show of Nobeoka, June 19, 2009 by Howard Ahner
Motorcycling Around Nobeoka Slide Show
Night Views of Nobeoka by Howard Ahner June 16, 2009
June 16, 2009 Photo Around in Kawaminami, Tsuno, Mimitsu and Heisei Youchien
Encouragement to a Sick Person
What does Kadogawa Beach look like?
Kikuno Yanagita lives in Nobeoka.
Hososhima Ships
Actually, it's "Bita Matsuri" and it's in Hyuga under a "canopy" somewhere. I missed it by a day.
Come and visit us at Myodenburaku in Nobeoka!
Nobeoka Gakuen's baseball team beat a Miyazaki team on June 13, 2009!
I was told that Amerika Sarugami is a funny movie to watch.
Hotaru No Haka is an animated movie, and I was told that it makes one sad.
Someone liked the movie, My Girlfriend is Cyborg with Haruka Ayase
The Softbank white dog is named Otosan. Did you know he has a black brother?
Gamba-Nobeoka!
Good times just outside of Disneyland with the Ahner's and Dodge's.
Captain Harris Kent Kutsunai
What happened to Edward James Ahner and Howard Clifford Ahner?
My Mitsubishi Delica only lasted a few months. The computerized-Four-Wheel-Drive-System Blew.
This one might look like someone wading in a river?
It's the first time I've seen this particular view of Mimitsu Bay, Miyazaki, Japan
I thought it was so amazing how this river came to an end in Mimitsu, Japan.
I cut my own hair.
If you lose something in Japan, you might be able to find it if you backtrack your steps.
A very few people shoot hoops in Kawaminami, Japan
What's new in Kawaminami Cho?
I met a nice man on a secluded beach in Kawaminami Cho. He had overcome heart failure.
Kawaminami Heisei Youchien Lettus looks so delicious!
The beaches in Kawaminami Cho, Miyazaki appeared to be much more litter-free.
Japan can be wide-open at times.
Is this what you want from your life?
The Third Set of Turtle Tracks on Nagahama Beach, Nobeoka June 14, 2009 by Howard Ahner
What eventually becomes of broken-down farming equipment in Tsuno Cho, Miyazaki, Japan!
They're growing in Kawaminami Cho, Miyazaki, Japan
I thought it amazing how an old air-conditioner was left hanging in an artistic way.
Everyone can prosper!
The Wise Nobeoka Threesome
Welcamu, Nobeoka
The Great Louie Watches Over Nobeokers
Light Blue Nobeokers Are Spreading Out
A New Driftwood Piece in Nobeoka by Howard Ahner
Nobeoka Farmers Are Growing Corn These Days
Ducks Mate Too in Nobeoka
Hey, Bud? Where can I find a disco in Nobeoka?
The Black Branches Are Commanding Their Territory
Come and join our Dead Tree Society in Nobeoka.
This is the nicest part of Osegawa (Ose River) in Nobeoka.
Here an example of the great, civic pride in Nobeoka.
I think this is a "Bora". It's a bottom eater. This one swam up the Ose River. (Osegawa)

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I found out that it wasn't "Bita" Matsuri, It was "Bata" Matsuri.  Some of you might know about "TanaBata" Matsuri.

 

Reply to Jibu-bo

I have received one to of polished rice, some myoga
buds and one package of ginger.

People who present the Buddha with the cherry
blossoms of spring, the crimson leaves of autumn,
the clear water of summer and the snow of winter
are all able to attain Buddhahood. How then could
one who makes the Lotus Sutra an offering of rice,
which sustains the life of the emperor and to the
common people is more valuable than jewels,
possibly fail to become a Buddha?

In society what people value are the words of the
ruler and the words of their parents. One who turns
one’s back on the instructions of one’s parents is
guilty of a lack of filial piety and will be abandoned
by heaven. One who fails to do the bidding of the
ruler of the country is a person who disobeys royal
edicts and will have his life taken away. Cherishing
the desire for enlightenment from inconceivably
distant kalpas in the past, we have done such things
as abandoning our countries, our wives and
children, or our own lives, for the sake of attaining
enlightenment in future existences. When we thus
draw near to achieving Buddhahood, and when we
encounter the scripture entitled Myoho-renge-kyo,
which is the single vehicle, the Devil of the Sixth
Heaven, ruler of the threefold world, reasons: "If this
person should become a Buddha, I will suffer loss
on two counts. First of all, if he frees himself from
the threefold world, he will escape my control.
Second, if he becomes a Buddha, his parents and
siblings will also depart from the saha world. How
can I stop this from happening?"

He produces various emanations and, with these,
takes possession of our parents, enters the body of
the ruler of our country or becomes a respected
priest, exhorting us to commit evil acts, making
threats or resorting to flattery. Or else he becomes a
high-ranking priest, a great priest, a wise man or
someone who upholds the precepts and, with the
Kegon or Agon sutras or Nembutsu or Shingon
teachings in hand, attempts to turn our devotion
from the Lotus Sutra and toward these other
teachings, using deception to prevent us from
becoming Buddhas.

The fifth volume of the Lotus Sutra states that "when
the Latter Day of the Law arrives, a great demon will
first enter the bodies of the sovereign, ministers and
common people, and curse or strike and wound the
votary of the Lotus Sutra. If this fails, he will appear
as an immeasurable multitude of priests who,
employing all the other sutras, attempt to win the
votary over. If this does not succeed, he will become
a great priest who upholds the two hundred and fifty
precepts and the three thousand rules of conduct,
and wheedle the sovereign and deceive his wife so
that the votary is exiled or an attempt is made on his
life."

We may also refer to the detailed descriptions in the
Fukyo chapter of the seventh volume, the Hosshi
chapter of the fourth volume and the Hiyu chapter of
the second volume, as well as in the forty-volume
Nirvana Sutra and in the Shugo Sutra, which differ
not in the least from the conditions of the present
time. In addition, the events in the area of Kashima
in Suruga Province, especially as they affected you
personally, must have brought these things to mind.
In a way that bears no comparison with other
matters, disobeying the prohibitions that one’s
parents or the sovereign may put forward regarding
the Lotus Sutra will in fact constitute filial piety
toward one’s parents and accord with the prayers of
the sovereign [for peace].

Furthermore, Japan is an unusual country, a country
that respects the gods and honors the Buddhas.
However, because everyone, from the sovereign on
down to the common people, hates Nichiren for
propagating the Lotus Sutra, though they may
revere all the gods and make offerings to all the
Buddhas, these meritorious acts only turn into great
evil. This is like moxibustion causing the outbreak of
virulent boils, or medicine turning into poison. The
prayers they offer to all the Buddhas and gods turn
into faults, and the country itself is about to become
the possession of foreign countries. Moreover, for
some time I have been telling people that the time
will come when those of high standing will all suffer
agonies that are a hundred, a thousand, ten
thousand, a hundred thousand times worse than
those suffered by the Heike clan at the time of their
destruction.

By considering the magnitude of the punishment
suffered by those who harbor enmity toward the
Lotus Sutra, we can understand the magnitude of
the benefits obtained by devoting oneself to it. For
example, if a man murders his parents, then no
matter how many causes for great good he may
create, his efforts will not be acceptable to heaven.
But if one kills an enemy of the Lotus Sutra, even if
that enemy should be one’s father or mother, this
great crime will turn into a cause for great good.
Even if a person should be an archenemy of all the
Buddhas of the three existences and the ten
directions, if he believes in a single phrase of the
Lotus Sutra, the Buddhas will not abandon him.
With this in mind, please carefully consider the
nature of this matter. Because the messenger is in a
hurry, I cannot write in detail, but I will write to you
again.

With my deep respect,

Nichiren

The twenty-second day of the eighth month

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