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The Benefits Are Great Indeed — A Morning of 10,000 Daimoku
Good morning. This is Yukihiro Shima, from Oubaitori.com. I woke early today. Around three in the morning. Not from worry — from gladness. I stretched. I swung my arms. Then I sat down and chanted. ▲ This morning's record. Spoken in Japa... -
A Door Opens, Then Another — The Morning Daimoku That Keeps Me Evolving
Good morning. This is Yukihiro Shima, from Oubaitori.com. My day began, as every day, with the morning daimoku. The air is clear. My hands come together, and something inside settles. How is your morning? A door opens. Then another. Yest... -
Are You Practising, or Not? — What I Had to Admit About Myself
"Are you practising right now?" Not many of us answer that straight away. In my 151st live broadcast, I sat with that question. ▲ Live 151, archived. The talk is in Japanese. I will say it plainly. Daimoku did not come easily to me Forty... -
The LaThe Last Ebony Kokū Zushi — 003, In Stock Nowst Ebony Kokū Zushi — 003, In Stock Now
On July 26, 2026, the workshop called me. "Ebony veneer is no longer coming in. We cannot build the ebony Kokū Zushi anymore." I re-filmed this video because of that one sentence. Here is the Kokū Zushi 003 in ebony, in front of me, exac... -
The Last of the Ebony | A Zushi-Style Altar That Cannot Be Made Again (No. 1383)
I want to tell you plainly what happened. Not to sell you something. Just so you know. In front of me is a zushi-style Soka Gakkai altar, No. 1383, made by Kongō. Ebony veneer on the outside. Solid ebony carving. Inside, the whole chambe... -
History Is Made Today — A Morning of 10,000 Daimoku
Good morning. I hope you are well.Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Yukihiro Shima, of Oubaitori.com. I woke clear this morning. This is a record of chanting 10,000 Daimoku — one more morning of it. ▶ Watch (about 1 minute) ... -
To Keep Chanting Is to Refuse to Give Up on Yourself
Saturday morning. Ten thousand daimoku, finished.Something came to me while I was chanting. It was this: to chant daimoku at all — just that, nothing more — is already a strong thing. ▶ Today's video (YouTube Short, in Japanese) To keep ... -
[SGI] I Stand Alone | I Win My Own Life, by My Own Hand | Oubaitori.com
Good morning. Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Shima, from Oubaitori.com. This morning began, as always, with ten thousand Daimoku. And in the middle of chanting, something came to me. I am not sure I can put it into words.... -
Morning Daimoku #11,047 — When the Mind Stops: The Courage to Rest, and Never to Lose
Good morning. Yesterday started well. The work moved fast through the morning. And then, around midday, I simply stopped. Not tired of it. Not unwilling. My mind had taken on too much at once, and it quietly said: no more thinking today.... -
【Morning Daimoku 1,106】Today Is Not a Continuation of Yesterday｜A Calm Mind in the Morning Heat｜Oubaitori.com
Good morning. Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Yukihiro Shima, from Oubaitori.com. This morning, again, ten thousand Daimoku. And so the day begins. Outside, it is already hot. Even indoors, the heat presses in — the kind o...
