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Your Life Is Yours to Decide — Morning Daimoku on the Last Day of July
Good morning. Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Yukihiro Shima. This morning, once again, I sat before the Gohonzon for my morning daimoku — ten thousand times. Today is July 31st. July ends today, and tomorrow August begins... -
New Arrival: A Rare Soka Gakkai Altar Built with an Abundance of Genuine Ebony (Onagadori, No.1407)
New Arrival: A Rare Altar, Built with an Abundance of Genuine Ebony A pre-owned Soka Gakkai altar has just arrived with us: "51 Genuine Ebony, Onagadori" (No. 1407), made in Tokushima by Kongōdō. It is a zushi-style altar that uses genui... -
A Sincere Heart Changed Our Conversation
Today I'd like to ask you something. How much room does a "sincere heart" have in your everyday life? The Day a Sincere Heart Spoke to Me Yesterday was a day off. My wife and I went to Costco, and then to Kohyan Fore, a large bookstore i... -
[SGI] 3AM and Wide Awake | A Door Opens, Then Another | Oubaitori.com
Bloom your own way, at your very best.Oubaitori.com — Japan's specialist in Soka Gakkai Buddhist altars. I woke up at three o'clock this morning. Wide awake — and glad of it. A Door Opens, Then Another This is what chanting has shown me ... -
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) ...
