Morning Daimoku #1,167 | Typhoon No. 25 — Sending Daimoku for Everyone’s Safety | Oubaitori.com — Soka Gakkai Buddhist Altar Specialist

Hello, and how are you today? This is Shima from Oubaitori. This is my Morning Daimoku — 10,000 Daimoku Experience.

The typhoon reaches Koga — protecting the shop this morning

Today, this typhoon is affecting our area of Koga, Ibaraki, too. So this morning I protected the shop to keep water from getting in. I think we will be all right now.

Butsudan entrusted to us — setting priorities

We have many butsudan and items that customers have entrusted to us. Keeping that first in mind, I have been setting priorities as I work.

What is in front of us — heavy rain at the office and the shop

Even now, the rain outside is extremely heavy — outside the office and at the shop alike.

What the news is reporting — the Japan Meteorological Agency

According to the news, it is expected to grow even stronger from here.
The Japan Meteorological Agency’s typhoon bulletin for Ibaraki reports:

Large and strong Typhoon No. 25 was about 220 km southwest of Hachijojima at 5:00 a.m. on the 21st, moving north at about 20 km/h. Central pressure: 965 hPa. Maximum sustained winds near the center: 35 m/s.
(Source: Japan Meteorological Agency, as of 5:00 a.m., September 21)

Sending daimoku to the people of Oshima

The people of the Oshima area in particular are facing a terrible situation. I am sending them daimoku.

Securing your own safety, yourself

Above all, chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo firmly so that the whole world and all life may be protected — and securing my own safety myself. I feel this is exactly what this era is teaching us now.

Today I will stay indoors and focus on what I can do, right here, right now.

Let’s Daimoku! I am sending daimoku for your safety, too. Thank you.