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“Impossible” — Until Now: My Piano Challenge, Twenty Years in the Making
Hello. This is Yukihiro Shima of Oubaitori.com. Right after finishing today's YouTube Live, I felt like sharing a little bonus story — something I have been keeping quietly to myself for the past few days. It is about a challenge I just ... -
What Is Your True Heart? — A Testimony Before the Gohonzon (Live #152)
Hello. This is Yukihiro Shima of Oubaitori.com. Today I held my 152nd YouTube Live from our Oubaitori showroom in Omitama, Ibaraki. How has your week been? This week, an earthquake struck Kumamoto, and difficult disaster conditions conti... -
What Does Your Heart Truly Want? — A Morning to Live Honestly (Morning Daimoku #1,116)
Good morning. This is Yukihiro Shima of Oubaitori.com. My day began, as it always does, with 10,000 Daimoku. And while I was chanting this morning, one quiet question rose up in me: "What does my heart truly want?" I want to share that s... -
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...
