Dear friends, Greeting from SFCA! Because of my recent illness, I was just behind the schedule of putting my 2006 version of “No More Hiroshima, No More Nagasaki” to Taimyo site. I just want to let you know that Taimyo network for World Peace is still alive and want to make a simple proposal by setting up the date of our meditation. How about performing at least an one hour TAIMYO meditation by yourself or with your friends in your own area/region on August 1st. In order to cure not only our past tragic events but also for many tragic events happening to the human race as well as to Continue reading →

from Pierre (In a message dated 12/18/05 5:26:11 AM.) Dear Ula: Fugaku and I had a very interesting conversation yesterday evening about the necessary separation of “religious faith” with other human affairs (at least politic, business and media powers :o). Pierre **************** from Pierre (In a message dated 12/19/05 9:07:28 AM.) Dear Fugaku, Thank you very much for this conversation. I have a very high idea of your influence and I am very worried by the way american governement is mixing up all those dimensions of human affairs. I heard that one american citizen has taken the american government to court in order to suppress the mention “In god we Continue reading →

Message from H.F. Ito December 7 and December 10 will be here soon. December 7, 1941, is when Japanese naby attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and December 10, 1937, is when the Japanese army in China invaded Nanjing in China (the “Nanjing massacre”). The truth about Nanjing, especially about the number of people killed, is fiercely debated even within Japan. However, there is no question that more that 60 years ago the leaders of Japan took the country in the wrong direction. The Imperial Army and Navy invaded China, Korea, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Indonesia at the sacrifice of millions of lives. Imperial Japan and the Japanese people before Continue reading →

TAIMYO FOR WORLD PEACE September 11, 2005 On the memorial of the 9/11 events in America Come join the Taimyo Network for Peace in meditation on the anniversary of a tragic event. We will be doing TAIMYO internationally for both inner peace and world peace: in Ito’s own words, “…across geographies, time zones, and states of consciousness…as a way to help heal ourselves, others, and the world.” Taimyo means “Great Mystery’ and is a moving meditation that may be done standing or sitting and is readily adapted to a wide range of physical conditions and abilities. The World Wide Event. Haruyoshi Ito leading Taimyo in Japan Masashi Minagawa leading Taimyo Continue reading →

The Taimyo Network for World Peace uses the meditation form Taimyo Kata as a form of prayer. Taimyo means “Great Mystery” and kata means “form.” Taimyo is a distillation of the creative experience of Shintaido founder Hiroyuki Aoki. We use the kata to practice and pray together, and to express our caring for the Earth and for one another. The physical practice of the kata and the spiritual connection through the network are complemented with an Internet forum. The forum is available to Shintaido practitioners around the world, allowing us to transcend national boundaries. When we synchronize our schedules in order to meditate together, regardless of where we live in Continue reading →