Editor’s note: The following minister’s message by Rev. Jon Turner, Resident Minister at the Orange County Buddhist Church (OCBC), first appeared in the OCBC newsletter Korin in the February 2025 issue. The Wheel of Dharma is reprinting it with Rev. Turner’s permission. We often think of “Namoamidabutsu” as the “Name,” but this can be confusing because it begs the question, the “Name” of what?  That is, we begin looking for a noun as a person, place or thing. Rather than thinking of Amida...

Editor’s note: This article by Rev. Jon Turner, Resident Minister at the Orange County Buddhist Church, first appeared in the EVERYDAY...

Kathleen Treseder is relatively new to Buddhism. A few years ago, she started feeling that there was something more to life than she had...