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Myth Shattering, The Buddhist Discovery Novel By Timothy Harada A Brief Synopsis: A semi-autobiographical novel about a young punk rock kid, named Debussy, in Wutherington Beach (Orange County, Southern California). With his punk rock friends, he steals marijuana plants from his neighbors’ backyards. They smoke the marijuana in their underground clubhouse and shop lift for munchies on a daily basis. However, on one summer afternoon, while trying to hide a large bag of marijuana in his apartme… Continue

I gave this version at a few SGI meetings in Japan. An edited version was in the World Tribune in late 2005.

Hello, my name is Timothy Harada. You can call me Tim. I’m from Orange County, California in the U.S.

皆さん、こんにちは。ティムハラダと申します。 アメリカ・カリフォルニア州・オウレンジ郡から参りました。

My mother started chanting Nam Myo-ho Ren-ge Kyo, when I was an 11-month-old baby. I started to chant and learn Gongyo at about the age of 5, in a young boys and girls group, in the SGI-USA, called “The J… Continue

More Powerful Than Nuclear Weapons By Timothy Harada The religion, Buddhism originated from the desire of one person to understand why people were suffering and how they could overcome their sufferings and create value in their lives. The historical Buddha was a prince in India, who left his kingdom, giving up his father’s wish for him to become king. He made this decision during his youth, when he discovered that people all around his kingdom were suffering, from things such as sickness, old… Continue

Here is an excerpt from my newest blog on the Sendai Voice Magazine’s Website. For the entire article click: http://sendaivoice. com/index. php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=5&id=22&Itemid=36 Contrasting US and Japanese Stereotypes of Each Other Before, During and After World War II By Timothy Harada (C) 2008 Before, during and after World War II, the stereotypes Japanese held of United States (US) citizens and the stereotypes US citizens held of Japanese citizen… Continue

"The Lion is a Lion Because He Roars" I just got out of the hospital after being in the hospital for 2 weeks getting many polyps surgically removed from all 8 of my nasal cavities, so I can now sing more loudly than before and speak more loudly against injustice and ignorance. I experienced for the first time in my life in Japan universal health care. (I'm so glad I was in Japan and not back in my own country's so-called world of "free markets.") (A delayed experience: I just got complete reim… Continue

First of all, we must get over the lie that 2nd party candidates are “spoilers.” The two-party duopoly, “Demo-Repulicratic” party is what is spoiled rotten and needs to be thrown out, along with corporate control of so-called “debates,” and the poisonous lies they perpetuate. Ralph Nader’s run in 2000 and his “Nader Super Rallies” are the only things that I care to remember about the whole stolen election fiasco that we all witness that awful year. Nader had nothing to do with the appointment of… Continue