Hi all,
Recently I’ve been working on a side-project that was inspired by some great education videos I’ve seen online. I don’t have a lot of interesting things to teach or offer, I am not an expert on anything in particular, but I’ve always wanted to find some way to teach basic Buddhism to people.1 I had hoped to do this in the past as a priest, but I wasn’t able to follow through on getting ordained for a variety of reasons.
So, lately I thought: why not just make a series of videos?
Bear in mind I’ve never made a video before for Youtube. :p
Looking back, I need to work on my editing skills, and my speaking skills. I think Lesson Two (coming soon) came out better.
Anyhow, hope people find this useful. 
1 I have a half-finished book on my computer which maybe I’ll finish one of these days. I admit I spent a lot more time studying language lately, but it would be nice to finish this project someday. :p
Hello, this blog is about my life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile / Koreaphile. Any useful information I can pass along will hopefully make the 
*gassho* What a great idea! You should focus less on whether you are qualified or not and more on just doing what you like to do; ie talk about dharma, and I guess you just did
Of course you are as qualified talking about buddhism as any layman can be.
Productionwise, the volume was a bit low and it was hard to hear you at times. I guess the quality will improve with time. Good luck, I’m looking forward to the next episode.
Hi Jeremias, thanks for the encouragement. I still wish I had more formal training in Buddhism though as it helps with a lot of things. I may explore ordination again in the future, but right now it’s just difficult to do between work and family. I have plenty of time.
As for the feedback, thanks a lot. The sound was weird in the first video, I am not sure what i did wrong. I think it will sound better in the next video. Stay tuned.
This is a great idea! I’m looking forward to the one on making an altar. I’m wondering though, will you be taking this from a Pure Land point-of-view, or a more general one? Also, will you be covering various denominations/schools at all?
Good questions. I planned on being as general as possible but I admit I was think about having a one-off lesson on Pure Land Buddhism. Probably one or two on Mahayana Buddhism as well.
Suggestions are certainly encouraged.
Really great video. Looking forward to the others
Thanks Rubot.
Awesome post! Thank you for the video!
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Thank you.