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RKLA NISEI WEEK PARADE WEEKEND August 15–16, 2026 REGISTRATION DEADLINE: SUNDAY, JULY 26 Complete your payment. Your registration is NOT complete until payment is received. For over 30 years, marching in the Nisei Week Parade has been one of RKLA's most cherished annual traditions — and we want YOU to be part of it this year. What is Nisei Week? This is one of Los Angeles's most beloved annual celebrations, held every August in Little Tokyo. "Nisei" refers to the second generation — Japanese...

Kyohei Mikawa In my daily sutra recitation at home, I always return to this passage with a full heart: May these merits Extend universally to all So that we and all living beings Together accomplish the Buddha Way (KYOTEN, p.81) Buddhists understand that a single-mindedly offered sutra recitation is a prayer for all living beings — present, past, and future — whether known or unknown to us. Its purpose is simple and boundless at once: the end of suffering for all. Since the 6th century...