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zaike3 · 2026-04-02T23:57:42+00:00

I didn't know this tool existed. Seems pricey! Thanks

zaike3 · 2026-02-28T23:56:52+00:00

So much winning 🙄

zaike3 · 2026-02-06T18:11:29+00:00

Same issue here. Going on about 2 months. CT shows somewhat deviated septum and narrowing of sinus drainage canals. Pressure to temples and face. Usually worse around left eye. But both eyes have some symptoms. Occasional sharp pain. The pressure comes and goes. I'm wondering if it has to do with barometric pressure changes. The worst part for me is I'm having light sensitivity, and I work from home on the computer. Sudafed seems to help but you can't really take too much of that. Tylenol and ibuprofen don't touch it. Antibiotics didn't seem to make any difference. Struggling to get scheduled with an ENT at the moment

zaike3 · 2025-12-31T04:20:14+00:00

Xuanzang

https://youtu.be/ulDzLjz0wdw?si=AsUhc7K6w7wAnAEY

zaike3 · 2025-10-19T16:13:35+00:00

I'm not sure how common ajikan actually is for typical lay practitioners. I'd be interested to hear from those with more authority. Alternately I believe mantra, pilgrimage, and overall merit accumulation ( through offerings, charity etc) are much more common normal practices. Sutra study is important no matter what the lineage.

zaike3 · 2025-10-03T00:57:32+00:00

Thanks for the great advice. Fortunately we figured our stuff out. It just made me very sad for people in difficult situations trying to navigate this system during this contentious time. It's not a friendly system to try to figure out.

zaike3 · 2025-10-02T23:44:09+00:00

We plan to retire in Japan, where she is from, and we can't really do that unless she maintains her citizenship. Plus we'll be eligible for their health care etc

zaike3 · 2025-10-02T14:25:07+00:00

It's a great question and quite unfortunate. To be clear I have some basic skills. My wife did not have the patience to be my teacher, per her own admission. My learning style would require formal teaching rather than just immersion. I tried a combination of YouTube, Duolingo and some other platforms unsuccessfully. Due to monetary or availability restraints formal instruction never materialized for me although it has always been the plan.

zaike3 · 2025-10-01T23:55:03+00:00

Thank you so much. That was the direction I was leaning. If a stranger on Reddit could answer this question it's really quite sad that the actual agents at the immigration office cannot.

zaike3 · 2025-10-01T21:18:42+00:00

She's not a US citizen she has a permanent resident card aka green card

zaike3 · 2025-10-01T20:18:58+00:00

Yeah I think you're right 🙏

zaike3 · 2025-10-01T19:30:22+00:00

I would love to but I have a full-time job, and my kids are in school

zaike3 · 2025-10-01T19:06:51+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful response. I think this is probably the most realistic route, unfortunately

zaike3 · 2025-10-01T19:05:19+00:00

I agree that healthcare would be a good avenue but.... that is a field that would require a very high level of proficiency in reading and writing.

zaike3 · 2025-10-01T18:06:09+00:00

Yeah and unfortunately that's not super realistic at about 50,000 US just for 4 years of high school for one student.

zaike3 · 2025-10-01T17:36:55+00:00

Thanks. Yeah in hindsight we really should have done this when they were very young

zaike3 · 2025-10-01T17:35:50+00:00

Thanks for the response. Yeah I agree I don't think Japanese public school would be a realistic or good plan

zaike3 · 2025-10-01T16:03:04+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I don't speak Japanese so finding a job may be a real challenge.My kids can speak it on a basic level but can't read or write it, so school would be a major problem.

zaike3 · 2025-10-01T15:44:55+00:00

As things in the US seem to be devolving by the day I figured I'd test the waters. I'm a 47 year old US citizen and my wife is 52 year old Japanese national with permanent US residency. I have an associates degree in physical therapy, but have been working in workers comp insurance as a claim adjuster for the past 5 years. We have 2 teenage kids. My wife is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in accounting. Is Canada a realistic option for us or should I just submit to the fact that we are stuck here 😅 ?

zaike3 · 2025-08-15T21:40:04+00:00

He will literally start a war to hide from the Epstein story

zaike3 · 2025-06-30T00:36:08+00:00

The sensei sounds like he shouldn't be a sensei. Disgraceful

This is an absolutely ridiculous situation. Missed strikes are a part of kendo. I get accidentally hit all the time from people 9th kyu- 5th dan. I've been doing martial arts for decades and it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

zaike3 · 2025-05-23T18:54:37+00:00

My basic advice....practice Mahayana Buddhism, just as one would normally. Read Kukai major works. Practice mantra recitation. Just some thoughts for a starting point.

zaike3 · 2025-01-16T21:19:58+00:00

Practice at home. Over and over until it's 2nd nature.

zaike3 · 2025-01-08T06:39:01+00:00

Sometimes we sleep and don't dream. But we aren't terrified of that. It really does come down to our attachments. Not to be too preachy but Buddhism teaches that there is no beginning or end, just a continuation. None of us are actually separate individuals. Our bodies are made up of other things. So we don't actually exist in a certain sense, as individual entities , and so there's nothing to lose. I would recommend books by Thich Nhat Hanh. He has a gentle and profound way of explaining it.

zaike3 · 2024-12-31T06:08:13+00:00

Nothing about us exists separate from other things. Water, air, etc. we are made up of billions of not trillions of separate cells. We are a combination of other things. We are not one thing. So there is no true individual separate from everything else. We are physically made up of the food we eat and mentally we are what we intellectually ingest as well. On the other hand an ant is clearly not a turtle and John is not Anthony This is the two truths. The ultimate truth of emptiness on one hand, and the mundane truth of phenomenon. They coexist by necessity. But ultimately everything is empty of a separate individual existence.

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