For those of you who been chanting in the NSA or SGI thirty plus years, Rick Richards passed away. He and I didn’t always agree on things but he always listened. He had battled two different kinds of cancer for a couple of years and I must tell you he faced that immutable part of his life with courage and the same bravado he practice buddhism with.

If anyone is interested here is the memorial service info:

Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011

Time: 5:00pm

Place: Ikeda World Peace Culture Center
6th Street & Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica

Parking: SGI parking lot behind the 7/11 on 7th Street