[Three sounds of the bell]

Good morning, dear friends. When you have time, when you are alone, if you have about ten minutes, you can try slow walking meditation. When we do walking meditation together, we can walk faster, in a natural way. We take a stroll.

We take a stroll in the kingdom of God, in the Buddha's Pure Land. You can begin to train yourself in slow walking meditation. You have five minutes, ten minutes, that is enough. You take an in-breath. And during the in-breath, you take only one step. Only one step. Bring your attention to the sole of your foot and become aware of the contact between your foot and the ground.

And try to arrive in the here and the now. There are those among us who can do it. With just one step, we arrive in the here and the now. And you can say, silently, I have arrived. I have arrived means I have arrived in the present moment, in the here and the now. And it is not a verbal declaration, it is a realization.

It is important to truly arrive with a step. That step brings you back to the present moment where you have an appointment with life. That is to say, life is available only in the present moment. You agree with this. The Buddha said that the past is no longer there.

The future is not yet here. There is only one moment when you can truly live your life, and that is the present moment. So you have an appointment with life in the present moment. And if you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. Therefore, your step is to bring you back to the present moment so you can