The June 2014 monthly newsletter from the Kyodan (the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii) is now available. The issue includes: Ministerial assignments Message from Mr. Alton Miyamoto 12th State BWA Membership Conference Young adults retreat August 8-11 Young Buddhists beach retreat August 2 Pacific Buddhist Academy seeks new head of school PBA annual fund campaign […]
This year’s Summer Session will be held the evenings of Monday, July 28 through Friday, August 1 at the Buddhist Study Center in Honolulu (1436 University Ave). The speaker will be Reverend Marvin Harada, minister at Orange County Buddhist Temple. His talks will be based on a course he teaches entitled, “Resolving Life’s Problems Through […]
This year’s Summer Session will be held the evenings of Monday, July 28 through Friday, August 1 at the Buddhist Study Center in Honolulu (1436 University Ave). The speaker will be Reverend Marvin Harada, minister at Orange County Buddhist Temple. His talks will be based on a course he teaches entitled, “Resolving Life’s Problems Through […]
We’ve just posted about 14 recent dharma talks to our archive of audio files you may listen to online. Hear Rev. Hagio’s first messages as the Betsuin’s Fukurimban, Rev. Sumikawa’s last message as a Betsuin minister, Rev. Tomioka’s first message for the 10 a.m. English service, a message from Rev. Toshiyuki Umitani, as well as […]
The Betsuin welcomes Reverend Toyokazu Hagio, who began his service as our Fukurimban (assistant chief minister) on February 1 and gave the dharma talk at the February 16 English-language service. Reverend Hagio was born in Kumamoto, Japan and graduated from Ryukoku University. He came to Hawaii in 1980 and was assigned first to Waialua Hongwanji. […]
Four members of the Hawaii Betsuin Ministers’ Lay Assistant program received certificates from Bishop Eric Matsumoto after the Shinran Shonin Memorial Service on January 11, 2014. They are Dexter Mar, Nannette Ganotisi, Wayne Y. Yoshioka and Alan K. Kubota. The four assistants are already active in the temple’s Buddhist Education and Dharma School programs. Read […]
On January 20, 2014, the Hawaii Federation of Buddhist Women’s Associations participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade from Ala Moana Beach Park to Kapiolani Park. They were joined by students from Pacific Buddhist Academy and ministers, members, and friends of Hongwanji temples. Participants wore purple shirts, passed out colorful origami cranes, and […]
Thank you to Ralston Nagata for providing recordings of English dharma messages delivered at the Hawaii Betsuin. We have just posted six new messages in the English category on the Dharma Talks page. Happy listening to the dharma!
The Betsuin will observe Ho-onko services on Saturday, January 11 (7 p.m.) and Sunday, January 12 (9:30 a.m.), 2014. The Ho-onko service is the memorial service for Shinran Shonin, founder of Jodo Shinshu, who passed away 750 years ago. At Ho-onko we recall and appreciate Shinran Shonin and listen to the Nembutsu teachings. Our guest […]
On Monday, December 9, Hawaii Betsuin ministers joined with ministers from Hongwanji temples across the state in a walk to raise funds for Pacific Buddhist Academy’s new classroom building.