Rev. Jay Okamoto was our guest speaker for the 2014 Gotan-e services, which celebrate the birth of Shinran Shonin. He spoke both Saturday evening and Sunday morning. This is the Sunday morning message to the children, which includes a telling of the story “The Four Wise Men.”
Reverend Okamoto was our guest speaker for 2014 Gotan-e (celebrating the birth of Shinran Shonin). This is his message from the Saturday evening service in which he addresses the theme, “Think BIIG.” Listen to the message to see why there are two “I”s in BIIG…
Rev. Kauffman reflects on mothers and Mother’s Day.
Bishop Matsumoto delivered the dharma message at the service commemorating 125 years of Honpa Hongwanji in Hawaii.
The service at Hawaii Betsuin commemorating 125 years of Honpa Hongwanji in Hawaii featured two messages from youth leaders. Listen to Dustain Iwasaki, President of the Hawaii Federation of Junior Young Buddhist Associations and Lacy Tsutsuse, recent YESS Camp co-chair. Both are members of the Buddhist Study Center Fellowship Club.
Our guest speaker for the 2014 Eshinni and Kakushinni Day service was Reverend Jan Youth from Mililani Hongwanji. The theme of her talk was “Six Harmonies & Respectfulness.”