Calendar
When:
April 10, 2022 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
2022-04-10T09:30:00-10:00
2022-04-10T10:30:00-10:00
Where:
Hawaii Betsuin and via Zoom
Contact:
Betsuin Office
(808) 536-7044
Services
Buddha Day

Hanamido at Hawaii Betsuin at the 2018 Buddha Day Service

Nannette Ganotisi

Our speaker, Minister’s Lay Assistant Nannette Ganotisi

Hawaii Betsuin Buddha Day Service
(Combined Dharma School and Adult English-language service)

Sunday, April 8, 2022 | 9:30 a.m.
“Hybrid” Service: Attend in person or via Zoom

Speaker: Ms. Nannette Ganotisi, Minister’s Lay Assistant

You are invited to join us in person as we reopen Sunday services — come re-experience the hondo! For those who prefer to attend from home, we will continue to provide a Zoom option.

Ongoing health and safety measures
Please bring and wear a mask indoors, as for now we continue to require them. Also, we are not yet serving refreshments after service.

Zoom connection information
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 873 7494 8362
Passcode: HIBETSUIN
(full connection details in the April 10 Betsuin Bulletin)

About Buddha Day

two photos in one - Baby Buddha statue at left cast in 1959, and at right, the small flower alter with a smaller statue of Baby Buddha with sweet tea

Buddha Day (Hanamatsuri / Flower Festival) commemorates the birth of Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini Garden.

Temples hold Buddha Day services on or near this date. Services often featuring a hanamido, a miniature floral altar with a figure of the baby Buddha. Attendees use a dipping cup to bathe the figure in sweet tea (see image).