General Order No. 3, June 19, 1865 (Wikipedia link) Last year, the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii Board of Directors made Juneteenth a holiday, with the statewide office closing on Monday June 20. Here is[…]
25th Annual Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin Golf Tournament A day of fun, fellowship, food, and golf on Thursday, August 11! Register and golf or you may also contribute prizes or donations to support our education[…]
Jōdo Shinshū and the Making of American Buddhism Is Shin Buddhism the foundation of American Buddhism? The Buddhist Study Center (BSC) is pleased to offer its 48th Annual Summer Study Session via Zoom and limited[…]
Hawaii Betsuin continues offering in-person services in July, and the English-language service is also available online via Zoom. We are still requiring masking indoors. Occasionally, a statewide service or other event may serve as our[…]
Hawaii Betsuin continues offering in-person services in June. For now we are still requiring masking indoors. We will evaluate when to again offer refreshments in the Social Hall. We continue to provide a Zoom option[…]
The Hawaii Betsuin Business Office will be closed Monday, May 30 for the Memorial Day holiday.
Hawaii Betsuin Gotan-e Service May 15, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. In person at Hawaii Betsuin or via Zoom (see Zoom connection details) The birthday of the founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, Shinran Shonin, is[…]
Hooray! Causes and conditions permitting, the Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin’s Bon Dance will be back in person this year, Friday June 24 and Saturday June 25, 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.! The event will be[…]
Sunday, May 8 at 9:30 a.m. HST Hawaii Betsuin Eshinni & Kakushinni Day Service with Charlene Kihara In-person at Hawaii Betsuin Bulletin and also via Zoom. To join via Zoom, see Zoom connection details. Each[…]
Hawaii Betsuin continues offering in-person services in May. For now we are still requiring masking indoors. We will evaluate when to again offer refreshments in the Social Hall. We continue to provide a Zoom option[…]