Rev. Satoshi Tomioka 12/29/13
Rev. Tomioka’s first dharma talk for the 10:00 a.m. English service, in which he reflects on a year of change and a new life in Hawaii.
Rev. Tomioka’s first dharma talk for the 10:00 a.m. English service, in which he reflects on a year of change and a new life in Hawaii.
Rev. Umitani delivers a year-end reflection and urges us to pause and consider how we are living each day, each moment.
Rev. Kauffman reflects on a recent event of violence at a Colorado school, noting that given certain causes and conditions we each may be capable of acts we’d rather believe we’d never do.
Rev. Sumikawa reflects on Black Friday and relates it to a passage in the Larger Sutra.
Reverend Tomioka’s talk is entitled: お念仏を申すこと (Onenbutsu wo mousu koto)
Reverend Shigenori Makino delivered the message for Eitaikyo, known as the Sangha Memorial Service. Eitaikyo services are dedicated in memory of the deceased members of the Betsuin. Rev. Makino is a retired minister of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii.