English Language
Rev. Jeffery Soga 01/12/14
Rev. Soga spoke at our Ho-onko service, the memorial service for Shinran Shonin, founder of Jodo Shinshu.
Rev. Arthur Kaufmann 01/05/14
Rev. Kauffman discusses how the ministers and the other members of the sangha are all fellow travelers, fellow Buddhists.
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. Toshiyuki Umitani 12/22/2013
Rev. Umitani delivers a year-end reflection and urges us to pause and consider how we are living each day, each moment.
Rev. Arthur Kaufmann 12/15/13
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. Bert Sumikawa 12/01/13
Rev. Sumikawa reflects on Black Friday and relates it to a passage in the Larger Sutra.
“The Other Power: No Working is True Working”, Rev. Shegenori Makino 11/17/2013
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.
“Anjin: Settled Mind,” Rev. Tatsuo Muneto 11/10/13
Rev. Muneto’s message was delivered at a service honoring 14 Buddhist Women’s Association members who passed away in the last year.
Rev. Bert Sumikawa 11/10/13
Rev. Sumikawa’s message includes a story of a man who learns an important lesson from a Hawaiian fisherman while on vacation with his family.