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Pasadena Buddhist Temple HikariMarch & April, 2020

1993 Glen Avenue • Pasadena, CA 91103 • 626-798-4781

Renewal Each DayRenewal Each DayRev. Jundo Gregory GibbsRev. Jundo Gregory Gibbs

March, 20201 ........Monthly Memorial Service4 ........PBT Board Meeting @ 7:30 pm8 ........Family Service - Chaired by the SOGs15 ������Spring Ohigan Service - Rev� Sala Sekiya guest

speaker from Gardena Buddhist Church21� �����Sukiyaki Fundraiser Dinner22 ......Family Service29 ......Family Service

April, 20201 ........PBT Board Meeting @ 7:30 pm4 ........So. District Jr YBA Basketball Tournament, Sakai Hall5 ........Monthly Memorial Service12 ������Hanamatsuri Service19 ......Family Service26 ......Family Service

May, 20203 ........ Monthly Memorial Service6 ........ PBT Board Meeting @ 7:30 pm10 ...... Parent’s Day Service16. .....Fundraiser Chicken Take-out Fundraiser17 ������ Gotane Service24 ...... Memorial Day Cemetery Service (Mt. View) NO Service at Temple31 ......Family Service

Temple Calendar

Spring OhiganMarch 15th

Ohigan, meaning Other Shore, is a service conducted during the spring equinox. At this time, the weather is neither too warm nor too cold; the days and nights are of equal length. harmony pervades throughout the universe. Therefore, we gather before the sacred shrine of Amida Buddha and meditate on the harmony of nature and devote ourselves to the realization of this harmony in our inner lives. Rev� Gibbs will officiate with guest speaker Rev� Sala Sekiya

from the Gardena Buddhist Church giving a dharma talk in both Japanese and English. If you have never had a chance to hear Rev Sekiya, this is a wonderful opportunity to hear her message and her wonderful voice. We hope you will make time to attend this special service.

I write these articles a bit ahead of your reading them. As you read this Spring is only a couple of weeks away. As I write this it is a bright, bright sunshiny day … in early February. Yesterday it was windy and cold. Whatever weather you are amidst as you read this – Spring is coming. ... Renewal is coming, a breath of fresh air is czing. In the sixth century Japanese Buddhists began celebrat-ing O Higan at the time of the equinoxes. There had been no prior religious meaning association, so the first Spring Ohigan service was the first association of the aspiration for Awakening on the “Other Shore” [O Higan] with the signature seasonal change of the equinox.

This year’s Spring Ohigan service, on March 15th, will feature a guest minister, Rev. Sala Sekiya, of the Gardena temple. Her Dharma-talks are deep but accessible and she is famous for the engaging clarity of her chanting. Please come out, 10 am Sunday, 3/15, and enjoy her visit to our temple

On April 12th we will hold the other Buddhist service which is closely associated with the spring, Hanamatsuri – our “Flower Fes-tival” service. This service commemorates the birth of our histori-cal founder, Sakyamuni Buddha. Our youth and youth leaders will decorate the Hanamido with the statue of the baby Buddha-to-be. That morning we will honor the Buddha when we pour sweet tea over the statue of Sakyamuni as a toddler instead of burning incense in ritual fashion. I will give a Dharma-talk in English and lead the sutra chanting.

I hope that I will see many of you at these Springtime-based ser-vices. In any case I hope that you will enjoy the spring. It is a time of renewal. A time to breathe freely. Namo Amida Butsu. Youth News

Hello from Dharma School!Upcoming events are as follows:March 7th - Jr. YBA Seminar 2 in San Diego Theme: ImpermanenceMarch 8th and 22nd - There will be Dharma School classMarch 21st - The Dharma School will have a Bake Sale dur-

ing the Sukiyaki Dinner fundraiser.  Start thinking of some delicious goodies you can make.

April 4th - Pasadena will be the host site for the Southern District Jr. YBL Basketball tournament.

April 12th - Hanamatsuri - we will be decorating the Han-amido.  Donation of flowers are always welcome.

April 26th - there will be no Dharma School class that day. All teachers will be at the Dharma School teacher’s con-ference in Orange County.

Hope to see you at Temple.Lynne Masumoto

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Shotsuki Service (Monthly Memorial Service) is held for those who passed away during a particular month. Family members and friends offer incense in honor of their loved one. This service provides the opportunity to acknowledge the influence this person made on your own life. Names of the deceased are read at this service. If you would like your loved one to be added to a monthly list, please contact Reverend Gibbs.

March Shotsuki Service - March 1st

May Shotsuki Service - May 3rd

April Shotsuki Service - April 5th

ARAI, ShiyanoDOI, EijiDOI, EioiFUJIMOTO, MasakoFUJIKAWA, DeanFUJITAKI, IsamuFUJITAKI, MotohikoFUKUMOTO, HatsuguriFURAMOTO, Yuriko LilyHATAKEYAMA, MinetoHIRAKAWA, HisanoHIRAMOTO, FujiyeHIRATA, SanHIRAYASU, NajiroHONDA, ShinHORI, RennosukeIGE, SaburoIINUMA, Chiyoko

ITO, BenIWAHASHI, MitsuzoKAMOTO, IchinoKATO, MitsuKATO, SeihichiKAWAHARA, MusakuKAWAHARA, OkameKAWAMURA, SaichiKAWAMOTO, MiyaKINOSHITA, Ronald H.KIRIYAMA, TaketoshiKONISHI, AkioKONISHI, AyanoKUBO, SeijiroKURAOKA, SakuichiKURASHITA, ShigeruKURAMOTO, Lily

Yuriko

KURATA, TsuyuKUWAHARA, WakiMASUMOTO, KemeichiMITA, Don JunzoMIYASHITA, HisanoMORIMOTO, ItoMORIMOTO, MomoyoMORIOKA, ChiyomiMORIOKA, KikujiNAGASAWA, FuyoNAGATA, ToshieNAIDO, YoshikoNISHIDA, JoichiNISHIMOTO, KinoNISHIMOTO, MasaichiNISHIMOTO, MasakoOGAWA, ChiyokoOTAKE, Torao

OTANI, KazuichiROPPYAKUDA, Satoru JoeSAKAMOTO, HaruichiSASAMOTO, TakikoSEIKI, KameyoSHIGEISHI, TayokoSHIGENO, HatsutaroSUGASAWARA, MatsuSUGIYAMA, TokijiSUNAIRI, JokichiTAKAHASHI, ToshioTAKEMORI, TerryTAKENAKA, TokieTAKENOUCHI, ShinichiTAMURA, HisakoTANABE, MasaoTESHIMA, TokichiTOGASHI, Akira

TOINAKA, TagoroTOKOROSAKI, KatsunoTOMOTANI, HidejiWAKASA, KiheiYAMADA, HatsutaroYAMAGUCHI, Rev. KenYAMANAKA, MaryYAMANE, KatsutaroYAMANE, ShigeoYAMANE, TadaoYAMASAKI, KuuemonYAMASAKI, MasYAMASAKI, MitsuyoYAMASAKI, YoshimasaYAMASAKI, YayoiYOKOYAMA, IkueYUJIRI, Hisa

DOI, TomoyoFUJIKAWA, MasaoFUJIMOTO, KenjiFUKUMOTO, SumaGOTO, TsuneGOTO, YoshioHANASHIRO, SeiichiHARABE, KazuakiHAYAMA, YonekichiHIDA, YukoHINO, NaokichiHOROWITZ-NISHIMOTO,

MichiIKEDA, Dr. KazuoINOUYE, KurakichiISHIHARA, KoheiISHITA, ShizukoIWATA, Masu

KAWAHARA, HinasakuKAWAHARA, SumakoKAWAMOTO, MasamiKIKKAWA, AliceKIMURA, MamoruKIRIYAMA, AkiKOBAYASHI, SumieKONISHI, TomiKUBO, TaminoMATSUMURA, BuichiMITSUOKA, ShigeruMURAKI, KayoMURAKI, ToraichiNAGATA, NamiNAGATANI, ItoNAKAGAWA, Mitchell

Mitsuo

NAKANISHI, YukikoNAKATANI, SeiNODA, SatoruNODA, TadayukiOKAZAKI, FukuOKAZAKI, ShohachiOKI, SaiichiOKIDA, HizumeOKUNO, MitsukoOMORI, FumiyoOMURA, TsuruOSHITA, RikiyeOTAKE, ShizueOTANI, HamakoSAEDA, AsaichiSAKAI, GonzoSAKIYABU, Shigeichi

SAKAMOTO, SomeSAKAMOTO, TsuneSATO, TadaoSERA, RikueSUNADA, KiyomiTAKAGI, MasaichiTAKEDA, KatsuichiTAMURA, ShieTANAKA, TazunoTANAKA, YoshitaroTANIMOTO, ShigeyoshiTARUMOTO, Naoichi TomTSUKIDA, ShikiTSUKIMOTO, TadashiUTSUMI, Takeo BabeUYETANAKA, ToshikoWAKASA, Hisashi

WAKASA, MitsuyeWATANABE, TomeYAMADA, NitaroYAMAGUCHI, YasuyoshiYAMAMOTO, TamigoroYAMANE, IshiYAMANE, TsuneYAMASAKI, JunYAMASAKI, MasuichiYAMASAKI, TeruoYAMASAKI, RyusoYAMASAKI, SatokoYAMASHITA, NaotaYAMASHITA, YoshinoYANO, Kizo (Kizou)YONEDA, Hatsue Sue

AMASUGE, KiyokoARIMA, TomosaburoENDO, GiheiFUJIMOTO, KimiFUJIMOTO, MasaoFUKUWA, Yuriko BettyGOTO, ChikakoHAMANO, ShinajiroIKEDA, Dr. KazuoIKEDA, KiichiKAWAMOTO, YoichiKAWAMURA, RandyKIKKAWA, Alan

KISHABA, KiyokoKURAMOTO, KaoriKURAMOTO, StevenMARUMOTO, KunitoshiMATSUMOTO, RokuichiMITO, AijiMIYAGISHIMA, GenkichiMIYAMOTO, KomeMIYASHITA, ShinichiMURASHIGE, GeorgeNAITO, SasakoNAKAJIMA, NuiNAKAMOTO, Kenichi

NAKAMURA, TaniNAKASHIMO, HiroseNISHIMURA, KiiNUMA, ToranosukeOGATA,WaiOKUNO, HeijiOKUNO, TaneOKUTANI, KoshimoONISHI, KatsutoOTANI, WakaSAKUDA, UshiSATO, AyakoSATO, Henry Yoshio

SHIMODA, TokikoSHINMOTO, BillSHIROZU, Isou SUECHIKA, TomSUNADA, YukuSUNAIRI, ChiyekoTAKEMOTO, MitsuyoTAMANAHA, KokichiTANAKA, HiroshiTANAKA, MinoruTANAKA, RyotaroTANAKA, SuteTANAKA, Yone

TASAKI, HyakutaroTSUKIMOTO, Mary YoshieUSHIJIMA, Helen MoriUTSUMI, Helen ChiyekoWAKABAYASHI, NobukiWATANABE, MitsuYAMADA, SentaroYAMAMOTO, YoshikiyoYAMASAKI, ToshimiYAMASHITA, Shigeichi JackYAMANE, TatsuoYUSA, Hatsuo

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Hanamatsuri Flowers NeededIf you have wisteria in bloom, we can use those on the hanamido. Donations of flowers or cash donations are welcome. We always have a beautiful hanamido on display thanks to everyone’s generosity. Please let Lynne Masumoto or Kyoko Gibbs know about your flowers. They will let you know when to bring them.

Buddha Day(Hanamatsuri)

April 12thThis service is held to com-

memorate the birth of Gautama in Lumbini Garden. During the service, a flower shrine known as a

Hanamido is set up in front of the main shrine as a symbol of Lum-bini Garden. This hanamido is decorated by the youth groups at our temple. The white elephant has been restored by the Dharma School children and parents.

A statuette of the infant Buddha is placed in this shrine and the Sangha (congregation) offer flowers and pour sweet tea over the image. According to the ancient legend, the universe was filled with joyful music, flowers bloomed in full glory and sweet rain fell from the heavens to make this a joyful event.

Otoki will be served by the BWA. This is a wonderful service to bring the entire family.

Mar� & April Classes at the Pasadena Temple

Reverend Gibbs is providing the following classes to the members of the Sangha and public. They are free with suggested per class donations of $5 for non-members.

WEBSITE: www.PasadenaBuddhistTemple.orgInstagram.com /PasadenaSanghaFacebook.com/PasadenaSangha

Membership dues are an important pillar of the financial foundation necessary to provide religious services to our Sang-ha and maintain our Temple’s property. Individual membership is $275 and Family membership is $450 (for couples and minor, unemployed children).

We also have “Friend of the Temple” and “Family Friend of the Temple” memberships available. Membership applications can be found in the Temple Office, or on the Temple website. Membership payments can be made in a lump sum or in quar-terly payments.

Membership

If you shop at Ralphs, you can help raise funds by registering online. Go to www.Ralphs.com, click on Community, click on Community Contributions and click on ‘Enroll Now’. If you do not have access to a

computer, contact Jeannie Toshima, 562-305-6018.

If you are an Amazon shopper, please select the Pasadena Buddhist Church as your charity to support. A portion of your purchase price will be donated to our temple. It does not cost you anything extra, Amazon has initiated this as a way to give back to eligible charities.Shop at http://smile�amazon�com and select us as your charity and every time you log in to shop, it will remember this preference.

Rev. Gibbs will lead classes on Topics in Buddhism, open to all, no prior knowledge of Buddhism is necessary. Each class will consist of a short directed reading that will then be discussed by Rev. Gibbs and the class. Class length is 1 hour and offered on Tuesday at 7:30 pm and Thursdays at 10:30 am.

Please check calendar as funerals, hospital visitations and such can pre-empt scheduled classes www.PasadenaBuddhistTemple.org.

Rev Gibbs will conduct 30-minute class with limbering and Tai Chi exercises, no experience or special clothing necessary. Classes meet Tuesdays @ 1:00 pm (except 2nd Tuesday of the month) and Thursdays at 1:00 pm.

Tai Chi as Exercise Class

Buddhist Study Classes

Forms of MeditationRev. Gibbs will instruct and lead participants through several different forms of meditation: mindfulness of breath, visualization, Attentiveness, Walking Meditation as Ki Cultivation. Forms will vary depending on participants interest. Classes meet on Tuesday at 6:30 pm and Thursdays at 9:30 am.

Chickens Have Two LegsThe 18th century poet Onitsura once wrote the following

haiku:Ah, cherry blossomsChickens have two legs(While) horses have four

Here, Onitsura is saying “Isn’t it great ‘chickens have two legs; while horses have four”? Or that it’s great isn’t it that; cats meow, while dogs bark?, or that some trees are straight, while others are crooked?, or that some days it rains, while on other days it’s cloudy?

In short, if one leaves one’s judgmental mind to the side, even for a moment, all things appear in their pristine and natural state. That is, things are fundamentally neither good nor bad or even neutral. They are simply Being themselves.

Now if this profound and simple truth is applied to oneself, one then approaches the world of enlightenment and salvation. For example, with regard to oneself, when you’re your “young self”, you’re simply being your “young self” is better than your “childhood self.” And when you’re your “aged self,” that doesn’t mean that your “aged self” is worse off than your “young self” and so on. It just means that you are now being your “aged self.”

The deepest source that allows us to accept the Beingness of “things-as-they-are” is found in Shin Buddhism. We might touch upon that at another time.

Gassho, Reverend Tetsuo Unno

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$500....Martha Fujimoto in memory of aunt Harumi Nakashima; father Yasuo Fujimoto; mother Nami Fujimoto; brother Tosh Fujimoto

$200.... Jean Ito in memory of Miyako Yamane$100.... Jean Ito in memory of uncle Sam Sakahara$100 ...Yukiko Kataoka in memory of Magozaemon Morishita$100 ...Michiko Oba in memory of dad Isamu Sakahara$100 ...Michiko Oba in memory of grandpa, Saikichi Sakahara &

Obaachan Miyako Yamane$100 ...Arthur Sakahara in memory of dad Isamu Sakahara$100....Haruko Sato in memory of Isamu Sam Sakahara$100 ...Stefani Takahashi in memory of Barbara Tomono$50 .....Dennis Ito in memory of Toshiko Ito$50 .....Gerry Ito in memory of Toshiko Ito$50 .....Yukiko Kataoka in memory of Daisuke Omori$50 .....Carolyn Matsuda in memory of Obaachan Miyako Ya-

mane$50 .....Carolyn Matsuda in memory of Uncle Sam Isamu

Sakahara$50 .....Catherine Mikuni in memory of Hanae Higashioka$50 .....Rumiko Shiroma in memory of Daisuke Omori$50 .....Reiko Shishido in memory of Daisuke Omori$50 ..... Jeannie Toshima in memory of dad Frank Hashimura$50 .....Sachiko Watari in memory of Ichiro & Asano$50 .....George Yamane $50 .....Tomomi Yamasaki in memory of Konishi$35 .....Manabu Nishimoto in memory of Masao Nishimoto$30 .....Carolyn Oyama in memory of F Fukeda$25......Sachiyo Hamada, $25 .....Monica & Paul Hiroto in memory of Masao Nishimoto$25 .....Manabu Nishimoto, in memory of Masao Nishimoto$25......Midori Okamoto in memory of Jokichi Sunairi$25 .....Midori Okamoto in memory of Kame Sunairi$25 .....Midori Okamoto in memory of Shigeru Sunairi$25 .....Kim Sakata in memory of Masao Nishimoto$20 ..... Julie Toyama

Donations Received December and JanuaryThe following donations received in the month of December 2019 and January 2020 are gratefully acknowledged.

Shotsuki Hoyo December 1st & January 5th

Ho Onko January 19th

Miscellaneous Donations

Oseibo December 15th

$5,000 ... Pasadena Buddhist Womens’ Association$3,100 ... Maye Fukumoto$1,000 ... Tamiko Goto$900....... Janice Shue$650 ...... Dona Mitoma$600 ...... Wesley Kumagai$300 ...... Toru Hisayasu, Gerry Ito, David Nishimura, Roy Sunada$230 ...... Reiko Shibasaki$200 ...... Alan Hatakeyama, Yuka Kimbell, Carolyn Matsuda,

Albert Nakata, Rumiko Shiroma, A. Albert Tsukimoto$150 ...... Lillian Fujimoto, Arlene Mizusaki$100 ...... Nina Akiyama, Midori Ikenaga, Hiroko Inouye, Yukiko

Kataoka, Shinobu Kiriyama, Hatsumi Kitani, Manabu Nishimoto, Ron & Michiko Oba, Lynne Ozawa, Reiko Shishido, Irene Takemori, Ikuye Tanimoto, Jeannie Toshima, Joseph Watari, Tomomi Yamasaki

$75 ........ George Yamane$50 ........ Sachiyo Hamada, Jane Inouye, Robert Kikkawa, Mitsue

Oyama, Carol Oyama, Irene Tanihara$35 ........ Corrine Ishikawa, Akiko Tsukida$30 ........ Minoru Okida$25 ........ Catherine Mikuni, Clifford Nakatani, Julie Toyama$20 ........ Tony Stonehill, A. Yamasaki

$150 .. George Sugimoto$100 .. Shinobu Kiriyama, Irene Takemori$75 .... Kathy Kumagai$50 .... Alan Goto, Midori Ikenaga, Gerry Ito, Yukiko Kataoka,

Tanya Kinoshita, Dona Mitoma, Albert Nakata, Michiko Oba, Lynne Ozawa, Rumiko Shiroma, Reiko Shishido, Roy Sunada, Akiko Tsukida, George Yamane, Tomomi Yamasaki

$30 .... Sachiyo Hamada, Corrine Ishikawa, Minoru Okida, Carol Oyama, Jeannie Toshima

$25 .... Robert Kikkawa, Carolyn Matsuda, Melissa Meza, Clifford Nakatani, Janice Shue

$20 .... Linda Inouye, Lynne Masumoto$5 ......Tony Stonehill

$10,000..... Alan Goto$3,000....... Nathan & Chris Sugimoto$1,000 ...... Scott Shinmoto, In memory of Sechiko Shinmoto$900.......... Ernest Nagamatsu Orei $500 ......... Ritsuko Kuroki$500 ......... Stephanie Mizutani - Rev Unno’s retirement$400 ......... Ron Toshima, Orei for facility use $300 ......... Gerry Ito, 13-Yr memorial Toshiko Ito$300 ......... Michiko Okamura, PBT SOGs $300 ......... Pasadena Nikkei Seniors, Orei for facility use $250 ......... Robert Ozawa $250 ......... Ron Toshima, Orei for facility use$250 ......... Robert Yoneda$165 ......... Lynne Ozawa$150 ......... Kyoko Gibbs, Orei (Thank you)$114 ......... George Sugimoto$100 ......... Sally Fujii, Parking$100 ......... Sid Okazaki$100 ......... Pam Shriver for Tai Chi class$100 ......... Kiyoe Suzuki, Ohigan$30 ........... Japanese Class$25............ Kathy Kumagai$25 ........... Miles Yoshisato, PBT SOGs $20 ........... Veronica Ota, Gratitude Offering$10 ........... Sachiko Baez, White Elephant Sale$10 ........... Setsuko Masai$10 ........... Sachiko Watari, New Year Greeting.................. David Osorio 4 - 7’ benches for gymnasium

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Buddhist Women’s Association NewsMessage from the PBT Board of Directors

Donate Your CarEd Kawamoto, Art & Terry Musashi are the latest contributors to

our Cars for the Cause program. They recently donated their unused cars which yielded over $5,000 for the Temple. Thank you, Ed, Art & Terry!

It’s time you got rid of that old car in your driveway, too! You’ll get the tax write-off, feel great about donating, and make room for something new!

Scott does the work for you so it couldn’t get any easier. Call or email him when you’re ready or if you have any questions. Sshin-moto@outlook.com or 310-991-0585.

January and February were busy months for our BWA. For Hoonko, the BWA prepared miso soup to accompany obento lunches, purchased from a commercial source, the an-nual membership meeting was held during this lunch. Thank you to Mrs Carol Oyama and Mrs. Kyoko Gibbs for seasoning the soup – delicious!!

Thank you to all who were able to help with the SuperBowl Chi-rashi Gohan sale, whether selling, buying, food preparation and cooking or assembly of the beautiful boxes of Chirashi! We needed everyone’s help and appreciate your participation.Following Valentine’s day, the BWA held it’s annual luncheon at Fleming’s Steakhouse in Pasadena. Honorees at the luncheon included: our members who are 79+ years of age; the famous Sons of Gardeners (SOGs), Rev. and Mrs. Gibbs, incoming cabinet and outgoing cabinet and all of our hard-working members. Special thanks to JoAnn Asao for the lovely Valentine’s themed table fa-vors! We all had a lovely time socializing and not working!!We are gearing up for Obon. If you have ideas for BWA food court offerings or just want to get involved, please contact Lynne Ozawa at LynneOzawa@gmail.com or 818-279-3145. All are welcome, we need everyone’s ideas and feedback to consider. Last, but not least please save time to help the temple with it’s famed Sukiyaki Dinner on March 21st and the week days leading up to March 21. There is always a need for you!Thank you.

2020 Wi$h Fund and Donation$We are starting our Wish Fund project again. We will post items

that the Temple is in need of, and if you have something you could donate or make a monetary donation towards some of these items, they will be gratefully accepted.☐ Incense (ask sensei what kind)☐ Coffee for refreshments after service☐ Maintenance and Landscaping supplies☐ Cleaning supplies (brooms, vacuum cleaner, cleansers)

Let sensei know if you can make a donation or send in a check made out to PBT with “Wish Fund” or “Special Donation” in the memo.

Monthly Opportunity Raffle Winners

January 2020 - Roy SugitaFebruary 2020 - Michiko Oba

The Board will continue to bring up ideas and projects to keep our Temple safe and financially stable. We have a slowly dwindling membership and we hope that we can reach out to all the Temple members who have been active for so many years to help us bring back your children and grandchildren to your Temple. It can be as easy as inviting them to a special service like Hanamatsuri or it can be a monthly memorial service (shotsuki) where you are honoring your own family. It can be inviting them to a fundraiser to eat or to help out. We are hoping that you will go outside your own comfort zone and reach out to your own children and grandshildren in 2020.

Recently Reverend Gibbs, Kathy Kumagai and Jeannie Toshima attended the National Council Meeting in Renton, Washington representing our Temple. The theme was “Dana for World Peace” and we were able to hear many dharma messages from a variety of BCA ministers. It was announced that Reverend Marvin Harada of OCBC will be the new Bishop of BCA as of April.

A mandatory meeting for all representatives was held concern-ing security of our Temples against possible violence and natural disasters. It was a very eye-opening session. Our Temple has met with the Pasadena Police and has sent the police a diagram of our grounds for their files. Thanks to Alan Goto and the SOGs, surveil-lance cameras have been installed outside the buildings and inside Sakai Hall. But we found out that there are many other steps that still need to be addressed: like keys to the buildings, keeping doors closed and locked, checking the perimeter walls for possible entry-ways, outside lighting in the evenings, and security cameras for the entryway of our hondo.

Some of the suggestions for Pasadena that are easy to implement would be to have our greeter stand outside the hondo doors and to stay outside until after the service starts, be strategic on which doors remain open during service or special events, install a camera to see who is outside the door of the hondo (as we do not have a window), and to make sure we designate sangha members to be part of a security committee to make plans and to put these plans in place. If you would like to be part of this committe, please contact any board member.

The board is looking into installing a Nokotsudo (cremains stor-age) inside our hondo. And we will be looking for more funding to keep our Invisible Teahouse project, which includes digitizing the Temple history.

We will be looking at different fundraising opportunities to help fund improving the security of our Temple, along with other main-tenance issues we know will be arising in the months to come.

Compared to many other Temples in the BCA, Pasadena is in good shape! We have Rev Gibbs and his family, the SOGs, the Tuesday Sewing group and many other new friends to be grateful for.

Please come help at our dinner! Don’t wait to be asked!

Legacy Giving TreeWe ask that you consider joining many other thoughtful and gen-

erous members by making a gift to the Pasadena Buddhist Temple Legacy Fund. Contact Gerry Ito or Shelley Shinmoto for more information.

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A tradition almost 50 years in the making! We will be serving only one menu: Beef Sukiyaki (meat-free, non-vegetarian option available), steamed white rice, appetizer (dine-in only), cucumber namasu, cabbage tsukemono, soup (dine-in only), fortune cookie, hot green tea and water. Meatless options will include extra tofu and vegetables; the sauce will be the same as the beef Sukiyaki. Bake Sale and Drink Sale! Return this form with cash/check to place your order/reservation. Your reservation will be CONFIRMED by return email or phone. Please leave a good contact number. Credit/debit card orders/reservations can be placed online at www.PasadenaBuddhistTemple.org. Deadline for PBT orders is March 9. Questions: pasadenasangha@gmail.com or call or text at Kathy (818) 468-692.

Pasadena Buddhist Temple SUKIYAKI DINNER

Is Back! Saturday, March 21, 2020

Take Out: 3-5 pm (prepaid preorders only) Dine In: 5-7 pm (prepaid reservations only)

www.PasadenaBuddhistTemple.org 1993 Glen Avenue, Pasadena 91103

Take-Out ONLY (pick-up 3-5 pm): #_____ Regular (Beef) Dinners #______ Meatless (with beef sauce) Dinners Dining Party Name_______________________________ Phone:________________ Dine-In Reservation (5-7 pm): Time of Dine-in reservation (5:00, 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, 6:00, 6:15, 6:30, 6:45, 7:00)

Time Requested: ________ # Beef Dinners ______ # Meatless (with beef sauce) _____

Name: ____________________________________ Confirmation Phone: _____________

Confirmation Email: _______________________

If you are reserving for more than one party, please complete additional forms. If you do not include a reservation time, you cannot be guaranteed seating. Payment: Take-out: #_________dinners @ $20 = __________

Dine-in # ________ dinners @ $25 = __________ Donation……………….= __________

TOTAL DUE = __________

Orders placed by (if different than reservations):______________________Phone:______________ Mail reservation form and payment to: Pasadena Buddhist Temple, 1993 Glen Ave., Pasadena 91103.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Sign-up online at: https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/doydm or call Kathy at (818) 468-6921 (or send text message).