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Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Bulletin - SEPTEMBER 2014
Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
Address Service Requested
(#1214-0914)
NOKOTSUDO—COLUMBARIUM CLOSED
August 31 to September 18, 2014 for Repairs
Please pardon the inconvenience but we must close the two Nokotsudo or Columbarium
rooms upstairs so repairs can be made to the
ceilings and walls. The Nokotsudo will be closed from Sunday, August 31 to Thursday,
September 18, 2014. Thank you very much for
your patience and understanding.
Collecting Donations for Bazaar
Our Bazaar will be held on Sunday, October 19. If you
have any donations, please bring them to the Temple! Please
separate your donations by categories (clothing, kitchen utensils
and dishes, toys, trinkets, books) and please mark the catego-
ries. Jodo Mission will not pick up your donations. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that what you may call “junk” may be another
person’s “pot of gold”.
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September 14—Keiro Kai and Grandparents’ Day
The Intermediate YBA and Sunday School will honor our
Keiro members (all those 80 years old and older) on Sun-
day, September 14, at 10 a.m. Please join us if you are
able to come.
Also, younger generation, please bring your parents,
grandparents, aunties, uncles who are 80 years and older to
join this event! It will be a special treat for them!
Last year, Mrs. Takako Nakayama brought Mrs. Tamayo
Nakamura and Mrs. Muriel Shimoda and this was a spe-
cial treat for the two ladies!
Three smiling Keiro gentlemen: Teruto
Soma, David and Clifford Miyamoto
BON DANCE (August 15-16, 2014)
! THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our Bon Dance
held on August 15-16, 2014. There were so many, many people helping behind the scenes
and we really appreciate all your hard work. It is with everyone’s help that we can continue
to do this event. Without someone arranging with the bon dancers, getting the yagura up,
arranging for the stairway to get on top of the yagura, someone setting up chairs so people
could sit down, someone getting the omamoris, also someone selling omamoris, bon dance
towels, happi coats, kimonos, parking attendants from the Kiwanis Club, making and sell-
ing andagis (Okinawan donuts), someone making and selling the wonderful Jodo Mission
special shaved ice, someone making and selling musubis, spam musubis, someone making
and selling chichi dango, someone ordering and selling saimin, someone making and selling
grilled BBQ sticks, someone making and selling sushi, yaki soba, soba salad, turkey jook,
someone making and selling hot dogs, chili and rice, someone making and selling waffle
dogs, hamburgers, peanut butter floats, someone washing dishes and more dishes, someone
like Dr. Hingsin Chun making sure that all the trash cans were not overflowing with trash,
someone answering the many questions people called about, including “how do I get to Jodo
Mission?” or “where can I park?”
Thank you also to the many, many dancers who came and had fun dancing. Thank you to
the taiko group Dragon Beat to start each day of the Bon Dance.
We hope everyone had time to catch up with old friends, made new friends, got together
with your relatives!
Thank you to everyone who came to our Bon Dance. SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT
YEAR! Tell your friends what a wonderful time it was—good food, good friends!
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Taiko Instructor Tsutomu Nakai and students
Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Scholarship Award
Namiye Nakamura Scholarship
Ashley Mizuo was awarded
the 2014 Namiye Nakamura
Scholarship. On behalf of the
Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fu-
jinkai, Ashley was presented
with her scholarship check on
Sunday, August 10, 2014 at
our Sunday Service by Hono-
lulu Jodo Shu President, Sally
Hayashi. Ms. Hayashi read the
letter from Jan Nakamura,
Scholarship Chairperson
which accompanied the check
and also stated the best wishes
from Hawaii Rengo Fujinkai
President Eleanor Miyake.
Ashley was very happy to
receive the award. She will be
leaving right after Bon Dance
to go to Loyola University in
Chicago, Illinois and begin her
studies in journalism.
Ashley with her brother Cody next to her. First row: Sophie Narashiba, Cody
Kikuno, Ashley Mizuo, Tomoko Hisamoto, Toshiko Kitagawa, Akiko Nishiyama.
Second row: Masa Kitajima (grandpa), Sally Hayashi, Wendy Kikuno (mother) and
Takako Nakayama.
Ashley, thank you for your help at the Bon Dance. We wish you
the best! Study hard and hope to see you on your visits home.
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Yagura Set Up Photos: Yagura set up is not that easy. It takes a lot of manpower to
make sure each pole is secured correctly and to make sure the foundation is strong enough to
hold the singers and taiko drummers.
Magnet Sweeper is used to try and get as much of the nails
from the O-Toba take down as possible so no one will get hurt
dancing around the yagura. Mr. Shindo shows the magnet
sweeper is strong enough to hold a cup full of nails!
AUTUMN O-Higan Chutoba Form (彼岸会中塔婆申し込み用紙)
Your Name(お名前) : Phone(電話):
Name of Deceased (亡くなった方のお名前):
1.
2.
3.
4
One Chutoba is $7 X Total of Chutoba = Total $
(中塔婆1本7ドル) (本数) (合計)
Please make checks payable to “Jodo Mission of Hawaii”. DEADLINE: Sunday, September 14, 2014
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Order accepted by Date accepted / /2014 (In person/ Mail / By phone)
Received by Date paid: ________/______/2014 (Cash / Check #_____________) Write
O-HIGAN SERVICE The word “Higan” literally means “the other shore” in Japanese. One shore represents the world we are in, and the oth-er shore “Higan” represents Amida Buddha’s Pure Land. The river represents the bad mind we all possess. The concept is that we practice the teaching to reach the other shore across the river.
We have two Higan seasons in a year. One in spring, the oth-er in autumn, as Higan is held during the week of the spring and autumn equinox. Shan Tao, one of the highest ranking priests of Jodo Buddhism in China said that the sun sets due west during the equinox thus it is a good opportunity to think about Bud-dha’s Pure Land which exists far away in the west, as well as appreciate our ances-tors who are also there.
Please join us for our Higan-e service and think about Amida Buddha’s Pure Land and our ancestors. Our Higan-e Service will be held:
Sunday, September 28 at 10:00 am
Chutoba prayers will be conducted during this service. If you would like a Chuto-ba prayer for your ancestors, please fill out the form on this page and send it or drop it
off at the Jodo Mission office by Sunday, September 14th. Thank you.
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Higan Service
September 28 at 10 a.m.
____ I plan to attend service
____ I do not plan to attend
O b i t u a r i e s
The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sincere
condolences to the family members and loved
ones of the following members who have recently
left this world for the Pure Land.
Dorothy Fusaye Kotaka 81
Shinobu Furusawa 85
Kimiko Yamagata 98
Dorothy Aiko Miwa 102
Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday 8am—5pm
Sunday & Holidays
8am—3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us
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Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister
Rev. Kanjun Nakano Resident Minister
Rev. Dwight
Nakamura Retired Minister
Bishop Gensho Hara Lahaina, Maui
Sermon by Rev. Kanjun Nakano Given on June 22, 2014 [This sermon is reprinted because of an error]
Generally speaking, we understand Buddhism in two ways. One way is through the teachings of Buddha.
The other way is through becoming an enlightened one like Buddha.
The former way is the same as in other religions such as Christianity. Buddhism is the teaching which
was revealed by Shakyamuni Buddha, an historical person. Christianity is the gospel which was preached by
Jesus Christ, also an historical person.
Modern studies show that not every Buddhist scripture is the teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha. However,
many Buddhists believe them all to be his teaching.
The way of becoming an enlightened one is
unique to Buddhism as compared to Christianity.
Christianity is the teachings of God through Jesus
Christ. But it is not the way of becoming like God.
Since God is the creator of this world, man cannot be-
come like God.
Christians say that God lives within them through
faith, but this does not mean that God and man can be-
come the same one. In Buddhism, we have the Buddha
nature within ourselves. If we realize the Buddhist
truth, we can become a Buddha. Buddhism is the way
for everyone to find and reveal the Buddha nature with-
in himself or herself. By following the path of Bud-
dhism, everyone can attain the perfect peace and bliss
as Buddha did so.
Well, St. Honen deeply considered the Buddha
nature. St. Honen reached a conclusion that the teach-
ings should be practical rather than theoretical. How-
ever excellent the teachings may be, they are of no use
if we cannot practice to attain enlightenment. The final
goal of Buddhism is for everyone to attain enlighten-
ment.
St. Honen showed us the way to reach the final goal of Buddhism. It is the Onenbutsu. The
Onenbutsu is to pray by reciting the Buddha’s name.
Please recite the Buddha’s name as many times as you
possibly can in this world.
EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for September Seijiro Mitsuyasu The Mitsuyasu Family Takao Nishimura The Nishimura Family Kamado Gushikuma Kiku Sugimoto The Sugimoto & Samoto Family Yutaro Karamatsu The Karamatsu Family Kiku Kusunoki The Kusunoki Family Minbunosuke Sakuda Eikichi Nakamoto The Okamoto & Nakamoto Family Reverend Hoyu Ohta The Ohta Family Katsume Kuniyuki Shizuko Morita Kikuno Mitsutani Nobuo Yoshida Eisuke Tamura Kikuyo Iwamoto Shigeki Hayashi Yuriko Naito Toramatsu Yamamoto Kamekichi Shigeoka Suteno Yoshida Masaichi Toishigawa Kichigoro Ikeda Nobuo Hara Suke Muranaka The Muranaka Family Higashi Tojo The Tojo Family Toshiko Judy Yanagihara Mitsue Shigeoka Shunsuke Ogi The Ogi Family Shigeru Taketa Yone Wakayama Umeda Masako Koyama Ritsu Inada (2) The Inada Family (2) The Morimoto Family Tsune Kuniyuki Shimo Hashimoto Sana Tamura Yukie Sakaue Yorizo Yamane TheYamane Family The Harada Family Ikuzo Kuniyuki
Nobuo Tsuda Mike Shigeo Hara
Junji Sano The Nishimoto Family Sada Hayashi The Hayashi Family Masao Fukuzawa Tsuneyasu Tamanaha Umeyo Ohta Taeko Stella Uehara
Kigoro Takada The Takada Family Kumayo Nomura The Nomura Family Yoshio Kawakami Yasuichi Moritsugu The Henry Hijii Family
Matsu Ohta Kikuzuchi Takaoka Toshio Mitani
Umeyo Nishimura The Nishimura Family Ishi Yagi The Yagi & Okada Family Takeji Ohara Masaji Kawasugi Shizue Masuda Yuji Yokoyama Ayako Nakata James Hajime Koike Shigenari Uesugi Okaji Hashimoto The Hashimoto Family
Fujie Nomiyama
Kinjuro Sugimoto The Sugimoto & Samoto Family
Take Kitagawa The Kitagawa Family Tameo Shinntani Kamejiro Uyeda
Hoichi Fujita The Fujita Family Mie Kashiwa Fumiko Yamane Nobuko Tsuruda
Kichijuro Miyashige The Goto & Miyashige Family
Seitoku Higa The Weiss Family
The Sunagawa Family
Fusae Ippongi
Shoichi Ishida The Ishida & Aimoto Family The Iwamoto's Baby
The Iwamoto Family
Kiyoko Isobe
Kumanoshin Yamamoto (2) Yoshiko Nakahara(2) Wanda Akemi Hamada
Miyo Koyama The Koyama Family
Keikichi Mishina The Mishina Family Kame Higa The Higa Family
Ruth Yoshiko Medeiros
Tsuchitaro Iwamoto
Eleanor Haruko Nose Shigeko Machida Kiyoshi Matsushita The Matsushita Family
Yoshiaki Ono The Ono & Yamada Family
Yoshio Uchiumi Riichi Hirouji Ryuichi Hamada The Hamada Family
The Sakauye Family Shieto Saiki Aya Asaumi Haruyo Yanagihara
Kamematsu Onohara
Mitsuru Harada
The Nishimura's Baby
Seiichi Tanaka The Tanaka & Takahashi Family
Hakuyo Ebisuzaki (2) Goro Shindo
Kimi Morita The Morita & Ashinaka Family Natsue Hayashi The Hayashi Family
Kiku Tanimura The Tanimura Family
Ryosuke Yanagisawa The Yanagisawa Family
Ushi Shimabukuro
Akio Shimabukuro The Shimabukuro Family
Kiyo Yamachika The Yamachika & Matsushige Family
Ishi Uyenoyama
Yuu Kunihisa Yoshiwa Tarumoto
Chieko Yamamura
Francis Kiyoshi Furutani
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