Paia Mantokuji Soto Mission

P.O. Box 790207, Paia, HI 96779

Tel: (808) 579 – 8051 E-mail: info@paiamantokuji.orgWeb: www.paiamantokuji.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/Mantokuji/

September 2018

Dates to Remember

September 16 Autumn O-Higan & Ryosoki Service

October 7 Daruma-ki Service & Daruma-sama Picnic

Aloha Members and Friends of Mantokuji,

Thank you for having us join you for this year’s MantokujiO-Bon Festival. It was good to be back and we had agreat time working side by side with everyone. The O-Bon was a great success and I felt a tremendous amountof relief and satisfaction at the end so I knew that all ofthe hard work put in was all worth it.

I noticed that a lot of improvements had been made suchas the chochins in the cemetery and the new tent for theshave ice stand among other things, and lots of work hadbeen done to keep the buildings and grounds lookingbeautiful as ever.

Reverend Oyama’s message

Mangan Team Bobbie, Cathy & Isabelle ①

Our Mission: Paia Mantokuji is a Soto Zen Buddhist temple founded in 1906 by a community of Japanese immigrants. Our mission is to be a place of compassion, respect and kindness for all who seek truth through the teachings of Buddha, the practice of Zen meditation and arts, and the fellowship of the temple sangha.

Our Vision: Paia Manokuji’s short term vison is to stay in place in Paia, grow, develop and mitigate erosion if possible.

Our Values: Honor Traditions Respect AncestorsEmbrace Inclusivity Nurture Fellowship Practice Compassionate KindnessGratitudeAppreciation & HumilityLive the DharmaEmbody Buddhism

There are things that the members of Mantokuji may not realize since you are doing ityear in and year out, but I noticed because I had been away for the last four o-bons.I know that many of the old timers are not around anymore, but in their place weremany faces that I had not seen before or were not as active five years ago. This is theway that traditions are passed down from generation to generation. When there is aneed, there will be someone who will step up and come to help because there are alot of wonderful people all over the place.

More things were added to make the festival even more colorful and functional andefficient. Each person who came had different things to offer, different talents toshare, and played a part, however small or big, in this “well-oiled machine”.

Overall, I felt that Mantokuji is alive and well, and the spirit is strong despite nothaving a resident minister and despite the existing issues with the erosion andrenovation of the bell tower.

We wish you the very best and I am sure that if you continue to do what you havebeen doing to keep the temple going, good things will happen!

Thank you again and we wish for everyone’s good health and happiness!

Please take care until we see you again.

With Love and Aloha,

Rev. Kenji and Naoko Oyama

Seiryuji Soto Zen Temple1608 Yoshida Kahoku-cho, Nishimurayama-gunYamagata Prefecture, Japan 999-3502Phone: +81 (0)237-72-2662 k33oyama@yahoo.comnao_magic@hotmail.coLINE id: kenjioyama (kenji)

mangosmom (naoko)

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ReportsFujinkai News The Fujinkai will be having their monthly meeting and clean up as follows:

September 9, 2018 at 8:00am October 14, 2018 at 8:00am

Thank you to Eric Moto, Cathy Murayama, Lois Sato, Sachie Toyota, and Misa Umetsu for preparing the AugustMangan for mailing on July 25, 2018.

Autumn O-Higan & Ryosoki ServiceYou are cordially invited to attend the Autumn O-Higan and Ryosoki Service on

Sunday, September 16 at 10:30am

The O-Higan ceremony is observed to honor our departed loved ones and also an occasion to review the sixparamitas that we use as our guidelines for a healthy peaceful life.

The Ryosoki ceremony is a memorial service to honoring the two founders of Soto Zen Buddhism in Japan, DogenZenji and Keizan Zenji. The official day of the Ryosoki is September 29 as both founders had passed around thistime.

Announcements

President’s MessageAloha everyone. It is so nice to have a minister’s message in this month's Mangan, and evenmore special to have it come from Reverend Oyama. We thank him and Naoko once again fortheir continued help and support. Just an added short note from me to remind you all to comeand join us on Sunday, September 16 at 10:30 am for Mantokuji’s Autumn O-Higan and Ryosokiservice. Hope to see you there. Take care.

With Aloha,

Eric Moto

President, Mantokuji Kyodan

Memorial Services

Rev. Hirosato Yoshida of Soto Mission of Hawaii will be here on Sunday, September 16th for Mantokuji's O-Higanand Ryosoki Service at 10:30am. Memorial services can be scheduled before or after the O-Higan Service onSeptember 16th. Please call Eric Moto at (808) 579-8051 by September 1.

Thank you to the Fujinkai ladies andgentlemen who came to clean up after O-Bonon Sunday, July 22, 2018:

Tokuko Abe, Kathleen Davis, Kay Hanano,Chester Kakiuchi, June Kato, Elvira & HeidiMehlich, Carol Moto, Eric Moto, CathyMurayama, Bernice Nagato, Lois Sato,Sachie Toyota, and Misa UmetsuThank you to Kathleen Davis, Kay Hanano,Shirley Ann Kimizuka, Judith Matoi, CathyMurayama, Sachie Toyota, and NeilWatanabe for doing clean up and preparingthank you letters on July 29, 2018.

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AcknowledgementsThank you to the following for all your help in preparing the food, helping with the food booth, choba, parking andother areas before, during and after the O-Bon Festivities. We truly appreciated your help cleaning, setting up,decorating the temple buildings, and constructing and dismantling the yagura.

Colbert Abe, Janice Abe & James Char, Tokuko Abe, Michael Agoy, Miki Agoy, Howard & Bobbie Arita, LarryBernades, Rodney & Lori Carillo, Audrey Cordeiro, Conrado & Carolyn Cortez, Kathleen Davis, Joanne DeCoite,John DeMello, Erick Domingo & Melina Murayama, Therese Fitzgerald & Arnie Kotler, Yuriko Fukagawa, Allen &Janet Fukuda, Karlynn & Jaelyn Fukuda, Ronald & Kay Fukumoto, Stella Goto, Jon Hanano, Kay Hanano, PeterHanano, Julie Higa, Sue Hiraga, Lindsay Hiraoka, Haruo Imaizumi, Jared Jinai, Chesna Kamekaneya, Tsukasa & JulieKamekaneya, June Kato, Joyce Kawahara, Mel Kawano, Becky Kikumoto, Donald & Shirley Ann Kimizuka, PatriciaKonecny, Dave Langille & Sherry Allison, Gary & Judith Matoi, Grant Matoi & Priscilla Rafferty, Ross, Arlene &Matthew Matoi, Wayne & Sandy Matsuda, Elvira & Heidi Mehlich, James Mitchell, Mark & Janet Mitchell, PatrickMitchell, Brian Moto, Carol Moto, Eric Moto, Allan & Cathy Murayama, Bernice Nagato, Bert Narimasu, JenniferNishiki, Marilyn Nishiki, Diane Orikasa, Rev. Kenji & Naoko Oyama, Leslie Ramos, Nicole Saito, Elsie Sakugawa,Rory Sarceda, Lois Sato, Isabelle Scholl, Ty Shimabuku, Faith Sodetani, Baron Sumida, Jennifer Sumida, AnnTakakura, Kelcie & Rylee Takayama, Nora Takeuchi, Stephen Tam Sing, Corrina Tanabe, Scott, Kim & ChaysenTanaka, Sachie Toyota, Joyce Tsubaki, Jeff Ueoka, Joy Ueoka, Ladd Ueoka, Meyer Leigh & Sharon Ueoka, PaulUeoka, Ron Ueoka, Ryan & Judy Ueoka, Travis Ueoka, John & Sharon Umeno, Misa Umetsu, Pamela Umetsu,Kenneth & June Uyeno, Paul Verzosa, Lynette Viela, Aileen Waite, Lee & Diane Wakamatsu, Brian Watanabe, ColinWatanabe, Kerry & Donna Watanabe, Neil Watanabe, Sharon Westfall, Erin Yokote, Lester & Debbie Yokote,Winston Yokote.

Thank you to Jennifer Matsumoto of Matsumoto Studio for designing our O-Bon flyer, to Maui Taiko and ZenshinDaiko for their dynamic performances, to Sensei Ken Tasaka and Maui Minyo Kai dancers who instructed ourdance practice and led the dancers in the circle, to Ty Shimabuku and Dave Langille for drawing the parking lines,to Kay Hanano and Eric Moto for the beautiful flower arrangements, and Kathleen Davis and Neil Watanabe forthe continuous maintenance and upkeep of the building facilities and temple grounds.

Thank you to all who we may have inadvertently missed and have given so much of your time to make ourO-Bon a great success!

Thank you for your Support during O-Bon 2018!We would like to thank all the members, volunteers, donors, and participants who made it possible for Mantokuji to have another successful O-Bon Festival. Special thanks to those who made trips from the neighbor islands and the mainland to help and support Mantokuji. We are truly grateful for everyone’s help.

We are blessed to have so many extended family and friends and people in the community who come every year tosupport Mantokuji. The willing, hard-working hands, kindnesses and selflessness of all who came could be seen andfelt strong and deep and it brought out the best in all of us.

We believe it is important to continue holding this annual event so the values, ethics, and traditions that we receivedfrom our ancestors and departed loved ones can be passed on to the next generation. The feelings of gratitude,honor and love for our loved ones will give us direction and meaning as we live our lives in this ever changing world.

Yokudekimashita . . . domo arigatou gozaimashita. Please take care.

Tribute to Hideo TanimotoBy Rev. Kenji Oyama, Seiryuji Soto Zen Temple (Yamagata, Japan)

When I came to Maui to help at the Mantokuji’s O-Bon Festival, I found outthat Hideo Tanimoto passed away. I knew he was not well, and had not seen him onmy trips to Maui after moving to Japan five years ago. Nevertheless, I was stunnedwhen thinking that I will not see him anymore. Then, I felt a sense of urgency to writeabout him because otherwise, people who are new to Mantokuji would not know of his

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many contributions and for those of us who knew him, I thought it was important to remember him and the thingsthat he did. Ironically, I don’t think anyone knew all the things he did because a lot of times he came to thetemple when no one was around.

When I think of Mr. Tanimoto or Hide as he was often called, I think of the “Kubota”, as in the orange lawnmowing tractor that we had for over thirty years. And the reason why we had it running for that long was becauseHide took good care of it and repaired and did maintenance work on it all these years. And he labored for allthose many hours, getting greasy and stained, without any compensation.

I sometimes had to call him in an emergency because the Kubota got stalled in the middle of thecemetery while mowing the lawn and he would make every effort to come as soon as possible to rescue me.

In purchasing the parts needed for repair, he would look around town, at the Paia Mill where he worked,at garage sales, and on the internet to get the best deals to save us money.

And it was not only the Kubota that he fixed, but he was called on to work on all kinds of things, andwithout a complaint he would come and get it done.

He was always on the minister’s side, and encouraged us, and looked out for us. We talked for manyhours and I learned many things from him as he was very knowledgeable about many things and had thoughtfulinsight into different issues.

But the thing that is most amazing is that he was not even a member of Mantokuji. He had some familyconnections to members of Mantokuji, and was a good friend of the late Noriyuki Ueoka who probably was theone that called on him for help at the beginning. But all of what he did was done out of his good heart andgenerosity, a true embodiment of the teaching called FUSE – Giving; giving of oneself just for the sake of giving.

At the Mantokuji Centennial Celebration in 2006, Hideo Tanimoto was one of the recipients of theMantokuji Award given to those who had made outstanding contribution.

We really appreciate all that he did for Mantokuji and thank his wife Akiko and family for their support andunderstanding.

Welcome, New MemberThe Mantokuji Sangha extends a warm welcome to the following new member:

Nora Takeuchi

We are always grateful to have new members. For information about membership, please contact the temple.

Donations made in JulyWe would like to sincerely thank you for your very generous donations.

General Donations

Patsy S Murakami, Allan & Cathy Murayama, Hideo Ogata, Mark & Lois Sato, Isabelle Scholl, James & NaomiSuehisa, Robert & Debby Takahashi, Mitsue Tamanaha, Owen Wilson.

Mr. & Mrs. Ted Hori In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Kunihei NakamoriAlfred Y Itamura Bell Tower ReconstructionDonald & Shirley Ann Kimizuka In Memory of Sukeji Yamasaki, Robert & Fukiyo Ueoka, Arthur UeokaDonald & Shirley Ann Kimizuka In Memory of Satoshi & Michiko KimizukaShirley H Kodani Obon food preparation

Alice Kono 7th Year Memorial Service for Richard Matsuura & 27th Year Memorial Service for Yasu Matsuura

Ogata Ohana Assistance with burial of Winifred OgataDr. Seiya Ohata In Memory of Dr. Seiichi Ohata, Hisa Ohata & Kiyoko OhataKaren Suehisa In Memory or Buster Yutaka & Mildred Matsuko SuehisaSetsuko Takahashi In Memory of Bryce TakahashiWendy & Stuart Wolf Bell Tower Reconstruction

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O-Bon Donations

Payments of Dues and Fees are not included.

Janice Abe & James Char, Tokuko & Ted Abe, Colbert Abe, Gertrude Aguirre, Asaye Aotaki, Janice Asakura, Christine Cafferata,Rodney & Lori Carillo, Toshi & Mabel Domae, Michael & Susan Emura, Mark & Dianne Figge, George & Elaine Fujita, YurikoFukagawa, Erick Domingo & Melina Murayama, Allen & Janet Fukuda, Jeral & Karlynn Fukuda, Charlotte Fukuhara, Ronald & KayFukumoto, Henry & Mae Fukunaga, Fukushima Family (Ryan Fukushima), Jean Gushiken, Gusman Ohana, Kenn Hamada, EvelynHamai, Margaret Hanzawa, Rev. & Mrs. Gensho Hara, Rev. & Mrs. John Hara, Addison “Bud” Harrison, Yoneko Hashimoto,Charlotte Hayase, Eric & Lou Ann Higa, Julie Higa, Calvin & Sharon Higuchi, Edith Hiraga, Sue Hiraga, Jay & Emiko Hiramoto,Chieko Hiwatashi, Hisashi & Lynne Horiuchi, Roger & Kumi Horiuchi, Roy & Barbara Huntley, Sandra Ichikawa, Lucille Ichimura,Ray & Cynthia Ikeda, Jules & Diane Ino, Richard & Melinda Ishii, Ayako Ishikawa, Itamura Family, Alvin Iwamoto, Wayne & EvelynKajiwara, Thelma Kasahara, June Kato, Dennis & Linda Kawachi, Hideo & Joyce Kawahara, Tom & Marian Kawamoto, YoshimiKayona, Donald & Shirley Ann Kimizuka, Stella Kimura, Masue Kimura, Shikuko Kobayashi, Shirley Kodani, Hisao & KathleenKohatsu, David Koizumi, Dawn Komine, Jeffrey & Grace Komoda, June Konno, Family of Harue Kono, Glenn & Diane Kosaka,Ann Kusunoki, David Langille & Sherry Allison, William & Carol Lau, Lee, Judy Lindstrom, Keone & Nalani Magliato, Don & MaliaMartin, Anne Masuda, Joyce Masuda, Michelle Masuda-Koga, Gary & Judith Matoi, Leon & Renee Matsui, Kenneth KMatsumoto & Family, Nancy Matsumoto, Ronald & Rena Matsunaga, Janet Matsuoka, Paul & Jessie Mizoguchi, Linda Monden,Minako Mori, Debra Ann Morioka, Eric Moto, Carol Moto, Harold Morioka, Ruth Mukai, Eunice Muraoka, Gladys Nagata, FumikoNagata, Bernice Nagato, Peter & Gail Nakamae, Suellen Nakao, F Nakamura, Ken & Alma Nakano, Ty & Melissa Nakashima,Lawrence & Gloria Nashiwa, Richard & Naomi Nemoto, Akio & Kinue Nihei, Hisako Nii, Allen & Mitsuko Nikaido, SadakoNikaido, Ray & Glenda Nishida, Marilyn Nishiki, Ed & Harriet Ogata, Joyce Ogawa, Chad & Daphne Okamoto, Annette Omuro,Warren & Helen Orikasa, Thelma Oshiro, Kristi Ota, Betsy Ouchi, Richard Ouchi, Ronald & Carol Ouchi, Rev. Kenji & NaokoOyama, Manfried Parijs, Andy & Jean Pozsar, Karin Quon, Mike & Myra Reed, Elaine Rodrigues, Donna Rolens, Mr. & Mrs. LouisRosado, Sandra Saiki, K Saito, Ayako Saito, Itaru Saito, Clifford & Sanae Saito, Noreen Saito, Mr. & Mrs. Tad Sakamoto, Jerome& Elsie Sakugawa, Douglas & Marilyn Sameshima, Eleanor Schultz, Charlene Shibuya, Shigezawa, John & Jane Shinoda, Valney& Adele Shirk, Toshio & Yukie Shiroma, James & Nancy Shishido, Faith & Garth Sodetani, Lloyd & Sharon Sodetani, SodetaniFamily, Fumiko Sorayama, Yutaka Sorayama, Satoshi & Kiyoko Suzuki, Warren & Eileen Taguchi, Russell & Wanda Taira, Greg &Alma Takahashi, Hiroshi & Shirley Takahashi, Setsuko & Naomi Takahashi, Ann Takakura, Katherine Takatani, Wayne Takehara,Patricia, Alvin & Kyle Takushi, Michie Tamane, Leslie & Sandra Tamasaka, Stanley Tamayose, Mitzi Tanaka, Michio Tanaka, AkikoTanimoto, Harry Tanji, Nancy Sagayaga Tanji, Francis & Etsuko Taomoto, Florence Tasaka, Ken Tasaka, Alice Tobita, SetsukoToyooka, June Sachie & Eric Toyota, Dale & Joyce Tsubaki, Minoru & Betty Uehara, Travis Ueoka, Meyer Leigh & Sharon Ueoka,Ronald & Vivian Ueoka, Lynette Umetsu Viela, Misa Umetsu, Pamela Umetsu, Tom Umetsu, Chuck & Sandra Uyeda, Kenneth &June Uyeno, Albert & Amy Watanabe, James & Helene Watanabe, Neil & Joyce Watanabe, Colin Watanabe, Janice Watanabe,White, Larry, Judie, Sachie, & Mark Wong, Gayle Yamada, Edwin Yamada, Rene Yamafuji, Rev. Ryozo Yamaguchi, Roy & LindaYamaguchi, Yaeko Watanabe Yamamoto, Mr. & Mrs. Mataki Yamamoto, Norma Yonezawa, James & Marian Yoshioka.

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Shintoku, Sachiko & Karen Arakawa In Memory of Kiku & Inao YoshinoHoward & Bobbie Arita In Memory or Haruo & Marion Watanabe

Kathleen Bugtong In Memory or Kunichi & Hanako Kunishige, Katsunojo & Kazue Tomita, & Hazel Tomita

Tim & Ann Burd In Memory of Nagasue FamilyMelvin & Carole Endo In Memory of Takeo EndoLester & Karen Horiuchi In Memory of Ellen HoriuchiMinoru & Ann Igarashi In Memory of Yagoro & Asae IgarashiJanice Kemp In Memory of Meyer M UeokaJane Kusuno In Memory of Kazuo KusunoPaul & Mae Matsui In Memory of Shinichi & Namie SatoBetsy Matsumura In Memory of Toraji & Nao KatoLon & Terrie Mizoguchi In Memory of Itsuo SuzukiAllan & Cathy Murayama In Memory of Haruo & Marion Watanabe & Sueto MurayamaMisao Nakagawa In Memory of “Mohawk” Masaaki NakagawaSadako Nikaido In Memory of Ralph NikaidoMichael Okazaki & Carolann Guy In Memory of Mitsuyuki & Shizue OkazakiEdwin & Diane Orikasa & Family Obon 27th Year Service for Kimie FukuyoshiJayson Sato In Memory of James Sato (Hatsubon)Carlton & Stella Shinsato In Memory of Ellen & Sakai HoriuchiDale Sugiki In Memory of Matsu ShirokaneCelia CU Suzuki In Memory of Meyer M UeokaSumiko Suzuki In Memory of Itsuo SuzukiBrian & Joyce Takahashi In Memory of Bryce TakahashiLes & Linda Takahashi In Memory of Bryce Takahashi (Hatsubon)Nora Takeuchi Obon 27th Year Service for Kimie FukuyoshiIsaac & Jane Toyama In Memory of Kenji & Fumie MatsumotoJoy Ueoka In Memory of Robert & Fukiyo UeokaYukie H Ueoka In Memory of Meyer M UeokaPamela Umetsu & Lynette Umetsu Viela In Memory of Hatsu Hanzawa (Gojuukaiki)Brian Watanabe In Memory of Taichi KiyonoCarol Yamanuha & Kiyoe & Wesley Kumasaka In Memory of Hiroshi KumasakaHenry & Betty Yamashiro In Memory of Seijiro Kato & Family & Hajime & Aiko OgataPatsy Yamashita In Memory of C Iwamoto & T Yamashita

O-Bon Donations In Memory of Loved Ones made in July

Toba

Masako Abe, Lori Carillo, Yuriko Fukagawa, Sadako Hamashige Family, Margaret Hanzawa, Gail A Hasegawa,Roy Horiuchi, Barbara Huntley, Stella H Kimura, Ann Kusunoki, Janet Mitchell, Harold Morioka, Eric Moto,Masami Nakahara, Alma Nakano, Takeji Nihei, Diane Orikasa, Susan Oshiro, Myra Reed, Marilyn Sameshima,Haruye Shirokane, Toshiko Sugiki, Satoshi & Kiyoko Suzuki, Brian & Joyce Takahashi, Sharon Taniguchi, Carol MTanji, Setsuko Toyooka, June Sachie Toyota, Betty Uehara, Joy Ueoka, Albert & Glenda Ujiie, Misa Umetsu,Pamela Umetsu, Marion Watanabe’s Family, Patsy K Yamashita.

Donations made in July

Tanagyo

Stella Honda, Violet Moto & Family,Matsuura Family, Sadako Nikaido,Michael Okazaki & Carolann Guy,Satoshi & Kiyoko Suzuki, Joy Ueoka,Marion Watanabe's Family.

For those of you who missed the chance of tasting or buying the delicious Wedding Tea Cookies at O-Bon, JoanneDeCoite has graciously shared the recipe. She tells us that she acquired this recipe from her ninth grade HomeEconomics class back in high school! So glad she kept this recipe as it's a winner! Thank you, Joanne.

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened½ cup sugar2 teaspoons vanilla2 cups flour, sifted½ teaspoon salt2 cups chopped macadamia nuts or walnutsConfectioners sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325°F.

Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Sift together flour and salt. Add to creamed mixture, blending thoroughly. Add nuts and mix well. Shape into 1” balls. Place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake at 325° F for 15 to 20 minutes or until set. Do not brown.

Cool then roll in sifted powdered sugar.

Recipe of the Month

Wedding Tea Cookiesby Joanne DeCoite

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Coming up in October (tentative Schedule)

Sunday 7 Daruma-ki Service/Daruma-sama Picnic

Sunday 14 Fujinkai meeting & cleanup

Hospital and Hale Makua

Visitations are scheduled during

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September 2018

September

Sunday Monday Tue. Wed. Thursday Friday Saturday1

24:00 pm Zazen

35:00-6:30 pm Taiko

4 5 6 75:00-6:30 pm Taiko

89:30 am Ikebana

98:00 am Cleanup,Fujinkai& Kyodan meetings4:00 pm Zazen

105:00-6:30 pm Taiko

11 12 13 145:00-6:30 pm Taiko

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1610:30 am Autumn O-Higanand Ryosoki Service4:00 pm Zazen

17 18 19 20 21 22

234:00 pm Zazen

24 25 26 27 28 29

304:00 pm Zazen