WEST LOS ANGELES BUDDHIST TEMPLE BULLETIN

2003 Corinth Avenue Los Angeles, California 90025

(310) 477-7274 Fax (310) 477-6674 E-mail: westlabt@verizon.net Web Site: www.wlabt.org

Vol. 48, No. 11 & 12 November & December 2005

TEMPLE SPECIAL SERVICES (See Calendar pages for schedules of regular services)

NOVEMBER 2005

Sunday, November 13 9:30 a.m.

Thanksgiving Sunday Service (E) Guest Speaker:

Rev. Jim Yanagihara

Sunday, November 13 2:00 p.m.

Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service (J) Guest Speaker:

Rev. Jim Yanagihara

DECEMBER 2005

Sunday, December 4 9:30 a.m.

Bodhi Day Sunday Service & Oseibo TaikaiGuest Speaker: Rev. Seikan Fukuma

Followed by lunch

Saturday, December 31 8:00 p.m.

Joya-E Year-End Service .

REV. USUKI’S PAGE

SOUPLANTATION

Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be enjoyed forever. Nothing in the world is permanent or lasting; everything is changing and momentary and unpredictable. But people are ignorant and selfish, and are concerned only with the desires and sufferings.

Therefore, people should cast away, while they are young and healthy, all their greed and attachment to worldly affairs, and should seek earnestly for true Enlightenment, for there can be no lasting reliance or happiness apart from Enlightenment.

Teaching of Buddha (pp.196-200)

Coming to West L.A. was the best thing that happened to my career…so far. One of the many benefits for my wife and I is that we will not starve here nor be lost to find a good place to eat. We’re still exploring Sawtelle Blvd. and its many superb eateries. We also like a place called Souplantation and there is one in Cama-rillo, near my mother’s place. It is an all-you-can-eat salad bar complemented by soup, breads, pastas, and desserts.

Have you ever noticed how people act when it’s a buffet? We have all this delicious-looking food spread out in front of us, and suddenly we’re acting like we haven’t eaten in weeks and may not eat again for several more weeks. Have you ever noticed how your sense-organs operate at times like this? I think we get pumped up by the aroma and presentation of the food. Our eyes grow as big as saucers looking at the many things that are there for the taking. Whatever you want, as much as you want, and we hear people saying “Oooh,” “Aaaah!” Our palms may get sweaty when someone else grabs the serving spoon we want… suddenly we’re racing for the next item to pile it on … It’s true that we are driven by our senses.

Do you know that some of these buffet restau-rants now charge you extra if you don’t eat eve-rything you take? That’s not a bad idea. Here in the United States, we tend to be very wasteful about food. A recent survey said that Ameri-cans eat 10 times more food per person than the Chinese. In Japan, a nation of about 130 million people, the amount of food thrown away every day would be enough to feed about 10% of the population, or 13 million people in one day. That’s a lot of food wasted.

Life is also like a smorgasbord and often out of control. Today, we can almost have anything we want and more. With everything we can eat and accumulate we think we’re going to be happy. Perhaps, you made a room addition or upgraded the kitchen. You may have bought new drapes or may have planted rows of new roses.

I’m sure you enjoyed these things and your senses were satisfied after you got them. But, since then, have you noticed that your wants have changed to something else, perhaps to a new car or trip to Hawaii? Are we here to only satisfy our senses because we have so many things to pick from in our smorgasbord? Some-times we make our choices from what we think we want out of habit, or worse, desperation. As we get older and still can’t find that ultimate comfort in life, then we keep buying. So we catch ourselves playing these same games over and over…new toys, but same old thing. Eventually, everything loses its sparkle and we start to wonder what it’s all about. We spend our lives running after that elusive thing called happiness that still escapes us.

Whether it works for you or not, the time is go-ing to come when you may start to wonder if you have really found the kind of peace and contentment that is going to allow you to move on without regret. All the things in our smorgasbord of life are okay to go after, but we have to understand that attaining these things is not what gives us the sense of well-being in the long run. Obtaining things like wealth, status, fitness, etc. is not going to make us eternally happy as stated in the opening passage above.

However, we can enjoy all of these things fully if we live in a sense of security and peace of mind taught by the Buddha. It is difficult to change the many habits and attitudes that we already have, and it is in our karma to do the things we do and live out our lives. Yet, if we are aware of what we are doing when we make choices in life, then we can fully enjoy what we are doing everyday because we will stop being so desperate. On Thanksgiving and New Year Days, please take the time to eat slowly and enjoy just the right amount of everything that you like.

Namo Amida Butsu (Continued on Page 3)

IMPORTANT NOTICE To improve certain operations of our Temple, the monthly Temple Board Meeting day is moved from the second Monday to the first Monday, starting in December 2005.

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REV. USUKI’S PAGE (continued from Page 2)

SHINSHU CORNER

Delusion In Buddhism there is a phrase that literally translates “One-water-four-views.” It means that we all view the same thing from our own perspective. For example, when a celestial be-ing looks at water, it sees a blue-green gem, a lapis lazuli. When a man looks at water, he sees water. When a devil (Oni) looks at water, he sees fire. When a fish looks at water, he sees his own living quarters.

One could easily change the example. When a farmer, for example, sees manure, he sees it as fertilizer. When a fly sees manure, he sees food. When an ordinary man sees manure, he sees something dirty and foul-smelling. When a cow sees manure, he sees it as something cluttering the floor of his room.

(Jodoshinshu Buddhism – Through Stories, Translations, Sayings, and Sermons, Tetsuo Unno)

Buddhist Service Etiquette Flowers for the Altar

Those with abundant flowers in their gardens should be encouraged to bring them to the temple so they may be arranged for services. For Hanamatsuri (Buddha Day Service), every child should be encouraged to bring at least a few blossoms to offer to the Hanamido (miniature flower altar).

Giving of One’s Service

Along with the giving of material goods and giv-ing of labor, love for the temple must be taught to the children. The unselfish concern for the welfare of the temple, which is necessary for all Buddhists, young and old, must be taught from an early age. Cleaning the temple and temple yard, helping with bulletin, volunteering for child care, and lining up chairs or distributing Gatha books can help the children acquire this unselfish concern.

Religious Day Services Bodhi Day Service (Jodo-e)

The service held on December 8th to commemo-rate the day of Buddha’s Enlightenment is called the Bodhi Day Service. This is the day Prince Gautama Siddhartha attained Enlightenment to become the Buddha, the Awakened One. Therefore this day signifies the dawn of man’s universal emancipation form suffering and ignorance.

Year End Service (Joya-e)

This service is held at all temples on New Year’s Eve when the old year is coming to a close to express our thanks for Amida Buddha’s guidance throughout the past year.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN Yuki Sakurai

Year 2005 is rapidly coming to an end but our WLABT's activities are still going strong. This past month, on Sunday, October 23, WLABT hosted an Appreciation Service and Luncheon for the former Tanomoshi members. Since 1961, the Tanomoshi group has been very ac-tive helping their members and the temple financially. They have supported the WLABT by helping to finance part of the construction of the Social Hall, and to pay for pews in the hondo, video and audio equipment, taikos, and computers. Many Temple members are un-aware of the many contributions to the Temple by the Tanomoshi group. The group dissolved on June 30, 2005 and although belated, the Temple wished to show its appreciation for all that they have done.

HELP NEEDED! We desperately need people who can help maintain our temple. There are countless jobs that need attention. It's simple things that people do around the house such as, changing light bulbs, buying paper goods, and other tasks that keeps the temple running smoothly. We could also use help with memo-rial services, assisting in our rental properties, and maintaining our temple and parsonage. These tasks are all being done by volunteers. The more help we get, it'll make it that much easier for everyone involved. Please volunteer a few hours to help in the upkeep of the temple. Call Yuki Sakurai at (310) 820-3237 or the Temple office at (310) 477-7274.

Our annual Mochi Tsuki will be held on December 10, 2005. The young and old can work together on this fun and cultural activity. Let's keep up the tradition of pounding and rolling the mochi just like our grandparents and parents did to celebrate the New Year. Let's all come out from 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 10, and "ROLL THOSE MOCHIS"! Please read the flyer and order form in this newsletter for more details.

Our New Year Service, Installation of 2006 Temple officers, and Party will be held January 8, 2006. Tickets can be purchased from organization or Temple Board officers, or the Temple office, from November. Let's welcome the New Year and strive for peace and happiness in 2006.

Have you visited our WLABT website recently? The web address is www.wlabt.org. Anything you want to know about the Temple, organizations and events are just a click away. We have Jim Shimomaye to thank for developing this fabulous website.

November 18, 7:00 pm December – NO BINGO

Have fun, win big while supporting your Temple.

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(Editor’s Note: A revitalized WLA Buddhist Education Committee (BEC) recently planned and executed two seminars in the past two months. The first was the Ohigan Seminar held on Saturday morning, September 17, and the second was the Tri-Temple Mini-Seminar held on Saturday afternoon, October 1. The Tri-Temple seminar is a project funded by the Southern District BEC where the three local temples, WLA, Venice and Gardena, annually hold joint seminars with the hosting responsibility rotated among the three temples. This year was WLA’s turn to be host. Below is a report on these seminars by Haru Matsumune, the current chairperson of the WLA BEC.)

WLA FALL OHIGAN SEMINAR For the first time in recent memory, we held an Ohigan Seminar here at our temple. Rev. Sho-ken Ueda, resident minister at Oxnard, was the featured speaker in Japanese. Mr. Jeff Wil-son, PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, was the featured speaker in English. Thirty WLA members at-tended, roughly halved between the Japanese and English sessions.

Jeff explored and discussed three different let-ters, each written by a different person: Shin-ran, Eshin-ni, and Rennyo. As he explained, the letter he opened with (Shinran’s Mattōshō 5) is the most difficult of the three. It is a well-known text about jinen hōni (自然法爾 “to be made so of itself”; suchness or thusness; things-as-they-are; spontaneous, natural work-ing of the Vow). The terms jinen and hōni were used before Shinran, but he is likely the first to use them together. In his later years, Shinran put more emphasis on jinen hōni because of its more natural, spontaneous, instantaneous connotation.

The second letter is written by Shinran’s wife Eshin-ni to their daughter Kakushin-ni. It is interesting from different viewpoints. Histori-

cally, the postscript confirms that Shinran was a doso on Mount Hiei. Religiously, it touches upon various topics, one of which is Shinran’s willingness to follow Honen, even to hell, a no-tion which seems to be found elsewhere only in Tannishō. It is also a very revealing letter about the relationship between Shinran and Eshin-ni. Eshin-ni describes a dream which reveals to her that Honen is Seishi Bosatsu and Shinran is Kannon Bosatsu. What is particularly interesting about her dream is that Shinran had had a dream which revealed Eshin-ni to be Kannon Bosatsu. As Jeff observed, husband and wife viewed each other as Kannon!

The third letter, written by Rennyo, contains a hymn in three verses. In it, he expresses his understanding that by taking refuge in the Vow, with sincere mind, there is the one thought-moment of awakening in which there is no hindrance of doubt, and one goes to the Pure Land without any anxiety. In the mean-time, “we should say the nenbutsu in gratitude for Buddha’s benevolence.”

Interested readers may stop by the office to obtain a copy of Jeff’s handout with these three letters.

As part of his talk, Rev. Ueda shared the following poem in Japanese, with his translation in English:

やさしさに出会ったら、喜びを分けてあげよう。

しあわせと思ったら、ほほえみかけていこう。

海を吹く風のようにさわやかな思いを添えて。

淋しさを感じたら、誰かに声をかけよう。

ふれあいを大切に語り合う友をつくろう。

花の輪をつなぐようにとりどりの思いつないで。

苦しみに出会ったら、ひたすらに耐えてゆこう。

合わす手の温もりにほのぼのと、やすらぐ心。

かぎりなきひかりのなかに生かされて、生きる日々。

“On Meeting Kindness” When you meet kindness, spread joy. When you feel happiness, smile, like a refreshing ocean breeze. When you feel sad, open your heart to a friend. Be a gentle friend, one who shares and listens to another. Like entwining a variety of flowers into a garland. When one meets with suffering, one accepts it as it is. When we feel the warmth of Gasshō, we realize how fortunate we are to be able to live daily in the boundless light.

Namu Amida Butsu

TRI-TEMPLE MINI-SEMINAR Exploring Religious and Everyday Rituals drew some sixty people to our temple on Saturday, October 1, 2005. Besides numerous members from co-hosting temples Gardena and Venice, there were also people from LA Betsuin, Orange County, and San Fernando. Thank you to all the WLA members who came out to listen and learn.

The featured speakers were our own Rev. Usuki and Rick Stambul. Rev. Usuki took an objective approach, laying the foundation for the entire seminar by defining “ritual” and explaining its purpose, providing examples of both religious and personal rituals, and discussing the need for rituals.

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(SEMINARS continued from previous page) Rick, a self-described person with Jewish roots and Buddhist wings, took a more subjective approach, using personal experience as the ba-sis for his presentation. During two months of preparation, Rick found himself on a serendipi-tous journey exploring, testing, and question-ing his beliefs. As the seminar date approach-ed, he was surprised to discover that the Jew-ish rituals he thought of as boring or irrelevant in his youth had begun to develop some mean-ing for him as he was studying and researching Buddhist rituals. He came to see that rituals could serve as a bridge between the mundane world and the transcendent realm.

Betty Takahashi capably moderated the last part of the seminar, a reflection/discussion session. Yasuko Shohara shared her difficul-ties in understanding the relevancy of rituals, and her honesty struck a chord with the audi-ence. Many people contributed to the discus-sion, offering a range of perspectives, from the more technical aspect of properly executing a ritual, to the experiential aspect of appreciating rituals simply for the comfort they offered. This lively exploration of rituals would have continued, had time not run out.

Rev. Usuki’s stated intention is to develop the talents of West LA temple members, and he has succeeded in doing so as shown by the efforts of Rick, Betty, and Yasuko.

BWA NEWS Dorothy Ikkanda

With just two months remaining, BWA mem-bers are urged to make an effort to attend the final meetings: November 20, Sunday, 12 noon December 18, Sunday, 1 pm

November 6 Sun 1:00 pm Exploring Medicare changes Speaker: Dianne Belli 11 Fri 7:30 pm SD Council Meeting Nov. Toban – refreshment 13 Sun 9:30 am Thanksgiving Service 2 00 pm Eitaikyo Service Speaker: Rev. J. Yanagihara 19 Sat 5:30 pm Buddhist Men Longevity Party

December 4 Sun 9:30 am Bodhi Day Service/Oseibo Rev. Seikan Fukuma Japanese Speaker 10 Sat Mochitsuki 11 Sun 8:00 am Temple/Garden Clean-up

November toban chair: Kazuko Seike December toban chair: Barbara Tanaka

You can’t be camera shy when Rev. Usuki’s around. He pops up here and there clicking away and the photos end up in the Bulletin. I, for one, find the addition of his photos a plus especially for those who are confined at home.

MEANING OF EITAIKYO SERVICE AND DONATION The Eitaikyo service is observed by most of the BCA temples in the state. It is usually held in November. Eitaikyo is an abbreviation of “Eitai Dokyo” which literally means the perpetual recitation of the sutras. It is a kind of memorial service to pay tribute to those who departed before us. Memorial services for the immediate family are held from time to time; however, af-ter the 50th memorial anniversary or if the be-reaved family is not of the Buddhist faith, memorial services are often not observed at all.

The donation to the Perpetual Eitaikyo Fund is to preserve the memory of the loved one forever at the temple. By donating to the Eitaikyo Fund, the deceased is remembered each year at the

Eitaikyo service. But the ultimate purpose of the Eitaikyo service is to listen to the wonderful Buddhadharma and pass it on to coming generations so that as long as human beings exist in this world, they can hear this Great Buddhadharma.

The Eitaikyo Fund is rigidly controlled and used for the preservation of the temple, espe-cially for the Onaijin (altar area), and even then only in extreme emergencies, and if used must be returned. It is not to be used for general temple maintenance. Your donation is greatly appreciated and the suggested amount of dona-tion at WLA Buddhist Temple is $200 or more per person.

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永代経

無常なるが故に 永代経とは永代読経の略で、お経を読み先亡者追悼の意思を末代まで伝えていこうとするのであります。永代経の勤めかたには二通りあって、一つは特定の先亡者一人に対するものと、もう一つには先亡者数人を総括して常む総永代経があります。浄土真宗の文献には今から三百三十四年前、第十四門主寂如上人（１６６２年）に執行された歴史があります。

永代経法要は寺院の財政的援助に貢献している行事の一つでもありましすが、真宗ではこの永代経法要お通し、お念仏のみ教えを伝える時と埸のご縁として、又聴聞をさせてえただく機会を与えられたのであります。

十一月には各寺院で「永代経法要」が勤修されますが、永代経懇志として懇念を運ばされた各施主の方々には、それそれの想いがかけられているに違ひありません。無常が 故に、いついつまでも仏縁が結びつづけられる様にとの念願、無常なるが故に、何とかして長くこの正法を護持せなくてはとの懇念。。。こうした施主の願を頂きます時、勤修される「永代経法要」が本当にありがたい勝縁と想われてなりません。

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FALL OHIGAN SERVICE Ohigan services are held in our Temple in both the Spring and Fall. They are important ser-vices, being two of the six major services held at our Temple every year. The other four are Ho-onko, Hanamatsuri, Obon, and Bodhi Day (Jodo-e). As you know, each of these have a special religious significance for us.

The Fall Ohigan Service was held on Sunday, September 18. In keeping with the meaning of Ohigan, for the first time the Temple sponsored an Ohigan Seminar, reported elsewhere in this Bulletin, on the day before the Service. This was the first project of the new WLA Buddhist Education Committee (BEC), reported elsewhere in this Bulletin.

The guest speaker for the Japanese portion of the Service program was Rev. Kouju Terada, a retired minister who is well known to our Japanese speaking members. The service was followed by the traditional hamburger lunch cooked up by the Buddhist Men. Two of them (Hidemi Ohkawahira on the left and Leo Ta-naka) are shown here serving up the ham-burger meat. If the meat looks a tad overcooked in the photo, rest assured that it’s the lighting and not their cooking. They all actually do a great job cooking, and one wonders whether they cook for their spouses at home…..or is it still Japanese style at home?

The Hamburger Lunch is a long tradition at WLA and everyone seems to enjoy it greatly, including the opportunity to sit down with fel-low members and just chat over a leisurely lunch.

The ladies organizations help the Men by making bowls of potato salad, some of which are visible in this shot of the buffet line. Recog-nizable from left to right in the foreground are Yeiko Yasuda, Toshiko Uyekubo, Marjorie Morikawa, Shizuko Hayashi, and Hatayo Shinto. If you have sharp eyes, Grace Fuji-moto is visible behind Marjorie Morikawa.

The last photo shows, from left to right, WLA member Hajime Nakagawa, Rev. Usuki, and Japanese guest speaker Rev. Terada having hamburgers together.

Mr. Nakagawa and Rev. Terada are old ac-quaintances from Shiga ken, and Mr Nakagawa kindly volunteered to drive Rev. Terada home after the lunch. The Temple appreciates Mr. Nakagawa’s assistance.

BUDDHIST MEN NEWS Party Time! The annual Longevity Party (for-merly Kanreki Party) will take place on Satur-day, November 19. According to Buddhist Men records, this year the following members will celebrate one of the auspicious birthday years of 60 (kanreki), 70 (koki), 77 (kiju), 80 (sanju), 88 (beiju), 90 (sotsuju), or 99 (hakuju):

77 Dr. Jack Fujimoto, Sho Matsumi

80 Sam Hada

88 Hiroshi Endo, Tom Ikkanda

90 Joe Hirabayashi

We are honored this year to have a member celebrating 90 years!

Our records may not be completely accurate. If we missed any member, please contact Pre-sident Mas Sasaki (477-9361) immediately.

The party will begin at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will feature barbecue-your-own steak or salmon. The dinner will be followed by Bingo with plenty of great prizes. All Buddhist Men mem-bers and their spouses are urged to attend. Also, Asoka Fujinkai and BWA members and their husbands have been invited. A nominal fee of $10 per person will be charged, except for those being honored and other special guests. Please call President Mas with your reserva-tions and choice of steak or salmon before Tuesday, November 15. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED to insure the proper quantity of steak and salmon is purchased.

TEMPLE CALENDAR Due to postal delivery problems, many of you have been receiving your Bulletin late. If you are, please stop by the temple to pick up a calendar.

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RALPHS MARKET TO CONTRIBUTE TO TEMPLE The temple has enrolled in the Ralphs Community Contribution Program that contributes cash to non-profit organizations for each dollar spent by its members at Ralphs. This is not like the old Script program where you had to buy scripts before you went shopping and redeem them at the store. It is much, much simpler.

To make this start working for us, Temple members with Ralphs Cards only have to register their card number once with the Temple Office. That’s all. By registering, Ralphs knows which non-profit organization is to be rebated for your purchases. The rebate amount is 4 - 5% depending on the total amount purchased by each WLA member. Please help your Temple by registering your card.

この度WLA仏教会ではラルフマーケット（Ralphs）が行うキャッシュバック、地域貢献活動のプログラムに参加する事になりました｡ WLA仏教会のリストに登録したメンバーがラルフマーケットで買い物をした総合金額に対して4-5% のキャッシュバックがお寺に入リます。WLAのメンバーの方、そしてお友達も誘ってラルフのカードのナンバーをお寺に登録してください｡宜しくお願い致します。

WLABT Mochitsuki 2005 December 10, 2005

Mochi Order Form The West LA Jr. YBA will be in charge of making mochi and okasane on Saturday, December 10, 2005. The cost of the mochi will be $2.50 per pound. The okasane will also be $2.50 per pound. To accommodate all orders, please order your mochi and/or okasane by December 5, 2005. Please make checks payable to “WLA Jr. YBA.” Please pay for your mochi order only. We will charge you for the okasane when you pick up your order. Mochi/okasane will be available for pick up between 12:30pm and 3:00pm on December 10. We appreciate the support you have given over the years and look forward to filling your mochi/okasane orders this year. We would also appreciate any help from the temple members. For more information, please call Jim Shimomaye at 310.210.2407. Please mail order forms and check by December 5 to: West LA Jr. YBA 2003 Corinth Avenue West Los Angeles, CA 90025 Please fill out the order form below and detach along the dotted line. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Name__________________________________Phone ( )______________________ Address________________________________Suite/Apt. No._____________________ City___________________________________State________Zip__________________ # of Mochi______________________________@ $2.50/lb. = $____________________ Okasane: Please indicate the quantity of each: SMALL (Base is 3” in diameter)_______________________ MEDIUM (Base is 4” in diameter)______________________ LARGE (Base is 5” in diameter)________________________

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NEWS CAPSULES

Other Temples’ Newsletters Available

Something new has been added to the meeting room/library behind the hondo area. On some of the bookshelves against the wall on the Temple Office side of the room, you will find a collection of newsletters from other temples of the BCA, the BCA monthly Wheel of Dharma, plus newsletters from selected non-BCA tem-ples. Both current and back issues (covering a limited period) are available for your reading. Drop in and take a look.

Social Hall Construction and Hondo Renovation Project Album Available

The biggest WLA expansion/renovation project of recent memory was the Social Hall Con-struction and Hondo Renovation Project com-pleted in June 1994. The late Bill Sakurai made a detailed photographic record of this project and created an album to preserve this record. The album was produced with Bill’s typical attention to detail and is a valuable historical resource for our Temple. Mrs. Yuki Sakurai, current Temple President, has presented this album as a gift to the Temple.

This is also now available for examination in the meeting room/library.

2005 Obon Photo Album Available

In the last issue of this Bulletin, we mentioned that George Oshimo has presented an album of photos he took at the 2005 WLA Obon Festi-val as a gift to the Temple. As most of you know, Mr. Oshimo does professional quality work, and we recommend you browse through this album which is also now available in the meeting room/library. Mr. Oshimo captured many WLA members in his photos, and you may be surprised to find yourself recorded for posterity in one of his shots.

Taiko Production Resumes

The WLA taiko program began roughly at the beginning of this year, and made its public de-but with its premiere performance at the 2005 WLA Obon Odori. A big part of this program was the production of taikos. Rev. Usuki, Ichiro Ouchi and Mas Sasaki basically shoul-dered this task, and achieved the phenomenal result of making ten taikos by Obon time. They are starting work on the next ten taikos, and would like additional volunteers to pitch in. Please call Rev. Usuki.

NOW THAT WE’RE GROWN UP…..WHAT? From an unknown issue of the Sunday Los Angeles Times

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NOVEMBER SHOTSUKI HOYO 7:30 pm Friday, November 4, 2005

Deceased: Remembered By: Ayako Nakagawa Reiko Nakamura Misao Nakagawa " " Kane Ota Kaoru Nakamura Tokizo Ota " " Frank Nakamura " " Toshio Arita Masako Ishioka Gonji Miyada Don Miyada Torazo Hatanaka Alan Hatanaka Kichinosuke Matsumoto Robert Matsumoto Shigeru Marumoto Tsutomu Marumoto Saichi Yoshidome Masahiro Yoshidome Kuni Ikeda Stanley Ikeda Shikanosuke Dote Fumiye Dote Yonezo Takemoto Betty Takahashi Akira Mukai Hajime Mukai Misu Nimori Shizuka Nimori Hozumi Ohigashi Yutaka Ohigashi Hirotoshi Nishida " " Shozo Shibata Hatsuo Kawasaki Hirokichi Tanimura Yoshinobu Migita Tamayo Kurauchi Chiyoko Kawashiri Tamaichi Oyanagi Tomoki Oyanagi Goro Maeda Barbara Ogawa Hatsuko Takata Tsuruo Takata Gosuke Morikawa Marjorie Morikawa Niichi Hada Michio Hada Kaoru Kitagawa Takao Iwamoto Matsuyo Nonoguchi Hajime Nonoguchi Tatsuyo Kakehashi Hideo Kakehashi Torao Miyake Emiko Kimura Sally Oshinomi Sandra Oshinomi Tomoko Masukawa Tamaso Masukawa Kyo Nishimoto Akira Nishimoto Ayako Tsuruzawa Yoshiko Iwashita Setsuko Deguchi Masako Nekoda Helen Yamaguchi Gary Yamaguchi Helen Yamaguchi Douglas Yamaguchi Helen Yamaguchi Susan Yamaguchi Helen Yamaguchi Nobu Misono Hiroshi Nagaoka Sachi Nagaoka Thomas Tanimura James Tanimura Masaru Terashita Masaaki Terashita Chiyoki Morita Tetsuo Morita Yaeko Onami Stanley Onami Yaeko Onami Janice Onami Chieru Yamaji Hideko Yamaji Yoshio Nakamura Emiko Nakamura Hideo Maruyama Masaye Maruyama Shinso Nakagawa Fujio Nakagawa Shinso Nakagawa Teresa Nakagawa Hiroshi Naramura Shizue Naramura Tsutomu Hata Miyoko Hata Sugae Murakami Katsumi Murakami Art Hada Sam Hada Anthony Yukawa Catherine Marshall Tozo Yahata Neal Yahata Tozo Yahata June Fujioka Osamu Watanabe Sadako Watanabe Yoshio Nagayama Yaeko Nagayama Juro Kurokawa John Kurokawa Chie Osumi William Osumi David Okita Judy Okita Helen Fujimoto Robert Fujimoto Jou Okitsu Kaye Okitsu Doris Kawaguchi Natsuto Kawaguchi Toshihiro Nomura Kumiko Nomura William Ishibashi Yoshiko Ishibashi Sueko Ige Stephanie Ige

DECEMBER SHOTSUKI HOYO 7:30 pm Friday, December 2, 2005

Deceased: Remembered By: Tobei Nakazaki Tony Nakazaki Tobei Nakazaki Chiyoko Nishina Shunichi Ikkanda Roy Ikkanda Shizuka Uyeda Ichiro Uyekubo Eiko Masuda Haruye Nakashima Shoichi Masuda " " Kenichi Masuda " " Eiko Masuda Yuriko Nunokawa Shoichi Masuda " " Kenichi Masuda " " Ayame Kiyohiro Shizue Kiyohiro Masao Yamauchi Sakiko Broeske Kanichi Nakamura Shuichi Nakamura Chokichi Koyama Shinkichi Koyama Guri Kamitsubo Harry Kamitsubo Masami Fujikawa Seigo Fujikawa Choichiro Kuroda Mike Hara Ren Miyata Tatsuye Miyata Kenny Suzuki Sumiye Suzuki Goichiro Nishida Ida Kaisaki Reigyu Miyada Don Miyada Masu Miyada " " Chiyono Tominaga Randy Tominaga Satsuo Fuchiwaki Mabel Tsukuda Kazuo Maruko " " Hideko Nakamura Kaoru Nakamura Juhachi Uchida Emi Amy Uchida Kei Toguchida Denise Louie Joe Tsuboi Aiko Tsuboi Ayano Noda Noriko Noda Shizuko Oshinomi Craig Oshinomi Shizu Hashimoto Jane Nitta Yukino Hayashida Kimiye Hayashida Muto Kawahara Takeshi Kawahara Tomiko Kosaka Miyuki Kosaka Tsune Sugimura Naoyuki Sugimura Ben Tamura Emiko Matsumoto Ben Tamura Akie Okui Frank Kawaguchi Masako Kawaguchi Kenji Shiosaki Donald Shiosaki Eric Kotake Nancy Kotake Chikano Nakamura Dick Nakamura Bunsuke Shinto Hatayo Shinto Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Yoshikazu Tanaka Sugi Kiriyama Taketo Kiriyama Yukiko Kimura Emiko Kimura Masatoshi Nimori Shizuka Nimori Satoichi Taniguchi Shizuichi Taniguchi Kiyoko Nakamura Shizuko Hayashi Glenn Abbott Alice Abbott Yoshiyuki Kofuku Noriko Matsumoto Ato Kofuku " " James Toya Marie Toya Yasuhiro Murayama Atsuko Murayama Tazu Ikkanda Tom Ikkanda Tazu Ikkanda John Ikkanda Sachiko Hayashi Midori Hayashi Joseph Dowdy Yukiko Dowdy Tom Niida Bob Niida Florence Bodnar Joseph Bodnar Florence Bodnar Jay Bodnar Margaret Yasuda Yeiko Yasuda Taijiro Asai Yaeko Asai Betty Hatanaka Alan Hatanaka Hite Ohkawahira Hidemi Ohkawahira Lilli Jeffers Louis Jeffers Takashi Minazumi Chiyoko Kawashiri Mary Kiyama Kumi Buettner Kameyoshi Takayama Gordon Takayama Hatsuko Nishikawa Linda Johnston Mae Muramatsu Jim Muramatsu Thomas Sakai Mabel Sakai

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SPECIAL DONATION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (NOTE: Special donations received and deposited in October and November 2005 will appear in the January-February 2006 issue.) August 2005

Craig Iwamoto Special donation 100.00 Hiro & Dorothy Nishimura In memory of Gregory Yamanaka 100.00 Joy Tomita Special donation, Obon raffle 10.00 Jimmy Tanimura Funeral for Mary Tanimura 150.00 Marie Toya In memory of James Toya, Craig Toya, Joanne Yamada 200.00 Alice Umeda 3rd year memorial for Masaru Sunada 300.00 Tussy Umeda 3rd year memorial for Masaru Sunada 100.00 Mabel Tsukuda In memory of Masaru Sunada 25.00 Shigeru Kamibayashi 1st year memorial for Roy Kamibayashi 200.00 BCA Southern District BBE Facility use 100.00 George Nakashima 1st year memorial for Jack Nakashima 100.00 September 2005 Ikebana Class Facility use 30.00 Sayo Sasaki 3rd year memorial for Tatsuo Sasaki 300.00 Sam Hada In memory of Tatsuo Sasaki 20.00 George Nakashima In memory of Jack Nakashima 100.00 Kyoko Kikuno 17th year memorial for Yoshio Kazumura 100.00 Tosh Ishioka 3rd year memorial for Masako Ishioka

33rd year memorial for Kosaburo Arita 300.00

Karen Tokubo 3rd year memorial for Masako Ishioka 100.00 Masami Shintaku Family 17th year memorial for Judy Shintaku 200.00 Yoshiharu Mochizuki 33rd year memorial for Shinsaku & Hama Mochizuki 100.00 Michiyo Ozaki 7th year memorial for Yukio Ozaki 150.00 Sekiko Kojima Funeral for Hisashi Kojima 300.00 Correction To our great embarrassment, in recent issues of the Bulletin errors were made in the name of the donor of a $50,000 gift to WLA Buddhist Temple. The correct name is Mr. Fred (“King”) Chishiki Watarida. The Bulletin deeply regrets this error.

SHOTSUKI HOYO ANNOUNCEMENT

Beginning in January 2006, the Shotsuki Hoyo Service date will be the first Saturday at 10:00 am. We are moving it from Friday evening so more people will be able to attend the service for their loved ones. We hope this will not inconvenience anyone.

祥月法要の日時変更のお知らせ。

2006 年度より、祥月法要の日時が毎月第一土曜日の午前１０時からに変わります。今年度までは第一金曜日の夜 7 時半からでしたが、土曜日の午前中に行うことによりさらに多くのご家族、お友達が、亡き人々を偲んでお集まり頂けることと思います。この変更が不便を生じずに、沢山の方々のお参りお待ち念じております。

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CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF:

MR. HISASHI KOJIMA 12/11/26 – 9/ 9/05

MRS. KIMI INABU

8/25/05 – 10/ 1/05 MR TOM MATSUOKA

2/15/05 – 10/ 3/05

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

NOVEMBER 2005 No Bulletin

Office hours: 10 am – 4 pm westlabt@verizon.net Phone: 310-477-7274 web site: wlabt.org

1 2 7:30 pm Taiko

3 1:00 pm Study Class (English)

4 7:30 pm Shotsuki Hoyo

5 7:30 pm Venice Westside Dance

6 9:30 am Sunday Service/Dharma School/ Study Class (E)

1 pm Medicare Part D (E) & (J) Speaker Dianne Belli

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8 10:00 am SD Ministers’ Meeting at Betsuin

9 107:30 pm Taiko

1:00 pm Study Class (English) 7:30 pm Buddhist Men Meeting

11 7:30 pm SD Council Meeting

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Both Services Speaker: Rev. Jim Yanagihara 13 9:30 am THANKSGIVING SUNDAY SERVICE/ DHARMA SCHOOL (E) Toban: Temple 2 pm EITAIKYO PERPETUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE (J)

147:30 pm Temple Board Meeting

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16 6:30 pm BEC Meeting 7:30 pm Taiko

171:00 pm Study Class (English)

18 7:00 pm

B i n g o

19 5:30 pm Buddhist Men Longevity Party

20 9:30 am Sunday Service/Dharma School/ Study Class (E)

12 Noon BWA Service and Meeting

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22

23 NO Taiko 7:30 pm Asoka Fujinkai Meeting

24Thanksgiving Holiday

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26

27 28 12 Noon 80 Plus Lunch

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307:30 pm Taiko

In the event of an emergency in the absence of Rev. Usuki, please call the temple office.

(310) 477-7274

Rev. Usuki Day Off

Rev. Usuki Day Off

Rev. Usuki Day Off

Rev. Usuki Days Off Temple closed

Temple closed Rev. Usuki Day Off

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

DECEMBER 2005 Office hours: 10 am – 4 pm Bulletin Folding Toban: Temple

Phone: 310-477-7274 website: wlabt.org westlabt@verizon.net NO BINGO; NO 80 PLUS LUNCH In the event of an emergency in the absence of Rev. Usuki, please call the office

1 1 pm Study Class (E)

2 3 7:30 pm Shotsuki Hoyo

4 5 9:30 am BODHI DAY SUNDAY SERVICE and OSEIBO TAIKAI followed by lunch Guest Speaker: Rev. Seikan Fukuma Toban: Dharma School

7:30 pm Temple Board Meeting

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7 7 pm Asoka Shrine Omigaki & Meeting 7:30 pm Taiko

8 1 pm Study Class (E) 7:30 pm Buddhist Men Meeting

9 10 8 am – 2 pm

Mochitsuki

118 am General Temple and Garden Clean-Up NO Service

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13 10 am SD Ministers’ Meeting at Betsuin

14 7 – 9 pm Taiko Party

15 1 pm Study Class (E)

16

17

18 NO Service 1 pm BWA Service and Meeting

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20

21 NO Taiko

22NO Study Class

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24

25

26

27

28 NO Taiko

29NO Study Class

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31 8 pm JOYA-E YEAR END SERVICE

Rev. Usuki Day Off

Rev. Usuki Day Off

Rev. Usuki Day Off

Rev. Usuki Days Off Temple closed

Rev. Usuki Day Off Temple closed