BUSSHIN NOVEMBER 2013 BUDDHIST CHURCH OF OAKLAND BUSSHIN

BUSSHIN NOVEMBER 2013 B U D D H I S T C H U R C H O F O A K L A N D

B U S S H I N NOVEMBER 2013

Volume 56 Number 11

Minister’s Message 1-2Message from our 1President Many Thanks 2 Alameda Food Bank 2DonationsKieshiki Application Form 3Buddhist Education News 4Momiji Kai 4Temple Tid-Bits 4Dharma School News 5BCO Holiday 6 Greetings Form Read a Good Book Lately? 7SACBC Bingo 7Long Range Vision 8for Our Church PropertyE Waste 8Jr. YBA News 9Newsroom OBWA 9Welcome: Doris Okano 10Ashland Howakai 10Baby Clothes Donations 102013 November Shotsuki 11 Memorial Service BCO Greeters 12December Busshin 12Deadline InformationHalloween Party 2013 12Calendar 13-14Japanese Section 15-17

IN THIS ISSUE

I am pleased to announce that Rev. Kodo Umezu, the Bishop of the

Buddhist Churches of America and past minister of the Buddhist Church of Oakland, will be the guest speaker at our Hoonko Service on Sunday, January 12, 2014. It may seem strange that I am writing about this now, but there is a reason: Rev. Umezu will also be conducting a Kieshiki Affirmation Ceremony earlier the same day.

Kieshiki refers to the ceremo-nial taking of refuge in the Three Treasures – that is, the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. One of the interesting things about taking ref-uge is that it can be done again and again. We may have been reciting it our entire lives at temple. Or, if we

didn’t grow up in a temple, we may find ourselves reciting it for the first time. But the Kieshiki Affirmation Ceremony is special – here, we explicitly gather to affirm our reverence of the Three Treasures and our commitment to walk the Path of the Buddha-Dharma. Those who take part also receive a Homyo, or Dharma Name (sometimes we also say Buddhist Name).

And this is why I am writing about this so early: we need to ask that those who wish to participate in the ceremony please fill out the application form on page 3 and return the form to the church by November 18th. The most important part is where it asks for you Continued on page 2

Kieshiki Affirmation Ceremony in January!By Rev. HaRRy Gyokyo BRidGe

Greetings! Fall is in full swing…the weather is changing as

well as the leaves. You can smell it in the air. I am elated to announce that we have a new administrative assistant, Doris Okano (See inter-view). Doris started on September 13 right in time to prepare the October Busshin. Boy did she get an initia-tion with that task; the photocopier broke down and the Busshin had to be sent out to be printed. Many of you already know Doris but if you

don’t, I’m sure you will enjoy work-ing with her.

We will have celebrated Keiro-kai by the time you are reading this. Congratulations to our new Keirokai members and best wishes to those who are already members. Hallow-een is coming up which is always a fun occasion. The Jr. YBA continues to scare us with their haunted house. Don’t eat too much candy!

In gassho, Linda Minamoto

Message from our PresidentBy Linda MinaMoto

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BUSSHIN NOVEMBER 2013

Kieshiki Affirmation Ceremony in January!Continued from front page

to provide a “favorite word or phrase” – I will use this to help decide on the kanji for the name. Think about something you like or something that is important to you in your life.

We look forward to seeing those who decide to participate in this long-overdue service – I have want-

ed to have a Kieshiki here for a while now, so I am very excited that it is finally happening! Look for more de-tails about the service in upcoming issues of the Busshin.

In gassho, Rev. Harry Gyokyo Bridge

It is always a gratifying experi-ence for me to be involved in

planning and coordinating a BCO event. Staying true to form, such was the case with the Obon Fes-tival in August. Experiencing the BCO community come together to support and continue this spiri-tual and cultural tradition of our church is very special and inspir-ing to me.

I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the countless number of individuals, Sangha members and friends of the Sangha, for your help and support. Your commit-ment and dedication contribut-ed to a successful and fun Obon Festival. Thank you to the Obon chairpersons, because it is with your leadership that we continue to have such an awesome event.

While the large number of volunteers does not allow me to recognize each of you individu-ally, I hope you don’t mind if I give a “shout out” to a few folks. I wish to thank those who assisted our dancers dress for the odori; Keiko Allen, Christine Kantor,

Patti Hisaoka, Ruby Kuritsubo, Chino Nishimoto, and Kimiko Suzuki. Many thanks to Earl Ut-surogi for his generous donation of the hamburger and hot dog buns, not only for Obon but also for the Nikkoland Bazaar. And, we can’t thank Val Otsuka and Tak Otsuka enough for the impor-tant roles they play; Val for plan-ning and conducting the Obon practices and Tak for keeping the practices on track and for assisting with refreshments.

We extend our gratitude to all those who made our Obon Festival such a special event through their performances, demonstrations, and exhibits, including Madam Suiyo Fujimoto and her stu-dents from the Ohara School of Ikebana for the beautiful ikebana arrangements; Madam Soga Fuji-moto whose tea ceremony group provided a demonstration of this elegant ceremony; Shirley Mura-moto and the students from the Shirley Muramoto Koto Studio for their wonderful koto perfor-mance; Eden Aoba Taiko group

with their invigorating taiko drum performance; and the San Jose Chidori Band who treated us to their musical performances before and during the odori.

I think at times we forget that once the Obon Festival is over, there is still much to do to clean up in the social hall, kitchen, and Issei Kaikan. I wish to extend our deepest appreciation to those who helped with the clean up effort on the Monday and Tuesday follow-ing Obon including John Mina-moto, Reverend Michael Endo, Karen Hashimoto, Namie Naito, Ruby Kuritsubo, Bobby Oza-wa, Linda Minamoto, June Ma-suyama, Teresa Jackson, Gayle Noguchi, Robert Noguchi, Ron Nomura, Kiyomi Nomura, Gary Tominaga, Anne Tominaga, Val Otsuka, Tak Otsuka, and Kiyo-shi Fujio. My apologies if I have unintentionally left someone off the list.

Again, many thanks to each and every one of you and thanks for allowing me to be a part of the wonderful BCO community!

Many ThanksBy Jon takaGaki

Do you Dana?

The Alameda County Food Barrel awaits your canned goods for the hungry families in our community. Thank you for your contributions year round. Hunger has no season.

Please print

APPLICATION FOR KIESHIKI AFFIRMATION

CEREMONY

Temple affiliation:________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________________

Last Name First Name Middle Name

Address_________________________________________________________________

Street City State

Age:______ Date of Birth____________ Male / Female Telephone:______________

(circle)

Name of parent or guardian_______________________________________ (if under 12)

Favorite word or phrase (English or Japanese) chosen by member for Homyo:

__________________________________________

* * * * * * * * * *

Homyo Selection: To be completed/selected by Resident/Supervising Minister following

discussions with applicant.

Homyo (Kanji):________ Reading:___________________ Meaning:_______________

_________________________________________

Signature of applicant

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Coming up:Saturday, October 26th, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Study Class with Reverend Harry Gyokyo Bridge. Free and open to all adults and young adults interested in Buddhism. Newcomers welcome!

Sunday, November 10th at 10:00 a.m.Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service. Please join us for this special opportunity to commemorate the lives of the pioneering ministers and sangha members who laid the foundation for sharing the path of nembutsu in America. Also on Sunday, November 10th, following the Eitaikyo Service 11:30 a.m:Life Enrichment Workshop: The Foods and Traditions of Oshogatsu (New Year’s). Learn about the foods and traditions of this important holi-day! Be inspired to carry on these meaningful ways to celebrate. Rev. Michael Endo will share another favorite dish with us. Kathy Terusaki will conduct a “hands-on” workshop on how to roll maki-zushi. If you would like to participate in the hands-on makizushi rolling, please let us know at [email protected] or call 510-832-5988 so we can be sure to have enough ingredients on hand.

Wednesday, November 13th, 7:00-8:30 p.m.Can’t make it to church on Sundays? Join us for our monthly Evening Dharma Service and Discussion with Reverend Bridge. The evening concludes with light refreshments in the Social Hall.

AT THE JODO SHINSHU CENTER (2140 DURANT AVE. BERKELEY, BETWEEN SHATTUCK & FULTON)Sat-Sun October 26-27, 11:00a.m.-4:30p.m.Ohara School of Ikebana, No. CA Chapter - Autumn Ikebana Exhibit. If you missed their last exhibit held at the JSC, do not miss this one! Absolutely exquisite displays of Ikebana arrangements. Free and open to the public.

Buddhist Education News By GayLe noGucHi

As previously published, Thurs-day September 19th was movie

day for the Momiji kai members and friends. “Farewell to Man-zanar,” brought back much mixed emotional memories for those of us who experienced the unpleas-antness of having been herded into the concentration camps due to our heritage during World War II.

Several members did not expe-rience the camp life as they were either living or caught in Japan at the time and others had evacuated inland.

According to Yas Aoki who somehow became involved in the project, the rioting portion of the film was made at Camp Park in Dublin, CA now renamed Alameda County jail. He also stated that most of the filming took place in Alame-da and Marin Counties. Comments heard after the showing were that the film was interesting. I believe it was more so for the first time at-tendees who were unable to experi-ence the so-called camp life.

At this time the Momiji kai wishes to extend sincere thanks and appreciation to our Rev, Bridge for his technical expertise, to Fuzy Yo-shida for the loan of the film and also for purchasing the refresh-ments, to Yas Aoki for his input, to Mae Kleven and Mrs. Uota for setting up the refreshments and to everyone else who took the time to attend the showing, we thank you.

The year 2013, is fast coming to a close. We are in the process of planning our next event. In the meantime we wish you all a “Happy Halloween”.

Momiji Kai NewsBy nancy yaMaMoto

Please welcome new Keirokai members, Mrs. Agnes Sasaki

and Mrs. Tama Koda.A Big Thank You to the work

crew for installing the new white-

board in the church office. Thanks to George Kamita, Maya Lawer-ence, Gary Lawerence, Scott Mor-gan, Ron Nomura, Tak Otsuka, Jon Takagaki, and Norm Yoshida.

TEMPLE TID-BITS

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Dharma School News...By Maya LawRence

Happy Halloween to you all! Sep-tember slipped away so quickly

– and now it is time for Halloween and our Halloween Party! But first, the Dharma School thanks the won-derful parents and friends who or-ganized our Back to School lunch. Donna Castro supervised our great volunteers: Ron Nomura, Gary Lawrence, Tak Otsuka, Jon Mina-moto, Daisy Tsujimoto, Martha Castro, Kathy Terusaki, Patty His-aoka, Jeff Hisaoka, Gary Tomina-ga, Jon Takagaki and Rev. Bridge. A special thank you to Ron Fujii for donating the wonderful fruit, and to Daisy Tsujimoto who donated the watermelon. Everybody pitched in for the clean up. Thank you, thank you.

The Dharma School families cleaned our classrooms and did a fabulous job. No more giant dust bunnies on the stairs. Thank you to the Nomura, Yoshida, Castro, Ikeda, Morgan, Takemoto, Wong, Lee, Kamita, Medina, Liang,

Yamamura, Masamori and Cho Families for pitching in. (Please let me know if I inadvertently left some-one out.) Thank you to Ron Nomura for fixing the hanging light fixture in one of the classrooms.

We want to thank Eric Ikeda (Grant and Madison’s dad) for put-ting up the white boards in our class-rooms. They look very nice – and yeah! – no more chalk dust.

Thank you to all the Sangha for their dana at the Bishops’ Memorial Service. Your Osaisen is given to the Buddhist Churches of America’s (BCA) Endowment Fund for the many programs that the BCA spon-sors.

The Dharma School students have been working on their gift to the Keirokai members. This year we decorated insulated water bot-tle holders. Each student made their own designs, so all the Keiro members have unique canvas water bottle holders. We want to keep you HYDRATED!!

We are continuing our theme of Mindfulness with our classes. Mind-fulness is one part of the Eight Fold Noble Path. We hope to provide a tool for our families to handle stress, to breathe, and to feel peace in themselves.

The Dharma School excursion this year is a visit to the Explorato-rium in San Francisco on October 6. We’ll tell you all about it in the next Busshin.

Thank you to the following do-nors. We appreciate your contribu-tions to the Dharma School Pro-grams.

Lianne and Jensen Wong in celebration of Sydney Wong’s birth-day

Gail Tsujimoto-Cho and An-drew Cho in celebration of Alyssa Cho’s birthday

Shig and Namie Naito – In ap-preciation

George and Christine Kamita in celebration of Glenn’s and Gar-rett’s birthdays

Kiyomi Nomura – in celebra-tion of her good luck

A special Happy Birthday to Glenn Kamita! He is such a good sport, that even when I called his brother’s name instead of his on Birthday Sunday, and put his broth-er’s name in the Busshin, he forgave me.

Happy birthday to our students born in Octo-ber:Mia Li, James Toyofuku, Brittany Nakamura,

Cameron Owoc.Wishing you all the best!

HOLIDAY GREETINGS 2013-2014

年始挨拶を交換しましょう 2013年の親春も近ずいていまいりました。当仏教会では仏心新年号で恒例の年始挨拶交換をいたします。申し込み欄に年賀の挨拶の言葉を書き入れ、十一月十九日（月）までに仏教会事務所にお届けください。写真（白黒）も入れることができます。これに対するお礼はご懇志として仏教会にお納めくださるようお願い申し上げます。

合掌オークランド仏教会年始交換員会

門信徒の皆様へ Your church is now beginning preparations of the 2013-14 "Holiday Greetings" in which we are given the opportunity to extend our personal greetings to all our friends and church family members. As in the past, the purpose of the holiday greetings is to assist you in extending your holiday wishes to your church family during the holiday season. Utilizing this church service does not detract from the spirit of the individual cards you would be sending. Your dana for this service adds to the Roof Renovations Fund. Your message may be in any shape or form -- long or short as you please. If you desire, a clear black and white photo of your family and/or pet(s) may be included. Of course, photos will have to be cut and/or reduced or enlarged in order to utilize the available space. If you would like to advertise your business, send in your business card...BUT ABOVE ALL, BE SURE TO SIGN YOUR NAME(S). Won't you join us in this church family project? Please fill out the form below and mail it back to the church by no later than MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013. This will give the committee ample time to organize, finalize, print and collate the issue and mail it in time for the New Year. MAIL TO: BUDDHIST CHURCH OF OAKLAND 825 JACKSON STREET OAKLAND, CA 94607-4723 ATTN: HOLIDAY GREETINGS With Gassho, Holiday Greetings Committee = = = = = = = = = cut here = = = = = = = = = "HOLIDAY GREETINGS 2013-14"

MESSAGE: ENCLOSURE: (please check) __ PHOTO __ BUSINESSCARD DANA: $ __________ NAMES

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Jeff Hisaoka was intrigued by this title The Evil Person. He

found a lot to think about in this seemingly small book. Jeff deliv-ers a summary that is clearly a Shin Buddhist Dharma Talk. Thank you, Jeff.

The Evil Person by Shuichi MaidaIf Buddhism were a profes-

sional wrestling organization, then Shuichi Maida’s 20-essays collection The Evil Person is the ultimate “heel” (pro wrestling’s label for the villain). Maida’s ideas practically annihilate the squeaky-clean “face” (pro wres-tling’s label for the hero) called the Golden Chain, whose “think pure and beautiful thoughts, say pure and beautiful words and do pure and beautiful deeds” rhetoric warrants such a punish-ing smackdown. Unlike the one-sided Golden Chain, The Evil

Person encourages us to embrace our inner bad guy or “heel.”

Maida acknowledges the need to have “genuine trust” so that we may awaken to the Dharma. Nowadays, people are more divided because of what we know and believe, and this gap seems to expand quickly rather than close slowly. Maida argues, “Smartness is a discriminating mind. The smart are interested in distinguishing good from bad. As long as you discriminate like this, you always attempt to choose only good qualities and reject bad qualities” (38). This quote implies that Mr. or Mrs. Smart can do no wrong, so his or her ideas and beliefs are the proper order; therefore, anybody who is not liked by the smart people are simply not tolerated. “Genuine trust,” however, “unconditionally accepts not only a person’s good qualities but also his bad quali-

ties,” and “acknowledges that his bad qualities are the source and basis of his good qualities” (37). This is not encouragement to commit bad deeds or think nega-tive thoughts, but rather an en-couragement to not feel ashamed about having bad or negative traits. It is the person who is at peace with his or her own futility as a human being who is truly the “evil person.”

Shuichi Maida’s essays encourage us to see truthfulness, which happens when we ignore the difference between good and evil. Life may be easier when we determine what is good and what is bad, but it’s not fair to others or ourselves to judge what is right or wrong. It’s only human to not like certain things, but “genuine trust” awakens us to truthfulness; this two-fold awakening is the ultimate goal of Buddhism.

Read a Good Book Lately?Review By Jeff Hisaoka

SACBC BINGO – September 6, 2013

Last month, we held the first of two fundraisers, coordinating

Friday night BINGO at Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church (SACBC) in Union City. The eve-ning was well-attended (over 200 players) raising $500 for BCO! I’d like to thank the following volun-teers for coming out to help: Yo Kawabata, Jean Nakao, Dorothy Yanagi, Shelly Schell, Lu Zhang, Valerie Otsuka, Linda Minamoto,

Tak Otsuka, Clare Kaneshige, Gary Kawabata, Ron Nomura, Breda Sampson, Don Kaneshige, Harry Bergland, Jerry Medina, Charlotte Schell and Robert No-guchi.

I’d also like to thank those who donated baked goods for the eve-ning’s snack bar: Digger and Agnes Sasaki, Maya Lawrence, Harry Bergland, Jon Takagaki, Pam Kato, Jean Nakazono, Daisy Tsuji-

moto, Ruby Kuritsubo, and Linda Minamoto.

Our second and last BINGO fundraiser for 2013 is scheduled for Friday, November 15th from 4:30pm at SACBC. If you’d like to volunteer to help that evening (and/or bake), please contact Robert Noguchi at [email protected] or through the Church office.

P.S. Our first BINGO date for next year is Friday, May 2, 2014!

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Long-Range Vision for Our Church Property

An Ad-Hoc Committee of the Board and interested Sangha

members has been formed to pursue discussions on a long-term vision for the Church’s property.

An impetus for this effort has been the current community discus-sions that are occurring as a result of the redevelopment of the Lake Merritt BART Station and the City of Oakland’s Specific Planning pro-cess. The focus of those community discussions have been around the development of a Transit-Oriented Development (T.O.D.) in the China-town neighborhood. Another factor spurring this effort has been the on-going concern for maintenance and up-keep for the Apartment Building. The residential structure has failing infrastructure (plumbing, heating, emergency egress, roof) which has required significant investment to keep the building in working order over the past several years. Further-more, if investments were made in its upgrade it would trigger ADA-compliancy issues.

A broad statement for the goal of Visioning a plan for the Church’s property is under development. As a beginning point, this Mission state-ment is, “to improve the Church’s

property to support the Church’s Sangha and the broader communi-ties in which the Church is a part of (e.g. the East Bay JA/Asian Ameri-can community; the Oakland Chi-natown neighborhood community, etc.) through development of facili-ties that support the multi-genera-tional needs of these communities.”

A Wish List of desired facilities might include:• Affordableandmarket-ratehous-

ing to replace the current Apart-ment Building. We would look to experts to help define an appro-priate unit mix within the context of the church community and the neighborhood.

• Classroom/meeting rooms to re-place and add to the number/square footage we have currently in the Issei Kaikan.

• Gymnasium/Hall (volleyball-bas-ketball) w/ kitchen facilities; toilets as required

• Parking(toreplacecurrentnum-ber PLUS any added requirement from new housing and other uses incorporated into the develop-ment.)

• Storage space (replacing current storage within the Issei Kaikan building and container storage

units w/in the parking lot be-hind the church; additional stor-age as can be accommodated.) • Outdoorbarbecuearea• Garden / Open space / Festival

space • New entry/connection with

existing Temple building • Possible commercial/retail/office

space for affiliated organizations; convenience shopping for resi-dents.

The process is still in a very preliminary state. Much has yet to be determined. Among the issues include input and comment by the BCO Community; the feasibility of consolidating parcels on the block; from where and how much might be required to finance development; and the availability and interest of development partners who might share our vision for the property. These are only a few.

If you have comments and would like more information about the process, or would like to be actively involved in the process, please contact Steve Terusaki through the Church Office, or by email at: <[email protected]>

The BCO has joined EWASTE 4 GOOD, a group that collects E WASTE and recycles it! The company then gives the BCO a portion of the proceeds. E WASTE is basically anything electronic that you want to get rid

of: TV’s, computers, fax machines, copiers, cell phones, small appliances, speakers, scanners, vacuum cleaners, video games, power tools, stereos. Members of the church can schedule a pick-up by calling 1-800-317-3112 or by going on-line to www.eWaste4good.com. EWASTE4GOOD will pick up from your home for free. Your pick-up time may vary a few days, depending on their schedule. In addition to being a fund-raiser for the church, you are also recycling equipment and keeping it out of land-fills. That is good for everybody!! Flyers are available at church. You can also contact Maya Lawrence ([email protected]) if you have questions.

E Waste

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Silent Auction

Thank you to the following for their most generous donations:

•Yoshisato Family in memory of mother, Evelyn•Mrs. Namie Naito• Jeff & Meri Lane (bidders on the OBWA Silent Auction Baked Goods)

Thank you to the following:•Ruby Kuritsubo, May Kleven, Sachi Nakamura and Donna Castro for Omigaki cleaning• Toban“B”forassistingwithJuly Shotsuki refreshments•AllwhocameoutforObonprep•Karen Hashimoto, Namie Naito, Ruby Kuritsubo, June Masuyama, Linda Minamoto and Gayle Noguchi for cleaning after Obon• Toban “C” for August Shotsuki refreshments

Card Making Workshops will be held on the following Fridays at 10 a.m: Oct. 18th, and Nov. 22nd. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

On Sunday, November 17th – OBWA will have a special pre-sentation by Norman and Kathy Yoshida of Hanko Designs. They specialize in Asian rubber stamps, washi paper, punches, charms, card stock and much more. We encour-age all to come and take a look at their “goodies.”

We will also have a “make and take” for the first 20 sign ups. If you would like to make a few cards and take them home, sign up at the church.

Newsroom OBWABy Patti Hisaoka

The Jr. YBA has begun activities for the 2013-2014 year, and we have certainly hit the ground running.The Spaghetti Feed, which will be on November 3rd at

11:30AM-1:00PM, is a fundraiser where we will be selling spaghetti for lunch at the church. You can enjoy lunchtime eating with other church members, family, and friends. In addition, the profits will support the Jr. YBA’s activities for the rest of the year, so please do come if possible.

On the weekend of November 9th and 10th, the Jr. YBA will be at the Central California Conference in Fresno. This conference will give us the opportunity to meet young Buddhists like us from other chapters in California.

On October 26th, we will stay at church overnight preparing the haunted house for the next day. On October 27th, the Jr. YBA will put on the annual Halloween Party.

Finally, we proudly present our 2013-2014 Jr. YBA Cabinet. The Cabinet includes Grant Tominaga and Kyle Wong as Co-Presidents, Brittany Nakamura as Vice President, Tamiko Cavey as Recording Secretary, Kiyomi Nomura as Corresponding Secretary, Ryan Wong as Treasurer, Matthew Li as Religious Chairperson, Alex Wilson as Activities Chairperson, and Erika Medina and Casey Yamamura as Historians.

After a solid start to the year, we are definitely looking forward to the rest of 2013-2014!

Jr. YBA NewsBy casey yaMaMuRa

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Ashland Howakai held its first service of the year, Fall Ohigan

on September 15th, followed by otoki. The Service was conducted by Reverend Bridge and chaired by Dorothy Yanagi. We welcomed new members; Kimiko Matsumo-to, James & Alice Yokomizo and the Uyeno family of Steve, Melis-sa, Aria and Akiko. We thank the following for contributions:M/M Dave DentMrs. Matsuye HaradaMrs. Toshiye HasegawaM/M Curt KawabataMr. Gary KawabataMrs. Yo KawabataMrs. Ruby KuritsuboMrs. Kumiko MatsumotoM/M Shig NaitoMrs. Jean NakaoMrs. Jean NomuraMrs. Sylvia NomuraMrs. Susan OkanoMr. Jerry SakamotoM/M Digger SasakiM/M James TsuruiMrs. Jane TsushimaM/M Steve UyenoRev & Mrs. H. YamaokaMrs. Dorothy YanagiM/M James Yokomizo

The next service will be on Sunday, October 20th at 5:00 pm.

In gassho, Curt Kawabata

Ashland HowakaiBy cuRt kawaBataWelcome to our new person in the office:

Doris Okano

Occupation: Administrative Assistant –Buddhist Church of OaklandOffice Assistant – Hayward Arts Council, Foothill Gallery

What do you enjoy about your job/status? Helping others and interacting with people.

City you live in: Castro Valley

Children: Son, Alex Wilson – 17 years old

Related to other church members? Who & how? Susan Okano – Mother; Eric & Delia Ikeda – brother-in-law & sister

Favorites:Food: Popeye’s Southern Fried ChickenHobbies: Walking, readingVacation destination: Umbria, ItalyMovie: 13 Assassins, Directed by Takashi MiikeBook: Eleven Rings – The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson

What’s on your “bucket list”: City of Lights, Paris, France Canadian Rockies by Rail, Banff, Jasper, Learn to play Mahjong

What is the one thing most people don’t know about you? I enjoy painting desserts. Cupcakes, ice cream floats, and pie.

What do you hope the Board can accomplish while you are a mem-ber? I hope we can continue to generously support church mem-bers and our local community.

The Oakland Buddhist Women’s Association (OBWA) is collecting baby clothes to donate to the Asian Health Services of Oakland,

a non-profit agency serving low income families in Alameda County. It can be difficult to part with these precious mementos of the past, but families in need will deeply appreciate your dana. Please leave them in the container marked “Baby Clothes” in the church foyer by Sunday, December 8th.

Please donate Baby Clothes

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2013 November Shotsuki Memorial ServiceService: Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 10:45 a.m. Sermon by Reverend Harry Gyokyo Bridge

Family and friends are invited to attend this monthly memorial service for those listed below. If any errors appear in the list below, please notify the church office at (510) 832-5988 at your earliest convenience. For next month’s Shotsuki Service, please see the December calendar.

Mr. Isaburo AdachiMr. Shikanosuke AjariMrs. Tomoye Aoki-JohnsonMrs. Fumiye Endo – 33rd yearMrs. Nao EndoMr. Katsumi FujiiMrs. Yuki FujiiMrs. Nancy Louie FujikawaMrs. Shitoyo FujinamiMiss Chieko FurutaMr. Larry FurutaMrs. Sumiye Hiramoto GluckMr. Rihachi GotoMrs. Katsu HaradaMrs. Miyako HatakeyamaMr. Tom HayashidaMrs. Judie HirabayashiMr. Mitsuru HiraiMr. Mamoru HirotaMr. Masakichi HirotaMrs. Kikuno HondaMr. Tokuno HondaMrs. Kotshi HoriMr. Masaru IdeMr. Akira KanagakiMrs. Chiyo KanekoMr. Haruto KanekoMrs. Miharu KanekoMrs. Ida KanesakiMr. Hyosuke KawahataMrs. Harue KiharaMr. Gunichi KimuraMrs. Seki KomodaMr. Kiyoshi Kuritsubo – 33rd yearMr. Torasaburo MasudaMr. Vernon MatsuiMrs. Grace MisakiMrs. Tori MisumiMr. Chikamitsu MitsudaMr. Hanzo Miyazaki

Mr. Kikuo MizuharaMr. Ichihei MizusakiMr. George MoriMr. Jotaro MoriMr. Ray Yoshiro Morishita – 7th yearMr. Rokuzo Morishita – 50th yearMr. William MuranishiMr. Katsutaro NagaoMiss Tokie NajimaMrs. Mitsuko NakagawaMr. Roy NakagawaMr. Shotaro NakamuraMr. Saichi NakaoMr. Utaka NakaoMrs. Tomiko NakataniMrs. Hideko NakazonoMr. Akira NarasakiMr. Yoshio NegiMrs. Yuriko NiizawaMrs. Shizuko NishioMrs. Chiyono NomiyamaMr. Fukuju NomiyamaMrs. Masano Nomiyama – 50th yearMrs. Matsuno NomiyamaMr. Mitsuru NomiyamaMr. Chiyomatsu NomuraMr. Fred Nomura – 33rd yearMiss Irene NomuraMrs. Masae NomuraMr. Genkichi OgiMr. Kansuke OgiMrs. Mine OgiMr. Shingo OgiharaMr. Jitsuo OharaMr. Keisaburo OkaMr. Kiyoshi OkemotoMr. Yoshitaka OnikiMr. Katsujiro OnizukaMrs. Kusue SaikaMrs. Hiroko Sakamoto

Mrs. Su’e SakamotoMr. Masaji SatoMr. Yoshimatsu SetaBaby ShibataMr. Harry ShibataMr. Gene SiuMr. Torataro SumimotoMr. Kenji SuyetsuguMrs. Sumi TajiriMrs. Kazumi TakahashiMr. Fukutaro TakashimaMrs. Nakae TakashimaMr. Kazuma TakataMr. Shinobu TakeshimaMrs. Sumiko TakeshimaMr. Hideo TamoriMr. Ichijiro TanakaMr. Shizuo Tanaka – 3rd yearMrs. Ren TanakaMrs. Tameyo TanakaMr. Takeso TaniguchiMrs. Tora TaniguchiMrs. Kasumi TojiMrs. Mary Tonai – 3rd yearMr. Genjuro TsujimotoMr. Yoshikusu TsujimotoMrs. Konoye UtsurogiMr. Tom UtsurogiMr. Sho WakabayashiMr. Sam Watahara – 25th yearMr. Goichiro WatanabeMrs. Tokiye WatanabeMs. Susan WongMrs. Akiye YamabeMrs. Koito YamamotoMr. Kaoru YamamotoMrs. Yoshi YamaokaMrs. Tsuru YamashitaMrs. Clara Yokoyama – 13th yearGrandmother Yoshioka

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BCO Greeters Needed

Isn’t it always nice to be greeted with a smile and a welcome? It

makes one feel valued and cared for, whether you are a long time Sangha member or a new comer to Buddhism. A greeter need only be welcoming and ready to intro-duce a new comer, share a little about our church (we do have pamphlets to give out) and give a new comer some help with our service – large purple book, small purple book and blue binder can be very confusing! We have some folks signed up to be greeters, but we still could use some more help. Please feel free to write your name on the board beside the coffee machine and any of the “veterans” would be glad to

answer questions. As a special bonus, Maya Lawrence will make you a name badge!!

p.s. The act of greeting others will make you feel really good too!!These are our future greeters and as you can see there are spots to fill.

Date Occasion Greeter 1 Greeter 2

10/13/13 Keirokai Gayle Inada Joyce Yokomizo

10/20/13 Family Service Jeff Suda Linda Minamoto

10/27/13 Halloween Gary Lawrence Jon Takagaki

11/3/13 Family Service Norm Abrahamson

11/10/13 Eitaikyo June Masuyama Harry Bergland

11/17/13 Family Service Linda Minamoto

11/24/13 Family Service

12/1/13 Family Service

12/8/13 Bodhi Day Jon Takagaki

1/5/14 Family Service Doris Okano

1/12/13 Ho-Onko

DEADLINE FOR DEC 2013 BUSSHIN ARTICLES: November 1st

Articles submitted after this date may not be printed. Send articles to Joyce Yokomizo: email: [email protected] or fax: (415) 970-0810

You can also send articles to the church office.

BUSSHIN COLLATION : Sunday, November 17, 2013 by OBWA

Join us for a ghoulishly Happy Halloween at

church, right after service, on October 27. Prizes, games, and pizza lunch

will be served.

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2013 November Busshin CalendarFriday, November 1 Busshin articles dueHiroshima Kenjinkai Board meeting, Social Hall, 12:30-3:30 pm

Saturday, November 2Gakuen Issei Kaikan, 9:00-12:00 pmEBYAL Coaching Clinic, Main Hall, 1:00-3:30 pm

Sunday, November 3OBWA meeting, 9:00-10:00 amFamily Dharma Service, 10:00-10:45 amShotsuki Service, 10:45-11:30 amJR. YBA SPAGHETTI FEED LUNCHEON, 11:30-1:00 PM

Monday, November 4Line Dancing, Social Hall, 1:00-2:00 pmKaraoke, Social Hall, 7:30-9:30 pm

Wednesday, November 6Board of Directors Meeting, Little Chapel, 7:00 pm

Thursday, November 7Momijikai, Little Chapel, 10:00 am-2:00 pmGakuen (Adult), Issei Kaikan, 6:30-8:30 pm

Saturday November 9Gakuen Issei Kaikan, 9:00-12:00 pmIkebana, Social Hall, 2:00-4:00 pm

Sunday, November 10Etaikyo Service, 10:00-11:30 am, Refreshments Toban B, 11:30-1:00 pmYouth Club Uniform Distribution,, Issei Kaikan, 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Monday, November 11 Wanto Shodo Kai, Issei Kaikan, 10:00-12 NoonLine Dancing, Social Hall, 1:00-2:00 pmKaraoke, Social Hall, 7:30-9:30 pm

Tuesday, November 12EBYAL, Issei Kaikan, 7:30-9:00 pm

Wednesday, November 13Evening Dharma Service & Discussion, 7:00-8:30 pm

Thursday, November 14 Gakuen (Adult), Issei Kaikan, 6:30-8:30 pmConcord Howakai, 7:00-8:30 pm

Friday, November 15 SACBC Bingo Volunteer Night, 5:00 pm

Saturday, November 16 Gakuen Issei Kaikan, 9:00-12:00 pm

Sunday November 17 Family Dharma Service, 10:00-10:45 amAdult Study, 10:45-11:30 amBusshin Collation-OBWAAshland Howakai, 5:00-6:30 pm

Monday, November 18 Line Dancing, Social Hall, 1:00-2:30 pmKaraoke, Social Hall, 7:30-9:30 pm

Tuesday, November 19 Oakland Fukuoka Sister City Association, General Meeting, Issei Kaikan, 7:00-8:30 pm

Thursday, November 21 Momijikai, Little Chapel, 10:00-2:00 pmGakuen (Adult), Issei Kaikan, 6:30-8:30 pmBusiness Committee Meeting, Little Chapel, 7:00-9:00 pm

Saturday, November 23 Gakuen Issei Kaikan, 9:00-12:00 pm

Sunday, November 24 Family Dharma Service, 10:00-10:45 amAdult Study, 10:45-11:30 am

Monday, November 25 Wanto Shodo Kai, Issei Kaikan, 10:00-12 NoonLine Dancing, Social Hall, 1:00-2:00 pmKaraoke, Social Hall, 7:30-9:30 pm

Thursday, November 28 Office Closed

Friday, November 29Office Closed

Saturday, November 30 No Gakuen

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2013 December Busshin CalendarSunday, December 1Busshin articles dueFamily Dharma Service, 10:00-10:45 amAdult Study, 10:45-11:30 am

Monday, December 2 Line Dancing, Social Hall, 1:00-2:00 pmKaraoke, Social Hall, 7:30-9:30 pm

Wednesday, December 4Board of Directors Meeting, Little Chapel, 7:00 pm

Thursday, December 5 Gakuen (Adult), Issei Kaikan, 6:30-8:30 pm

Saturday, December 7 Gakuen Issei Kaikan, 9:00-12:00 pm

Sunday, December 8 OBWA Meeting, 9:00-10:00 amBodhi Day Service, 10 am, Shotsuki Service, 11 amOBWA Bonnenkai, 12 noon

Monday, December 9Line Dancing, Social Hall, 1:00-2:00 pm

Tuesday, December 10EBYAL, Issei Kaikan, 7:30-9:00 pm

Wednesday, December 11 Evening Dharma Service & Discussion, 7:00-8:30 pm

Thursday, December 12Gakuen (Adult), Issei Kaikan, 6:30-8:30 pm

Saturday, December 14Gakuen Issei Kaikan, 9:00-12:00 pmAnko Prep, 9:00-NoonIkebana, 2:00 pm

Sunday, December 15MOCHITSUKI, 6:00 am – 6:00 pm

Thursday, December 19 Gakuen (Adult), Issei Kaikan, 6:30-8:30 pm

Saturday, December 21No Gakuen

Sunday, December 22 NO SERVICE

Wednesday, December 25 OFFICE CLOSED

Saturday, December 28 No Gakuen

Sunday, December 29 Temple Clean-Up, 9:00 am

Tuesday, December 31 New Year’s Eve Service, 8:00 pm

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