Jodo Mission Bulletin - October 2012

Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.

Honolulu HI 96814

Address Service Requested

Bazaar

Bazaar will be held on Sunday, October 28, 2012

(8:00am –2:00pm)

Bazaar preparation: Your help is needed on Sunday, October 21, at 10:30 am to bring out all the stored Bazaar items to the Social Hall. Through-out the year people drop off items to be sold at the Annual Bazaar and these items are stored. Now we need to take out these stored items. Lunch will be pro-

vided.

Also, during the week from Monday, October 22 to Saturday, October 27, beginning at 9:00 a.m. each day, help is needed to sort, organize and price the many donated

items in preparation of the Bazaar.

Donations of useable clothing, household items, plants, baked goods, craft items, etc. are welcomed and greatly appreciated. Please feel free to drop non-perishable items off anytime during our office hours:

Monday to Saturday: 8 am—5 pm Sunday & holidays: 8 am—3 pm

No furniture or bulky items will be accepted. All items must be dropped-off at the Temple.

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - OCTOBER 2012

(#1191-1012)

In the seventh century, Buddhism was especially valued for its magical

and protective powers, particularly in the prevention and cure of sickness. The

spiritual element of the religion, however, was also quickly discovered. One

of the characteristics of Japanese Buddhism from early times the close con-

nection between state and religion. From the early seventh century Buddhist

ritual was a part of court ceremonial. With the establishment of provincial

temples known as Kokbunji, Buddhism grew into a national religion. The Ko-

kubuji temples were branches, so to speak, of Todaiji Temple at Nara, a sort

of Buddhism headquarters and center of

numerous secular and religious functions.

Here, in 749, a colossal statue known as

the Great Buddha was completed. It was fifty-three feet high and over a

half million pounds of bronze was used in its casting. A huge hall was

duly built to protect the statue, called the Dai-butsu-den, or “Great

Buddha Hall,” which burned down in the twelfth century. It is still the

largest wooden building in the world, though only about two-thirds the

original size.

During the Nara period, the economic power of the Buddhist establish-

ment steadily increased. The temples

were cultural as well as religious centers, and the priests held in their reigns

almost all the liberal leaning of the times. Buddhism then became responsi-

ble in great part for the spread of institutions of a more material nature:

alms houses, orphanages, infirmaries, etc. The close connection of the cler-

gy with the court inevitably led to a sometimes unhappy mixture in reli-

gious and political areas.

The six school imported from China established themselves during the

Nara period. Of these six

schools, the Hosso, Sanron

and the Kegon belonged to

the Northern Tradition of Buddhism, while the Jojitsu,

Kusha and the Ritsu, naturally derive from the Southern Tra-

dition. They were not mutually exclusive but rather branches

to be studied with one another, not independent schools in

the present sense of the world. Of these six schools, only

three have survived as living traditions, while the other three

remain only as the object of academic study. Those which

survive at present are the Kegon School with Todaiji as its

head temple, the Ritsu School with Toshodaiji as its head

temple, and the Hosso school with Yakushiji as its head tem-

ple. Of these, Todaiji temple is world fames for its giant Bud-

dha statue erected by Emperor Shomu (701-756) and set up as a model of political centralization based upon

Kegon philosophy. During this period, the administrative power of the government was not yet centralized.

Through the construction of this huge Buddha statue and the large building which established Todaiji Temple

as the headquarters of all Kokubunjis or branch temple in every district of Japan, the emperor tried to achieve

the political centralization of the nation. (To be continued)

From Understanding Japanese Buddhism

Published by The Japan Buddhist Federation

The Introduction of Buddhism into Japan (3)

The Great Buddha in Nara

Todaiji Temple

Toshodaiji Temple

Yakushiji Temple

Page 2

Mahukona St + Kapiolani Bl Stop ID: 848

17 Bus towards Makiki OR

18 Bus towards Makiki

Keeaumoku St + Kinau St Stop ID: 2086

Walk to 1429 Makiki St, Honolulu, HI

96814

About 4 mins (0.2 mi)

Walk to Mahukona St + Kapiolani Bl About 8 mins (0.4 mi)

How to come to our temple by bus

From Ala Moana Center: From Waikiki:

Walk to Kuhio Ave + Seaside Ave

About 1 min (315 ft)

2 Bus towards SCHOOL STREET - Middle St

S Beretania St + Keeaumoku St Stop ID: 39


96814


From Kahala:

Walk to Waialae Ave + Hunakai St


Waialae Ave + Hunakai St Stop ID: 3166

1 Bus towards Kalihi Transit Center

S Beretania St + Keeaumoku St Stop ID: 39


96814


From Downtown:

Walk to S Hotel St + Bethel St


S Hotel St + Bethel St Stop ID: 127

2 Bus towards Waikiki - KCC (14 mins, 11 stops)

S King St + Keeaumoku St Stop ID: 140


96814


Page 3

22nd Hawaii Jodo Mission Laypersons’ Association/ 23rd Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai

Kauai Convention

The 22nd Hawaii Jodo Mission Laypersons’ Association / 23rd Hawaii Jodo Shu

Rengo Fujinkai Convention was successfully held on September 21-23, 2012 on the Island

of Kauai. The Laypersons’ theme was “Maintaining Jodo Shu Presence in Hawaii’. This

subject was an interesting subject for every temple to look into. As many temples are losing

their members and as the younger generation are occupied with raising children, taking chil-

dren to various activities, i.e. soccer games, judo lessons, etc. or that they have more than

one job in order to keep up with inflation and on Sundays they want to rest or be a family

time. Whatever the issue, the fact is that membership is not increasing. How do we in-

crease our membership? There is no hard fast answer to this and no one thing is the answer.

We must try other things that would make it more interesting.

Bishop Gensho Hara states in his welcome message in the Convention booklet that he

is encouraged by the Buddhist saying that “if one blossom blooms, the whole world will

blossom”. So if one person awakens in this world, the whole world will receive the benefits

and become a brighter and better place. Let us ask for Amida Buddha’s guidance and con-

tinue to devote ourselves to a brighter future for Jodo Shu in Hawaii.

We must try to look outside the box. Also, we have many people who attend our bon

dances, our O-Bon services but won’t come to Sunday Services. At a recent Aloha State

Meisho YBA Convention here on Oahu in June 2012, “Jodo Mission Daily Affirmations”

pamphlet was produced. This is one way of trying to bring families back to Jodo Shu and

also to practice these daily affirmations. {Should anyone want a copy of the Jodo Mission

Daily Affirmations, please come to the office to pick up a copy.}

The Hawaii Jodo Mission Laypersons’ Association is comprised of all members and

honorary members of a Jodo Mission temple. A layperson is any person who believes in the

doctrines and teachings of the Jodo Sect of Buddhism and who contributes to the support

and maintenance of the Jodo Mission. There are 13 Jodo Shu temples in the State of Ha-

waii: Jodo Mission of Hawaii in Honolulu, Haleiwa Jodo Mission, Kurtistown Jodo Mis-

sion; Hakalau Jodo Mission; Hamakua Jodo Mission, Hawi Jodo Mission, Kohala Jodo

Mission, Wailuku Jodo Mission, Kahului Jodo Mission, Lahaina Jodo Mission, Kapaa Jodo

Mission and Koloa Jodo Mission.

With the help of the JARPA funding, Hakalau and Kurtistown have received funding or

are in the process of applying for funding for building a parsonage and for starting a pre-

school program.

Page 4

With declining membership of the Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai (or statewide

Fujinkai or women’s association), the ladies are not able to host a statewide convention

by itself and the Laypersons’ Association was willing to give part of one day’s session to

the Fujinkai in order for the Fujinkai to conduct its business meeting. Since Kauai has

no Fujinkai officers and did not want to conduct any meetings, Oahu accepted the invita-

tion so that the business meeting could continue. The Fujinkai of each temple also needs

to try to recruit younger women into their units. Something the ladies can look forward

to is possibly a Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Cookbook consisting of recipes from

all the four islands—Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii Island (it is just in its talking stage

and may be completed by the time of the next Convention in Hilo in 2014). This would

give each Fujinkai an opportunity raise money.

The Laypersons as well as the Fujinkai made revisions to their Bylaws, heard re-

ports from their Scholarship, Resolution and Nomination Committees. The 2010-2012

Laypersons’ President was Clifton Hayashi of Kapaa Jodo Mission and he is succeeded

by Robert Miyake of Hilo as the 2012-2014 President. The 2010-2012 Hawaii Rengo

President was Sally Hayashi and she is succeeded by Eleanor Miyake as the 2012-2014

President.

The next Hawaii Jodo Mission Laypersons’ Association and Hawaii Jodo Shu

Rengo Fujinkai Convention will be held on the island of Hawaii in September 2014.

Please keep this in mind. It is a wonderful way of meeting other Jodo Shu members as

well as other Jodo Shu temples. All members of any Jodo Shu temple in Hawaii is

eligible to attend the Hawaii Jodo Mission Laypersons’ Association meeting so

please remember to sign up in 2014 Page 5

Juzukuri Service—normally the fourth Sunday Ser-

vice each month, unless there are other activities.

OFFERING INCENSE

Incense offering was an old ceremony at the time of Shakyamuni Buddha in India.

The scent of the burning incense purifies the surroundings, as well as our minds and bodies,

and thus prepares us to receive and serve the Holy One. It enables us to recall the fragrance

of the Pure Land and the sense of appreciation for the Buddha’s grace. It also helps us to

recall impermanency of life as we look at the burning incense and rising smoke.

How to Offer the Incense:

Walk up to the front of the altar, stop about one or two steps before the incense burner.

Bow lightly toward the altar, and then step to the incense burner. With the right hand, pinch

a small amount of incense with the thumb and medicine fingers (or the thumb, the index

finger, and the middle finger) and drop it into the incense burner gently. Then bow in

gassho, recite the Nembutsu, take one or two steps backward, bow lightly toward the altar

and return to your seat.

However, when many people are waiting to offer incense after you, step aside one or

two after dropping the incense into the incense burner, so that the next person can proceed

to the incense burner without any collision or disturbance to each other. Then bow in

gassho and recite the O-Nembutsu in the same position, take one or two steps backward,

bow lightly toward the altar and return to your seat.

Usually we offer the incense one time. However the number of times one offers in-

cense is not as important as the realization of the significance of offering incense.

Otsutome Book; Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions

Page 6

SUNDAY SCHOOL AND KEIRO KAI

Our Sunday School presented each Keiro mem-

ber with a paper lei, goodie bag, and a container

of Sekihan prepared by YBA ladies. Yoshiko

Kitagawa (93) and Gene Ikeda (91) were the

oldest members present on that day.

The Intermediate YBA treated our

Keiro members and other Sunday Ser-

vice members with a delicious luncheon

buffet..

HEALTH TIPS: 1) Wash your hands frequently.

2) Drink lots of water; eat lots of fruits and vegetables.

3) If you cough or sneeze, please cover your mouth, use a Kleenex and then throw it away. If you cover your mouth with your hands, please be sure to wash it right away or use a

hand sanitizer.

4) Try not to touch your eyes, nose and mouth.

5) If you are sick, stay home or try not to go to crowded areas where you may make others sick.

Page 7

Announcements

Fujinkai Meeting (Women’s Association)

10/7 8:30 am

Page 8

YBA Meeting

No Meeting in

October

♪ ♪ Jodo Mission of Hawaii ♪ ♪

Children’s Choir “Malama”

こども合唱団マラマ

October 7: at 11:15 a.m.

Sewing Circle

October 6 and 13

8:30—11:00 a.m.

Any interested person is

welcome to participate

Sunday School

We welcome children to join our

Sunday School. Let’s enjoy studying

Onembetsu by doing various activities.

Date/time to be announced

Sunday School

Sunday School students learn about

Buddhism and at the same time they do

enjoy each other’s fellowship. On this day, the students celebrated Stryder

Ootsuke Kaneda’s 7th birthday.

HELP NEEDED

For Nokutsudo/Columbarium

Our Nokutsudo or Columbarium has grown and is still growing. We need more

help with cleanup.

What type of help is needed you might

ask? Clean up would include throwing out

old flowers, carefully washing vases and

putting them back onto the shelf, changing water in vases if flowers are still good, etc.

It does not mean this is for only women to

do. Men are most welcome to help. Pres-

ently, our only male helper is Gene Ikeda.

If you are able to help, please contact

the temple office at 949-3995 with possible times you are able to help. If you can only

help sometimes, that would be most appre-

ciated. Please contact the office. Any help

is most appreciated. . Thank you.

A R I G A T O !

MORE BON DANCE PHOTOS August 17-18, 2012

Page 9

Shave Ice Time: “After

dancing, shave ice is

sooooo good!!

The Lion appeared

Bon Dance Watchers: It is fun just watching

everyone dance!

Happy Dancers: It’s more fun to

dance!

Bon Dancers keeping time with the music and hav-

ing going around the yagura.

Bon Dance Musicians and Singers

O b i t u a r i e s

The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sincere

condolences to the family members and loved

ones of the following members who have recently

left this world for the Pure Land.

Toshio Kouchi 98

Karl Kiyotani Nishimoto 87

Kenichi Ono 92

Fred Takuzo Nomura 89

Sadako Yoshioka 76

Dean Kazuo Ida 45

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday 8am—5pm

Sunday & Holidays

8am—3pm

Phone: 949-3995

Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nakano Resident Minister

Rev. Dwight

Nakamura Retired Minister

Page 10

Rev. Yasuhiro

Watanabe

What is “Perpetual Memorial

Service?” (Eitaikyo)

This record of a perpetual memorial service and is called Eitaikyo in Japanese. When the date of death occurs for a person listed on this record, the ministers pray for that individual dur-ing the morning service. The prayers will contin-ue each year for as long as Jodo Mission ex-ists. Anyone can be included in it. You may put your own name on the list, too. This also helps when it is difficult to have memorial services. We also welcome you to attend the morning service at 8:30am.

How to apply

Stop by the office, and fill out the application form. Each name costs $200. After the applica-tion is accepted, the name will be listed on the record.

Apology for September Eitaikyo List

We apologize for not listing the following

deceased person in the September Bulletin:

9/7: Nobuo Hara

EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for October

1 Yuriko Hirono Sunao kurakake 2 Takeo Taniguchi Yasumoto Kawahara The Kawahara Family Yoshimi Ohara Tsukie Iwamoto Akira Hashimoto Taniguchi Family Katsuko Tsuji Shuichi Yamamura 3 Tome Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Masa Ueda Bishop Bino Mamiya Tanezo Fujimoto Kana Kimura 4 Tsune Matsumori The Matsumori Family Senichi Iwaki The Iwaki Family Robert Yanagihara 5 Toshiro Ashinaka The Morita & Ashinaka Family Daughter of K. Nakamura Rinji Inouye Hideo Imamoto Katherine Hatsuko Shibuya 6 Masu Tanimura The Tanimura Family Kazuhiro Kawabuchi 7 Itsue Hirohama The Hirohama & Kawasugi Family Wakamaru Masaki Mamu Teraoka 8 Junichi Nanba The Nanba Family Sato Morikawa The Morikawa Family Yonesuke Yonemoto The Yonemoto Family Setsuko Tanaka The Tanaka Family Nobue Noyama Gunichi Wakazuru Mamoru Furuya 9 Shinzo Kawamoto 10 Asa Isobe The Isobe Family

Kiso Fujimoto Takeo Ishida Shizuku Hashimoto Henry Yoshiichi Uyehara 11 Shizuo Fujikami The Fujikami Family Shizuyo Kimura The Kimura Family Takeo Nakata Ayako Nakamura 12 Mitsuo Hisamura Aoki Family 13 Ishimoto’s Child The Ishimoto & Akimoto Family Yoshiko Imaguchi The Imaguchi Family Seizo Hayashi Masanobu Asai 14 Yukichi Sakuda The Sakuda Family Tsunejiro Imaguchi The Imaguchi Family Shotaro Ueda The Ueda Family Kokichi Okimura The Okimura Family Masato Kamisato Tsune Nomiyama Teruko Sumimoto Shimo Hirouji Edward Shoichi Matsumoto Harue Nakagawa 15 Arata Nishimoto (2) The Nishimoto Family Fukashi Yamamoto Kiku Yanagihara Masumi Yano 16 Ichijiro Aoki The Aoki & Okubo Family Iwakichi Matsumori The Matsumori Family Nobuichi Nobuji Yoshio Tsuda Kazue Uyehara 17 Tome Nagata Marsha Yoshioka 18 Takeichi Shintaku Tokuichi Iwasaki Masaru Hashimoto Marla M. Horiuchi Tomoaki Ito

Sumi Akashi 19 Harriet Hatsuko Umeda Saito Shizue Omura 20 Masaichi Ishizaki Mino Kamisato Shuichi Yamamura Iso Ikuta Wayne Shoji Nakata 21 Aiko Okamoto The Okamoto & Nakamoto Family Shizuyo Fukada 22 Kei Sawamura Kiyomi Fujimoto Jerry Suyeichi Iwamoto 23 Shigezaburo Kanayama The Kanayama Family Noboru Kuriyama The Kuriyama Family Kosai Nakamura Shozaemon Yoshida Kiyoto Horiuchi Eleanor Sato 24 Yoshiichi Yamada The Yamada Family Kitaro Yamato The Yamato Family Miru Umemoto 25 Mamoru Fukuda The Fykuda Family Asataro Yamamoto The Yamamoto Family Hatsuji Yamamoto Komao Harada Masa Ikuta Yamada 26 Kikuji Okada Yaichi Maruich Taro Taira Kiyoko Aoki 27 Fumio Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Nobuo Amakawa Mamoru Hayashi Take Kimura Toichi Toyofuku Masa Furukawa 28 Hideo Inouye 29 Takayuki Kameoka The Kameoka Family

Take Hinotsume Haruyo Hashimoto 30 Fuji Yamada The Yamada Family Sue Matsuo The Matsuo Family Chiyoko Ogata 31 Rikizo Fukuda The Fukuda Family Tora Okawa The Shigeoka &Okawa Family Kuni Yamamoto The Yamamoto Family Yasuko Mitsuyasu

Su

n

Mo

n

Tu

e

Wed

Th

u

Fri

Sa

t

1

2

3

4

5 6

7 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

**Jo

do

Sh

u H

ou

r R

ad

io K

-ZO

O (

AM

1210K

hz, Japanese s

tation)

8:3

0am

Mo

rnin

g S

erv

ice

Every

day

Octo

ber 2

012

Jod

o M

issi

on

of

Haw

aii

Ph

on

e:

94

9-3

99

5

8:3

0 F

uji

nkai

Mee

tin

g

10:0

0 S

un

day

Ser

vic

e

10:0

0 S

un

day S

erv

ice

10:3

0 B

AZ

AA

R S

ET

UP

L

unch

B

A Z

A A

R

P R

E P

A R

A T

I O

N:

A

ll w

eek

un

til

Baza

ar

Day 1

0/2

8/1

2

NO

SU

ND

AY

SE

RV

ICE

BA

ZA

AR

8am

to 2

pm

10:0

0 F

am

ily

Ser

vic

e

11:4

5

Board

Mee

ting

**

3:1

5 p

m J

od

o S

hu

H

ou

r

8:3

0 S

ewin

g C

lass

CO

MIN

G E

VE

NT

S:

No

v 1

0 H

aleiw

a J

odo

Mis

sio

n C

ente

nnia

l C

ele

bra

tio

n

No

v 1

1 a

t 10:0

0 a

.m.

O-J

uya

Ser

vic

e (B

odhi D

ay S

ervic

e)

Dec

2 a

t 8:0

0 a

m

Gener

al

Cle

an

-up—

We

need

yo

ur

help

on

t

his

day!

Lah

ain

a J

od

o

Mis

sion

Cen

ten

nia

l 10/2

0

& 1

0/2

1

Dec

9

Jodo

-e S

ervic

e-H

.B.C

.

Dec

29 M

och

itsu

ki D

ay

**

3:1

5 p

m J

od

o S

hu

H

ou

r

News & Politics

Jodo Mission Bulletin - October 2012