Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - JANUARY 2016

(#1230-0116)

Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.

Honolulu HI 96814

Address Service Requested

Guest Speakers for January 2016 at Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 10 a.m.

Guest Speaker: Ashley Mizuo was the 2014 Namiye

Nakamura Scholarship recipient (Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo

Fujinkai). She will tell us her experience the first year of college

at Loyola University in Chicago.

Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 10 a.m.

Guest Speakers: Betsy Young

and Les Goto, volunteers at the Japanese Cultural Center of

Hawaii. They will come to our Sunday Service to speak to us about the

Honouliuli Internment Camp. This internment camp is one of the

largest which interned many Japanese Americans and it was opened in

1943 and closed in 1946. They will also speak about the internment and

about the various Jodo Shu ministers who were interned.

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

As members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii, you are cordially welcome to attend the 2016 General

Membership Meeting on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 10:30 a.m., following the Sunday Ser-

vice in the temple. Please join us. Following the religious and business portion, please join us for

a New Year’s party (see pags 4 and 6)

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Lectures on the New Otsutome Book

Both Rev. Nakano and Rev. Narashiba gave lectures pertaining to the new

Otsutome Book. Rev. Nakano explained the physical appearance of the new Otsutome

Book consisting of Japanese reading, Chinese characters, English translations. He also said

that Otsutome means to pray hard or to pray diligently.

Rev. Nakano also explained how you hold the juzu in Jodo Buddhism as opposed to

Jodo Shinshu. He said you offer incense three times: first, to the Buddha, second, to our

ancestors and third to purify myself.

On November 29, 2015, Rev. Narashiba read “Hotsugan-Mon” in Japanese and ex-

plained in English. He also explained the 5 stages of dying: 1) denial (denying the diagnosis is not correct);

2) anger (when the individual cannot continue being in denial and then becomes angry, why me?); 3) bargain-

ing (individual promises to do good to avoid grief); 4) depression (this fourth stage, the individual says he can-

not change, I’m going to die soon so what’s the point?” In this stage, the individual may become silent, refuse

visitors and spends much of the time mournful and sullen); and (5) acceptance (this stage the person realizes,

he cannot fight it so he may as well prepare for it).

Rev. Narashiba mentioned 9 classes of when you enter the Pure Land:

1. First Class: Many Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and heavenly beings

will come down to escort you with a shining vehicle like diamonds.

2. Second Class: Smaller number but still many Buddhas, Bodhi-

sattvas and heavenly beings will come down to escort you with a shining ve-

hicle like gold.

3. Third Class: Even smaller number but still many Buddhas,

Bodhisattvas and heavenly beings will come down to escort you with a vehi-

cle decorated with golden lotus flowers.

4. Fourth Class: One small group of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and

heavenly beings and three escorts will come down to escort you with a vehi-

cle decorated with lotus flowers.

5. Fifth Class: Two big groups of escorts will come down to escort you.

6. Sixth Class: Smaller groups of escorts will come down to escort you.

7. Seventh Class: Three Buddhas will come down to escort you.

8. Eighth Class: One Buddha and two Bodhisattvas will come down to escort you.

9. Ninth Class: Nobody will come.

Original Vow: If, when I attain Buddhahood, sentient beings in the lands of the ten quarters who sincerely and

joyfully entrust themselves to me, desire to be born in my land, and call my Name, even ten times, should not

be born there, may I not attain perfect Enlightenment. Excluded, however, are those who commit the five grav-

est offenses and abuse the right Dharma.

O-Nenbutsu in the Dark: On December 20, 2015 Rev. Nakano did the O-Nenbutsu in the

dark. All the curtains were drawn and the lights turned off and everyone chanted the O-Nenbutsu for

4 to 5 minutes. In Japan, this chanting is done during the evening hours when it is dark however if

we draw the drapes, it will have the same effect. To do the O-Nenbutsu in the dark is so that you are

able to concentrate on Amida Buddha. We will try this again on January 31, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.

Service. Hopefully, we will have this on every third Sunday. Please join us.

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New Year Message

“A Happy New Year!” “ Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu!” Congratu-

lations! Another new year has opened up! First of all, I would like to thank

everyone for your help and support for Jodo Mission, especially I would like

to thank the volunteers who worked so hard last year. Because of your help,

the activities such as O-Bon, Bon Dance, Bazaar, Mochi Making and so on

were very successful.

The last year was a year of repairs. The repairs started with the first repair of our temple

treasure of “Nehan-zu” which is the hanging scroll of the scenery

of Buddha’s passing away. The scroll was damaged by moth-eaten

holes and stains. The scroll was sent to Japan and, six months

later, it came back like a new one.

The second repair was to paint the window frames of the main

hall of the temple. Because of

natural aging, water started to

soak into the window frames

and damage them. I think we were very lucky that we

were able to finish it before the beginning of the rainy

season.

The third repair was the support of

our temple bell. Again, because of

natural aging, the original hanging

bars and chains which supported our temple bell got rusted and looked

very dangerous. With very strong metal bars, a new support was weld-

ed and installed. Next time you visit the temple, please take a look at

our newly installed temple bell.

Now, the door of 2016 is open! If you are regretting about this and that, let’s leave them

behind. If many good things happened to you during the past year, let’s pray for more good

things to happen in this year again. If you lost your beloved ones, let’s pray for them to be

able to live happy and peaceful second lives in the Pure Land.

At the end of my message, I would like to thank again all of our members, supporters and

friends, and ask for your continuous support for Jodo Mission.

May Buddha keep on shining upon us and may you have a very Happy New Year!

In Gassho,

Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Head Minister

Attending the Inauguration Ceremony of Our Former Minister, Rev. Oeda (2) By Rev. Yubun Narashiba

On Friday, October 16, 2015, our former minister Rev. Hiroyoshi Oeda officially succeeded his fa-

ther’s temple with the Grand Inauguration ceremony and the cerebration party was held at Sendai City of

Miyagi prefecture in Japan.

The following is a short report of my trip to Sendai to attend the ceremony and the party. The report for

Day 1 and 2 is on page 4 of our December bulletin.

Day 3 (Oct. 16, 2015)

"Today is the big day for everybody. I came here all the way from Hawaii for this day," I said to my

self. I checked the weather through the window. There wasn't even a small piece of cloud in the sky. It was a

gorgeous day.

When Rev. Yoshimizu came to pick me up at the hotel, I saw Rev. Kodo

Tanaka and Rev. Kudo were also in the car. Though it was a long ride for

50 minutes to Rev. Oeda's temple, I enjoyed the scenery of drying rice straws which

I saw here and there when I was a child.

We arrived at the temple at about 10:30 a.m. Former Hawaii ministers, Rev.

Akiya, Rev. Nakazawa and Rev. Hama-

da were there already. After a short lunch break, the ceremony

started with the procession to the main hall. As you can see in the

picture, more than 70 ministers in the procession and 250 people

lined up along the way to the main hall. The ceremony was offi-

ciated by the Archbishop Kisho Yagi of Zojo-ji Temple. The cer-

emony was not too long. Only for 2 hours of chant-

ing sutras, blessings and speeches. In his speech,

Rev. Oeda promised that he will do his best to keep

the tradition of the temple. The origin of the temple

can be traced back to July 7, 1198, when a hanging

scroll of Amida Buddha was dedicated to the grave

of Taira no Sadayoshi who was a Samurai of Heike clan. [Continued on page 6]

Heike mon

Shinnenka i 新年会 New Year’s Party

Please join us for our New Year’s Party following the Annual General Member-

ship meeting. All members and friends are invited. Come and meet your Board

of Directors.

Date: Sunday, January 24

Time: 11:30 am (after General Membership Meeting)

Place: Jodo Mission Social Hall

Honoring Hyakusai Members (100 year olds) 百 歳 See page 6 for more information.

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GYOKI-E CHUTOBA FORM 2016（御忌会中塔婆申し込み用紙） Deadline: January 6, 2016

YOUR NAME（お名前）：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿PHONE（お電話番号）：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

NAME OF DECEASED（亡くなった方のお名前）：

1._________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________

4.____________________________________________________________

One Chutoba is $ 7.00 × Total of Chutoba ＿＿＿＿＿＿ ＝ Total ＄＿＿＿＿＿＿

（中塔婆 1本 7ドル） （本数） （合計）

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Order accepted by: _______________ Date accepted: _______/______/ 2016 (In person / Mail / By phone)

Received by: _______________ Date paid: _______/______/ 2016 (Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______

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Gyoki-e (Honen Shonin’s Memorial Service)

Gyoki-e means the memorial service for Honen Shonin. Honen Shonin, who is a

founder of Jodo Shu, passed away on January 25th, 1212. He was 80 years old.

After Honen Shonin passed away, his disciples and believers started to have a me-

morial service for him on the 25th of every month. The biggest ceremony was held on

25th of January every year. This service was held not only locally in Kyoto but it spread

all over Japan. In those days, the word “Gyoki” meant the anniversary of the deaths of

the Emperors or their wives. The word “Gyoki” was such a respectable word for the

Emperor's family.

Three hundred years later, after Honen Shonin passed away, the Emperor

Gokashiwabara mandated Jodo Shu to call the anniversary of Honen Shonin’s death

“Gyoki”. Since then, people called his annual memorial service “Gyoki”. This occa-

sion implied that Honen Shonin was clearly accepted and revered by the Emperor and

the people.

Our Gyoki-e service will be held on January 17th at 10 a.m. Please join us.

Chutoba is available for this Gyoki-e service. At this service you may also honor

your deceased ancestors with a Chutoba prayer. See above Chutoba order form.

Founder of Jodo Shu :

Honen Shonin (1133-1212)

Gyoki-e Service

January 17 at 10 a.m.

____ I plan to attend service

____ I do not plan to attend

MAHALO Thank you everyone who came for general clean-up of the

Temple, including the Columbarium or Nokotsudo on December 13, 2015.

Your hard work and dedication to the Temple are deeply appreciated. Thank

you to the Sunday School and Intermediate YBA for the delicious pizza lunch-

eon and visit by Santa. What an enjoyable treat after general cleaning!

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday: 8am—5pm

Sunday & Holidays: 8am—3pm

Phone: 949-3995

Website: www.jodo.us

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Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nakano Resident Minister

Bishop Gensho Hara Lahaina, Maui

FAQ: How should we discard Kagami Mochi?

ANS: Because of the unique climate of Hawaii,

Kagami Mochi gets moldy much faster than in Japan.

Therefore, it is recommended to take the mochi down

after the first three holy days of the New Year (i.e. on

January 4th), although it is a common practice in Japan

to keep them until January 11th.

After you take them down, it is best to you eat

them very soon. However, in Hawaii, it is quite possible

that the Kagami Mochi is already moldy. In that case,

sprinkle a dash of salt on the Kagami Mochi to purify

them just like Sumo wrestlers purify the Sumo ring with

salt and wrap them with white paper such as paper tow-

el, and then throw them away.

Or you may soak the moldy Kagami Mochi in wa-

ter so the mold will easily rub off the mochi and can be

eaten in soups, fried or can be cooked over the hibachi.

Rev. Oeda (cont’d0

After the ceremony and picture taking,

we moved back to the Sendai city, and the re-

ception was held in the Westin Sendai Hotel.

There were about 500 people there. We

enjoyed singing, dancing and especially joyful

conversations with former Hawaii ministers.

Rev. Oeda's wife, Mari, sang two songs ac-

companied by a violin.

Day 4

It was a short but very enjoyable trip. I

feel like my soul and spirits are purified and

refreshed. Thank you very much Oeda

sensei.

Hyakusai (100 year olds)

百 歳

We would like to honor all 100

year olds and older members at

our New Year’s Party. If you

know of anyone who will be

100 years old or older by

January 24 and he/she will be

attending the Shinenkai, please

call Rev. Narashiba at

949-3995 with the name of the

member. Thank you.

1 Sekitaro Hirohama

The Hirohama & Kawasugi Family Kenji Fujikami

The Hashimoto Family The Ohara Family Haruko Ikuta

Tsugio Takamatsu Family Tomomitsu Kawamura The Kawamura Family

Fukuda Tokusaburo’s Father Hon-yo Jo-dai Shin-ji The Fukuda Family

The Nakabayashi Family Chukichi Asamura Toyo Asamura

The Masuda & Asamura Family The Yamasaki & Hara Family The Yoshizaki Family

The Matsushita Family The Aoki Family The Sakuda Family

The Okamura Family Stanley Satoru Morimoto

2 Richard Hichiro Kawamoto 3 Hideo Toyoshiba

Yoshitaka Wada 4 Tamaru Muraoka

5 Kiyo Fujikami The Fujikami Family

Shizuyo Morisako Kasuke Yamane Jiro Nakamura

Randall Loreg The Loreg Family

6 Kikuyo Yamasaki Eiichi Fujita Shigeharu Ohata

7 Jiro Oyabu The Oyabu & Kondo Family

Kazuko Nomiyama Tetsuko Miyamoto Kama Takara

Ruth Shigeko Tarumoto 8 Matsujiro Otani (1) The Otani Family

The Yanagihara Family Toshio Isoibe The Isobe Family

Matsujiro Otani (2) Taketo Sumimoto (1) Juichi Uesugi

Fusataro Higuchi Taketo Sumimoto (2) Kenji Miyakawa

Nobu Kishimoto 9 Taka Tomonari

The Tomonari Family Asa Hayashi Hisako Takamura

10 Hiroko Yoza The Yoza Family

Kami Higa The Higa Family

Bishop Ninryo Nago

The Nago & Kunimoto Family 11 Tokoe Imaguchi

The Imaguchi Family Hatsuko Hayashi The Hayashi Family

Masakichi Teruya Reginald Hisao Hisamura Uichiro Ishii

Kohei Umeda Matsuyo Yamamoto Tadashi Yanagihara

12 Heiji Fukuda (1) Heiji Fukuda (2)

The Fukuda Family Nagao Yamada Shokichi Harada

13 Bishop Jiko Kuya Shima Morita

Shizue Fujita Shima Morita

14 Akitaka Chikamoto The Ohta Family Genzo Yanagihara

The Yanagihara Family Tsuchiyo Kimoto Miyoko Kaya

James Akira Tamura 15 Tane Nagata (1)

The Nagata Family Sukeichi Kameoka The Kameoka Family

Tane Nagata (2) Mildred Misako Tanimura Shizue Kimura

16 Take Shinagawa Tomojiro Fujita

The Fujita Family Kenji Iwamoto Chiyoka Mizuno

Seiichi Shimamoto 17 Hanayo Taniguchi

Kame Okamoto Moto Kawasugi Nobuo Hayashi

18 Kiyomatsu Daitoku (1) The Daitoku Family The Kawauchi Family

Katsutoshi Takada The Takada Family Kiyomatsu Daitoku (2)

Itaro Kurihara The Kurihara Family Masao Ishii

Shoichi Ishida 19 Tai Kawano

The Kawano Family Chiyo Tomai The Tomai Family

Miyo Ueno The Ueno Family

20 Shinazo Nishiguchi The Nishiguchi Family

Noboru Ajimura

The Ajimura Family Kiku Kimura Yuriko Nishimoto

21 Sueko Higashimura Kiku Kimura

The Kimura & Muroshige Family Masao Teruya

Takeo Yamane Shimo Hatanaka Hiroshi Furuya

Tsuneko Shintaku Koichi Ronald Namihira Aileen Mitsuyo Kishida

22 Masae Tanimura Konoshin Kimura

Fukukichi Tatei 23 Shokichi Fukumoto

The Fukumoto Family Takeo Yoshihara The Yoshihara Family

The Tanaka Family Jiro Kiyama Ralph Toshiaki Hashimoto

Terry Kazuo Yorimoto 24 Heikichi Isobe

The Isobe Family Machi Yokoyama The Yokoyama & Morita Family

Toranosuke Kinoshita Tane Kinoshita The Kinoshita Family

Tsune Aoki George Masao Tanaka Helen Katsuko Ito

Tetsuo Shinohara 25 Taka Fukuda

The Fukuda Family Saiichi Hyodo Joseph Yoshihiko Fujihana

Sadako Oki Teruko Mamiya The Sato Omura Family

Takeshi Tanaka 26 Take Arita The Arita Family

Haruo Nakamura The Nakamura Family Kimio Yagi

The Yagi Family Sueyoshi Yanagihara Yoshi Yamamoto

Chester Takeo Kaita 27 Seiichi Fujimoto

The Fujimoto Family Takeshi Sato Charles Shoichi Kimura

Hiroko Nakano Yoshiro Ohta The Ohta Family

28 Yoshie Sato The Sato & Suzuki Family

Sae Higashimura The Higashimura Family

Tome Yamanaka

The Yamanaka Family Chizuko Saeki Sadamu Iwamoto

Yooko Fujimoto 29 Tomo Isobe

Hana Kinoshita The Kinoshita Family Jisaburo Kanemoto

The Kanemoto & Miyamoto Family Kansuke Shintani

Fusao Taniguchi Ralph Hitoshi Tanaka Toshito Fukuda

Hisayo Higashi 30 Kumaichi Tomonari

The Tomonari Family Tsunejiro Kawasaki The Kawasaki & Nakagawa

Family Ine Yoshizaki The Yoshizaki Family

Tomota Kakehashi Masao Kume Akio Matsuda

Kiyoshi Kamimura Barbara Okimoto

31 You Kawamura The Kawamura Family Shizuko Aoyama

Kaname Yamanaka Takeo Tanaka Shigeno Ohara

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Obituaries The Jodo Mission of Hawaii

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this world for the Pure Land.

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Helen Setsuko Takaoka 81

Shizue Ushijima 91

Ronald Tatsushi Nakamoto 86

Mae Vinta Yamamoto 78

Richard Kazuo Harada 87

Joyce Tomoe Yoshikawa 93

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