Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - MARCH 2015

(#1220-0315)

Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.

Honolulu HI 96814

Address Service Requested

Our Master Honen Kiku TV: March 7 at 8:00 pm

An animated depiction of the life and

teaching of Jodo Shu founder, Honen

Shonin, entitled “Our Master Honen” will

be shown on Kiku TV on Saturday,

March 7, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. This version

is in Japanese only; an English version

will be broadcast at a later date.

This movie is part of Jodo Shu’s ob-servance of the 120th Anniversary of the

arrival of Jodo Shu’s pioneer ministers—Rev.

Taijo Matsuo and Rev. Gakuo Okabe (in

1894) at Hamakua Jodo Mission.

Please see page 3 for information of the

Commemorative Symposium—Honen Bud-

dhist, East to West on March 14-15, 2015.

*Note: Lunch will not be provided for Saturday’s Symposium. Anyone attending

(except ministers and guests), should bring their own lunch.

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Spring Higan Chutoba Form (彼岸会中塔婆申し込み用紙)

Your Name(お名前) : Phone（電話）: ______________

Name of Deceased （亡くなった方のお名前）：

1.

2.

3.

4.

One Chutoba is $7 X Total of Chutoba = Total $

（中塔婆1本7ドル） （本数） （合計）

Please make checks payable to “Jodo Mission of Hawaii”. DEADLINE: Sunday, March 8, 2015

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by Date accepted / / (In person/ Mail / By phone)

Received by Date paid / / (Cash/ Check # ) Write

Spring Higan-e Service

The word “Higan” literally means “the other shore” in Japanese. One shore represents this world which we are in, and the other shore “Higan” represents Amida Buddha’s Pure Land. The river represents the bad mind we all possess. The concept is that we practice the teaching to reach the other shore across the river.

We have two Higan seasons in a year. One in the spring, the other in autumn, as Higan is held during the week of the spring and autumn equinox. Shan Tao, one of the high ranking priests of Jodo Buddhism in China said that the sun sets due west during the equinox thus it is a good opportunity to think about Buddha’s Pure Land which exists far away in the west, as well as appreciate our ancestors who are also there.

Please join us in crossing the river to the other shore as we think about Buddha’s Pure Land and respect for our ancestors. Our Higan Service will be held:

Sunday, March 22 at 10 am

On that day, Chutoba prayers will be conducted during the service. If you request a Chutoba, please fill out the form on this page, and send it to or drop it off at the Jodo Mission office. One Chutoba is SEVEN dollars. Please make your check payable to “Jodo Mission of Hawaii.” Page 3

Higan Service

March 22 at 10 a.m.

____ I plan to attend service

____ I do not plan to attend

Announcements

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HAWAII STATE JODO SHU FUJINKAI SCHOLARSHIP

Namiye Nakamura Scholarship The Hawaii State Jodo Shu Fujinkai offers a $1,000 Namiye Nakamura Scholarship to a Ha-

waii high school graduate or a member of the temple who wishes to further his/her education

toward a degree or advanced degree in an accredited college or university.

The applicant for the scholarship must meet the following criteria:

1. Priority will be given to an applicant who participated regularly in his/her Jodo Mission tem-

ple activities.

2. Be an active member of his/her respective Jodo Mission.

3. The applicant should be a student graduating from a high school in Hawaii. If there are

no graduating students applying, any applicant continuing his/her education may receive

the scholarship.

4. Be accepted at an accredited university or institution of higher learning.

5. Possess good moral character and leadership potential.

6. Submit an application by April 15th.

The family or legal guardian of the applicant must currently be a member of his/her re-

spective Jodo Mission. Financial need will be considered. Determination of the scholarship recipient will be

made by a Scholarship Committee.

If there are any questions about the scholarship, please consult Rev. Yubun Narashiba at 949-3995.

2015 Aloha State Meisho YBA Convention

Aloha State Meisho YBA has chosen Aulani Hotel (Disney Themed hotel) as their next convention site on June 5, 6, and 7, 2015.

This 3 day convention will include a day of committee meetings: Constitution and By-

laws; Distinguished Service Award; Scholarship; Nomination; Youth Activity and Resolution.

A treat for families on Sunday is an option to attend Aulani’s Character Breakfast buffet

(your own expense)..

For more information, contact Jo Ann Matsuo at 227-6936 by March 31, 2015.

Visitation by 25 Students from Taisho University of Tokyo, Japan: On Sunday,

Feb. 15, Taisho University Professor Jundo Nagashima and coordinator Toshimichi

Sakurai accompanied 25 students to Jodo Mission. Bukkyo University Professor Tsukasa

Takahashi was also present. His students returned earlier to Japan. Bishop Gensho

Hara, who is an alumnus of Taisho University was present and gave a lecture to the stu-

dents. Students and Professors were treated to

hamburgers,

papayas, pine-

apple, guava

juice and corn

salsa. They all

enjoyed them-

selves!

Genera l Membership Meet ing On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at the General Membership Meeting, President Jon Riki

Karamatsu thanked the membership for their support of the temple events not only in

monetary contributions but also volunteering their time and energy for the recent mochi

making in December, Bon Dance in August and Bazaar in October. He asked for every-

one’s continued support in 2015.

I nsta l la t ion o f Kyodan Board o f D i rectors : Rev. Narashiba installed the new

officers for 2015-2017:

President: Jon Riki Karamatsu Secretary: Ryan Ozawa

1st Vice President: Jo Ann Matsuo Asst. Secretary: Burt Lum

2nd Vice President: Burt Lum Treasurer: Akiko Nishiyama

3rd Vice President: Ryan Ozawa Asst. Treasurer: Herbert Fujikawa

Directors: Clifford Miyamoto, Sally Hayashi, Ian Kitajima

Advisors: Rev. Yubun Narashiba, Teruto Soma, Kay Oshiro. Auditor: Ray Horikawa

Celebration at New Year’s Party with Members and Jodo Mission Dormitory Residents:

About 15 former dormitory residents came to our 2015 New Year’s party. Members

and former dormitory residents had a wonderful time—the food was plentiful and deli-

cious—almost everything was homemade; bingo game and lucky number were fun!

One former dormitory resi-

dent Dorothy Hazama stayed

at our dormitory in 1948 and

shared her love story of

meeting her husband Rich-

ard who passed away last

year.

Anyone interested in the

pamphlet passed out on that

day, please contact Jodo Mis-

sion. Anyone wishing to share their story, please send to Jodo Mission.

If space is allowed would you like to hear more? Page 5

Obituaries

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.

Sakae Miyazaki 93

Thomas Toshio Nishioka 85

Richard Fukuo Sakauye 85

Mitsuko Akiyama 92

Haruko Shinozuka 96

Soichi Uehara 84

Richard Jentoku Takara 84

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday

8am—5pm

Sunday & Holidays

8am—3pm

Phone: 949-3995

Website: www.jodo.us

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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 during the morn-ing service. The prayers will continue each year for as long as Jodo Mission exists. 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 wel-come 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 application is accepted, the name will be listed on the record.

Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nakano Resident Minister

Rev. Dwight Nakamura Bishop Emeritus

Bishop Gensho Hara Lahaina, Maui

Membership Dues (Gojikai)

REMINDER: If you have not

paid your membership dues

($60) this year, please be sure

to do so by making your check

payable to Jodo Mission of Ha-

waii (mail to 1429 Makiki

Street, Honolulu, HI 96814).

Thank you.

Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo) for March

1. Fusa Sato The Sato & Suzuki Families The Matsushita Family 2. Kazuo Ishizaki Haruo Shigeoka Masao Hayashida Setsuko Tsuda 3 Hideo Shoji The Shoji Family Yoshima Takabayashi (2) The Nanbara Family The Tanigawa, Hirano,& ’ Hisano Family The Namba Family 4. Kuma Tabata Mume Yamamoto Kuni Ishikawa 5. Matsue Nakamura Yukio Hisamoto The Hayashi Family Toshisuke Terada Margaret Chieko Iwamoto Sadae Kanehira Shigeno Toyofuku 6. Bishop Enjo Ito Hideo Kubota Kaoru Kusunoki Chiyo Iwamoto Tsugio Aoki (2) Ruiko Kaita 7. Kiku Yagi The Yagi Family Makoto Tanaka The Tanaka Family Hiroshi Higa The Higa Family Kikue Tanaka The Tanaka Family Kenichi Kinoshita Masao Hashimoto Hideo Sugihara The Sugihara Family Kamado Taira 8. Hatsuno Daitoku The Daitoku & Fujimoto Family Yoshi Imamoto The Iwamoto & Kawakami Family Gisaburo Kawamura The Kawamura Family Satoru Takitani 9. Sumie Chikamoto The Ota Family Seiichi Takaoka Masao Watanabe Gohichi Hifumi Sam Takaoka Toshikado Kimura

10. Chotaro Fujise Fujise & Kobayashi Family

Fushi Shintaku The Isogai Family

Harriet Nomiyama De St. Martin 11. Seikichi Teramoto The Teramoto Family

Mami Kumagaya Shizuko Kubota Yoshiko Oshiro Ono Iwamoto Kazue Kishida

12. Taikichi Yamane Clara Asami Tominaga Ruth Chieko Sakuda

13. Benshiro Tanimura

The Tanimura Family Kunisuke Higashimura Mume Yanagihara Seitaro Komiya Tetsumi Fujimoto (2) Rui Hara The Hara Family Fujino Imada Barney Rio

14. Eijiro Hara Satoshi Shinagawa Yuku Nakamura

15. Hachizo Aoki The Aoki & Kimura Family Naoyuki Hara Hara Family Asajiro Asai Omoyo Nagano The Nagano Family Hajime Aoyama Harunori Ohara Suematsu Namba

16. Hanako Kanehira The Kanehira Family Shigeo Sakuda (2) Chizuko Yasumoto Masato Kawano Robert Katsuhiko Sumida Kikutsuchi Tarumoto Calvin Sakae Murashige

17. Seiichi Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Tadako Kunimoto Kunimoto & Nago Family Edwin Seimu Matsumori(2) Mieko Nomiyama Tsuchiyo Fujimoto Tokuichi Ohara

18. Moyo Iwamoto Matsuyo Hamada Inouye Eisaku Asaumi

Shuso Saiki George Aoki Hisayo Kawaoka

19. Umeki Matsumori The Matsumori Family Tsuru Fukuda Ototsuchi Yamanaka Yamanaka Family Ikuzo Kuniyuki Yoshinobu Yamato

20. Ichiyuki Mizuno The Mizuno & Ohta Family Asakichi Iwamoto Iwamoto Family Zennoshin Yoshioka Rikiichi Yagi

21. Masuji Kajioka

The Kajioka & Morita Family Shima Nakagawa The Nakagawa Family Bishop Shinjun Shimizu Gonsuke Nakahara

22. Asano Fujikami The Fujikami Family Suegusu Matsuo The Matsuo Family Ishi Onaga The Onaga & Nakamura Family Heijiro Furumoto Ito Nakamoto Rev. Shutetsu Uenoyama Chiyoko Umezu Yoshikata Hayashi Jean Yachiyo Soma Baba 23. Miko Kawano The Kawano Family Kazu Nakai The Nakai Family Midori Uno Sadami Suehisa 24. Rikuo Masuoka The Masuoka Family Hanako Yanagihara Torae Miyao Shigeki Hirono 25. Chiyo Nishimura The Nishimura Family Kimie Umemoto (2) The Umemoto Family Tetsubei Ishimoto The Ishimoto & Akimoto Family Nobuo Nakamoto The Nakamoto Family Kichizo & Kikue Miura Shizuno Uyehara Mizuko Sankichi Umemoto Suyekichi Watanabe

26. Yukiko Takeda The Takeda Family Satoru Iguchi Giichi Hayashi Stephen Toshiichi Kotake Howard Masuji Tasaka Kiyo Ota 27. Yukitsuchi Morikawa The Morikawa Family Kiyoe Kakehashi Asae Okamura 29. Muta Chinen (2) Satoshi Ukeda Shizuno Ebisuzaki 30. Bishop Shinko Nakajima Setsu Yamamoto Betsy Yoshiko Kubota Kikuyo Lila Uyeharu Betty Sun Ogata 31. Kamenosuke Kinoshita The Kinoshita Family Aki Fukuda The Fukuda Family Nao Fujita The Fujita Family The Nakamura Family

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