Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - APRIL 2014

(#1209-0414)

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

1429 Makiki St. Honolulu HI 96814 Address Service Requested

HBC BUDDHA DAY CELEBRATION

April 8th is the birthday of Shakyamuni Buddha. This birthday

celebration is known as "Buddha Day” and is also known as

“Hanamatsuri”.

The Hawaii Buddhist Council cordially invites everyone to the

Buddha Day Service. This year the service will be held at our

Betsuin so please come and enjoy the beautiful service. The guest

speaker is Dr. George Tanabe, emeritus professor of the Depart-

ment of Religion at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

WHEN: Sunday, April 6, 2014

TIME: 10:00 a.m.

WHERE: Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki Street

PH: 949-3995

Guest Speaker: Dr. George Tanabe

Parking: Limited, carpooling encouraged

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Hanamido for Buddha Day Celebration

The Hawaii Buddhist Council Buddha Day celebration will be held on Sunday, April 6

beginning at 10:00 a.m. at Jodo Mission of Hawaii.

Pictured on the right is a Hanamido fully decorated with flowers,

with Baby Buddha in the center. This represents the Lumbini Garden

where Baby Buddha was born. Sweet tea or amacha is poured over the

statute of Buddha. The tea symbolizes the gentle rains that fell on the

day Buddha was born.

At the Buddha Day celebration, please be sure to bow in front of

Baby Buddha and pour some amacha over the Baby Buddha statute.

Guest Speaker is Dr. George Tanabe. Dr. Tanabe most

recently received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Rib-

bon at the Japanese Consulate in Honolulu on January 24, 2014.

Pictured at the right is Dr. Tanabe and Japanese Consul General Toyoei

Shigeeda. (photo from internet from News University of Hawaii Sys-

tem).

Many of you are familiar with the book by Dr. Tanabe and his wife Willa Jane Tanabe

entitled Japanese Buddhist Temples in Hawaii. Dr. Tanabe’s talks are always interesting so

please come and enjoy the Buddha Day Celebration as well as hear Dr. Tanabe.

Piano and Singing Concert by three women from Japan will follow Dr. Tanabe’s

talk.

The Hawaii Buddhist Council is comprised of the following Buddhist temples: Higashi

Hongwanji Mission, Honpa Hongwanji Mission, Jodo Mission of Hawaii, Koyasan Shingon Mission,

Nichiren Mission of Hawaii, Soto Mission of Hawaii and Tendai Mission of Hawaii. It is always

nice to get together with fellow Buddhists! Please come and celebrate Buddha’s Birthday!

Sewing Circle

April 8 and 22

8:00 a.m. - 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 Onembutsu by doing various activities.

April 20 @ 10:45 a.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FUJINKAI (women’s association)

No meeting in April * * * * * * * *

Oahu Rengo Fujinkai

April 27 at Betsuin

YBA

No Meeting in April

♫ ♪ Ukulele by Stuart Nago ♫

Please come and enjoy ukule-

le music by Stuart Nago on

Sunday, April 20 at 10 a.m.

after Sunday Service. He may

also play his guitar.

Guest Speaker on April 13

Audrey Emiko Kitgawa, J.D.

We are happy to announce that Audrey Emiko Kitagawa, will

be flying in from New York City, and will speak at our April 13, 2014

Sunday Service, beginning at 10:00 A.M.

Audrey was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is the daughter of one of our

devoted Jodo Shu members, Mrs. Yoshiko Kitagawa. Many of you know

Mrs. Kitagawa who is 94 years of age and young as ever. She is always at

the otera greeting everyone with a smile and on days when her Fujinkai

group is scheduled for refreshments, she is in the kitchen and always mak-

ing sure that what is served is delicious as well as appealing in appearance.

Audrey travels all over the world, but never fails to remain in touch with

her dear mother despite some of the remote locations to which she travels.

Mrs. Kitigawa is looking forward to her daughter’s visit in April.

An attorney by profession who retired from her law career in 1996, Audrey heads the

Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, a nondenominational, ecumenical spir-

itual community that honors the various pathways to God realization, and the sacred jour-

ney which each person must undertake to discover his/her own inherently Divine nature.

She is the Founder/President of the International Academy for Transcultural Cooperation, a

Founding Trustee of the New York City Peace Museum, the former Advisor to the Office of

the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict at the

United Nations, and sits on various boards, councils and organizations that promote path-

ways to peace. Her extensive travels have taken her to many of Buddhism’s most sacred

sites, including the place of Lord Buddha’s birth (Lumbini, Nepal), enlightenment

(Bodhgaya), first teaching (Sarnath), and passing (Kushinagar).

With her extensive travels around the world, it is such an opportunity to have

Audrey make herself available to our temple. It is also wonderful that she always makes

herself available to her mother. If you ever read the article by Audrey E. Kitagawa

‘Crossing World Views, The Power of Perspective and the Hawaii Japanese American Ex-

perience”, you will see how much appreciation she has for her mother.

Please make every effort to come to our Sunday Service on April 13, 2014 at

10:00 A.M. to hear our guest speaker, Audrey Emiko Kitagawa. Lunch will also be

hosted and served by members of the Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family in

the Social Hall immediately following Audrey’s presentation.

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Fujinkai Ladies Enjoy Greeting Card Making

The Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai ladies held their annual General Membership

meeting on February 23, 2014, which also included their New Year’s party. For

something different one of their newest member Gail Masaki was kind enough

to show the ladies how wonderful it is to make your own greeting cards. Gail

provided all the supplies and the ladies concentrated very hard and enjoyed

themselves. They used sponges, ink pads, sticky cut-outs, and everyone had a

lot of fun. This was so different from other Fujinkai New Year’s parties! The

time went by so fast that there was not enough time to play BINGO. Instead various lucky

numbers were called.

Taisho University students (Shino

Kimoto, Akiko Suzui and Fukase

Kishida) also joined the ladies in card

making. Sophie Narashiba and Peggy

Miyamoto joined in this picture taking.

Keiro ladies received a package of sekihan (mochi rice with

azuki beans or “happy rice”) normally served on happy occa-

sions like our New Year’s party! These ladies also worked

hard earlier in the day and the day before preparing for the

delicious luncheon

Left photo: Jo

Ann Matsuo,

Setsuko Hara,

Harue Maki,

Tomoko Hisamoto,

Edna Ajimura

Right photo:

Evelyn Kiyo-

ta & her

daughter &

Marie Otani

Sunday School Excursion

On March 9, 2014, our Sunday School class went

on a fabulous excursion, thanks to their advisor

Kay Oshiro. They went to the Hilton Hawaiian

Lagoon and enjoyed the outdoors riding canoes.

It was a beautiful, sunny day, a good day to be out-

doors! Some got sunburns but the day was a day

to remember, a very fun day! Being in Hawaii,

they all love the ocean.

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Sunday Services

Importance of Coming to Sunday Services: Have you ever come to Sunday Service

and found how wonderful it is to start the new week off on a good start! If you haven’t, you

must try it some time. You might like it! Our services are not that early. It begins every

Sunday at 10 a.m. For those early risers, we do have an 8:30 a.m. morning service each day

for the Eitaikyo or Perpetual Memorial Service. Page 7 of this Bulletin lists all those who are

listed for Eitaikyo or Perpetual Memorial Service for the month of April and each day a min-

ister will say a prayer for that particular individual. Anyone can attend this early morning

service.

On the first Sunday, we usually have an Obetsuji service and during the

service the minister will ask everyone to hit

the mokugyo (a wooden piece with a wooden

stick) all together in unison making one

sound and at the same time reciting the

Nenbutsu (Jodo Shu is now spelling it

“Nenbutsu”). Nenbutsu is reciting Buddha’s

name: Namu Amida Butsu. Photo above shows our Sunday School students hitting the

mokugyo at their Youth Retreat in 2012.

On most second and third Sundays, the services are in English. The second Sunday is

usually a Family Service Sunday and normally the Fujinkai ladies prepare some type of

refreshments so everyone can enjoy fellowship. “Fellowship” is important to meet other Jodo

Shu members by getting to know each other and finding that you have similar interests. This

is good for your health!

At our English service, we do sing a few songs, especially Vandana and Ti-Sarana

(from ancient chanting), Shuka Tsukikage, which comes from our founder Honen Shonin, and

other songs. Also we normally would recite the Eight-Fold Path. Sometimes we also sing

Inochi no Riyu (The Reason for Life). It is a beautiful song written by Sada Masashi of

Japan for Jodo Shu as part of the 800th memorial service for Honen Shonin.

The fourth Sunday we usually have a Juzukuri service. Everyone gathers together

holding a part of a gigantic juzu (photo below) and

reciting the Nenbutsu. Such tranquility!

We sometimes also have meditation.

We are always looking for guest speakers so

please let us know if you know of anyone.

Please join us on Sundays at 10 a.m. un-

less another event overrides the Sunday Service

like temple cleaning or O-Toba set up day .

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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.

Mitsue Kawamoto 99

Shigemi Ishizaki 93

Richard Nakamura 83

Walter “Tiny” Takayoshi

Higuchi 78

Hiroshi Higaki 89

Calvin Sakae Murashige 90

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday

8am—5pm

Sunday & Holidays

8am—3pm

Phone: 949-3995

Website: www.jodo.us

Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nakano Resident Minister

Rev. Dwight

Nakamura Retired Minister

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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.

Apology for March Eitaikyo List: We

apologize for incorrectly spelling the deceased

person’s name in March Bulletin:

26 Kyo Ohta

Rev. Dwight

Nakamura: We

miss your smiling

face! If you have

been wondering

where is Rev. Naka-

mura, he is fine and

presently residing

with his daughter

Dana in North Caro-

lina. Hopefully, we

will see him soon!

Weather in Hawaii is

much warmer than

North Carolina!

1 Anzaemon Kajioka The Kajioka & Morita Family Yae Ogata Mistuko Arakawa Shimoyo Karamatsu Seiichi Kimura George Kaname Sakuda

2 Ryosaku Maeda The Maeda Family Shuzaburo Kunihiro The Kunihiro Family Masao Kamihara James Isamu Tomita Hoichi Nishimura Family

3 Kinjuro Ajimura The Ajimura Family Katsuichi Takeda The Takeda Family Takeo Kuniyuki Katsusaburo Yamamoto Kikue Kubota

4 Masayo Kusunoki The Kusunoki Family Shinichi Amakawa The Amakawa Family Hitomi Miyaura

5 Tsune Isobe The Isobe Family Mamoru Najita Isematsu Takenaka Kazumitsu Kaya

7 Yasu Hirohama The Hirohama & Kawasugi Family Kikujiro Uchiumi Naomi Fuse Johnson Fay Johnson Yumi Yokoyama Isaburo Terada Toru Yamane

8 Tadaichi Aoki The Aoki Family Kojiro Okamoto The Okamoto & Nakamoto Family Shigekichi Yoshizaki The Yoshizaki Family Naotaka Hayashi Misue Imamoto Yoshio Takara Masamitsu Nakano

9 Shizuko Hironaka The Hironaka & Ishimoto Family Fumie Iwasaki Tokio Nishikawa

10 Tomi Arakawa Matsuji Yamamoto

11 Tsunekichi Matsuno The Matsuno Family Sadako Yokoyama The Yokoyama & Morita Family Teru Sakuda The Sakuda Family Sada Harada

The Kohatsu Family Yoshiko Hara

12 Naka Nakamura Toshiko Umemoto 13 Yasuko Daitoku The Daitoku & Fujimoto Family Kayo Doi Tsuyo Uchiumi Zentoku Uyehara Yasu Iguchi Masashi Yamane

14 Heiji Yasumoto The Yasumoto Family Yoshi Okamura (2) Kiyoto Kawaoka

15 Toso Kamisato The Kamisato Family The Aoki Family Mikayo Higashimura Toshiro Kawabe The Kawabe Family Masakane Himuro Kenji Hayashi Toshiko Sumida Nishimoto William Hatsuichi Kishimoto

16 Bunsuke Isobe The Isobe Family Ryu Tsurusaki The Tsurusaki & Inada Family Masatoshi Umemoto Patsy Hisako Himuro Mitsuyoshi Gushikuma

17 Kenichi Namba The Namba Family Tsuneharu Imaguchi

18 Toyokichi Iguchi The Iguchi & Sasaki Family Eki Mineishi The Mineishi Family Yojiro Watanabe

19 Jun Kunihiro The Kunihiro Family Motoo Ueda The Ueda Family Maka Tamanaha The Tamanaha Family Matsutaro Shimizu Isamu Yoshioka Thomas Lai

20 Hiroshi Ohta Mantsu Takara Shozaemon Matsumoto Mildred Yukiko Ito

21 Naomi Takara Genichi Tamura Kikue Kakimoto

22 Kyoichi Koyama The Koyama Family Chieko Miyakawa Hiroshi Nakai The Nakai Family

Kazu Saiki Kyoichi Koyama Francis Sadamu Furutani, Jr.

23 Bishop Sensho Fukuda Eiko Gushikuma Shigeichi Aoki Moushi Uyehara Shigeo Tom Muranaka

24 Setsuyo Misawa (2) The Misawa Family The Watanabe Family Yoshio Kunimoto

25 Michizo Imaguchi (2) The Imaguchi Family Yasuko Ueda Tsunegoro Iwamoto Soichi Sakai

26 Kikujiro Yokoyama The Yokoyama & Morita Family Makoto Takahashi Masato Ishida Tokue Uehara

27 Misae Umemoto The Umemoto Family The Ida Family The Matsushima Family Shizue Nose Robert Murakami Haruko Teruya

28 Rokusuke Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Iwakichi Matsuda The Toichi Funamoto Family Misao Yamane Masa Okamoto Miyao Ume Kawamura

29 Mitsuyo Kamioka The Kamioka & Hanaoka Family Tatsuyo Ohara (2) The Ohara Family Tsuchi Kajioka Heijiro Asai Tsune Uesugi Koji Kamioka Manzuchi Higashi Kazuto Hamada Hatsumi Nakamura Yoshiyo Yanagihara Mitsuyo Kanai Yoshida Mitoshi Tanaka

30 Tsuru Matsuno Esa Yamane Kume Nakamoto The Nakamoto & Sakagawa Family The Matsuno Family The Yamane Family & Harada Family Shigetaka Imada Miyoko Shindo

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