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JODO MISSION OF HAWAII

BULLETIN - NOVEMBER 2011

(#1180-1111)

Bishop’s Report 2011 Kyoku Convention

By Gensho Hara, Bishop

At this past Kyoku Convention held in September 2011, I was re-elected as Bishop for the Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions. I am deeply honored and grateful for your support and confidence.

Thank you to Kyoku President Mark Nakamura and his officers, to Aki Nishiyama and David Miyamoto for planning the convention and to all the members of the Betsuin and Haleiwa Jodo Mission for their kokua with cooking, transportation, and hospitality towards the delegates during their visit.

During my first term as Bishop (2009-2011) Hawaii Jodo Shu has had many events and activities. Four of our temples in Hawaii celebrated their centennials: Hawi Jodo Mis-sion (October 2009), Kahului Jodo Mission (November 2009), Hilo Meishoin Mission (June 2010), Koloa Jodo Mission (February 2011). I would like to congratulate those temples and wish for their fruitful future endeavors.

Also as you all know this year marks the 800th Grand Memorial of our founder Honen Shonin. On September 18th we held a Kyoku sponsored memorial service at the Betsuin in conjunction with the Kyoku Convention. Last June we welcomed to Hawaii a group of 450

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Yoshimizuko members from Japan. At that time they held an 800th Grand Memorial service and eisho presentation at the Betsuin. The groups also visited neighbor island temples and exchanged with our Hawaii members. The visiting group expressed their heartfelt thanks to all of our Hawaii members who showed them so much aloha and hospitality.

The March 11th, earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor disasters in Japan brought Hawaii together with a generous outpouring of support. Just as Honen Shonin helped the suffering and distressed people during his time, our Hawaii Jodo Shu engaged in a fundraiser effort to collect monies for the Japan relief fund. In just one month we were able to collect over $100,000 statewide. The funds were sent to Jodo Shu headquarters and individual Jodo Shu temples in Japan. Your generosity and sincere cooperation was greatly appreciated.

Looking forward, addressing the future of our Jodo Shu, the Future Committee is work-ing hard, looking at the challenges that face our temple today. They have been surveying the temples in Hawaii. We need everyone’s support to move forward, Your thoughts, interests and ideas are welcome. Also the Jodo Advance Religious Projects Advocacy (JARPA) com-mittee is openly accepting proposals to fund temple projects in Hawaii that promotes the growth and sustainability of our Jodo Shu. Let us work towards a bright future for Hawaii Jodo Shu

In 2012 we will have the YBA Convention in June in Honolulu, the 22nd Layperson’s and Fujinkai Convention in September on Kauai. Lahaina and Haleiwa Jodo Missions will celebrate their centennial milestones in October and November respectively. Kapaa Jodo Mission will celebrate their centennial in 2012. Please join in these events and in events at your temple.

Although I am residing in Lahaina, I am available by telephone 808-661-4304 or via email at lahainajodomission@gmail.com Please feel free to contact me. Guided by the compassionate Light of Amida Buddha I ask for your continued support and guidance for the betterment of our temples and Hawaii Jodo Shu. Calling Amida Buddha’s holy name—Namu Amida Butsu, let us live our lives fruitfully.

With Gassho,

Gensho Hara, Bishop

2012 Jodo Shu Calendar

Live the Jodo Shu style each and every day, sharing in the love and com-passion of Amida Buddha year round with the messages of distinguished priests. Calendar is for January through December 2012. Free calen-dar is available. Please order your calendar now before we run out

Please call Jodo Mission of Hawaii at 949-3995 by November 10.

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Bits of Knowledge of Buddhism Vol. 12 The Origin of O-Juya Service (Nov. 2011)

By Rev. Yasushiro Watanabe

第12回「お十夜の由来」（2011年11月）

今月はお十夜法要が行われます。「お十夜」とは十日十夜の略で，『無量寿経』で「この世

での十日十夜の善行は，仏の国での千年間の善行よりも勝れている」と説かれることに由来し

ます。この一節は，この世は善行を妨げる誘惑に満ちていること，仏さまの国は素晴らしい環

境で悪行をなす人がいないこと，を示唆します。慈悲深い阿弥陀さまは，誘惑の多いこの世に

暮らす私たちのために，その悟りの功徳をお念仏に込めて究極の善行とされました。浄土宗寺

院では15世紀から，十日十夜にわたってお念仏を称えるお十夜法要が営まれてきました。現在

では一日に短縮されましたが，私たちにとって，仏さまの御心にかなった善行をすることを誓

い，仏さまの国に生まれることを願う，またとない機会となっています。

お十夜法要の行われる秋は，「実りの季節」でもあります。お十夜は農村の人々の間で収穫

祭として定着しました。新米やおはぎ（牡丹餅）を仏前に供えて，大地の恵みを感謝し，みん

なでその喜びを分かち合いました。現在のハワイ浄土宗別院では，メンバーの皆さんがキャン

ディなどの甘い物を持ち寄って，法要の後に食事を楽しむ習慣になっています。皆さんのご参

加をお待ちしております。

Vol. 12 The Origin of O-Juya Service (Nov. 2011)

We will have the O-Juya service in November. O-Juya means ten nights. In the Sutra of Infinite Life, it says: “If good is practiced in the secular world for ten days and nights, it is supe-rior to the practice of good in the Buddha’s Land for one thousand years.” This phrase shows that this world has a number of temptations which prevent us from doing good deeds, and there is no evil person in Buddha’s Land. Amida Buddha selected Onembutsu for us and put the utmost merit into chanting His holy name. That is why, O-Juya service, or chanting Onembutsu through the nights of ten days, has been held in Jodo Shu temples since 15th century. Now it is shortened to one day, but it is still a golden opportunity during which we vow to live the right way following the Dharma. Through this service, we demonstrate that we wish to be born in the Buddha’s Pure Land.

Autumn is also harvest season. O-Juya service has been established as a harvest festi-val for members. Farmers are thankful for the gift from the land and dedicate the year’s first crop to the Buddha. Now, we have a tradition that the members donate some sweets and share them at O-Juya service. Please join us and enjoy our time together and the delicious treats on November 6!

Image 1: Moon Viewing

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sunday School We welcome children to join our Sunday School. Let’s enjoy studying Onembutsu by doing various activities.

11/20/10 at 11:30 am

Sewing Circle

No Sewing Circle for November, December, and

January

Fujinkai Meeting (Women’s Association)

11/20 8:30 am

YBA Meeting

No YBA Meeting in November

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O-Juya Service Will be held on Sunday,

November 6 at 10:00 a.m.

“Doing good deeds (reciting Namu Amida Butsu) here and now exceeds a thousand years of good deeds in the land of all the Buddhas.”

At Jodo Mission, it is custom-ary for us to offer sweet treats to Amida Buddha. Please do not forget your sweet treats to share with everyone. (But not leftovers from Halloween.)

Please join us for our O-Juya Service on Sunday, November 6, at 10 a.m.

♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Children’s Choir “Malama” こども合唱団マラマ

11/13 at 10:45 a.m.

11/20 at 10:45 a.m.

Any child ages 5 to 8 years old can join. They will sing mainly Japanese songs and Buddhist gathas. Practice will be in Japanese.

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Rev. Watanabe’s mother came to visit on Sunday, October 16, 2011 with four of her friends.

1. When Someone Passed Away Death ↓ Medical examination ↓ Call for a minister ↓ Makuragyo (Bedside service) ↓ Call for a mortuary ↓ Body pick-up ↓ Meeting with the funeral director at the mortuary ↓ Viewing service ↓ Cremation ↓ FUNERAL with the first 7th day service ↓ 49th day service Burial service ↓ Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service ↓ 1 year memorial service

2. When Someone Is Very Close To Death Call for a minister ↓ Rinju Gyogi (Last rites) ↓ Death ↓ Medical examination ↓ Call for a mortuary ↓ Body pick-up ↓ Meeting with the funeral director at the mortuary ↓ Viewing service ↓ Cremation ↓ FUNERAL with the first 7th day service ↓ 49th day service Burial service ↓ Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service↓ ↓ 1 year memorial service

VISION FOR THE FUTURE (5)** By Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii has a very unique cultural background. In Japan, Buddhist customs differ from village to village, town to town, prefecture to prefecture. This is because Buddhism has been localized to fit to the custom in each area. Since Japanese immigrants came to Hawaii from the various regions of Japan, ceremonial customs are different according to the area where the family came from. How-ever, as time passes, those customs are becoming unclear and more confusing for the younger generations. Because of this confusion, younger generations seem to be going away from Buddhism by saying that Buddhism is hard to understand. Therefore, in this article, I would like to explain the standard procedure of doing a service. As the first, let me show you the two common procedures of having funerals among the members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii.

Note: Above two service procedures are purely for informational purpose. We shall honor your family customs and decisions to arrange a funeral service.

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**Editor’s note: This article is a reprint from our August 2011 issue. Because this article contains information you will need to know some day, we will be reprinting it from time to time as space permits.

Power of the Eggplant Mark Nakamura, Kyoku President, recently sent an article regarding the power of the Eggplant. The article states:

1. Do you know that eggplant and cholesterol are closely related?

2. There are 3 kinds of Eggplant; namely Green, white and purple; all have the same capabilities. Eggplant contains vitamins A, B1, B2, C and fat proteins, etc. Scientific experi-ments indicate eggplant is rich in Vitamin P.

3. Each kg of eggplant contains up to 7200 mg of Vitamin P. Within the popular health food category, it is described as outstanding.

4. Vitamin P can enhance the adhesion between human cells, lower cholesterol, main-tain the tenacity of microvasular (blood capillary). For the elderly, eating eggplant can inhibit vascular sclerosis; at the same time lower high blood pressure and has the microtubule break-down prevention special features.

5. In the American medical profession “The 12 law of lowering cholesterol,’ Eggplant ranked the first.

6. In fact, eggplant not only can lower cholesterol and high blood pressure, soften blood vessels but also contain anti-cancer ingredients. It is known in the modern science that eggplant contain “Solanine.” “Solanine” can inhibit the proliferation of tumor in the digestive system. Experts recommend cancer patients to eat eggplant as a regular food.

7. Eggplant, in the diet category, has more value than above-stated; it also can control hemoptysis, age spots, bad hyperlipidermia and also has certain effectiveness on gout patients.

8. The best way to eat eggplant is preferably not fried. Rinse the eggplant, cut it into slices, put it into the rice bowl and steam. On serving, stir it with chopped ginger, onion and garlic, sesame oil, add a little vinegar and soy sauce.

9. It is a colorful, delicious and flavor cuisine and, also is a healthy food for the elderly.

Nutritional Value

Upon researching the internet, found out that a cup of eggplant contains 10 grams of die-tary fiber, 7 grams of potassium, 6 grams of manganese, copper, Vitamin B1 (thiamin), Vita-min B6 (pyridoxine), 5 grams or less of folate, magnesium, tryptophan, Vitamin B3 (niacin) and Calories of approximately 27.

Individual Concerns

Eggplant is among those foods that contain small amounts of oxalates. When oxalates become too concentrated in body fluids, they can crystallize and cause health problems, For Page 6

Ukulele by Stuart Nago

On Sunday, October 9, 2011, after our regular Sunday Service, we were fortunate to have Stuart Nago performed two songs on his ukulele—”Over the Rainbow” and a Portuguese song entitled “April in Portugal”. Mr. Nago mentioned that he met his wife at Jodo Mission and got married at Jodo Mis-sion. Last year, he performed his guitar at our mini con-cert. He is a man of many talents. Because two of the Goeka women who love music could not attend the service because they were preparing refreshments, Mr. Nago serenaded them with two songs—”I’ll Remember You” and ‘What a Wonderful World.” Mrs. Kitagawa and Mrs. Hisamoto were so delighted with this, after they spent the morning making musubis and fried furikake musubis for everyone to enjoy!

Stuart Nago’s next performance will be Sunday, November 20th after our 10 a.m. service. MUSIC is so wonderful so if you missed the last performance, please don’t miss the next one! Thank you Mr. Nago!

Power of Eggplant—Continued from page 7: this reason, individuals with already existing and untreated kidney or gallbladder problems may want to avoid eating eggplant. Laboratory studies have shown that oxalates may also in-terfere with absorption of calcium from the body.

Foods that contain oxalates:

Fruits: blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, currants, kiwifruit, purple grapes, figs, tangerine and plums

Vegetables: spinach, swiss chard, beet greens, collards, okra, parsley, leeks are most ox-alate dense vegetables; and celery, green beans, summer squash are moderately dense in ox-alates.

Nuts: almonds, cashews & peanuts; also, soybeans, tofu and other soy products.

Like everything else, you must eat in moderation. Too much of one type of food can lead to other problems. Eat healthy and stay happy!

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800th Grand Memorial Service for Honen Shonin Held on September 28, 2011 at Chion-in

Jodo Shu Head Temple Below are some photos taken by Rev. Narashiba when he went to the 800th Grand Memorial Service for Honen Shonin.

Altar with Honen Shonin in center.

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Photo on left is of Chion-in Temple from our September 2011 Bulletin. To the right is Rev. Narashiba standing before a decorated Chion-in Temple with the huge purple Maku with the Tokugawa mon. Jodo Mis-sion has a miniature version in our hondo. Next month, we will try to have more photos and possi-bly a few words from Bishop Hara about the ceremony.

Dancer with Jodo Shu crest on obi.

Opening Ceremony

Beautiful statute of Buddha in waiting room or in Rev. Narashiba’s time, a lecture room.

Yoshimizuko dancers.

MOCHI (Dec. 29) ORDER FORM おもち注文表 Deadline for order is Thursday, December 8, 2011

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With the New Year just around the corner it is once again time to order our delecta-ble mochi. This year, we will be selling Okasane and Komochi. Please fill out the mochi order form above. The deadline to submit your mochi order form is Thursday, December 8th.

Mochi is to be picked up on: Wednesday, December 29, 2011

From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm And to those who would like to learn and make mochi with us, we will be making mochi on Thursday, December 29th from 7:00 am. This is a fun and memorable experience for all, especially families (a family who makes mochi together sticks together). Please come and join us. We look forward to seeing you. Page 9

Obituaries Jodo Mission of Hawaii is happy to re-port that we have no obituaries to report at printing time. Thank you.

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday 8am—5pm

Sunday & Holidays 8am—3pm

Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nakano Resident Minister

Rev. Dwight Nakamura

Retired Minister Page 10

What is “Perpetual Memorial Service?” (Eitaikyo)

This record of a perpetual memorial ser-vice 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 morning 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 welcome you to attend the morning service at 8:30am.

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

Apology for October Eitaikyo List

We apologize for not listing the following deceased persons in the October Bulletin:

10/31: The Okawa & Shigeoka Family Kuni Yamamoto The Yamamoto Family Yasuko Mitsuyasu

Rev. Yasuhiro Watanabe Resident Minister

2012 Jodo Shu

Calendar [photo to right] Available at

Jodo Mission. Please call to reserve your

copy.

1 Gensaku Nakagawa The Nakagawa Family Hidetsugu Kanai Sadao Hedani Masao Takeda Tadao Murashige 2 Koichi Yoshiumi The Yoshiumi Family Koichi Nakamura Jiro Masuda Kenjiro Ishii Tari Sato 3 Fuji Yoshisaki The Yoshisaki Family Tsurue Hayase 4 Kiichi Saiki Kanji Kimoto Emi Taira 5 Kanichi Iwamoto The Iwamoto Family Matsutaro Tanimura The Tanimura Family Yuriko Sano Yasuichi Hamasaki Katajiro Yamamoto 6 Kinroku Morita The Morita Family Jihei Shimokawa The Shimokawa Family Tokizo Fujita Tomi Tominaga Jihei Shimokawa 7 Taeko Mizuno Mizuno & Ota Family Tadahito Sakuda The Sakuda Family Shoichi Hisamura Kimiko Nobuji Hatsue Gonhata Aki Ikeda Kenji Sano 8 Machida's Baby Masao Uno The Uno Family Bansuke Tomai The Tomai Family Tsutomu Hanano Kazuo Gonhata Kazo Kubota 9 Iwao Iwamoto The Iwamoto Family Natsu Kanemoto

The Kanemoto & Miyamoto Family Otome Sugiyama (2) Yoshio Kanehira Mildred Asako Tsuda 10 Yoshisuke Miyakawa The Miyakawa Family Shinayo Kano The Kano & Watabe Family Rev. Myoshun Hayashi The Hayashi Family Shuichi Ota Clarence Katsuji Morimoto 11 Tsuru Teramoto The Teramoto Family Tamotsu Sugiyama (2) Soyo Nishida Yonoichi Kitagawa Herbert H. Kano Hisayo Okawa 12 Tomohei Tejima The Tejima Family Sueji Yano 13 Matsujiro Tsurusaki The Tsurusaki & Inada Family 14 Shiro Fukunaga (2) 15 Gentaro Arita The Arita Family Toyomi Moritsugu Kana Teruya Enosuke Kawasugi Rosalie Katsuko Nishimura Toyoichi Yamada 16 Tora Otani The Otani & Yanagihara Family Shosaku Yagi The Yagi & Okada Family Kazuo Hayashi The Hayashi Family Koichi Ono The Ono & Yamada Family Mitsuko Yanagihara Fumi Miyamoto 18 Jinkichi Tanaka The Tanaka & Noda Family Kimie Hashimoto 19 Onsho Chinen The Chinen Family Saku Fukuda The Fukuda Family Mamu Iwasaki

Yaeko Uesugi Kaname Tanimura 20 Naka Iwamoto The Iwamoto Family Totaro Nomiyama Toyo Terada Yoshi Yamanaka Taru Namihira 21 Bishop Kyokujo Kubokawa 22 Wasa Hamada The Hamada Family Shina Karamatsu The Karamatsu Family Minnosuke Ebisugawa Mamoru Tatei Fusae Oshita Paul Shigeyuki Sakuda 23 Matsue Inoue The Inoue Family Sano Matsumoto Yutaka Matsumoto Yoshiichi Takemoto Kinji Yamamoto Takami Aoki 24 Tatsuo Tsuda Yonezo Kitagawa 25 Tadao Nakamura Matsuyo Yamamoto Tsutomu Kuniyuki 26 Asako Yamamoto Kieko "Kay" Fuse Miyoko Matsumura Noboru Tarumoto 27 Chisaburo Azuma The Azuma Family Jane Hatsuko Higa Hisako Kurakake (2) 28 Tameno Fujimoto The Fujimoto Family Hatsuo Murao 29 Junichi Oki Heizo Furukawa

30 Tsuma Ishida The Ishida & Aimoto Family Shizu Shigeoka Usanosuke Otani

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