Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - NOVEMBER 2014

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Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.

Honolulu HI 96814

Address Service Requested

Discussion on Religious Services

at Jodo Mission of Hawaii

November 2, 2014 After 10:00 a.m. Sunday Service

Please join us for a discussion on religious services held at Jodo Mission of

Hawaii both Japanese and English services. As of the date of this Bulletin,

English services are held on the second and third Sundays at 10:00 a.m., other

Sundays, services are in Japanese (which is normally reading the sutras in Japa-

nese). On the first Sunday, we have an Obetsuji service where everyone at the

service will be asked to hit the mokugyo in unison. On the fourth Sunday, we

have a juzukuri service which is having O-Nenbutsu recited with everyone

surrounding a huge juzu and reciting the O-Nenbutsu.

Sutras and gathas are recited from the Otsutome book.

We have a comment box on religious services. Some members have

made comments about our religious services, i.e. services are too long,

O-Nenbutsu recitation should be shorter like 5 minutes instead of 10 to 15

minutes, musical meditation is good, Ichimai Kishomon should be recited more often, oshoko

or offering of incense should be given within the service or it’s better to have the offering of

incense before the service begins so people would come to the temple on time and participate

in the sutra chanting, etc.

Please come and participate in this discussion of the religious services. It is educa-

tional to hear comments by everyone as well as the ministers on what and why we are having

services. Anyone interested can participate in this discussion.

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School Students Wanting to go to College

Students in elementary, middle and high school should be

thinking about college. Parents of these students should also be

thinking of how am I going to afford to send my children to col-

lege.

Most students try to excel in their studies. Some play sports

and try to apply for scholarships; others try to obtain other types of scholarships. Have you

ever thought that possibly coming to church and learning about your religion can also help you

on your way to college? It is nice to have a scholarship. There are many different types of

scholarships. Some pay for an entire semester or entire school year and even some that are for

four years of college. Any type of scholarship is helpful!

Even coming to Sunday Services helps! How does it help? Jodo Shu offers scholarships

by its various affiliations, i.e. Fujinkai, YBA, etc. Attending Sunday Services and attending

Sunday School are very important religious activities to learn about the Jodo Shu teachings.

Coming to memorial services of deceased family members are personal duties one has to his/

her own family. Volunteering at Bon dance, mochitsuki, bazaar, and other temple activities

adds credits towards a Jodo Shu scholarship. Children who at an early age come to Sunday

School, learn about the Jodo Shu teachings and participate in Sunday Services gain a lot of the

understanding of Jodo Shu.

So please parents and grandparents, consider bringing your children and/or grand-

children to Jodo Mission of Hawaii. We have services every Sunday at 10 a.m. unless there

are other activities, i.e. spring and autumn Higan services, O-Bon services, Bon dance, bazaar,

etc.

Bazaar Prep Day, Sunday, October 12

THANK YOU to everyone who came to help bring all the items out for the

Bazaar and begin to sort them. There were some wonderful things that people donated:

Ian Kitajima founds an umbrella!

Harumi Molnair and

Cynthia Matsunaga folded

clothes together.

Aki Nishiyama, Richard Mu-

rashige and Allison Oshiro found

some interesting books!

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B A Z A A R

We apologize for any confusion at our recent Bazaar held on October 19, 2014. Because

of the oncoming Ana Storm, the Bazaar was cancelled but as the weather improved, the mes-

sage was changed and the Bazaar went on as scheduled. A gentleman came at 6:00 a.m. so he

would be the first person in line (Bazaar door opened at 8:00 a.m.) and as time went on the

line got longer and longer!

For those who came in the rainy weather, THANK YOU for coming and hope you found

some wonderful good things! For all those who came to help, we cannot thank you enough.

Members and friends came every day from October 12 to the day before the Bazaar October

19 and sort items and price items. People were still bringing in things for the Bazaar as late as

the day before the Bazaar.

Happy faces of

those who came to

help on Bazaar

day!

Amy Hasegawa with Clifford Miyamoto

and Rev. Narashiba

Jon Karamatsu

on left and and

Mia Youth on

the right.

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Craft Ladies: Doris

Soma (extreme right)

has a sewing class on

Saturdays and they

make craft items, hapi coats etc. Here Amy

and Ann are her help-

ers

Lots of people

searching for good

buys!

Tomoko Hisamoto selling sushi vinegar, tsuke-

mono, sweet potato, spam musubi

The day the Bazaar sign went

up, it was a beautiful sunny day!

Laypersons and Hawaii Rengo Fujinkai Convention On September 19-21, 2014 the statewide Laypersons and Rengo Fujinkai held their

Convention in Hilo, Hawaii. The highlight of the Convention was the bus ride from Hilo to

Hamakua for a special 120th Commemorative Service at Hamakua Jodo Mission. Hamakua

Jodo Mission is the oldest Buddhist temple in the State of Hawaii. The 120 year service hon-

ors the first pioneer minister Rev. Gakuo Okabe. When you enter the temple and see the koa

altar; it is so amazing that someone made the altar out of koa wood. The architecture is just

so beautiful! See below the beautiful koa architecture on the altar.

Hilo Meishoin members were host to this

Convention. Thank you very much for your wonderful hospitality! The food was so delicious!

Everyone had a wonderful time!

Above are the Laypersons Officers for 2014-2016.

The next Convention will be held on Maui in

2016. Donald Fujii (person far right) was elected

President of the Laypersons Association.

Photo above right are the Rengo Fujinkai elected

officers. Jocelyn Tengan, extreme right was elect-

ed President for 2014-2016. Fujinkai also honored

the keiro (80 years and older): Masae Ando (Hilo),

Hakalau ladies Sue Saruwatari, Alice Nishimoto and

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Setsuko Taira, Toshiko Muraoka (Haleiwa) Akiko Nishiyama and Doris Soma (Honolulu)

MOCHI (Dec. 27) ORDER FORM おもち注文表 Deadline for order is Saturday, December 6, 2014

注文締め切り１２月６日

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

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PLEASE PRINT NAME 名前 HOME PHONE NO. 電話番号

OKASANE おかさね

$4.25/SET

KOMOCHI こもち

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TOTAL

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MOCHI

With the New Year just around the corner it is once again time to order our delec-table 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 Saturday, December 6th.

Mochi is to be picked up on: Saturday, December 27, 2014

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 Saturday, December 27th 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.

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Obituaries

Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sincere

condolences to the family members and loved

ones of the following members who have re-

cently left this world for the Pure Land.

Albert Shigetoshi Wachi 96

Frances Tomi Yano 85

Charles Tanaka 71

Violet Umamoto Wada 73

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 Page 6

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 minis-ters pray for that individual during the morning ser-vice. 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 8:30 am.

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.

2015 Jodo Shu Calendar

Live the Jodo Shu style each and every day, sharing in the love and compassion of Amida Buddha year round with the messages of distin-guished priests. Calen-dar is for January through December 2015. Free calendar is available. Please order your calendar now be-

fore we run out. Please call Jodo Mission of Hawaii at 949-3995 by November 11.

O-Juya Service Will be held on Sunday,

November 9 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 customary for us to

offer sweet treats to Amida Buddha. Please do

not forget your sweet treats to share with eve-

ryone. (But not leftovers from Halloween.)

Please join us for our O-Juya Service on

Sunday, November 9, at 10 a.m.

Bishop Gensho Hara Lahaina, Maui

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 Shigenobu Tamashiro 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 Bert Takeshi Higa 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) Alice Chieko Masatsugu Kingsley K. Luke 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 Kameyo Ohnaga (2) 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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