Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - SEPTEMBER 2017

Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.

Honolulu HI 96814

Address Service Requested

(#1250-0917)

BAZAAR POSTPONED TO MARCH 2018

Jodo Mission of Hawaii’s Bazaar normally held in October is postponed until March 2018. Beginning September 19, 2017, renovation work will begin on

our stairways which may include dust and noise. This renova-tion work will take a couple months. Our temple was built in 1932 so from time to time renovations will have to be made and the concern is for everyone’s safety!

For the safety of everyone, during this period our upstairs Nokotsudo/Columbarium will be closed beginning September 19. Those wishing to bring flowers may do so by leaving the flow-ers in the office and specify for which niche.

Use of the elevator will be limited.

The front Nokotsudo/Columbarium may be closed when the front stairway is be-ing repaired.

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Bazaar Postponed to March 2018 cont’d:

All classes held in Ikoi Hall will either be cancelled or shift-ed to another day in the Social Hall.

As you can see from the many photos on pages 1 and 2, we have a lot of concrete walls, stairways, ceilings which need repair.

We apologize for this inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact the Jodo Mission office at 949-3995.

Thank you,

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bazaar Donations: Although we will continue to accept your donations for the Bazaar, would you please limit bringing your donations until after November 2017.

O -Bon Service Photos

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THANK YOU to everyone who came to our O-Bon Ser-vices and for those who worked hard to make our O-Bon Services successful. Thank you to those who made dona-tions to the temple and rice donations for the hungry ghosts. Your be-loved relatives are happy you remem-bered them!

Taiko drums by Dragon Beat performed at the end of our final O-Bon Service to send our ancestor spirits back to the Pure Land. One unique performance was with the taiko drums placed horizontally and the drummers sitting on the hot road. This is also done in Japan at O-Bon.

Right photo: Rev. Nakano explains the importance of the cymbal.

Thank you to all who participated by following the ministers as they went through each row of O-Tobas for the final prayer to each O-Toba. Very nice to see many people follow the ministers and then offer incense..

Space saving

Bishop Hara offers foods to the suffering souls.

Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions / Kyoku Convention

The Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions (Kyoku) Convention will be held here at the Betsuin September 15-17, 2017. Members of the 13 Jodo Shu temples in Hawaii will meet for this Convention.

In 2014, Kyoku President Leonard Chow in his first New Year’s Message in “Hawaii Buddhism” wrote some inspiring thoughts :

Our present challenges are many—specific issues of declining mem-bership, aging temples, and self-sufficiency of our smaller temples are priorities. These problems should not be considered as insurmountable or hopeless. However, we cannot be passive or indifferent and say “shoga nai” (“it can’t be helped”) because these challenges, if not addressed soon, will have a devastating effect on the future of Jodo Shu in Hawaii. I truly believe we can overcome these challenges if we work together as a Sangha and “think outside of the box.” We live in a very hectic and fast-paced society that is no longer idyllic or pastoral. We need to be proactive in our daily lives as well as in our dealings with temple mat-ters or we will be left behind. We should also respect each other and other’s opinions. Let us put aside our personal differences and selfish mindset, think positively, and live and work harmoniously with others so that we can truly create a better community and a better Sangha. Our actions and deeds should always be “Otera no tame ni” (“for the sake of the temple”). If our actions and words are truly sincere then perhaps we can achieve and realize true Buddha nature. Let us be good role models so that others would want to join us as new members in fellowship. We also need to be proactive in our approach in attracting new mem-bers. Our temples and congregations need to interact and engage the community at large and make our presence known in our respective local areas. For example, if you become active members in your community by joining service organizations or social and recreational clubs and on occasion open the temple halls for community events, others may one day reciprocate the favor when help is needed at your temple. Build-ing relationships with others takes time and must be nurtured so that in the future you can be comfortable in asking for help for temple activities and in turn others would be willing to offer assistance when asked.

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September 10—Keiro Kai and Grandparents’ Day

The Intermediate YBA and Sunday School will honor our Keiro members (all those 80 years old and older) on Sunday, September 10, at 10 a.m. Please join us if you are able to come.

Also, younger generation, please bring your parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles who are 80 years and older to join this event! It will be a special treat for them!

AUTUMN O-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: Wednesday, Sept 13, 2017

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by Date accepted / /2017 (In person/ Mail / By phone)

Received by Date paid: ________/______/2017 (Cash / Check #_____________) Write

O-HIGAN SERVICE The word “Higan” literally means “the other shore” in Japanese. One shore represents the world 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 prac-tice the teaching to reach the other shore across the river. We have two Higan seasons in a year. One in spring, the other in au-tumn, as Higan is held during the week of the spring and autumn equinox. Shan Tao, one of the highest ranking priests of Jodo Buddhism in China said that the sun sets due west during the equinox thus it is a good oppor-tunity 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 for our Higan-e service and think about Amida Bud-dha’s Pure Land and our ancestors. Our Higan-e Service will be held:

Sunday, September 24 at 10:00 am Chutoba prayers will be conducted during this service. If you would like a Chutoba prayer for your ancestors, please fill out the form on this page and send it or drop it off at the Jodo Mission office by Wednesday, September 13th. Thank you.

What is a “Chutoba”? Chutoba is a paper-thin rectangular piece of wood approximately 3” wide by 15” tall. The top 5” are cut on each side so that one can easily identify the shape of a pagoda. “Chu” means middle-size in Japanese. “Toba” means Pagoda. Chutoba means middle-size pagoda. A Pagoda indicates a memorial tower for Shakyamuni Buddha in Bud-dhism. People buried Buddha’s ashes and his belongings under the pagoda after Shakyamu-ni Buddha passed away. Because one of the sutra tells of the significance of worship for a Pagoda, many different forms of it were built in China, Japan and other countries. In earlier times, people began put-ting their ancestors’ names on the toba and having prayers for their ancestors.

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Higan Service September 24 at 10 a.m.

____ I plan to attend service ____ I do not plan to attend

O b i t u a r i e s

The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sin-

cere condolences to the family members and

loved ones of the following members who have

recently left this world for the Pure Land.

Yasuko Trantham 71

Wayne Shinichi Umemoto 76

Betty Kimiko Uehara 91

Rose Nanbara 92

Sachiko Taketa 91

Toshiko Elsie Otani 96

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

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 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 9:30 am.

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.

O-Bon Services— Thank you so much to our ministers: Bishop Hara from Lahaina, Rev. Narashiba, Rev. Nakano and Rev. Ezaki from Haleiwa Jodo Mis-sion to assist with the O-Bon Services. The Bishop and ministers performed at each of our 7 O-Bon Services, including the final O-Toba prayer at the end of each service as they went through each row of O-Tobas, especially in the hot sun with their religious attire and to Rev. Narashiba and Rev. Nakano who had waiting for them after each service the private ser-vices. Thank you, thank you to Bishop Hara, Rev. Narashiba, Rev. Nakano and Rev. Ezaki from members and relatives of Jodo Mission of Hawaii!

EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for September

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1. Seijiro Mitsuyasu The Mitsuyasu Family Takao Nishimura The Nishimura Family Kamado Gushikuma Mary Fujie Takimoto 2. Kiku Sugimoto The Sugimoto & Samoto Family Yutaro Karamatsu The Karamatsu Family Kiku Kusunoki The Kusunoki Family Minbunosuke Sakuda 3. Eikichi Nakamoto The Okamoto & Nakamoto Family Reverend Hoyu Ohta The Ohta Family Katsume Kuniyuki Tetsuji Tamura 4. Shizuko Morita Helen Kikuno Mitsutani Bert Nobuo Yoshida Eisuke Tamura Hoichi Ogawa 5. Kikuyo Iwamoto Kam Siu Shigeki Hayashi Yuriko Naito 6. Toramatsu Yamamoto Kamekichi Shigeoka Suteno Yoshida Masaichi Toishigawa Kichigoro Ikeda Yukimi Okada 7. Nobuo Hara (2) 8. Suke Muranaka The Muranaka Family Azuma Tojo The Tojo Family Toshiko Judy Maeda Yanagihara 9. Mitsue Shigeoka Shunsuke Ogi The Ogi Family Shigeru Takeda Yone Wakayama Umeda Masako Koyama 10. Ritsu Inada (2) The Inada Family (2) The Morimoto Family Tsune Kuniyuki Shimo Hashimoto Sana Tamura Yukie Sakaue 11. Yorizo Yamane The Yamane Family The Harada Family Ikuzo Kuniyuki Nobuo Tsuda Mike Shigeo Hara 12. Junji Sano

The Nishimoto Family Sada Hayashi The Hayashi Family Masao Fukuzawa Tsuneyasu Tamanaha Ann Umeyo Ohta Taeko Stella Uehara Shikazo Hayashi 13. Yoshigoro Takata The Takata Family Kumayo Nomura The Nomura Family Robert Yoshio Kawakami Yasuichi Moritsugu The Henry T. Hijii Family Tatsui Oshita 14. Matsu Ohta Kikuzuchi Takaoka Toshio Mitani Frances Yano 15. Umeyo Nishimura The Nishimura Family Ishi Yagi The Yagi & Okada Family Takeji Kobara Masaji Kawasugi Shizue Masuda Stanley Yuji Yokoyama Ayako Nakata James Hajime Koike 16. Shigenori Uesugi 17. Rikuji Hashimoto The Hashimoto Family Fujie Nomiyama Tomio Machida 18 Kinjuro Sugimoto The Sugimoto & Samoto Family Take Kitagawa The Kitagawa Family Tameo Shinntani Kamejiro Uyeda Hoichi Fujita The Fujita Family Mie Kashiwa Fumiko Yamane Nobuko Tsuruda 19. Kichijuro Miyashige The Goto & Miyashige Family Seitoku Higa Bryan Kenji Weiss The Weiss Family The Sunagawa Family Fusae Ippongi 20. Shoichi Ishida The Ishida & Aimoto Family The Iwamoto’s Baby The Iwamoto Family Kiyoko Isobe 21, Kumanoshin Yamamoto (2) Yoshiko Nakahara (2) Wanda Akemi Hamada

22. Miyo Koyama The Koyama Family Keikichi Mishina The Mishina Family Kame Higa The Higa Family Ruth Yoshiko Medeiros Tsuchitaro Iwamoto Eleanor Haruko Nose Shigeko Machida 23. Kiyoshi Matsushita The Matsushita Family Yoshiaki Ono The Ono & Yamada Family Yoshio Uchiumi Riichi Hirouji 24. Ryuichi Hamada The Hamada Family The Sakauye Family Shieto Saiki Aya Asaumi Noboru Sakauye 25. Haruyo Yanagihara Kamematsu Onohara Mitsuru Harada 26. The Nishimura’s Baby 27. Seiichi Tanaka The Tanaka & Takahashi Family Hakuyo Ebisuzaki (2) Goro Shindo 28. Kimi Morita The Morita & Ashinaka Family Dorothy Natsue Hayashi The Hayashi Family 29. Kiku Tanimura The Tanimura Family Ryosuke Yanagisawa The Yanagisawa Family Ushi Shimabukuro Akio Shimabukuro The Shimabukuro Family Kiyo Yamachika The Yamachika & Matsushige Family Ishi Uyenoyama Yuu Kunihisa Yoshiwa Tarumoto Chieko Yamamura 30. Francis Kiyoshi Furutani Charles Tanaka Jean Miyoko Higaki George Giichi Ohara

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