Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - DECEMBER 2015

(#1229-1215)

Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.

Honolulu HI 96814

Address Service Requested

JODO-E SERVICE Jodo-E (sometimes referred to as Bodhi Day) is the day that Shakyamuni Buddha attained

enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. Although Buddha’s enlightenment took place about 2500

years ago, his teachings are with us and continue to lead us to a life of true peace and happiness.

The Hawaii Buddhist Council*, invites everyone to join in the Jodo-E Ser-

vice. This year the service will be held at Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii.

The guest speaker is Edwin P. Hawkins, President Emeritus Japan-America So-

ciety of Hawaii and Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation.

Date: Sunday, December 6, 2015

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Honpa Hongwanji Mission 1727 Pali Highway, Honolulu, Hawaii

Parking: Limited, carpooling encouraged

*The Hawaii Buddhist Council is comprised of the following Buddhist Temples: Nichiren Mission, Soto Mis-

sion, Higashi Hongwanji Mission, Honpa Hongwanji Mission, Jodo Mission of Hawaii, Koyasan Shingon Mis-

sion and Tendai Mission.

As part of the Bodhi Day Service, HBC is having a HBC Bodhi Day Food Drive 2015 to

help the homeless/houseless. Please bring your nonperishable food items to Jodo Mission of

Hawaii by Saturday, December 5 or bring them yourselves to the Bodhi Day Service at

Honpa Hongwanji Mission on December 6. Please see page 2 for a list of food items requested.

In addition, HBC has a Photo Contest: Theme “Peace”. Photo should capture Buddhist

messages such as non-violence, harmony, mutual respect and interdependence. See page 2.

The Bodhi Tree Words and music by the Late Linda Castro

At the HBC Bodhi Day Service on December 6, 2015, the gatha entitled

“The Bodhi Tree” will be sung. It has some beautiful words:

This tree from a far-a-way country, with leaves in the shape of a tear,

Likes heat and lots of sunshine and doesn’t grow very well up here.

But the Dharma’s not like a tree, it can grow anywhere on the earth at all.

Like a shower of rain bringing life again to a dry and thirsty ground,

The Dharma touches all living things the whole world ‘round.

You may live in a very large city, or in a village up in mountains above,

You may speak Chinese, English or Pali, but we can all speak the language of love.

Linda Castro was a professor of music from the Indiana State University. Among oth-

er things, she wrote Six Songs for Buddhist Children and it was published in 1990 as a Chil-

dren’s Book with an accompanying Teacher’s Book. She organized the Seattle Betsuin choir.

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Bodhi Tree at Jodo Mission of Hawaii

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Rice

Canned meats (tuna, chick-

en, etc.)

Pasta and sauce

Canned veggies and fruits

Mashed potatoes (boxed)

Soup

Canned gravy and sauces

Non-refrigerated juice

Powdered milk

Boxed stuffing mixes

Spices

Salad dressing

Hawaii Buddhist Council PHOTO CONTENST Theme: “Peace”

To Enter: 1) Take a photo.

2) Use your name in the photo’s file name that you will attach and send

3) Email your photo to aloha.hbc@gmail.com with your name, age, tele-

phone number, and temple name (Children under age 10 must have parental

approval to participate).

Only one entry per person will be considered. ALL ENTRIES will be displayed at Honpa Ha-

waii Betsuin Dec 3-13, 2015. Photo must be taken by the submitter. Hawaii Buddhist Council

reserves all rights to photos submitted. Deadline: November 23, 2015.

NEW YEAR’S EVE

At this time of the year, Buddhist temples observe two kinds of special services to welcome the

New Year. They are New Year’s Eve service and New Year’s Day service. Have you attended these

services before? If not, the following are meanings for these services.

New Year’s Eve Service. New Year’s Eve service is one of the most familiar annual cer-

emonies for Buddhists in Japan. Here in Hawaii, the New Year’s Eve Bell ringing service is ob-

served at each Buddhist Temple. When we listen solemnly to the sounds of the bell in the silent mid-

night, we reflect in ourselves, and have a feeling of deep meditation. Do you know why the temple

bell rings 108 times on New Year’s Eve? To ring the bell 108 times signifies the dispelling of 108

evil passions which all human beings have. According to Buddhism we have 108 different kinds of

evil thoughts in our minds. While the temple bell is rung, we pray to dispel our evil passions and

thoughts. Japanese people call that night “Joya”. Joya means the very night when we should try to

dispel all evil things in our lives.

The New Year’s Eve service gives us a good opportunity to meditate and reflect on our life on

this last day of the year. And it is also a time to express our gratitude to every blessing which we

have received in our lives and at the same time to our ancestors, parents, our country and our Lord

Amida Buddha. In so doing, we can welcome a most Happy New Year!

Joya-e Service: Everyone is invited to New Year’s Eve Service or Joya-e Service on

Thursday, December 31st at 11:30 p.m. Please come and help ring the temple bell 108 times.

New Year’s Day Service. New Year’s Day Service is another special service held on

January 1st. New Year’s Day has three beginnings. It is the beginning of a new day, a new month

and a new year. Therefore, it is a very important and significant day. Buddhist temples have a special

service which is called Shusho-e. This service means a religious gathering to reflect on the past life

(year) and correct it and think of the New Year with hopes of a better life. We can reflect on our past

lives (years), confess to past deeds, and resolve for a better life by following the teachings of Amida

Buddha. And we can begin the New Year with hopes for the future. These two services have long

been the practices for Buddhists to finish the old year and begin the first day of the New Year. In so

doing, you can begin the New Year with strengthened faith in Amida Buddha.

Shusho-e or New Year’s Day Service: Please join us on Friday, January 1, 2016 at

10 a.m. for the first service of the year and pray for our safety, happiness and world peace for

the coming new year. Rev. Yubun Narashiba will also give his New Year’s address in English -

Happy New Year!

NEW YEAR BLESSINGS AT HOME During January, 2016, New Year blessings at

homes are available for those who cannot attend the New Year service at the Temple. Let’s start the

wonderful New Year in the love and compassion of Amida Buddha. Please call Jodo Mission at

949-3995.

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Omamoris are spiritual charms, talismans, and amulets in Japanese religious

tradition that possess the power to ward off misfortune and procure good luck. They

can be made of pieces of wood, patches of cloth, strips of paper, or rings of metal and

come in various sizes though the majority found in Hawaii tend to be no larger than

the size of one’s palm. Omamoris are available at Jodo Mission.

Please call Jodo Mission at 949-3995 for more information.

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Attending the Inauguration Ceremony of Our Former Minister, Rev. Oeda By Rev. Yubun Narashiba

On Friday, October 16, 2015, our for-

mer minister Rev. Hiroyoshi Oeda official-

ly succeeded his father’s temple with the

Grand Inauguration ceremony and the cere-

bration party were held at Sendai City of

Miyagi prefecture in Japan.

The following is the short report of my

trip to Sendai to attend the ceremony and the

party.

Day 1

I left Honolulu International Airport on

October 14 at 10:10 a.m. by United Airlines

to Narita Airport, Japan. Though the flight

was full, it was a very smooth ride all the

way to Narita Airport. The meal which was

served in the airplane was chicken rice

which is my favorite. I already was a happy

tourist at that time.

Day 2

After the 7 hours of the flight, the airplane landed on Narita airport at 1:30 p.m. Japan time.

Since we crossed the date line, it was already October 15. Though there were

5 hours of transfer time to the next airplane to Sendai, I knew how to kill the

time. Book store! After having read two books there, I had a Tonkatsu at a

restaurant for the dinner. The tonkatsu was very thick, soft and juicy. I said

to myself, “Oh, I haven’t had this kind of Tonkatsu for a longtime.”

At 6:55 p.m., I left Narita airport to Sendai airport by All Nippon Airways. This was an-

other smooth flight for just an hour.

When I arrived at Sendai airport, it was already dark. Then, I took a taxi to the Mitsui

Garden Hotel in Sendai city which was arranged by Rev. Oeda. As soon as I entered the room

of the Hotel, the phone rang. It was a phone call from Rev. Kodo Tanaka, the former minister

of Koloa Jodo Mission. He wanted to go out and came to pick me

up with a taxi. When the taxi came, I found Rev. Kudo, the former

minister of Kapaa Jodo Mission was inside, too.

After we renewed our “Long time no see” friendship with

some drinks and joyful conversation, I finally went to bed to rest

for the big ceremony on the next day. It was already after mid-

night. (To be continued to Day 3)

Above is a photo sent by Rev. Oeda showing the procession to his-

Inauguration ceremony.

Photo shows

Saihoji Temple

in Sendai (Rev.

Oeda’s temple)

Rev. Oeda

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Social Media Communicat ion

On October 25, 2015, our guest speakers for our 10

a.m. service were Ryan Ozawa, Burt Lum and Ian

Kitajima. They gave an interesting introduction to us-

ing Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. and smart

phones. You can do a lot of things with smart phones,

almost like having your computer in your hand!

This is the new way of communicating, almost in-

stant communication. You cannot be at a soccer game

that your grandchild is playing because you are sick.

Someone who is there can turn their cellphone on and

you can see the game at home.

MOCHITSUKI DAY

Please come and help make mochi beginning at 7 a.m.

on Sunday, December 27, 2015. It is hard work AND also

lots of fun to make mochi and a wonderful experience for families

and friends. Bring your friends and family! There are lots of

things to do in preparing for the orders taken—mochi rice needs to

be steamed, shaped, brushed, packing, etc. Lots of help is needed!

These guys made social media com-

munication FUN!

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.

Jean Miyoko Higaki 84

Hisao Shimizu 92

Thomas Kiyoshi Aoki 95

Fukae Ono 93

Herbert Kanji Niitsuma 89

George Yoshio Higa 82

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

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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 wel-come you to attend the morning service at 9:30am.

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.

Security purposes: If you won-

dered why the front door to the Jodo

Mission office is locked most of the

time, it is for security purposes. We

have had instances of intruders com-

ing to the office.

You are more than welcome to

come to the Jodo Mission office to have your questions answered or pay

your dues or whatever. For the safe-

ty of everyone, we ask that you ring

the door bell if it is locked and some-

one will be more than happy to un-

lock the door and assist you.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo) for December

1 Jusaku Kimura

Sato Imaguchi

Isamu Matsumoto

Masayoshi Tanigawa

The Kimura & Muroshige

Family

The Imaguchi Family

2 Kame Aoki (2)

Kame Yano (2)

Ayako Yokoyama

Shizue Matsuda

Shizue Nakano

Hisashi Kochi

Tose Terada

The Aoki & Kimura Family

The Yano, Konaka &

Hayashi Faimily

The Yokoyama & Morita

Family

The Matsuda Family

Michiko Miyao

3 Fumie Chinen

Fumiko Hayashi

Fujino Masatsugu

The Chinen Family

4 Ryuichi Higashimura

Gunichi Morioka

Nobusuke Shinagawa

The Higashimura Family

The Morioka Family

5 Tatsuji Kusunoki

Yuichi Kanayama

Yasuyo Hirano

Kane Otani

Rice Ishii

Kameyo Morimoto

Irene Nishida

Kiyoichi Kishida

The Kusunoki Family

The Hirano & Kaneko

Family

Tane Oda

Kanayama Family

Yasuo Nishida

6 Tokuemon Imamoto

Hideo Morita

Kiyoko Maehara

Imamoto & Kawakami

Family

Kazue Ukeda

7 Matsujiro Tanimura

8 Reisuke Wakagi

Seiichi Nakamura

Yoshio Higashimura

Matsuyo Tanimura

Takaichi Tamakawa

The Wakaki Family

The Nakamura Family

The Tanimura Family

9 Genjiro Shimabukuro

Tora Aoki

Ichiro Kishi (2)

Yutaka Onaga (2)

The Shimabukuro Family

The Aoki Family

The Kishi Family (2)

Sadakichi Yoshida

10 Hyoichi Sugihara

Asa Nanba

Chokichi Nakamura

Hiroshi Hayamoto

Ito Kawanishi

Matsu Gushiken

Jiro Saiki

The Sugihara Family

11 Asajiro Inada

Zenshiro Sato

Paul Tanigawa

Edward Yokoyama

Hanako Uchiumi

Inada & Morimoto Family

Grace Saiki Beringer

Takeo Yokomichi

12 RokuichiYanagihara

Jisaku Yanagihara

Robert Wong

13 Mosaku Hayashi

Hana Imai

Sachiko Fujikami

The Yano, Konaka &

Hayashi Family

Mutsuko Reed

14 Umetaro Ogata

Yuichi Nose

Tamikichi Yasuda

Naoji Nishimura

Yoshiko Tanigawa

Tsuruko Gushikuma

Curtis Tokue Uehara

15 Masagoro Kitagawa

Yoshio Miyao

Masami Kawamura

The Kitagawa Family

Ichiji Kiyuna

Kisei Takara

Manabu Omura

16 Fusakichi Okawa

The Shigeoka & Okawa

Family

17 Yasukichi Kaya

Rinsuke Uesugi

Hideo Moritsugu

Kona Matsuda

Kaya & Shimazaki Family

18 Bishop Kyodo Fujihana

Alice Y. Fukunaga (2)

Kiyoko Kagihara

Taichi Ebisuzaki

19 Tsunesuke Yanagihara (2)

Iwa Yanagihara

Jane Takabayashi

Jeanette Asako Hayashi

The Yanagihara Family

20 Satoshi Yasumoto

21 Tokutsuchi Saeki

Masao Yano\

George K. Kimoto

Seiichi Kimura

Judith K. Kodama

The Saeki Family

Hikato Okamura

22 Emiko Hirai

Kama Chinen

Tsurumatsu Miyamasu

Umekichi Yamachika

Kikuyo Goto

Harold T. Hamasaki

The Hirai Family

The Chinen Family

The Miyamasu Family

The Yamachika &

Matsushige Family

Kazuyoshi Homareda

23 Tsuru Nakamura

Teruo Asai

Hideko Wada

Giichi Kawamura

The Nakamura Family

Setsuko Onaga

24 Totsuchi Nanba

Tokutsuchi Muranaka

Matsu Yokomichi

Kame Yanagihara

Ryuichi Ipponsugi

Hatsuno Hirai

Michika Umeda Gaines

The Muranaka Family

The Nanba Totsuchi Family (2)

Roy Toyosuke Ohnaga (2)

Yokichi Tanaka

Tome Tanaka

25 The Sato Family

Robert Mitsuyasu

26 Haru Ogawa

Seiji Minehira

Maurice Bungo Udo

Shinemon Toishigawa

Hisayo Doris Imaguchi

27 Tsunesuke Yamamoto

Tamito Yasuda

Evelyn Hideko Yagi

28 Ichiro Sagawa

Saichi Ikeda

The Kawahara Family

The Ikeda Family

29 Kiku Yanagihara

Shotaro Nose

Kamato Akamine

Chiyoe Kameoka

Teruo Gushikuma

30 Seiichi Tsuchiya

Hatsuyo Yoshioka

The Tsuchiya Family

31 Hira Yamane

Teruyo Kishii

Yoshikazu Wada

Frances S. Johnson Ito

The Yamane & Harada

Family

Wilfred Masaichi Taira

The Agari Uebaru Family

The Naka Uebaru Family

The Uebaru Guwa Family

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