Jodo Mission Monthly Bulletin - June 2011

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JODO MISSION OF HAWAIIBULLETIN - JULY 2011

(#1176-0711)

Jodo Mission of Hawaii1429 Makiki St.Honolulu HI 96814

Address Service Requested

Important DatesJuly 3: O-Toba Set Up & General Cleaning - YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

July 15-17: O-Bon ServicesAug.19-20: Bon Dance

O-Bon Service ScheduleFriday, July 15

10:00 am (Hatsubon only)

2:00 pm & 7:00 pm

Saturday, July 16

10:00 am (Hatsubon only)

2:00 pm & 7:00 pm

Sunday, July 17

10:00 am


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O-Bon Service Schedule

O-Bon Services will be held as follows:

Friday, July 15 - 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only)

2:00 pm & 7:00 pm

Saturday, July 16 - 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only)2:00 pm & 7:00 pm

Sunday, July 17 - 10:00 am

Sign up for O-Bon Service will begin 1 hour before 2 pm and 7 pm services.This is on a first come first serve basis. NO phone orders will be taken.

Closing Service will be on Sunday, July 17 at 10:00 a.m. After Closing Service,cleanup will begin.

Parking Attendants Needed: We are in need of at least 6 parking attendants foreach 2 pm and 7 pm service. Please call Jodo Mission at 949-3995 if you are able tohelp direct cars to parking spaces. We appreciate your help.

O-Toba Service Appointments: If you wish to have prayers offered infront of your O-Toba, appointments will be accepted from 8:00 am to 5:00pm from Wednesday July 6 to 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 17, 2011.

Offering of Rice: During O-Bon Services it is customary to offer a bag ofrice. However, monetary donations in lieu of rice are acceptable. Rice envelopes

are available in the office. Thank you for your understanding and support.

Sr. YBA O-Bon Flower Sale: Please help the Sr. YBA by purchasing a beautiful pot-ted chrysanthemum ($1.75 each). NO phone orders will be taken. Thank you for yoursupport.

Friday, July 15: 9:00 am to 7:30 pm Saturday, July 16: 9:00 am until supply runs out

Toro Nagashi (floating lantern from the boat): Sunday, July 17 at 8 pm (Pier # tobe announced later). Boat capacity is limited so we must limit this to Hatsubon (firstO-Bon) families. Please sign up for this event at the Temple office and you must be at

the designated Pier by 8 pm on July 17th.Offerings at your O-Toba: The space allowed for each O-Toba is approximately 5.5inches width and 7 inches depth. SEE page 1 for sample offerings. Most people willoffer foods that the deceased liked, i.e. flowers, fruits, mochi, candies, somen for longgeneration life, cucumber and eggplant with legs added to symbolize the cucumberhorse galloping from the Pure Land and the eggplant cow slowly returning to the PureLand. [SEE also page 4 for more info.]

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Sermon by Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Given on May 22, 2011

It has been around two months since the earthquake, but Japan is still in a

state of chaos. Recently, the Japanese news reported that radiation was found in

mothers milk. The situation is becoming more and more serious. A scientist who

was quoted on the Internet said, At present, there exists some radiation in the air of the earth.We are immune to a little radiation, so we do not worry. Is this really true? What about new-

born babies and small children? Will anyone be able to guarantee their safety in ten, twenty, or

thirty years? Somehow, I do not believe what I have heard from the government and scientists.

When we experience a difficulty, we cry and wonder why it happened. We will blame it

on other things and people. But this only backs us into a corner. We cannot move forward in

life because we have not become responsible for our future actions. We are too busy blaming

other people and things for the situation in which we find ourselves. So, we stay in our

corner and cry.

Instead, we must realize that we cannot change the situation. The earthquake happened,and we cannot go back in time and change that. So, we must stop asking, Why? and accept

the earthquake as a fact of history. Then, we can endure our fate, move forward with our lives,

and once again plan for a brighter future.

Finally, in situations large and small, in good times and in bad times, and in the things of

life, we must learn to depend upon ourselves and not upon others. Please remember the last

words of Shakyamuni Buddha to his disciples: Make of yourself a light. Rely upon yourself :

Do not depend upon anyone else.

If we each rely upon ourselves, then Buddha will know each mind individually. Each

person can speak to him, and he will speak to each person. So, when we each encounter diffi-culties in life, do not stay in a corner. Make of yourself a light, and move forward into

your future.

O-BON

O-Bon is the abbreviation of Urabon, which means salvation of souls from agony of being

hung upside down. The origin of O-Bon comes from the story about Mokurens mother.

One day, by practicing Buddhas teaching, Mokuren received the super natural power of lookinginto another world. When he saw his mother suffering in Hell by using his super natural power, he

sought guidance of the Buddha. Through Buddhas aid, Mokuren was able to save his mother from

the Hell. It is from this story that the O-Bon ceremony started to be observed.

Without our ancestors we would not be here today. Thus, we honor them during O-Bon. With our

sincere prayer, our beloved ones who have departed from us can have peaceful repose of their souls.

Also, we can spend thankful and harmonious moment with our ancestors who have done so much

for us.

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Bits of Knowledge of BuddhismVol.08 St. Honens Posthumous Name (July. 2011)

By Rev. Yasuhiro Watanabe

In 2011, we celebrate the 800th

grand memorial service of St. Honen. In this

memorable year, the Emperor gave a newDaishi-go to St. Honen.Daishi-go is a post-

humous title which the Emperor bestows upon a late high priest in memory of his great achievement.

The new title is Ho-ni (), which is named after Jinen Honi (). It means naturallaw as it happens. For example, a flame soars high in the sky, and water flows into lower places. This

word shows the origin of the name of St. Honen () and represents an ideal Buddhist who devotesoneself to the great compassion of Amida Buddha.

This is the 8th

imperial gift since the then

Emperor gave the first title to St. Honen in 1697.

For details, please refer to the appendix. St. Honen

is the only priest who was given a posthumous ti-

tle so many times. We dont know the true inten-

tion of the Emperors. However, Im sure that theEmperors honored St. Honen for finding the ulti-

mate path to the Perfect Peace which each person

will at last attain. Whoever calls Amida Buddhas

name will be saved and born in the Pure Land. We

also should give thanks to St. Honen and live a

Nembutsu life.

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Title Emperor Year

En-ko 1697

To-zen 1711

E-jo 1761

Ko-kaku 1811

Ji-kyo 1861

Mei-sho 1911

Wa-jun 1961

Ho-ni 2011

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YBA MeetingNO MEETING

in July

Fuj inkai Meet ing (Womens association)

NO MEETING in July

Sewing Circle

NO SEWING

CIRCLE in July

Sunday School

NO SUNDAY

SCHOOL in July

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Childrens Choir Malama

July 31, 2011 at 10:45 a.m.

Cucumber & Eggplant DollsDuring O-Bon

season [photo above from internet]. With a Cucumber, add legs

with sticks to make a horse for your ancestors to returnquickly from the Pure Land. Make a cow with an Eggplant

using sticks for your ancestors to slowly return to the Pure

Land. In some places in Japan, these Cucumber and Egg-plant dolls are made and placed at the front door to welcome

your ancestors on the first day of O-Bon and on the secondday placed at the family altar. On the last day, the dolls aretaken to the river to carry the ancestors back to the Pure

Land. But they are never thrown in the river.

Please do not be

surprised if yousee some form of

the CucumberHorse and the

Eggplant Cowaround O-Bon

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Vision for the Future (4)By Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Question: What is the name of our main Buddha?

Answer: His name is AMIDA Buddha.

Have you heard about The Rule of AMIDA? This is the rule to make your templemore flourishing! This rule was originally introduced by American economist, Samuel Roland Hall as

the AIDMA law as a marketing model.

1. A is for Attention.

If you want to attract more people to your temple, you must get peoples attention first. Advertise

ments on newspapers, radios, TVs, Web or advertising balloons are effective. Personally, I like

advertisements on the web because the cost is very low. If you know any better way to invite

peoples attention, please let me know.

2. M is for Memory.

After you get peoples attention, your temple should always stay in their memory. How about an

impressive catchphrase? How about promotional pens? In the office of Jodo Mission, we have

ballpoint pens on which I can see the name of mortuaries. If you have any better ideas, please

contact me.

3. I is for Interest.

Then you must provide enough information to stimulate peoples interests in your temple. The

flyers about the teaching, services, activities or classes we offer at our temple should be always

available. I hope people know that our temple offers blessings for cars, for houses or even for

pets.

4. D is for Desire.

You succeeded to get peoples attention. The temples name is staying in their memory. People

are interested in our activities. Perfect!

Now, we have to uplift peoples desire to join our membership. The cleanliness of the temple,

peaceful atmosphere, easiness to come into the office and friendliness of the temples staff are

very important factors.

Then

5.A is for Action.

Of course, the action we want people to take is to join our membership. However, it is very rare

for a person to join instantly. Therefore, we have different categories of membership such as

Regular member, Supporting member or Student member. Also our membership application is

always available in our office.

Above is the marketing process that many successful companies are adopting. To be honest with you,

our membership is not increasing, though we are trying our best. There must be an area in which we are

very weak. Do you have any ideas?

Your opinion is always welcome. Please ,email me at [email protected]. Page 5


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MESSAGE FROM

REV. HIROSHI OEDA

Rev. Hiroyoshi Oeda, former minister of

Betsuin, received the message card that we

sent to his temple to be shared with the vic-

tims of the damaged areas. He writes as

follows:

Thank you very much for your support

and powerful message. We are so encour-

aged.

Our temple is located mountain side of

Sendai. Fortunately, we did not have big

damage from the earthquake. Every year,

our temple has many visitors from the coast

area of Tohoku, which is tsunami disasterarea.

Two months have passed since the

March 11 earthquake and tsunami. We are

surprised that in spite of this situation,

many people visit the temple from the dis-

aster area. They have a prayer in front of

Buddha to restart their lives. When we

talked to them, we found that some of them

had lost their family members, houses, cars,and so many things. We can only listen to

Above is a family photo of Rev. Hiroyoshi Oeda, wife Mariand sons Colin, Sorachika and Kai. Rev. Oeda is pointing to

the message card he received from Hawaii.

their stories and encourage them. However, they are so positive in mind that we are encour-

aged by them. We will continue supporting them.

This is my situation now. Thank you for your continuous support.

Arigato gozaimasu! Please take care.

Aloha,

Rev. Oeda

Note: This time of year in Japan (O-Bon season) is normally a very busy time of year and

with the tsunami victims and their families, it even makes the O-Bon season more meaningful

for so many of their personal losses and it is a time of year when the ministers are the busiest.

We wish all the ministers in Japan trying to support their many Temple members as well as

new members to restart their lives as Rev. Oeda mentions. GANBARE! And take care!

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Thank you Note from Wolfgang Takeru Nii

Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Presentation of

Namiye Nakamura Scholarship

Lauren Mayumi Nouchi ofKahului Jodo Mission was the recipi-

ent of the 2011 Namiye Nakamura

Scholarship and was presented with

the Scholarship on Sunday, May 29,

2011.

Lauren graduated from Henry Per-

rine Baldwin High School and plans

to attend the University of San Fran-

cisco to major in Psychology. She is

an excellent student, active in the

community, school and temple.

Lauren wrote: My goal in life is

simply make an impact in other peo-

ples lives. Impacting others lives in

Above is photo of Lauren Mayumi Nouchi and proud parentsJune and David Nouchi and Hawaii Rengo President Sally Haya-shi who went to Kahului, Maui for this Scholarship presentation.

a positive manner means a lot to me, because I love the feeling of making a difference.

When I make a difference in someones life such as changing their perspective or help-

ing them to overcome a struggle, I feel that no amount of gratitude can compare t how I

feel inside.

We wish Lauren all the success and best wishes on her career and possibly someday

she too will become a Fujinkai member! She has all the makings of the younger genera-

tion Fujinkai! CONGRATULATIONS LAUREN!Page 7

Oahu Rengo Fujinkai

Outstanding Youth Award

On May 8, Oahu Rengo

Fujinkai President Jo Ann

Matsuo presented the Out-

standing Youth Award toWolfgang Takeru Nii. Takeruhelps the other young children

at Sunday School because he

remembers when he was

younger. In fact, Takeru used to

cry a lot. Now he helps other

younger children. He was so

happy, he sent a picture Thank

You picture card written in both Eng-

lish and Japanesesee above.

CONGRATULATIONS TAKERU!

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Miso Somen

Ingredients:3 bundles of somen (2 servings)1 carrot

6 leaves of won bok cabbage

1/2 pkg. dashi no moto1 T mirin

1 T sake4 T hatcho miso

Prepare VegetablesPeel the carrot and cut it into 2 inch long julienne strips.

Thinly slice 6 leaves of won bok cabbage, width-wiseMince green onions

Cooking the Somen

Bring 2 quarts of water to a rapid boil.Place bundles of somen into the boiling water and cook for 1.5 minutes on high.

(One minute and 30 seconds)Remove somen and place into serving bowls.

Preparing the SoupBring 4 c of water to a boil and add 1/2 pkg. of dashi no moto.

Add carrots and won bok pieces.Add 1 T of mirin and 1 T of sake. Continue to heat until vegetables are

cooked.

When vegetables are cooked, lower heat to medium and add 4 T of miso.Stir till well blended.

ServingPlace cooked vegetables and broth into the bowls with the

somen noodles.

Mix to bring the somen to the surface of each serving bowl.

Top with a spoonful of spicy ahi poke and garnish withgreen onions.

Recipe by Rev. Narashiba; photos by Rev. Watanabe

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Five Types of Noodles in Japan

There are five popular noodles in Japan:

1. Udon

2. Somen

3. Hiyamugi

These three noodles are all made from

wheat flour. The names of the noodles aredifferent because of the thickness of the

noodles.

4. Ramen Ramen is also made from wheat flour but

it contains eggs

5. Soba Soba is made from buckwheat flour and

wheat flour. The proportion of the mix-

ture of these two flours are different

according to soba factories.

Udon Hiyamugi Somen

Udon is thicker than 1.7mm.

Somen is thinner than 1.3 mm.

Hiyamugi is in between.Udon Hiyamugi Somen

Soba

Ramen

Information by Rev. Narashiba; Photos by Rev. Watanabe

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ObituariesThe 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.

Nina Yuriko Sylva 90

Barbara Chiyoko Ashimine 89Todd Isaac Okemura 55

Paul Takeshi Tomita 61

Steven Shizuo Teruya 75

Jiroichi Otani

Jean Yukie Kimura 69

Dick Hiroyuki Okaji 89

Akiyoshi Nakamura no age given

Susan Teruko Lubick 82

Kazoo Casey Hisanaga 90

Jodo Mission Office Hours:Monday to Saturday

8am5pm

Sunday & Holidays8am3pm

Phone: 949-3995

Rev. Yubun NarashibaHead Minister

Rev. Kanjun NakanoResident Minister

Rev. Dwight

NakamuraRetired MinisterPage 10

Rev. Yasuhiro

WatanabeResident Minister

2011 BON DANCE SCHEDULEOF JODO SHU TEMPLES

Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times

Oahu Betsuin 949-3995 Aug 19 to 20 7:30 pm 10:00 pm

Haleiwa 637-4382 July 22 to 23 7/22: 8 pm 10 pm7/23: 8 pm 11 pm

Big Island

[Hawaii]

KurtistownCall Rev. Miyazaki(808) 935-6996

August 6 8:00 pm

Hilo July 8 to 9 7/8: 7:30 pm7/9: 8:00 pm

Hakalau August 20 8:00 pm

HamakuaCall Rev. Wansa

(808) 775-0965

August 13 6:30 pm

Kohala July 9 6:30 pm

Hawi August 6 6:30 pm

Maui Kahului Call Rev. John Hara

(808) 244-0066

June 24 to 25 7:00 pm

Wailuku June 17 7:00 pm

Lahaina (808) 661-4304 July 2 7:00 pm

Kapaa (808) 822-4319 July 22 to 23 7:30 pm

Koloa (808) 742-6735 June 17 to 18 7:30 pmKauai

Any Comments: Thank you for reading our

Bulletin. Any comments you may have or sugges-tions for news articles would be greatly appreciated.


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1 Kichi YanagisawaThe Yanagisawa FamilyYone Ishida

2 Toyo TojoThe Tojo FamilyTsune Uchiumi

Minoru ShigetaKikuyo Gonhata]Ellen Kimiko Hedani

3 Tamayo Yanagihara

4 Setsuyo SugiharaThe Sugihara FamilySumiyo YamanakaKajo TeruyaIsami YoshikawaThe Yoshikawa FamilyKajo TeruyaThe Yamanaka Family

Masaru Taira

5 Asao TakaraShige IkedaFred Yutaka SakudaDonna Haruko Furutani

6 Takaichi HamadaThe Hamada FamilyMiki AjimuraThe Ajimura FamilyTakezo IshidaYosuke Mitsutani

7 Hisa AkimotoTaki IshimotoSeiji Ogawa

8 Yoshio FurumotoKamado TakaraHiroshi ArakawaSueko KiyamaShigeko Shimamoto

9 Kameichi OkamuraMatsuyo KamiokaKumataro Gonhata

Masashi Kimura

10 Tatsu YanagiharaThe Yanagihara FamilyShina KayaThe Kaya &Shimazaki FamilyKeizo NagataThe Nagata FamilyYojiro YamashinaUkichi NakanoFuji Kitagawa

11 Toyo NanbuThe Nanbu FamilyFusa MurakamiThe Murakami FamilyThe Yamamoto FamilyShigeyo IpponsugiIwao Asaumi

Fusa Murakami

12 Hideo HigashiKamesaburo GushikenAkiyo YanoMorio Yanagihara

13 Kazuichi AkimotoBunji AokiThe Aoki FamilyToki YamamotoThe Yamamoto FamilySetsuyo Nitta

14 Takao AmanoKanichi MoritaFukutaro NagataHaya KamimuraKazuo Kamimura

15 The Nakagawa FamilyThe Koike FamilyThe Fujisue FamilyDoris Chiyoko HayashiFlorence Satoko Law

16 The Juichi Yamada Family

The Fujii FamilyThe Shikata FamilyThe Nishii FamilyThe Okazaki FamilyHaruo OkaharaThe Okahara FamilyR. Toyoji TominagaTetsuichi Umemoto

17 Ito TanimuraThe Tanimura FamilyKome NishiguchiThe Nishiguchi FamilyTakiko Amakawa

Yumei UyeharaTomoe Yoshioka

18 Hisako FujihanaThe Fujihana FamilySeiji NakagawaMiyoji AokiMasutaro KunihisaTokiyo MasakiMasaaki Maruichi

19 Misae Higashihara

20 Gonshichi ShintakuFukuji IkedaKatsumi Imada

21 Shigeru NakataUsuke OdaKamekichi Toyofuku

22 Keisuke KimuraThe Kimura FamilyTakeo MatsunagaMotohiro TanimuraMatsuyo Miyagi

23 June Junko YamashitaKeizo Oda

24 Masako Narahara

25 Matsuno MishinaThe Mishina Family

Masuo YanagiharaThe Yanagihara FamilyThe Kimura FamilyThe Weiss Family (Stillborn)

26 Naosuke NakamotoThe Nakamoto & Sakagawa FamilyToshio FujimotoThe Fujimoto Family

27 Sakutaro KoyamaThe Koyama FamilySayoko Takaoka

Hatsu Maruichi

28 Koichi OgiSadamu IwamotoMiyoko OharaDarin Sueo Furutani

29 Kansuke YanoThe Yano, Konaka &Hayashi FamilyMitsuo SakakibaraChiya Wada

30 Noriaki MasudaThe Masuda & Asamura FamilyKinosuke Kitamura

The Kitamura FamilyToshisuke IwamotoNoriaki MasudaMatsuo HirayasuBishop Shutesu Miyamoto

31 Haruo NakanoKameyo HayashiUsano YamaneKatsumi Yano

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