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Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Bulletin - JANUARY 2013
(#1194-0113)
Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
Address Service Requested
A Happy New Year!
*** New Year’s Greetings *** Gensho Hara, Bishop
A Happy New Year to you all! Wishing good health and peace to you and your family throughout the New Year. Last year, many observances and events were held at the Betsuin. This year again we will have many functions and activities. I want to thank each one of you for your membership and support for our Betsuin. May I humbly ask for your continued kokua for this year. The Betsuin was built with great pride, dedication, and sacrifices. The inscription above the entrance of the temple reads, “The Holy Temple of Pure Land Buddhism” in Sanskrit by the then-Jodo Shu Secretary General, the Venerable Kaigyoku Watanabe, who was a renowned scholar and leader in the Buddhist community. So next time you visit the temple, look up at the engraved Sanskrit letters and think about the pride and dedication of our pioneers in building the temple.
New Year’s Greetings
Cont’dGreetings from Bishop Hara:
Our temple is not only a place for religious practice, it is also a place for cultural awareness and a place to feel close to our ancestors. Without these connections, we are empty vessels. Bring your family, children, grandchildren, and friends to join in temple activities and services so that our younger generations can have a connectedness and relationship with our temple. As our world be-comes busier, more crowded, and hectic, it is important to have a quiet place to go. It is also im-portant to let the younger generation know that they have a connection to the temple so that they too know that there is somewhere for them to go when they feel overwhelmed and when they call Amida Buddha’s Name, they will never be alone. Our great master Honen Shonin taught us that “those who call Amida Buddha’s sacred Name—Namu Amida Butsu—diligently will receive countless blessings.” Guided by our great Master’s teach-ings with gratitude, let us live our lives embraced by the Great Compassion and wisdom of Amida Buddha. Namu Amida Butsu.
With Gassho,
Gensho Hara, Bishop
Message from Kyodan Board President
Aloha!
I hope everyone is ready for an exciting and fulfilling 2013! I have my res-
olutions typed out and ready to go! I hope you have fun goals for this year as
well, and make sure you reward yourself for your accomplishments.
As fellow Buddhists there are some things we can strive for together. First, let's do our
best to spread positivity every day through our smiles and acts of kindness. Second, when we
have a moment alone, let's send our love to our ancestors and thank them for all they have
done for us. Third, feel free to enjoy Jodo Mission of Hawaii's services, events, and activities.
Lastly, make the most of every moment of life, cherish your loved ones, and take the time to
see the beauty of nature.
I wish all of you happiness, good health, and prosperity for 2013!
With Warmest Aloha,
Jon Riki Karamatsu
President, Jodo Mission of Hawaii
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New Year’s Greetings
Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu! This means “Happy New Year!” in Japa-
nese. It literally means “Congratulations that a new year has opened up!” Since
we are humans, we made so many mistakes last year. However, finally the new
year has come for us to start a new life! The door of the year 2012 is closed and
now the door of 2013 is open! If you are regretting with this and that, let’s leave
them behind. If you are angry with someone, let’s forgive them. Do you remem-
ber one of the most important teachings in Buddhism? No Attachment! Now,
let’s start a new year!
If many good things happened to you during the past year, let’s pray for more good things to
happen in this year again. If you lost your beloved ones, let’s pray for them to be able to live hap-
py and peaceful second lives in the Pure Land.
New Year is a good time to make resolutions. Let’s make resolutions to live a good Buddhist
life during this year by saying the following prayer:
May Buddha help me to move forward,
May you help me to understand Your teachings and respect them,
May you help me to apply Your teachings to my daily life,
May you help me to practice Buddhist customs,
May you help me to share my happiness with others,
and
Please always be with me.
Now I would like to thank volunteers who worked so hard last year. Because of your help, the
activities of the last year such as O-Bon, Bon Dance, Bazaar, Mochi Making and so on were very
successful. Let me ask you for your continuous support to our temple.
At the end of my message, I also would like to thank those who made donations for repairing
our Ojizo-sama. As you may already know, our Ojizo-sama was dedicated for the healthy and
peaceful life of children and the safety of H-1 freeway, and also to offer our prayer for the spirits
of the deceased children and unborn babies. His damaged left hand is now being repaired in Japan.
We are expecting the Ojizo-sama to come back to Hawaii by the end of this month. The dedication
ceremony for the repaired Ojizo-sama will be announced in our news bulletin and you are cordially
invited to the ceremony.
I am sure hard times and glad times will be ahead, but if we trust in the power of Buddha and
work together, our future will be very successful. Now is the time to understand the role that each
one of us plays for the betterment of our community.
May Buddha keep on shining upon us and may you have a very Happy New Year!
In Gassho,
Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Head Minister
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January 1, 2013
Dear Members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii,
Shinnen Omedeto Gozaimasu!
Hon Nen Mo Yoroshiku Onegai Moshi Agemasu!
Please accept our best wishes for the New Year and we gratefully appreciate your support and cooperation during the past years. As we begin the New Year of 2013, we humbly ask for your kokua and continuous support and cooperation to sustain the temple in the face of inflating operational costs.
Your membership dues allow Jodo Mission to exist and remain a positive influence in the community. Our Board of Directors works totally on a volunteer basis. Our ministers are working hard to provide spiritual leadership through services, personal counseling, and other activities including delivering sermons, conducting weddings and memorial services, various blessings (baby, home, car, boat, office, get well, birthday), visiting care homes and hospitals, and giving religious instructions.
They are on call 24 hours a day. Your dues pay for our mailings, the costs of our functions, building maintenance and operations. By maintaining a strong membership, Jo-do Mission is able to continue to provide peace of mind to our members and respond to the needs of the community.
We are continually active in propagating the Pure Land Buddhism and public services in the community. The Board of Directors and ministers wish to hear your questions and concerns and urges you to join or renew your membership so that we may remain a viable and positive force in the community.
Our annual membership dues (Gojikai-hi) is $60 per year, or $5 per month. Upon re-ceipt of this letter, would you kindly send your membership dues made payable to Jodo Mission of Hawaii, and mail it to 1429 Makiki Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814. If your 2013 dues have already been paid, please accept our apology and appreciation for your support and please ignore this letter.
We thank you for your timely payments and donations. We also invite you to partici-pate in our various activities, Sunday Services, O-Bon, Bon Dance, O-Higan, Hanamatsuri or Buddha Day, Jodo-e or Bodhi Day, Fujinkai, Senior, Intermediate, or Junior Y.B.A., Sunday School, Children’s Malama Choir, and many other wonderful activities..
Should you have any questions, please feel free to call Jodo Mission of Hawaii at 949-3995.
In Gassho,
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GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
As members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii, you are cordially welcome to attend the 2013 General Membership Meeting on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 10:30
a.m., following the Gyoki-e Service (Honen Shonin Memorial Service) in the
temple. At the Annual General Membership meeting, new officers will be in-stalled. Please join us. Then following the religious and business portion, please
join us for a New Year’s party (see below).
Shinnenkai
新年会
New Year’s Party
Please join us for our New Year’s
Party following the Annual General
Membership meeting. All members
and friends are invited. Come and
meet your Board of Directors.
Date: Sunday, January 20
Time: 11:30 am (after Gyoki-e service and
General Membership Meeting)
Place: Jodo Mission Social Hall
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HYAKU-SAI
百 歳
To reach 100 years old or Hyaku
-sai is a precious age. Many of our
members are in their nineties. Are
there any members who are 100 years
of age or older? Please contact Jodo
Mission to let us know.
We would like to recognize these
Hyaku-sai members on Sunday, Janu-
ary 20, 2013 at our New Year’s Party
which follows our 10 a.m. Sunday
Service and General Membership
Meeting.
If you know of any member 100
years old or old or who would be 100
by January 20, 2013, please contact
Jodo Mission. Thank you.
FAQ: How should we discard Kagami Mochi?
ANS: Because of the unique climate of Hawaii, Kagami Mochi gets moldy much faster than Japan.
Therefore, it is recommended to take them down after the three holy days of the New Year (i.e.
on January 4th), though it is the common practice in Japan to keep them until January 11th.
After you take them down, it is the best if you eat them. However, in Hawaii, it is quite possible
that the Kagami Mochi is already moldy. In that case, sprinkle a dash of salt on the Kagami Mochi
to purify them just like Sumo wrestlers purify the Sumo ring with salt and put them in a paper bag
or wrap them with paper such as news paper, and then throw them away.
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Bits of Knowledge of Buddhism Vol. 23 St. Honen’s Exile from Kyoto (Part 2) (Jan. 2013)
By Rev. Yasushiro Watanabe
The last article gave the background of St. Honen’s Exile. Now, I
will continue the story with his reaction and words.
The students rushed into St. Honen’s residence and said to him, “You are to be
exiled to Shikoku. Master Honen, you are almost 75. Once you leave the capital, we
don’t know when we will be able to meet again. It may be the last time we ever lay eyes on you in this world.”
St. Honen replied calmly. He said,
Even if we lived in the same city, it may not be long before we are sepa-rated by death. And even though I must journey over mountains and seas
to my new home in a distant land, we will meet again in the Pure Land
blessed by Amida Buddha…. I have grown old since I began teaching the
single-minded practice of Nembutsu here in the capital. I have often thought that I wanted to travel to a country far from here to teach Nem-
butsu. So even though I will be sent into exile, in fact I will get my wish.
This situation brings me great happiness…. Even if some people try to pro-
hibit the teaching of Nembutsu, the Original Vow of Amida Buddha is great
and genuine. They cannot stop the true teaching by any means. I cannot help saying Namu Amida Butsu even if I am put to death.
The students wept at St. Honen’s beautiful words and strong will. Then, St. Ho-
nen sent a poem in reply to the former Prime Minister Kanezane who was a devout supporter of Jodo Shu.
Though we may vanish like dew from the earth
At any moment and at any place:
Our cherished wish to meet each other On the lotus flowers in the Pure Land
Will be realized.
This beautiful poem has been familiar to Jodo Shu members as a Goeika song, named “Hana no Utena no Goeika”. (See below) St. Honen tells us that we will surely meet
again in the Pure Land even though we become separated in this world. Even in a most
difficult situation, he continued to teach us great lessons and bring us joy and hope.
(To be continued)
花のうてなのご詠歌「露の身は ここかしこにて 消えぬとも 心は同じ 花のうてなぞ」
大意:名残りは尽きませんが,おくれ先立つは世の習いです。草葉の露のようにはかない私たちの
命です。お互いの身が都で果てようともどこで果てようとも,共に極楽浄土の蓮の台でお会いしよ
うという思いに変わりはありません。
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GYOKI-E CHUTOBA FORM 2013(御忌会中塔婆申し込み用紙) Deadline: January 10, 2013
YOUR NAME(お名前):_________________PHONE(お電話番号):________
NAME OF DECEASED(亡くなった方のお名前):
1._________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
4.____________________________________________________________
One Chutoba is $ 7.00 × Total of Chutoba ______ = Total $______
(中塔婆 1本 7ドル) (本数) (合計)
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Order accepted by: _______________ Date accepted: _______/______/ 2013 (In person / Mail / By phone)
Received by: _______________ Date paid: _______/______/ 2013 (Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______
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Gyoki-e (Honen Shonin’s Memorial Service)
Gyoki-e means the me-
morial service for Honen Shonin.
Honen Shonin, who is a founder
of Jodo Shu, passed away on Jan-
uary 25th, 1212. He was 80 years
old.
After Honen Shonin
passed away, his disciples and
believers started to have a memo-
rial service for him on the 25th of
every month. The biggest cere-
mony was held on 25th of Janu-
ary every year. This service was
held not only locally in Kyoto but
it spread all over Japan. In those
days, the word “Gyoki” meant
the anniversary of the deaths of
the Emperors or their wives. The
word “Gyoki” was such a respect-
able word for the Emperor's fam-
ily.
Three hundred years later,
after Honen Shonin passed away,
the Emperor Gokashiwabara
mandated Jodo Shu to call the
anniversary of Honen Shonin’s
death “Gyoki”. Since then, peo-
ple called his annual memorial
service “Gyoki”. This occasion
implied that Honen Shonin was
clearly accepted and revered by
the Emperor and the people.
Our Gyoki-e service will be
held on January 20th at 10 a.m.
Please join us.
Chutoba is available for this
Gyoki-e service. At this service
you may also honor your
deceased ancestors with a Chuto-
ba prayer. See above Chutoba
order form.
Founder of Jodo Shu :
Honen Shonin (1133-1212)
Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai—Annual Appreciation Luncheon
Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai ladies held their annual appreciation luncheon on
November 25 at Tree Tops Restaurant and invited the many volunteers who supported
them, including husbands, especially during the bon dance in August with sushi mak-
ing, selling, yaki soba making and sales and Hanafuda card sales. Looks like every-
one had a nice time!
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Hawaii Buddhist Council Bodhi Day Celebration (Celebration of the Day Buddha was EnlightenedUnder the Bodhi Tree)
Held at Higashi Hongwanji on December 9, 2012
Honpa Hongwanji Choir performed under
the direction of Mrs. Mitsuyo Saito. Just
so nice to hear the Choir sing You Can
Build A Bridge; Song of Bodhi Day; and
The Wondrous Gift of Peace.
Jodo Mission of Ha-
waii’s representatives
for the offering of in-
cense and flowers were
Takeru Nii and
Makoh Nii. They are
pictured at left with
Sophie Narashiba.
Fujinkai (women’s association)
January 6
at 8:30 a.m.
Ikoi Hall
YBA
No Meeting in January
Sewing Circle
No Sewing Circle in January
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Children’s Choir “Malama”
1/6/13: After Family Service
Refreshments
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Sunday School
We welcome children to join our Sun-
day School. Let’s enjoy studying Onem-
butsu by doing various activities.
1/6/13 Family Service Refreshments Sunday School mothers will assist
with ozoni refreshments
1/20/13 at 11 a.m.: Sunday School will join
New Year’s Party
MAHALO
Thank you everyone who came for gen-
eral clean-up of the Temple, including
the Columbarium or Nokotsudo on
December 2, 2012. Your hard work and
dedication to the Temple are deeply
appreciated.
Thank you to Children’s Malama Choir
for their performance before Santa’s
appearance at the Sunday School Year
End Party.
Thank you to Sunday School for inviting
everyone to their Year
End Party and sharing
their visit with Santa.
What an enjoyable
treat after general
cleaning!
Children’s Malama Choir: Strider, Himawari, A’Marie,
Sophie & Takeru sang 3 songs: Rudolph the Red Nose
Reindeer, Jingle Bells and Japanese New Year song
“Oshogatsu”. What a treat!
After cleaning, members enjoyed a
visit from Santa who
had been on a diet!
Then enjoyed a pizza luncheon sponsored
by the Sunday
School.
First Sunday Service in January 2013: January 6, 2013 at 10 a.m. is the
first Sunday Service for 2013. Please join us. Our guest speaker will be Dr. George
Tanabe who is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Religion at the University of
Hawaii and/or Dr. Willa Tanabe, his wife who is Professor of History. They will dis-
cuss their new book entitled: A Guidebook to Japanese Buddhist Temples in Hawaii.
Please join us as we begin a new year!
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.
Bert Takeshi Higa 64
Kenneth Keigo Morimoto 81
Esther Tsureyo Kuniyuki 89
Kazue Ukeda 98
Joy Katsuno Yoshino 73
Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday
8am—5pm
Sunday & Holidays
8am—3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister
Rev. Kanjun Nakano Resident Minister
Rev. Dwight
Nakamura Retired Minister
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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 morn-ing 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 8:30am.
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.
Rev. Yasuhiro
Watanabe Resident Minister
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Website
For those with computers, please visit
our website:
www.jodo.us
to learn more about us. Thank you.
Wedding Services, Baby Blessings,
House Blessings are available
upon request.
Please call 949-3995 to schedule a
wedding, blessings for home, car,
boat, office, birthday, illness, etc.
1 Sekitaro Hirohama
The Hirohama & Kawasugi Family Kenji Fujikami
The Hashimoto Family The Ohara Family Haruko Ikuta
Tsugio Takamatsu Family Tomomitsu Kawamura The Kawamura Family
Fukuda Tokusaburo’s Father Hon-yo Jo-dai Shin-ji The Fukuda Family
The Nakamura Family Chukichi Asamura Toyo Asamura
The Masuda & Asamura Family The Yamasaki & Hara Family The Yoshizaki Family
The Matsushita Family The Aoki Family The Sakuda Family
The Okamura Family Stanley Satoru Morimoto
2 Richard Hichiro Kawamoto 3 Hideo Toyoshiba
Yoshitaka Wada 5 Kiyo Fujikami
The Fujikami Family Shizuyo Morisako Kasuke Yamane
Jiro Nakamura Randall Loreg The Loreg Family
6 Kikuyo Yamasaki Eiichi Fujita
Shigeharu Ohata 7 Jiro Oyabu
The Oyabu & Kondo Family Kazuko Nomiyama Tetsuko Miyamoto
Kama Takata Ruth Shigeko Tarumoto
8 Matsujiro Otani (1) The Otani Family The Yanagihara Family Toshio Isoibe
The Isobe Family Matsujiro Otani (2) Taketo Sumimoto (1)
Juichi Uesugi Fusataro Higuchi Taketo Sumimoto (2)
Kenji Miyakawa Nobu Kishimoto
9 Taka Tomonari The Tomonari Family Asa Hayashi
Hisako Takamura 10 Hiroko Yoza
The Yoza Family Kami Higa The Higa Family
Bishop Ninryo Nago The Nago & Kunimoto Family
11 Tokoe Imaguchi The Imaguchi Family Hatsuko Hayashi
The Hayashi Family Masakichi Teruya Reginald Hisao Hisamura
Uichiro Ishii Kohei Umeda Matsuyo Yamamoto
12 Heiji Fukuda (1) Heiji Fukuda (2)
The Fukuda Family Nagao Yamada Shokichi Harada
Tadashi Yanagihara 13 Bishop Jiko Kuya
Shima Morita Shizue Fujita Shima Morita
14 Akitaka Chikamoto The Ohta Family
Genzo Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Tsuchiyo Kimoto
Miyoko Kaya 15 Tane Nagata (1)
The Nagata Family Sukeichi Kameoka The Kameoka Family
Tane Nagata (2) Mildred Misako Tanimura Shizue Kimura
16 Take Shinagawa Tomojiro Fujita
The Fujita Family Kenji Iwamoto Chiyoka Mizuno
Seiichi Shimamoto 17 Hanayo Taniguchi
Kame Okamoto Moto Kawasugi Nobuo Hayashi
18 Kiyomatsu Daitoku (1) The Daitoku Family The Kawauchi Family
Katsutoshi Takada The Takada Family Kiyomatsu Daitoku (2)
Itaro Kurihara The Kurihara Family Masao Ishii
Shoichi Ishida 19 Tai Kawano
The Kawano Family Chiyo Tomai The Tomai Family
Miyo Ueno The Ueno Family
20 Shinazo Nishiguchi The Nishiguchi Family Noboru Ajimura
The Ajimura Family Kiku Kimura
Yuriko Nishimoto
21 Sueko Higashimura Kiku Kimura
The Kimura & Muroshige Family Masao Teruya
Takeo Yamane Shimo Hatanaka Hiroshi Furuya
Tsuneko Shintaku Koichi Ronald Namihira
22 Masae Tanimura Konoshin Kimura Fukukichi Tatei
23 Shokichi Fukumoto The Fukumoto Family
Takeo Yoshihara The Yoshihara Family The Tanaka Family
Jiro Kiyama Ralph Toshiaki Hashimoto Terry Kazuo Yorimoto
24 Heikichi Isobe The Isobe Family
Machi Yokoyama The Yokoyama & Morita Family Toranosuke Kinoshita
Tane Kinoshita The Kinoshita Family Tsune Aoki
George Masao Tanaka Helen Katsuko Ito Tetsuo Shinohara
25 Taka Fukuda The Fukuda Family
Saiichi Hyodo Joseph Yoshihiko Fujihana Sadako Oki
Teruko Mamiya The Sato Omura Family
26 Take Arita The Arita Family Haruo Nakamura
The Nakamura Family Kimio Yagi The Yagi Family Sueyoshi Yanagihara
Yoshi Yamamoto Chester Takeo Kaita
27 Seiichi Fujimoto The Fujimoto Family Takeshi Sato
Charles Shoichi Kimura Hiroko Nakano
28 Yoshie Sato The Sato & Suzuki Family Sae Higashimura
The Higashimura Family Tome Yamanaka The Yamanaka Family
Chizuko Saeki Sadamu Iwamoto Yooko Fujimoto
29 Tomo Isobe
Hana Kinoshita
The Kinoshita Family Jisaburo Kanemoto The Kanemoto & Miyamoto
Family Kansuke Shintani Fusao Taniguchi
Ralph Hitoshi Tanaka Toshito Fukuda
30 Kumaichi Tomonari The Tomonari Family Tsunejiro Kawasaki
The Kawasaki & Nakagawa Family Ine Yoshizaki
The Yoshizaki Family Tomota Kakehashi Masao Kume
Akio Matsuda Kiyoshi Kamimura Barbara Okimoto
31 You Kawamura The Kawamura Family
Shizuko Aoyama Kaname Yamanaka Takeo Tanaka
Shigeno Ohara
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