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[cont’d on page 2] Vol. 60, No. 1 January 2017 REV. USUKI’S PAGE Joy - Life Is a Dance Life is a Dance and Mother Nature is your Partner. Follow her Rhythms and whatever you do, Don’t Step on Her Toes. Mary Gayatri Stein, The Buddha Smiles Happy New Year, Everyone. As we begin this New Year, I would like to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to ramble on for the past 12 years through these articles. It has truly been my honor and pleasure to serve you while awakening together to the overwhelming truth that time passes by too quickly. Perhaps there is no greater moment than now to wish for our lives to be filled with the most wonderful and pleasant events that may bring the deepest sense of joy described by our teacher Shinran Shonin and our Masters (Shinshu Corner, p. 2). The New Year truly instigates reflective mo- ments that allow us to reassess our imperfect selves while becoming immersed in the Bud- dha’s wisdom that continuously provides the light that directs us on the right path. Our teaching guides us to the attainment of joy and the deepest sense of appreciation for everything that we receive in this world. We are constantly inspired by these wisdom forms that come before us. Along with Shinran’s teachings, even the simplest passage or image can inspire us. Two of my favorites are the offerings of Mary Stein and Snoopy. For many years they have been imbedded in my mind so please excuse me if you think comparing them to Shinran is disre- spectful. We don’t have to think much about what they mean because such images immediately pene- trate our hearts and we are compelled to affirm and respond with a sincere and spontaneous nod or smile. At least for a brief moment they touch and invoke a pure awakening that erases the anxieties and tensions of day-to-day en- counters. The seed for this sincere joy has been hiding within and waiting and yearning to mani- fest itself. Such is the pure Buddha Nature with which we are endowed and, at least for that mo- ment, we become a most humble and grateful being. The interconnection between the self and the outside world is most revealing but also fleeting. This self contains the ever-present ego-centered mind and body that quickly manifests itself again and we become embarrassed by the sug- gestion to dance. Although I see Snoopy dancing and releasing himself and embracing his joy, I can quickly close off my connection to the out- side world like a clam that sees danger coming. mail: [email protected] web: http://westlosangelesbuddhisttemple.org

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Vol. 60, No. 1 January 2017 REV. USUKI’S PAGE

Joy - Life Is a Dance

Life is a Dance and Mother Nature is your Partner. Follow her Rhythms and whatever you do,

Don’t Step on Her Toes.

Mary Gayatri Stein, The Buddha Smiles

Happy New Year, Everyone. As we begin this New Year, I would like to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to ramble on for the past 12 years through these articles. It has truly been my honor and

pleasure to serve you while awakening together to the overwhelming truth that time passes by too quickly. Perhaps there is no greater moment than now to wish for our lives to be filled with the most wonderful and pleasant events that may bring the deepest sense of joy described by our teacher Shinran Shonin and our Masters (Shinshu Corner, p. 2).

The New Year truly instigates reflective mo-ments that allow us to reassess our imperfect selves while becoming immersed in the Bud-dha’s wisdom that continuously provides the light that directs us on the right path. Our teaching guides us to the attainment of joy and the deepest sense of appreciation for everything that we receive in this world. We are constantly inspired by these wisdom forms that come before us. Along with Shinran’s teachings, even the simplest passage or image can inspire us. Two of my favorites are the offerings of Mary

Stein and Snoopy. For many years they have been imbedded in my mind so please excuse me if you think comparing them to Shinran is disre- spectful.

We don’t have to think much about what they mean because such images immediately pene-trate our hearts and we are compelled to affirm and respond with a sincere and spontaneous nod or smile. At least for a brief moment they touch and invoke a pure awakening that erases the anxieties and tensions of day-to-day en-counters. The seed for this sincere joy has been hiding within and waiting and yearning to mani-fest itself. Such is the pure Buddha Nature with which we are endowed and, at least for that mo-ment, we become a most humble and grateful being. The interconnection between the self and the outside world is most revealing but also fleeting.

This self contains the ever-present ego-centered mind and body that quickly manifests itself again and we become embarrassed by the sug-gestion to dance. Although I see Snoopy dancing and releasing himself and embracing his joy, I can quickly close off my connection to the out-side world like a clam that sees danger coming.

mail: [email protected] web: http://westlosangelesbuddhisttemple.org

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Such may be our moments of brief Buddha-hood. I am not quite ready to dance for joy like Snoopy but I may take his advice and start the “Happy Hop.”

True joy knows nothing of shame or embarrass-ment. The Onembutsu awakening is such a joy that overwhelms us from within that it neutral-izes the great suffering we have harbored for a lifetime. Shinran Shonin perfectly outlined and described this great suffering as Karmic Evil. This ever-present heart-mind is so great that we, as human beings, cannot even imagine overcoming it. Only the great wisdom and compassion of the Buddha can transcend it.

Karmic Evil [akugō 悪業] All human acts of daily life, which, being defiled by blind passions and ignorance harbored in the depths of one’s being, cre-ate suffering. The term is frequently used in compound with ignorance (mumyō-akugō) and blind passion (bonnō-akugō), pointing to the deep roots of karmic evil in samsaric

existence itself. In fact, because of aeons of repetition and habit, karmic evil is so entrenched in human life that it is virtually impossible to become free of its adverse consequences by moral effort or religious practices. Yet, it is the major concern of Amida’s salvific power contained in the Pri-mal Vow, which will not rest until such kar-mic evil is transformed into the contents of enlightenment.

CWS, Vol. II, (192, 1997)

Again, many teachings have been presented over the past 2,600 years to end human suffer-ing but our defiled craving for all things is so great that even the purest ray of the Buddha’s wisdom would not be able to penetrate us unless we first become aware of our selfish and ego-minded shields. We must constantly keep ourselves open to the many beautiful moments that present themselves. I hope you will give Buddha’s wisdom and compassion a chance and thereby receive relief from the everyday grind in 2017.

Shinshu Corner

Joy

Glossary of Shin Buddhist Terms, The Collected Works of Shinran (1997)

Eighteenth Vow (pp. 180-181)

Central among the Forty-eighth Vows of Amida Buddha taught in the Larger Sutra of Immeasur-able Life is the Eighteenth Vow, the Vow of birth through the nembutsu, for it reveals the way to enlightenment through the working of great compassion committed to the liberation of every being. It reads:

If, when I attain Buddhahood, the sentient beings of the ten quarters, with sincere mind entrusting themselves, aspiring to be born in my land, and saying my Name perhaps even ten times, should not be born there, may I not attain the supreme enlightenment. Excluded are those who commit the five grave offenses and those who slander the right dharma.

Hōnen called it the King of the Vows, empha-sizing the words, “saying the Name even ten times.” This is the nembutsu, which Hōnen viewed, through Shan-tao’s teaching, as the essence of the Primal Vow and the practice that assures birth in the Pure Land.

Based on the sutra passage that testifies to the fulfillment of this Vow, Shinran interpreted “sincere mind, entrusting, and aspiration for birth”—termed the “three minds”—not as necessary requirements to be prepared by the practicer, but rather as the compassion of the Primal Vow working in one. Sincere mind is the mind of Buddha, not that of human beings, which is filled with ignorance, vanity, and untruth; this sincere mind enters the mind and heart of human beings, causing them to entrust themselves to the Vow and experience great joy and prompting them to aspire for birth in the Pure Land. Shinran treats “entrusting” (shingyō 信楽) as a synonym of shinjin. It is to entrust oneself to the Primal Vow and rejoice in Amida’s working without any doubt or calculation. In this sense, shingyō is interpreted to include the other two aspects of shinjin expressed in the Vow. Since all three arise from true compassion, Shinran summarized them as the mind that is single, which is synonymous with Other Power.

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The last part of the Eighteenth Vow has a special significance in Shinran’s teaching. It is the only one among Amida’s Forty-eight Vows to possess such a clause of exclusion. In other words, the Vow that proclaims the universal enlightenment of all beings also includes the

most stringent restriction. Shinran understands this clause as an expression of compassion so boundless and profound that it directs itself to the very person whom it censures—the being who has committed the five grave offenses and slandered the dharma.

Karmic power of the Great Vow [daigan gōriki 大願業力] (pp. 192-193)

The power fulfilled through and possessed by the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha. “Great” and “karmic” both characterize the power of the Vow. The usage of “great” is the same as in the ex-pressions “great wisdom-compassion” and “great practice”; its meaning is absolute and qualitative (rather than relative and quantita-tive), and it signifies that the power of the Vow is that of the Buddha and not that of human beings. “Karmic” refers to the law of cause and effect, just as it does when characterizing the “karmic” evil of sentient beings. The aeons of religious practice and discipline as Bodhisattva Dharmakara is the cause by which the realiza-tion of enlightenment as Amida Buddha was brought about. Amida’s power to save all beings and to bring the evil person to Buddhahood—a power not possessed by any other Buddha—is rooted in this practice.

The basis for the attainment of Buddhahood

by the person of karmic evil through the power of Amida’s Vow lies in the law of cause and ef-fect operating in Amida. Here we see an impor-tant feature of Buddhism that distinguishes it from traditions in which persons are saved through the will of God. While it may be said that the working of the Primal Vow is the working of the Buddha’s mind, the working of the Buddha’s mind itself is not beyond the causation of karma. Although Amida is a Bud-dha, without a cause—the aeons of practice as Dharmakāra—it would be impossible to possess the power to bring beings of evil to enlighten-ment. Thus, the law of karma is more basic than the concept of Buddha. Sakyamuni states, “To see dependent origination (pratītyasamut-pāda) is to see Buddha.” Pratītyasamutpāda (causation, cause-and-effect) is the foundation of Buddhism, and the personification of the law of pratītyasamutpāda (i.e., truth) is Buddha.

Joy [kangi 歓喜] (p. 192) In Mahayana Buddhism, the first of the ten stages of bodhisattvahood is called the stage of joy. When, having performed practices, bodhi-sattvas have attained this first stage, they touch for the first time that which is timeless (dharma-

body), and therefore, experiences a joy that they have not known in the world of samsaric trans-migration. This stage of joy is also stage of non- retrogression.…

Sutra Passages on Joy

10 The Sutra of the Immeasurable Pure Enlightenment of Equality, scroll one, states:

When I attain Buddhahood, I will cause my Name to be heard throughout the countless Buddha-lands of the eight quarters, the zenith, and the nadir. All of the Buddhas will extol my virtues and the goodness of my land among followers in their own lands. Those devas and

human beings, and even the species of crawling things, who dance and leap [with joy] when they hear my Name, will all be enabled to come and be born in my land. If it not be so, may I not attain Buddhahood.

Shinran, The True Teaching, Practice, and Realization II, Shinran, CWS, Vol. I (15, 1997)

22 Further it states:

A gatha on the Larger Sutra declares,

If persons hear the virtuous Name of Amida, praise the Buddha with joy, and wholeheartedly take refuge Even but a single thought-moment, they gain the great benefit. That is, they come to possess the treasure of virtues.

Even though the great thousandfold world be filled with fire, Pass through immediately to hear the Buddha’s Name! If one hears “Amida,” on will never retrogress. For this reason I whole- heartedly bow my head in worship.

Shinran, The True Teaching, Practice, and Realization II, CWS, Vol. I (31, 1997)

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Our teacher, Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna, Clarified the unexcelled dharma of the Great Vehicle; Having attained the stage of joy, He wholeheartedly recommended the nembutsu to all.

Shinran, Hymns of the Pure Land Masters, CWS, Vol. I (362, 1997) 38

The unhindered light filling the ten quarters Shines on the beings in the darkness of ignorance And unfailingly brings to attainment of nirvana The person who realizes the one thought-moment of joy.

Shinran, Hymns of the Pure Land Masters, CWS Vol. I (371, 1997)

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Whatever joy there is in this world All comes from desiring others to be happy,

And whatever suffering there is in this world. All comes from desiring myself to be happy. If I do not actually exchange my happiness

For the sufferings of others, I shall not attain the state of Buddhahood

And even in cyclic existence I shall have no joy.

Shantideva, A View on Buddhism

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Rob Kafka

I thank Connie Yahata for her diligence con-cerning temple business over the past two years of her presidency. Among many other accom-plishments, she has overseen the Onaijin res-toration, and has planned and executed many fundraising events, which have been both fun and beneficial to the temple. And then there is the day-to-day temple business, which accounts for most of a president’s time, which I won’t bore you with.

As Connie steps down from the President’s chair and I assume it, I think back to my previous presidency in 2011-2012. At that time, my wife, a native Korean-Japanese who had brought me to this temple, guided me in all my official du-ties. She would translate my brief greetings for special services into Japanese, so that I could memorize and deliver them, as if they were my own—though of course all the members knew who was behind them. She would remind me of duties and upcoming calendar events. She

would even prevent me from making errors of etiquette—“You can’t wear that! What are you thinking?” And most of all, she guided me by her example—an example of service and self- lessness, which I can only aspire to.

You might think that a second term would be easier for me, but it is not so. For now I am alone and no longer have the benefit of her sage advice. This term will be far harder than my first without her support. So I ask instead for the support of all the members of the sangha, and for their forbearance and counsel. I will need it.

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This month we have two major events—our annual New Year’s Service and Party, on Sun-day, January 8 at 11 AM, and a week later the Ho-Onko Service, on January 15 at 9:30 AM. I hope to see everyone there. Happy New Year!

Namu Amida Butsu.

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UPCOMING SERVICES AND EVENTS December 17 (Saturday): Mochitsuki

Dec. 18 (Sunday): Temple and garden

clean-up (no service)

Happy Holidays

December 23-27 (Friday-Tuesday) TEMPLE CLOSED

December 31 (Saturday): Joya-e service 新年あけましておめでとうございます

Happy 2017 January 1 (Sunday): New Year’s service

January 2-3 (Monday-Tuesday) TEMPLE CLOSED

January 7 (Saturday): Shotsuki hoyo January 8 (Sunday): Family service, temple cabinet

installation, BWA installation, New Year lunch

January 15 (Sunday): Ho-onko service January 22, 29 (Sunday): Family service

Save the Date: January 28 (Saturday East Meets West

Dharmathon with Higashi and Nishi Ministers LA Nishi Betsuin (flyer on page 8)

WLABT members may register through the temple

January 30 (Monday): 80 Plus lunch February 4 (Saturday): Shotsuki hoyo February 5 (Sunday): Nirvana Day service February 12, 19, 26 (Sunday): Family service February 27 (Monday): 80 Plus lunch

DON’T MISS OUT!

Join us for Study Class Thursdays at 1:00 PM

Coffee and refreshments, too!

~ Everyone Welcome ~

Happy Birthday

to

Rev. Fumiaki Usuki and

Masako Ishioka

80 Plus Lunch - November 14

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Akutagawa, HidemiAkutagawa, HidetaroAkutagawa, KarokuAkutagawa, KinuAkutagawa, MisunoAkutagawa, ShinpeiAkutagawa, TetsuoAkutagawa, TorakoArita, KayoArita, KosaburoDoi, YaenoEndo, KathleenFukumoto, FuriGomez, FrancesHatanaka, BenHatanaka, HaruHayashida, MinoruHiga, RisaIkkanda, Tsuma

Ishibashi, TamaIshibashi, YoshioIshioka, WakanoIwasaki, ToshioKato, YasutaroKawaguchi, NatsutoKawai, IchisaburoKobuke, YoshioKoda, TakaoKojima, KenzoKokado, RobertKokuryo, AtsushiKudo, GoroMarumoto, HamayeMarumoto, RokuichiMatsuno, TosaMatsuura, YoshinoriMihara, GunzoMihara, Katsuji

Minato, ChiyoMochizuki, HamaMorikawa, MitsuruMorimoto, ShizueMorita, MasatoNakamoto, HiroshiNakashima, DanNorth, JoyceOhara, KageoOhkawahira, RichardOkitsu, KazueOnami, MasatoOshinomi, MasatoOshinomi, TedOuchi, MotoOzamoto, SaeSakahara, ShigenobuSasaki, ChitoseShimasaki, Masateru

Soga, ToshiyeTakeda, IchizoTakeda, PaulTakemoto, KatsumiTakenaka, AkiyoTanaka, KenjiroTanaka, TetsujiTanaka, YoshiyeTerashita, SuekoUchida, JueYagura, KatherineYamamura, YaenoYamanaka, SotaroYamane, SadakoYanokawa, MaryYoshii, MasukiYoshino, KikujiYoshino, Kikuno

FEBRUARY SHOTSUKI HOYO, 10 a.m. Saturday, February 4, 2017

Abe, IchiroAkutagawa, KazueAndo, FlorenceBaba, HiroshiBarbeiro, DavidDoi, ShunjiFujimoto, KenHanamoto, MichiyeHashimoto, GizoHirano, AlanIchiho, KameichiIshii, ShoichiIi, FukusoIkeda, TakeoIshiwata, HiroshiIwashita, TakamoriKaba, TadashiKageyama, KiyokoKajiwara, RinzaburoKakehashi, RokuzoKawai, Kiyoshi

Kawasaki, ToshioKawasaki, YukioKimura, KazuyoshiKosaka, IchitaroKuramoto, HiroshiMasuda, MinoruMatsumoto, RubyMayeda, HisaMayetani, TokiMiddo, MasunagaMiddo, SakaeMiddo, WasakuMinazumi, YoshikoMisono, SukenariNakagawa, ChitaNakagawa, GisukeNakagawa, IchinoNakamura, KiyokoNakamura, NatsueNakamura, YutaroNaramura, Marveene

Nomura, SekizoNunokawa, YurikoOhara, KikuOka, NoboruOkumoto, KanzaburoOshinomi, MichikoOzaki, TakakoOzamoto, KeijiroOzamoto, SadakoSakahara, GosakuSakahara, RoseSakamoto, MarieSasaki, FumikoSasaki, KamejiShirai, GeorgeSunada, TerukoSuzuki, YoshifuruTakami, SakutaroTakami, SuyeTakamura, KazueTakata, Tsuruo

Takazumi, TeruoTakeuchi, NorieTanaka, TakakoTochioka, TadaoToma, YonekoTotani, TokumatsuToya, CraigUyeda, IneUyeda, MitsutaroUyekubo, IchiroWatarida, ItaroYahata, NobuYahata, TsunekoYamanaka, KoyomiYamane, NobukoYamatoku, KazuoYoshida, MiyoYoshida, NancyYoshimi, Isamu

JANUARY SHOTSUKI HOYO, 10 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2017

CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF:

Atsue OshimoFebruary 21, 1929 - November 26, 2016

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OUTGOING PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Connie Yahata

A new year is like a blank book. The pen is in your hands. It is your chance to write a beautiful story for yourself.

Happy New Year! It was two years ago when I was handed the gavel to start my tenure as

Temple President. Where did the time go? I must confess that I have learned a tremendous amount regarding the daily operations of the temple and these past two years have been filled with many opportunities for growth.

My deepest appreciation to all who have as-sisted me with your words of encouragement and support. As everyone knows, the temple exists because of the dedicated sangha mem-bers that volunteer their time and for that, I am

truly grateful.

I would also like to thank Rev. Fumiaki Usuki for his guidance and counsel. He has become more than a resident minister. I must also give thanks to my husband, Neal, who has not only had to endure my many temple commitments, but has also helped me stay on the right path.

The gavel will be handed to our incoming presi-dent, Rob Kafka. As you know, he served as temple president from 2011-2012 and he has graciously volunteered to serve again for the next two years.

As 2017 approaches, let us put pen in hand and write a beautiful story about our temple, our life.

With gassho

BWA NEWS by Connie Yahata With the holidays fast approaching, I wanted to share two recipes that you might consider mak-

ing for your family and friends. Hope you enjoy them!

WARM ARTICHOKE-OLIVE DIP

1 8 oz. package frozen artichoke hearts, thawed ¾ c. (packed) fresh basil 1 c. finely grated Parmesan cheese ¾ c. green olive tapenade 1 5.2 oz. Garlic & Herb cheese (such as Boursin)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 2. Coarsely chop artichoke and basil in processor. Transfer mix to a 4-cup baking dish. 3. Mix in Parmesan cheese, tapenade, and herb cheese. 4. Bake until hot - about 30 minutes.

PANETTONE BREAD PUDDING (serves 6-8)

1 loaf Panattone unsalted butter for greasing the pan 3 extra large eggs 8 extra large egg yolks 5 c. half and half 2 t. almond extract ½ c. sugar ⅓ c. sliced almonds 2 t. vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Trim dark brown outer from bread. Cut the rest into 1 inch cubes and place on a sheet pan in a single layer.

3. Toast the panattone for 10 minutes until lightly browned.

4. Grease 9” x 12” dish with butter and place bread in dish.

5. In a large bowl, whisk together whole eggs, half and half, vanilla and almond extract and sugar.

6. Pour this custard mixture over the panettone. Set aside for 10 minutes so the bread soaks up the custard.

7. Scatter the sliced almonds over the top of the pudding.

8. Place the baking dish into a larger pan and add very hot tap water to the larger pan until it is halfway up the side of the baking dish.

9. Cover the larger pan with aluminum foil, tenting the foil so it doesn’t touch the pudding.

10. Cut a few holes in the foil to allow steam to escape.

11. Bake the pudding for 45 minutes.

12. Uncover and bake for 40-45 minutes until the custard

is set and the top of the pudding is light golden brown.

13. Allow to cool 15 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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WINTER PACIFIC SEMINAR - 21ST CENTURY

Dharmathon with Higashi and Nishi Ministers

Presented by the Institute of Buddhist Studies,

Buddhist Churches of America Center for Buddhist Education & Shinshu Center of America

Hosted by the BCA Southern District Ministers Association & Buddhist Education Committee

REGISTRATION: $40 (Includes lunch) DEADLINE: JANUARY 19, 2017

For registration information contact Rev. KohoTakata at

[email protected] or call (213) 680-9130

Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji BuddhistTemple815 East First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

DHARMATHON: A SERIES OF DHARMA MESSAGES

FEATURING MINISTERS FROM BOTH TRADITIONS

Rev. Kenji AkahoshiRev. Fred BrenionRev. Bill BrionesRev. Greg Gibbs

Rev. Marvin Harada

Rev. Peter Hata

IN JAPANESE

Rev. Masashi FujiiRev. Ryuta Furumoto

Rev. Tomoyuki HasegawaRev. Nobuo Miyaji

Rev. Kazuaki NakataRev. Ryoko Osa

Rev. Koho TakataRev. Masanori WatanabeRev. Mutsumi Wondra

Rev. John IwoharaRev. Nobuko Miyoshi

Rev. Kory QuonRev. Jon Turner

Rev. Fumiaki UsukiRev. Patti Usuki

IN ENGLISH

Rev. Kodo Umezu, Bishop,Buddhist Churches of America

Rev. Noriaki Ito, Bishop,Higashi Honganji North American District

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80 PLUS LUNCH - Monday, November 14 Thank you to Mas Sasaki for the photos

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2017 CALENDAR - WEST LOS ANGELES BUDDHIST TEMPLE

>> Schedule subject to change. Please confirm date and time prior to event. <<

REGULAR WLABT SCHEDULE (exceptions listed in calendar below)

Rev. Usuki’s days off: Mon and Tue SDMA Meeting (LA Betsuin): 2nd Tue Family Service, Dharma School every Sun Shotsuki Hoyo: 1st Sat Mar., Sep. 2nd Sat Study Class (Eng): every Thu Temple Board Meeting: 1st Wed

Omimai: 3rd Thu 80 Plus Lunch: last Mon No Lunch: July, December

ABA: (TBD) BWA: monthly (Sun) Sangha Teens: (TBD) Jr. YBA Class: monthly (Sun) Taiko: every Wed

Bingo: 3rd Fri No Bingo: July, Aug., Dec.

Shigin: 3rd Wed WLA Youth Club: 2nd Wed Professional Temple Cleaning: TBA

2017 WLABT Obon planning meetings (7 pm, 4th Wed): April 26, May 24, June 28

TEMPLE CLEAN-UP ASSIGNMENTS Temple: Onaijin, Minister’s room, pews ABA: Mop floors, clean patio area, dumpster area, parking lot, garage BWA: Kitchen, office Dharma School/PTC: Classrooms and upstairs hallways Jr. YBA, Sangha Teens: All windows: main building and sangha hall Taiko: Basement and stairways Garden Maintenance Group: Temple and minister’s residence gardens

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!

Temple members not in any organiza-tions are encouraged to help at these general Clean-ups. There are many other areas that need attention. Clean-up dates are

June 25 and December 17

JANUARY BULLETIN FOLDING Dharma School Parents

1 Sun 8:00 am doors open 10:00 am New Year’s Day Service (toban: Temple)

2-3 Mon-Tue Temple closed 8 Sun 11:00 am Service, Installation of Temple Cabinet, and Temple New Year Party

11 Wed 7:00 pm Temple Annual General Meeting 15 Sun 9:30 am Ho-onko Service (toban: BWA)

22,29 Sun 9:30 am Family service

FEBRUARY BULLETIN FOLDING BWA

5 Sun 9:30 am Nirvana Day Service (toban: Dharma School) 10 Fri 7:00 pm Service and SD Council meeting (Venice)

12,19,26 Sun 9:30 am Family service 2/28-3/5 Tue-Sun BCA Ministers’ Assn. and National Council Meetings (Rev. Usuki - San Jose)

MARCH BULLETIN FOLDING ABA

2/28-3/5 Tue-Sun BCA Ministers’ Assn. and National Council Meetings (Rev. Usuki - San Jose) 5 Sun NO service

11 Sat 10:00 am Shotsuki hoyo (2nd Saturday) 12 Sun 9:30 am Family service

18 Sat 9:30 am -1:30 pm Ohigan Seminar: (E) Rev. Ron Miyamura, (J) Rev. Masanori Watanabe

19 Sun 10:00 am Ohigan Service (toban: BWA) (E) Rev. Ron Miyamura, (J) Rev. Masanori Watanabe

25-26 Sat-Sun Rev. Usuki - Oxnard Ohigan 26 Sun 8:00 am General temple and garden clean-up (NO service)

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APRIL BULLETIN FOLDING Dharma School Parents

1 2

Sat Sun

10:00 am 10:00 am

- 5:00 pm: - 4:00 pm: Bay Cities Gardeners’ Assn. Cymbidium Show

8 Sat Hanamido preparation 9 Sun 10:00 am Hanamatsuri/Hatsumairi Service (toban: ABA): (DS/J) Rev. Yuki Sugahara

16 Sun 10:00 am Eshinni/Kakushinni/Takeko Kujo Memorial Service (toban: BWA) 21-23 Fri-Sun FDSTL Conference (Fresno Family Dharma Center) 23,30 Sun 9:30 am Family service

MAY BULLETIN FOLDING TAIKO

7,28 Sun 9:30 am Family service 12 Fri 7:00 pm Service and SD Council meeting (Venice) 14 Sun 9:30 am Gotan-e and Mother's Day Service (toban: Sangha Teens) 20 Sat 7:00 pm Wine-A-Palooza 3

20-21 Sat-Sun Rev. Usuki - San Diego Gotan-e No family service at WLABT

22 Mon 12 noon 80 Plus lunch (next-to-last Monday) 29 Mon Memorial Day Cemetery Services: 9:00 am Woodlawn; 11:30 am Inglewood

Temple closed

JUNE GENERAL CLEAN-UP BULLETIN FOLDING TEMPLE

4,11 Sun 9:30 am Family service 5-6 Mon-Tue SDMA Fuken (Rev. Usuki - Long Beach) 10 Sat Southern District Buddhist Conference (SFVHBT - Odyssey)

Obon: Arizona 16 Fri 80 Plus Yard Sale set-up 17 Sat 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 80 Plus Yard Sale

17-18 Obon: Sun Valley 18 Sun 10:00 am Father's Day/Graduation Service and Scholarship Presentation (toban: Jr. YBA)

lunch (toban: Jr. YBA) 24 Obon: West Covina (1 day only)

24-25 Sat-Sun Obon: San Fernando Valley - WLA Taiko (date TBA) 25 Sun 8:00 am General temple and garden clean-up (NO service) 27 Tue 7:30 pm Start of Bon dance practice Tuesday (except 7/4) and Thursday (4 weeks) 29 Thu 7:30 pm Bon dance practice

JULY GARDEN CLEAN-UP No PUBLICATION

1 Sat Obon: Senshin (1 day only) 2-4 Sun-Tue Temple closed (4th of July)

11,18 6,13,20

Tue Thu 7:30 pm Bon dance practice

8 Sat Obon: Oxnard (1 day only) 8-9 Sat-Sun Obon: LA Betsuin

9 Sun 9:30 am Obon/Hatsubon Service (toban: BWA) (J), (E)

15 Sat Obon: Santa Barbara (1 day only) 15-16 Sat-Sun Obon: OCBC, Venice

21 Fri 7:00 pm Tent set-up 22 Sat Obon Cemetery Services: 9:30 am Woodlawn; 11:00 am Inglewood

22-23 Sat-Sun Obon: Pasadena - WLA Taiko (date TBA), Vista 23 Sun 8:00 am Garden clean-up, booth construction, and lunch (NO service)

29-30 Sat-Sun WLABT Obon Festival (also Higashi) 31 Mon 7:00 pm Obon take-down, clean-up

TBA Sat-Sat LABCC camp

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AUGUST BULLETIN FOLDING BWA

No Family Services, No Dharma School, No Study Classes, No Taiko, No Bingo

5 Obon (1 day only): Las Vegas, San Diego 12-13 Sat-Sun Obon: Gardena 15-17 Tue-Thu BCA Ministers’ Assn. Fuken

TBD Rev. Usuki vacation

SEPTEMBER BULLETIN FOLDING JR. YBA

2-3 Sat-Sun SD Jr. YBA Conference 2-4 Sat-Mon Temple closed (Labor Day weekend)

8 Fri 7:00 pm Service and SD Council meeting (Venice) 9 Sat 10:00 am Shotsuki hoyo (2nd Saturday)

10,24 Sun 9:30 am Family service

16 Sat 9:30 am - 1:30 pm

Ohigan Seminar: (J) (E)

17 Sun 10:00 am Ohigan Service (toban: ABA), lunch (toban: ABA) (J) , (E)

OCTOBER BULLETIN FOLDING TEMPLE

1,8,15 22,29 Sun 9:30 am Family service (10/29 NO Dharma School)

28 Sat 5:00 pm Family Fun Night (toban: Jr. YBA and Dharma School)

NOVEMBER BULLETIN FOLDING ABA

5 Sun 9:30 am Family service 10 Fri 7:00 pm Service and SD Council meeting (Venice) 12 Sun 10:00 am Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service (toban: Eitaikyo Committee)

(J) , (E) (NO family service or Dharma School)

13 Mon 12 noon 80 Plus lunch (2nd Monday) 19 Sun 9:30 am Thanksgiving Service (toban: Temple)

22-26 Wed-Sun Temple closed (Thanksgiving)

DECEMBER GENERAL CLEAN-UP BULLETIN FOLDING TEMPLE

3 Sun 10:00 am Bodhi Day Service, Oseibo lunch (toban: Dharma School) 9 Sat 8:00 am Mochitsuki (Jr. YBA and Temple)

10 Sun 8:00 am General temple and garden clean-up (NO service) 17 Sun 9:30 am Family service 20 Wed 6:30 pm Taiko Party

22-26 Fri-Tue Temple closed 29 Fri 5:30 pm Kubota Nikkei Mortuary memorial service and dinner 31 Sun 6:00 pm Joya-e Year-End Service (toban: Temple)

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January 2017 Family memorial services, funerals, and other events may not be listed. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

8 am door open 10 am New Year service

2

1/02-03:

3 Temple closed

4 7:30 pm Taiko

5 (no study class)

6 7

10 am Shotsuki hoyo Rev. F. Usuki (E) Rev. Shinji Okada (J)

8 11 am Family service, temple board installation, BWA installation Rev. F. Usuki (E) Rev. Shinji Okada (J)

New Year party

9 Rev. Usuki off

10

10:30 am SDMA mtg., LA Betsuin

11 [7 pm WLAYC]

7 pm service and annual general mtg

7:30 pm Taiko

12 1 pm Study Class (E)

13 14

15

9:30 am Ho-onko service

11 am BWA meeting

16 Rev. Usuki off

17 Rev. Usuki off

18 [1-3 pm Shigin] 7:30 pm Taiko

19

Omimai 1 pm Study Class (E)

20 7 pm Bingo

21

22

9:30 am Family service

12-4 pm Shigin Kinryukai new year

23 Rev. Usuki off

24 Rev. Usuki off

25 7:30 pm Taiko

26 1 pm Study Class (E)

27 28

Winter Pacific Seminar East Meets West

Dharmathon with Higashi and Nishi ministers

(LA Betsuin)

29

9:30 am Family service

30 12 pm 80+ lunch

31 Rev. Usuki off

Bulletin folding

toban: Dharma School

parents

Office hours: 10 am - 4 pm phone: 310-477-7274

e-mail: [email protected] website:

http://westlosangelesbuddhisttemple.org/

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2017 年 1 月 Family memorial services, funerals, and other events may not be listed. 日曜日 月曜日 火曜日 水曜日 木曜日 金曜日 土曜日

1

午前 8 ドア•オプン

午前 10 新年サービス

2

1 月 02-03 日:

3 お寺休み

4

午後 7:30 タイコ

5 6 7

午前 10 祥月法要 岡田真治先生(日)

宇宿文章先生(英)

8 午前 11 サービス

お寺幹部就任式 BWA installation 岡田真治先生(日)

宇宿文章先生(英) 新年宴会

9

宇宿先生休み

10

午前 10:30 開教師会

西別院

11 [7pm WLAYC] 午後 7 サービス

Annual ミーテング

午後 7:30 タイコ

12

午後 1 スタデークラス(英)

13 14

15

午前 9:30 報恩講サービス

午前 11 BWA ミーテング

16

宇宿先生休み

17

宇宿先生休み

18

[午後 1 詩吟]

午後 7:30 タイコ

19

午前 10 おみまい

午後 1 スタデークラス(英)

20

午後 7 ビンゴー

21

22

午前 9:30 サービス

12-4 pm Shigin Kinryukai new year

23

宇宿先生休み

24

宇宿先生休み

25

午後 7:30 タイコ

26

午後 1 スタデークラス(英)

27 28

Winter Pacific Seminar East Meets West

Dharmathon with Higashi and Nishi ministers

(LA Betsuin)

29

午前 9:30 サービス

30 正午 80+中ランチ

31

宇宿先生休み

会報作リ

当番:

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午前十時 — 午後四時 電話:310 - 477 - 7274