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Triple Celebration Photos!

Hard to believe it’s already been almost a month since the Triple Celebration! The experience of “Sharing the Joy of Nembutsu Together: Our Living Heart of Gratitude” is still so vivid. Namo Amida Butsu Here are several carousels of photos generously shared by Alan Kubota, Lenscapes Photography. Click arrows that...

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Important Security Notice: Beware of Recent Phishing Emails

This item appears in the September 2024 Headquarters Update newsletter. We want to alert our community about recent phishing attempts targeting our temples and members. Fraudulent emails have been sent that appear to come from our ministers, but in reality, they originate from unknown email addresses, such as rev.reverend@keemail.me. These emails...

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September 2024 Headquarters Update now available online

See the September 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop : “Achieving the Goal Together” Condolence: Mr. Bruce Yoshiyuki Shimada Encouraging Participation in Voting (Committee on Social Concerns) Important Security Notice: Beware of Recent Phishing Emails Triple Celebration Report 2024 BSC Summer Session Poster Contest: Represent...

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September 2024 edition of Ka Leo Kāhea newsletter now available online

Content in the September 2024 edition of Ka Leo Kāhea (3.1 MB) includes: Events Bishop Umitani Joins White House’s Fourth Vesak Ceremony Obon 2024: Continuing Tradition, Returning to Normalcy Reflections on a Spiritual Journey Through Wai‘anae Triple Celebration: It’s Time to Celebrate and Share the Nembutsu Kahu Sherman Thompson, 1956-2024...

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August 2024 Headquarters Update now available online

See the August 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop at the 35th Annual Hiroshima Peace Service Maui Wildfire Update 2024 YBICSE Report 6th Virtual State Dharma School Gathering (11/17; see flyer) Minister’s Lay Assistant Retreat (10/12-10/13; see info & schedule) Peace Day: “Ring Your Bell...

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July 2024 Headquarters Update now available online

See the July 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop on Adaptation Condolence Youth Specialist Update Triple Celebration BSC Summer Session and Satellite Seminars (see Kauai flyer) Buddhist Study Center Fellowship Club / Manoaphobia (see BSC news item) Jr. YBA convention Minister’s Lay Assistant Retreat 2023-2024...

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New Online Course, “Introduction to Basic Buddhism for the West and Beyond,” Offered by Professor Kenneth Tanaka

Rev. Dr. Kenneth Tanaka will moderate an online course entitled “Introduction to Basic Buddhism for the West and Beyond.” Ten monthly sessions begin September 2024. The course is subtitled “Fireside Chat Sessions with 20 Guest Lay Persons and Teachers” and is designed to provide the basics of Buddhism for those...

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June 2024 Headquarters Update now available online

See the June 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop: Vesak at the White House Ministerial Assignment: Rev. Sol Kal Triple Celebration Updates YBICSE Participants List Living Treasures of Hawai’i™ Request for Nominations YESS Camp 40 Report: Daruma & Me 61st Lay Association Convention: Sept. 8...

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