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...
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...
Content in the June 2024 edition of Ka Leo Kāhea (3.1 MB) includes: Triple Celebration Final Plans Set for Sept. 7-8 Event Music Will Make Memories Triple Celebration: Buddhist Education’s Speaker Series Looks to the Future Let’s Share Nembutsu Moments with Our Dharma Friends Closing by ‘Sharing the Joy of...
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...
See the May 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Pacific Buddhist Academy Baccalaureate/Graduation Messages Bishop Toshiyuki Umitani Governor General of Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-Ha Bishop Shoyu Ogino HHMH President Dr. Warren Tamamoto 2025-2029 Hongwanji Theme and Slogans Ministerial Assignments Introducing Our Communications Coordinator Triple Celebration: September 7-8 Committee on Social...
Buddhist Study Center hosts its 50th Summer Session lecture series the evenings of August 5-9, 2024 at the Buddhist Study Center near UH Mānoa. This year’s distinguished teacher is Rev. Dr. Kenji Akahoshi, formerly Head Minister of Buddhist Temple of San Diego. Rev. Akahoshi will provide a contemporary interpretation...
See the April 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop (Maui Update); see news item Statement on Israel-Hamas War by the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-Ha; see messages item Report on BCA National Council Meeting YBICSE – Young Buddhist International Cultural Study Exchange, July 2-12, 2024 (see flyer)...
An update on donations received, a site visit by FEMA, and the newly organized Lahaina Hongwanji Recovery and Rebuilding Committee.
A Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha (Honzan) statement on Gaza, originally issued in Japanese on November 17, 2023, is now available in English. The statement describes some of the devastating impacts of the war including the loss of thousands of civilian lives, 40 percent of them children at the time of the...
After a 5-year hiatus for in-person YESS Camps, Young Enthusiastic Shinshu Seekers (YESS) Camp 40 will be held in person the weekend of May 25-27, 2024 at the Buddhist Study Center near UH Manoa in Honolulu! YESS Camp builds bonds among youth from around the state as they interact and learn about...