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...
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...
Content in the March 2024 edition of Ka Leo Kāhea (1.4 MB) includes: Triple Celebration Early Registration Closes March 31 Dr. Takashi Miyaji on ‘Why Life Is Great’ Choosing the Right Workshops for You Triple Celebration Online Buddhist Education Series Continues Lahaina Hongwanji Out of Ashes Sprout Green Leaves and...
See the February 2024 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Bishop’s Welcome Message for the Legislative Assembly Giseikai Message from the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-Ha Governor General Bishop Gyoshin Ikeda HHMH Concludes 112th Legislative Assembly (Giseikai) (see website news item) Officers, Advisors, And Directors of Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii for...
See the December 2023 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop: Return to Lahaina Hongwanji (see website news item with photos) My Tokudo Experience by Linda Nagai, Kona Hongwanji Personnel Matters 2024 Living Treasures of Hawaii Awardees (Living Treasures web page with registration options) Triple Celebration Buddhist...
In 2023, members of Hongwanji Hawaii joined in Kyoto to celebrate the 850th anniversary of Shinran Shonin’s birth and the 800th anniversary of the establishment of the Jodo Shinshu teaching. What follows is a reflection on the celebrations by Reverend Yuika Hasebe, the chief minister at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin,...
As the re-entry restriction to zone 12B was lifted for the residents of Lahaina on Monday, November 27, 2023, Rev. Ai Hironaka, Business Manager Derrick Inouye, and I returned to the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission for the first time since the wildfire devastated the town of Lahaina on August 8, 2023.
See the October 2023 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop: “Authentic Individuality” Obituary Notices New Youth Specialist: Emi Hashi Maui Wildfire Updates: Memorial Service, Robes for Rev. Hironaka, Donations 2023-2024 Social Concerns Fund Drive 2023 Minister Lay Assistant Retreat Minister’s Ritual Workshop More Issues Headquarters Update...