VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 3 • September 2025 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Hoping Obon Has Meaning for You Aloha kākou! I hope that you are well, physically and spiritually. At Aiea Hongwanji, we enjoyed our annual Obon dance and celebration last Saturday, July 26. It was one of the largest Bon celebrations...
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...
This article originally appeared in the March 2024 issue of Ka Leo Kāhea. Updated 5/4/24 to include link to printable form and invitation to email audio recordings to Debbie Kubota. See flyer caption or end or article for links. BY GAIL S. TAGASHIRA Stories of “Sharing Nembutsu Moments” are...
Given the unique circumstances this year, we bring the hanamido to you! We invite you to click the button below to virtually pour sweet tea over baby Buddha. Video by Rev. Kerry Kiyohara based on a concept by Dr. Benjamin Bruch. You can find a version that includes chanting on...
The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii (HHMH) Calendar Committee invites individuals and groups to provide photos for the Hongwanji calendar. Deadline is September 23, 2019.
The September-December 2018 class schedule for the Buddhist Study Center’s Dharma Light Program is now available. Courses include three introductory series in the “ABCs of Buddhism,” offered at the Buddhist Study Center, Aiea Hongwanji, and Kailua Hongwanji respectively. Also offered is a one-day, two-lecture presentation on “Revisiting Yemyo Imamura’s Discourses...
We posted previously about The Taste of the Nembutsu, a volume published by the State Ministers’ Association containing dharma talks by active Jodo Shinshu ministers throughout Hawaii. With the partnership and approval of the association and the ministers, we are pleased to publish the dharma talks online in serial fashion....
See the July 2016 Headquarters Update for information about: A humble request for a moment of reflection Official announcement of new official Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii website Rev. Yoshiko Shimabukuro receives Honzan Hosho Federation of Jr. YBA convention report Committee on Social Concerns Condolences To find more issues of...
We launched the website you are now viewing on June 9, 2016. We hope you find it an accessible and informative portal to Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and the many temples, schools, and programs connected to the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii. Front and center on the new website are features...