“Shinran’s Challenge: A Shin Buddhist in the 21st Century” The Buddhist Study Center (BSC) is pleased to offer its 49th Annual Summer Study Session in person and online, June 5-9, 2023 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (HST). The featured speaker is Rev. Dr. Takashi Miyaji, minister of Southern Alameda...
Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, its Commission on Buddhist Education, and its Committee on Social Concerns invite you to LGBTQIA+ 101 Learn more about the LGBTQIA+ community so we can ensure all beings may enjoy lives of harmony, peace and gratitude. Saturday, April 22, 2023 9 a.m. – 11 a.m....
Spirit in the Time of Radical Change In the face of climate change and humanitarian crisis, what lessons can we learn from different spiritual traditions to cope? Sun, March 19, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM HST Chaminade University of Honolulu, Mystical Rose Oratory 3140 Waialae Avenue Honolulu, HI 96816...
Hawaii Buddhist Council Buddha Day Service 2023 “Hanamatsuri” – Celebrating the Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha Sunday, April 2, 2023 | 9:30 a.m. Jodo Mission of Hawaii, 1429 Makiki Street, Honolulu (see map) Phone: (808) 949-3995 Speaker: Dr. George Tanabe “Why We Tell Stories” Feature Show: JATAKA TALES at 10:45am by...
Kauai Hongwanji Council Nembutsu Seminar “The Great Undercurrent of Life” with Rev. Dr. Takashi Miyaji, Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church Friday, March 17, 2023 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Online via Zoom (see registration link below) What is the purpose of religion? Why do we need Buddhism in our lives?...
“Prince Kūhiō Day is an official holiday in the state of Hawaiʻi in the United States. It is celebrated annually on March 26, to mark the birth of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole — heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, prince of the House of Kalākaua, and later...
“Higan” means “the other shore.” It is an abbreviation for “to-higan,” meaning “reaching the other shore (of Nirvana).” During the vernal and autumnal equinoxes when days and nights are of equal length, temples conduct Higan services that encourage us to meditate on the harmony of nature and devote ourselves to...
Hongwanji Day honors the Rev. Soryu Kagahi, the first Jodo Shinshu minister who came to Hawaii from Japan in March, 1889 to propagate the faith among the Japanese laborers on the sugar plantations. Visiting them on the Big Island, Kauai and Maui, his aim was to comfort them and try...
You are invited to Buddhist Study Center’s 2023 Spring Virtual Session “FELLOW TRAVELERS IN SHIN BUDDHISM” with Rev. Jon Turner, Orange County Buddhist Church Saturday, March 25, 2023 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Let’s hear about the journey of a fellow Shin Buddhist traveler, Rev. Jon Turner. Rev. Turner was...
