[updated July 16] The Buddhist Study Center (BSC) is streaming video on its YouTube channel for this week’s Summer Session, July 11-15, 2016, featuring talks by Dr. Jeff Wilson. Videos are also available later on demand. Lecture 1: “What is Mindfulness?” Monday, July 11. We start the video with BSC...

Pamela Young’s “Mixed Plate” aired on KHON2 starting June 29, 2016. This segment of “Mixed Plate: Under a Sakura Sky” features our own Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii bishop, Reverend Eric Matsumoto. Play the video and learn a bit about his path. Mixed Plate: Under a Sakura Sky Pamela Young’s...

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...

The Buddhist Study Center’s Dharma Light program has announced its July-December 2016 set of classes, now open for registration. Offerings begin with the annual Summer Session, this year featuring Dr. Jeff Wilson on “Mindfulness & Buddhism in America.” Other course titles include “Buddhist Insights on Current Social Issues,” “Understanding Shin...

See the June 2016 Headquarters Update for information about: New HHMH committees formed by 2016 Legislative Assembly action (Green Hongwanji Committee, Technology For Remote Communication Committee) National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Memorial Day Service The 58th Annual Honpa Hongwanji Ministers’ Association Seminar HQ Bookstore Update (“Pictorial Hongwanji”) The Taste...

You can find the 2016 schedule of Obon festivals throughout Hawaii, listed by district, in this PDF document. See you at Obon!

Earthquakes on April 14 and April 16 in the Kumamoto Prefecture of Japan killed scores of people and caused extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure. Nearly 400 Hongwanji temples suffered damage, up to and including structural collapse. Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii (HHMH) is sending an initial donation of $5,000...

Rev. Yoshiko Shimabukuro’s Appreciation Service was held on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at West Kauai Hongwanji Mission (the resident minister is Rev. Tomo Hojo and the president is Mr. Alton Miyamoto). It was a great honor to have Rev. Shimabukuro’s Appreciation Service. We presented her with an...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2016 Rev. Chikai Yosemori, the retired 14th Bishop of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, died on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. He was 84 years old. For all of his 42 years as a minister and his work after retirement, the foundation of Rev. Yosemori’s...

The April 2, 2016 edition of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser includes a 5-column article on the project now underway to construct a new classroom building for Pacific Buddhist Academy. The article, written by reporter Pat Gee, is entitled “School starts work on $6.5M campus expansion” and appears in the Keeping Faith...