The Hawaii Buddhist Council invites the public to celebrate the attainment of perfect awakening by Shakyamuni Buddha some 2500 years ago. The service begins on Sunday, December 8 at 9:30 a.m. at the Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin temple in Honolulu, 1727 Pali Highway (enter parking from Lusitana Street). The guest...
See the October 2019 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Bishop’s Corner: A Humble Reflection in Our 130th Anniversary Year in Hawaii Hawaii Version of His Eminence Gomonshu Kojun Ohtani’s “Watashitachi no Chikai" or “Our Pledge” Condolences: Mr. Gordon C. Cockett, Mr. Barry K. Taniguchi Ministerial Assignments: Rev. Joshin Kamuro,...
Hawaii Island Hongwanji members and friends gathered at Hilo Betsuin’s Sangha Hall on Saturday and Sunday, October 12-13, to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the Honpa Hongwanji Buddhist organization in Hawaii. Saturday’s program featured a series of presentations on the history of Hongwanji and Japanese immigrants in Hawaii as well...
The following news item was submitted by Pieper Toyama, Vice President, Jikoen Hongwanji. Haisai! Chāganjū yami sēmi! (“Hello… How are you?” in the Okinawan language) This year the Hongwanji in Hawaii will celebrate its 130 year anniversary. Jikoen Hongwanji Temple will honor this anniversary by focusing on a specific period...
This article originally appeared in the September 2019 HQ Update newsletter. The statewide Suicide Prevention Training will be held on October 18-19, 2019 at Saint Louis School (3142 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816). A live webinar will be available at the five locations such as West Kauai Hongwanji Mission Hanapepe...
See the September 2019 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Bishop’s Corner HHMH Minister’s Lay Assistant Retreat Soul Shop Suicide Prevention Tranings 10/18 and 10/19 HHMH 130th Anniversary Services & Events Ryukoku Sogo Gakuen (RSG) Educational Program for International Understanding at PBA Hongwanji Sanyokai (Hongwanji Councilor Association) Visit From the...
Honpa Hongwanji temples throughout Hawaii are celebrating and preparing to celebrate Peace Day 2019. September 21 is both the UN-designated International Day of Peace and Peace Day Hawaii. In 2007, it was youth from Honpa Hongwanji’s Junior Young Buddhist Associations who first promoted the idea of Peace Day Hawaii, officially...
Honolulu temples and affiliates will be bringing Peace Day awareness to VegFest Oahu, a festival of plant-based food and cooking in its fourth year at the civic grounds at Honolulu Hale. The 2019 festival happens to fall on Peace Day, Saturday September 21, and goes from 11:30 a.m. to 5...
In consultation with the Honpa Hongwanji Committee on Social Concerns, Bishop Eric Matsumoto is re-releasing his “Statement Against the Separation of Families,” originally issued on June 20, 2018. While an executive order (coincidentally also issued on June 20, 2018) purportedly ended family separation at the border, in the year that...
Bishop Eric Matsumoto and the Honpa Hongwanji Committee on Social Concerns hereby re-release their statement on gun violence, originally issued March 14, 2018. A tally in Wikipedia records 541 additional mass shootings since that date, 194 of which included at least one fatality — including the recent mass shootings in...