JODO MISSION OF HAWAII

BULLETIN - JUNE 2010

Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.

Honolulu HI 96814

Address Service Requested

Announcements The Life of St. Honen O-Bon Chutoba & Chochin Order Forms Perpetual Memorial Service Calendar

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O-Nenbutsu By Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Everyday, we live and act hoping that we, and our families will flourish. In so doing, we try to increase our fortune, social position, and honor. However, we will die someday and leave for the Pure Land. When we die, what will happen to our fortune, position and honor? Unfortunately, we cannot take these things with us to the Pure Land. We have to leave everything in this world. The ONLY THING you can take to the Pure Land is your heart. When you have completed your life in this world, what kind of heart are you going to take with you to the Pure Land? Will you be able to take a satisfied heart in that you have com-pleted your life graciously? Or, are you going to carry a heart filled with regrets? Which one will it be? In either case, you don’t have to worry. Amida Buddha will receive any kind of heart. Amida Buddha will accept us with no distinction. Amida Buddha is always watching our hearts while we are living in this world or after we pass away. What kind of heart are you showing to Amida Buddha? Our hearts are full of regrets and sorrow. However, Amida Buddha changes our unclean and evil minds to pure and good hearts by O-Nenbutsu. Let’s live a life so we can always say O-Nenbutsu at anytime and in any place.

Announcements

Sunday School No Sunday School in June,

July and August

Fujinkai Meeting

(Women’s association) 6/13/10 @ 8:30 a.m.

Sewing Circle

6/12 & 6/19

8:30 to 11:00 a.m. Any interested person is welcome to participate

GOEIKA Background Goeika comes from “Goei’ mean-ing poems written by high priests admiring Buddha and ‘ka” meaning song. Although Goeika began during the Edo era in Japan, it was not until after World War II when Japan lost the war and society was in chaos; the politics, economy and ideology were confused that Jodo Shu felt the creation of Yo-shimizuko would help the situation. Jodo Shu se-lected Rev. Kido Matsunami and Rev. Kinsho Su-zuki as their leaders. Rev. Matsunami and Rev. Suzuki and other people held workshops in Zojiji, Chionin, Zendoji and other places. Rev. Matsunami to this day is in his 90’s and remains the head of Yoshimizuko. In Hawaii, Rev. Gido Shimbo initiated the Yo-shimizuryu Eisanka (Goeika) at the Puunene Jodo Mission in March 1956. The second Temple to be-gin the Yoshimizuryu Eisanka was Hakalau Jodo Mission in November 1956 under the guidance of Rev. & Mrs. Bino Mamiya. Kohala Jodo Mission followed in 1957 under the guidance of Rev. & Mrs. Ryoyu Kitajima. It was then that the ministers’ wives were enrolled in the Eisanka class. Examina-tion followed with 18 members organizing the Yo-shimizuko Puunene Branch in 1959. Workshops were held in 1960, 1962, 1963 from which 7 minis-ters’ wives became 5th rank eisho-shi. At the same time, 9 Kohala members passed the examination to become 5th rank eisho‑shi. The first statewide Yoshimizuko Workshop and examinations took place at Kahului Jodo Mission on June 17 to 21, 1975. The Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions sponsored instructor Rev. Reishin Ikegami of Japan to conduct the workshop and examinations. Eight ministers, 8 ministers’ wives and 34 lay mem-bers participated. Jodo Shu Goeka are poems by Honen Shonin put to music. In commemorating the 800th Anniversary of Honen Shonen’s passing, the Japan Yoshimizuko Convention will be held in June in Hawaii.

Mother’s Day Celebration

Mrs. June Su-zuki sang and played the Shamisen for all present at the Mother’s Day Service.

YBA Meeting

6/27/10 @ 8:30 am

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hilo Meishoin Centennial

Celebration On June 26, 2010, Hilo Meishoin will be celebrating their 100th Anniversary since its founding. Also about 200 mem-bers from the Japan Yoshimizuko group will attend this event. Rev. Yubun Nara-shiba will be attending on behalf of Jodo Mission of Hawaii.

THANK YOU Thank you very much to all who purchased the Kala Kokua Smoked Turkey Drumsticks and Sushi Sale on Sunday, May 23. Weren’t they delicious! Thank you also to every-one who helped on May 23. A spe-cial THANK YOU to Yvonne Sugi-hara who chaired this event and Aki Nishiyama who handled the fi-nances and for the support re-ceived from Kala Kokua.

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It was nearly the same time in the West when the Crusade began to march toward Israel to recapture the Holy Land; Japan was in a critical condition caused by a series of civil wars which occurred one after another. The central government, firmly established since the seventh century, was disintegrating through the degeneration of the court bu-reaucracy. The actual power was transferred to the hands of the military clans. The pass-ing of the luxury and grandeur, “Peace and Ease” of the court nobles in Kyoto, and the establishment of the military dictatorship of Kamakura impressed the people that this world is transitory like morning dew drops. Moreover, in these days, storms, droughts and earthquakes followed on the heels of one another which served to make people young and old, realize the uncertainty of life more keenly than ever. “Ceaselessly, the river flows, and yet the water is never the same, while in the still pools the shifting foam gathers and is gone, never staying for a moment. Even so is man and his habitation.” This is the passage of the famous Japanese classic, “Hojoki” drawn by a wandering Buddhist priest, Chomei of Kamo. Not only did the people so feel and sing, but the people were all aware of the great changes going on around them. But still, there were no spiritual props. The Bud-dhist leaders of those days could do nothing but indulge in academic studies or only tan-tric rituals detached from the worldly affairs. It was at this most eventful period in the history of Japan, in political and social, reli-gious and moral aspects, that St. Honen, the Founder of Jodo Sect of Buddhism, appeared and proclaimed to the public that the helpless

The Life of St. Honen The Founder of Jodo Buddhism in Japan

By Rev. Dwight K. Matsunami [published in The Hawaii Buddhism, Sept. 1956 issue]

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roaming in the street can be saved only by Faith in Amida Buddha. Actually speaking, he was born in 1133 in the family of an official of the province of Mimasaka, the southern part of Japan. At the age of eight, sad news reached him. His fa-ther was wounded by bandits. He thought and contemplated vengeance, but was persuaded by his father at his death-bed to forgive the slayers. “You should not be revengeful, be-cause if you should do so, other vengeances are bound to follow, and the cycle of such evil would never cease. So, forgive them, have sympathy for them, and for all men.” These were the last words for him. As he grew up, he fully realized his fa-ther’s wish although revenge was permitted openly in those days of early Japan. St. Ho-nen made up his mind to enter the priesthood. He therefore spent a disciplinary and studious life on Mt. Hiei for many years. He studied hard reading the then prevailing teachings with the expectation that everyone can be saved only by learning the profound teachings of Buddhism, but he could not be satisfied en-tirely. He was reputed to be the most clever among the priests in Hiei. Yet, if even he was not saved, then how much more so the igno-rant.

(To be continued)

Thank you to the family of the Late Ha-zel Fujihana for sharing the many publi-cations of The Hawaii Buddhism. The past publications have wonderful stories and articles, one of which is presented on this page. Please let us know if you wish to read more of these articles. Thank you.

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O-Bon Service Schedule O-Bon Services will be held as follows:

Thursday, August 5: 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Friday, August 6: 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Saturday, August 7: 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Sunday, August 8: 10 a.m., followed by cleanup Sign up for O-Bon Service will begin 2 hours prior to each above listed service. This is on a first come, first serve basis. No phone orders will be taken.

Toro Nagashi (lantern floating from the boat: Sunday, August 8 at 8 p.m. (Pier # to be announced later). Boat capacity is limited so we must limit this to Hatsubon (first O-Bon) families. If you are part of a Hatsubon family, please sign up for this event at the office and you must be at the announced Pier by 8 p.m.

Private O-Toba Services If you would like to request a private O-Toba prayer in front of your O-Toba, please call the Temple at 949-3995 to schedule your appointment. Appoint-ments for this private O-Toba Service will be accepted from 8:00 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, July 28 through Sunday, August 8.

Father’s Day Contest June 20th is Father’s Day or Chi Chi No Hi. What do you remember about your Father, Dad, Daddy, Otoosan? Was it all his encouragement he gave to me for doing the best that I can do, he worked very hard and showed us that education and hard work are important for the future, was it his cooking, was it the times you went fishing, was it the stories he told, was it the beautiful house he provided for us, or the furniture he made or purchased for us, the special trips he took us, etc. In 100 words or less, please send in your thoughts to Jodo Mission by Saturday, June 19th. Please come to our Father’s Day Service on June 20th at 10 a.m.

Mother’s Day Contest The following 3 responded to Contest—all winners! Himawari Kaneda: Dear Mama, Thank you for making delicious bento lunches.

Let’s play with the sand on the beach together. Also, let’s race in the swimming pool. Let’s play with a ball. Next time, when you are tired, I will massage your shoulders. Thank you Mama.

Sophie Narashiba: I like to go to the Honolulu Zoo with my Mama. I like

to also go to the Aquarium with her. Also, I like to go to the beach with her. I wish my Mom would take me to the Children’s Discovery Center, too. I enjoy making cupcakes with my Mom. I like breaking eggs and mixing the cupcakes. I like to see how my Mom will mix after me and see what will hap-pen. Happy Mother’s Day!

Mother’s Day Contest (cont’d):

JoAnn Matsuo: My mother, Gail Ma-tsuo, is probably best remembered for her kindness. She believed that you measured kindness not by how nice you could be to others, who were kind to you, but by how kind and forgiving you were to those who showed no kindness. Albert Pine said, ‘What we do for our-selves dies with us. What we do for oth-ers and the world remains and is immor-tal.’ Please remember kindness is not de-creased by sharing.

Above are Himawari, Sophie and JoAnn

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O-BON CHUTOBA ORDER FORM O-Bon Services will be held Thursday, Aug. 5th to Sunday, Aug. 8th, at Jodo Mission of Hawaii

DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2010 YOUR NAME（お名前）：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿PHONE（お電話番号）：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

NAME OF DECEASED（亡くなった方のお名前）：

1.____________________________________________________________ 2.____________________________________________________________ 3.____________________________________________________________ 4.____________________________________________________________ One Chutoba is $ 7.00 × Total of Chutoba ＿＿＿＿＿＿ ＝ Total ＄＿＿＿＿＿＿

（中塔婆 1本 7ドル） （本数） （合計）

On which day are you coming? （いつお参りにこられますか？）

Please circle date and time. Thu, August 5 2:00 pm or 7:00 pm

Fri, August 6 2:00 pm or 7:00 pm

Sat, August 7 2:00 pm or 7:00 pm

Sun, August 8 10:00 am

Or

Cannot attend the service

ORDER FORM FOR CHOCHIN （LANTERN、ちょうちん申し込み用紙）

DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2010

YOUR NAME （お名前）：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿PHONE : (お電話番号) ：_________________ NAME OF DECEASED（亡くなった方のお名前）： 1.____________________________________________________________ 2.____________________________________________________________ 3.____________________________________________________________ 4.____________________________________________________________ LARGE(大)＿＿×＄10.00 + SMALL(小)____×＄7.00 = TOTAL（合計）＄______________

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Order accepted by : _______________ Date accepted : _______/______/ 2010 ( In person / Mail / By phone ) Received by : _______________ Date paid : _______/______/ 2010(Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______

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FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Order accepted by : _______________ Date accepted : _______/______/ 2010 ( In person / Mail / By phone ) Received by : _______________ Date paid : _______/______/ 2010(Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______

What is “Perpetual Memorial Service?” (Eitaikyo)

This record of a perpetual memorial service and is called Eitaikyo in Japa-nese. When the date of death occurs for a person listed on this record, the ministers pray for that individual during the morning service. The prayers will continue each year for as long as Jodo Mission exists. Anyone can be included in it. You may put your own name on the list, too. This also helps when it is difficult to have memorial services. We also wel-come you to attend the morning service at 8:30am.

How to apply Stop by the office, and fill out the ap-plication form. Each name costs $200. After the application is accepted, the name will be listed on the record.

Obituaries The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sincere condolences to the family members and loved ones of the following members who have recently left this world for the Pure Land. Mr. Tokio Nishikawa 81

Mr. Alexander Jitsuo Sakuda 97

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday 8am—5pm

Sunday & Holidays 8am—3pm

Wedding Services and Baby Blessings are available upon request.

If you are planning to get married or know someone who is planning a wedding or if you would like to renew your wedding vows, you are welcome to recommend our Temple. To pledge eternal love between husband and wife to Amida Buddha is very important. Baby Blessings: May Amida Buddha’s love surround our children with love. Please call for an appointment.

Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nskano Resident Minister

Rev. Dwight Nakamura Retired Minister

Your Opinions Your opinions are important to us. Please feel free to send your opinions to Jodo Mission of Hawaii, 1429 Makiki St., Honolulu, HI 96814. Your opinions will be treated confidentially.

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1 Tatsuo Nonaka 2 Takayo Fukuda The Fukuda Family Yasuichi Nakai The Nakai Family Kikue Tejima The Tejima Family Yasu Kawamura

4 Rui Yasumoto Shizutaro Kimura Fujiko Teruya Katsu Yokoyama

5 Kamematsu Kano The Kano & Watanabe Families Shuichi Arakawa Yoshikazu Ebisuzaki Tamon Yamaguchi Japanese Marines

6 Chujiro Nishimura The Nishimura Family Matsu Wakagi The Wakagi Family Tomo Daitoku The Daitoku, Fujimoto, & Kawauchi Families Shinichi Fukuda The Fukuda Family Miyoshi Takara

7 Ayako Morikawa The Morikawa Family Taki Asai Kichi Kunihisa Shina Kotake

8 Soichi Hirano The Hirano & Kaneko Families The Hirota Family Saku Yokoyama

9 Sueko Tanimura The Tanimura Family Kenzaburo Ishii The Ishii Family Emi Kawamoto 10 Hosuke Miyagawa The Miyagawa Family Ariki Fujimoto Hisako Mitani Mieko Ono 12 Bunjiro Umemoto The Umemoto Family Mitsuyoshi Okamura The Okamura Family

13 Charlse Harumi Takabayashi Jeane Sachiko Ebisuzaki Harumi Takabayashi

14 Masuzo Konaka The Konaka, Yano, & Hayashi Families Kiichi Morisako Katsuko Sakakibara Shigeki Narahara 15 Yoshio Morita The Morita Family Kikutaro Higashide The Higashide & Fuyukawa Families Albert Akira Sakuda

16 Onichi Chinen The Chinen Family Chiyo Heirakuji Harry Noboru Matsumoto Iwao Oki

17 Natsu Kawamura The Kawamura Family Senjiro Ogawa Ichiro Nakatsuka The Hirotsu Family 18 Bunkichi Kamimura Tama Morita The Morita Family Chiyo Mori Hatsuyo Yoshikawa Kame Uyehara

19 Kiyomatsu Ueno The Ueno Family Shinei Kanehira The Kanehira Family Mitsuru Ogi Kenichi Naito Sam Saburo Taniguchi

20 Hisataro Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Naoji Yokoyama Moushi Kobashigawa Kame Uyehara Ichitaro Matsuda

21 Sumi Takeda The Takeda Family Komanoshin Masatsugu Teruo Masatsugu Ayako Tasaka

22 Isuke Iwasaki

Murakami's Baby Kazumi Mizuta Yoshimi Maruuchi Edward Isamu Kimoto

23 Isamu Yonemoto The Yonemoto Family Yoshio Higa The Higa Family Yoshiko Hamasaki Jonosuke Arakawa Kosuke Takara

24 Yoshito Ebisuya The Ebisuya Family The Fujii Family

25 Hana Mitsutani The Mitsutani Family Nobuyuki Nishida Yukio Hirata Akio Neison Tagami

26 Fuji Yano The Yano, Konaka, & Hayashi Families Daizo Kawamura The Kawamura Family Mokunosuke Taniguchi Isamu Nakano Keigo Soma Claris Sadako Yamamoto

27 Ron Kiyoshi Amasaki Akira Shimoda

28 Shintaro Masuda The Masuda & Asamura Families Ryoshichi Himuro The Himuro Family

29 Kumanosuke Morikawa The Morikawa Family Sadamu Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Kinuyo Karimoto Ziu Takaoka Kiichi Takaoka Shizuko Heirakuji Grace Setsuko Kawafuchi

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