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Pasadena Buddhist Temple • HIKARI • July-August, 2019 www.PasadenaBuddhistTemple.org

Pasadena Buddhist Temple HikariJuly & August, 2019

1993 Glen Avenue • Pasadena, CA 91103 • 626-798-4781

Appreciate this Life Whenever You CanRev. Jundo Gregory Gibbs June, 2019

27 Obon Dance Practice29 Omigaki and Temple Clean-Up & BBQ (9-12)30 Family Service

July, 2019Obon Cemetery visitation by appointment, contact Rev Gibbs

2 Obon Dance Practice 3 PBT Board Meeting @ 7:30 pm 7 Monthly Memorial Service 9 Obon Dance Practice11 Obon Dance Practice13 Booth Construction14 Obon & Hatsubon Service Guest speaker: Rev. Akahoshi (BTSD)16 Obon Dance Practice18 LAST Obon Dance Practice19 Obon Set-up and food prep, 6:00 PM20 Obon Festival21 Obon Festival (No Service)28 Family Service

August 2019 4 Monthly Memorial Service 7 PBT Board Meeting @ 7:30 pm11 No Service18 No Service25 Family Service

Temple Calendar

Obon and Hatsubon ServiceJuly 14th

At the Pasadena Buddhist temple, as at most of the 65 Jodo Shinshu temples in the US, our Hatsubon and Obon services are combined. Obon is the oldest continuous service in Buddhist tradition and started about 2,500 years ago in India.

Obon is a memorial service in which we remem-ber and honor all of our deceased loved ones. Hat-subon is a special service for everyone that has passed away since Obon in 2018. Family members of those whose lives we are celebrat-ing are asked to light a candle and burn incense during this special service. Rev. Kenji Akahoshi, Buddhist Temple of San Diego, will be out guest speaker.

Rev. Gibbs will also meet your family at the cemetery to conduct a grave-side service during the month of July. Just call Sensei and make arrangements for a special way to acknowledge your loved one.

Pleaae join us for our combined Obon and Hatsubon service, the BWA will provide light refreshments after the service.

It is unseasonably warm as I write this. As you know, I grew up in Fresno, so this current little heat wave is not too challenging for me to live through. However, it isn’t that I like weather above 90 degrees. I can’t go outside and sincerely say, “What great weath-er!” Sometimes it is more honest to say things like, “It’s not too bad. I can bear it.” Yet it was just a few days ago I was positively appreciating the nice temperate weather with clear skies that we had just been having here in Pasadena.

Appreciation” is an interesting concept, because we can appreci-ate something as good, which is the usual meaning. But we can also appreciate the wrongness of the bad. For example, I could say that I appreciate what white supremacism stands for, and go on to say that “it stands for utter nonsense, selfishness and oppression like all forms of racism do.”

We must appreciate our lives, day to day. It is what we add. The rocks do not express enjoyment of a temperate day. At least not in any way that we can understand. Our positive appreciation of the good that there is in our lives can spark a similar enjoyment of the moment in those we associate with.

An aphorism attributed to the current Dalai Lama is, “Be kind whenever it is possible. It is always possible.” I don’t know if he said this, but it is not really true. I would tell others and myself, “Be kind whenever it is possible. It is often possible.” I don’t need to hedge on appreciation though. Please may we slow down enough to appreciate our lives. It is almost always possible.

Our temple offers various opportunities to slow down and ap-preciate life together. Please continue attending Sunday services when it is not too much trouble. Consider attending a study class or meditation session or Tai Chi class. Just drop in one two times.

The third weekend in July we will again present our Obon fes-tival. Most of you reading this will be working very hard on this event. Some of you are already busy with preparations as I write this. I definitely appreciate your efforts. I hope that we all can come to a genuine appreciation of this life we share together.

This year the Hatsubon Service will be dedicated to the following:Toshitsugu Ogura • July 14, 2018

Nancy Michiye Doi • August 2, 2018

Kimi Yokoyama • August 25, 2018

May Yaeko Sakahara • August 28, 2018

Joe S. Akiyama • November 7, 2018

Terry Kanari Takemori • March 31, 2019

Alice Shigeichi Kikkawa • April 2, 2019

Jun Yamasaki • April 16, 2019


Shotsuki Service (Monthly Memorial Service) is held for those who passed away during a particular month. Family members and friends offer incense in honor of their loved one. This service provides the opportunity to acknowledge the influence this person made on your own life. Names of the deceased are read at this service. If you would like your loved one to be added to a monthly list, please contact Reverend Gibbs.

August Shotsuki Service - August 4th

July Shotsuki Service - July 7th

September Shotsuki Service - Sept 8th

ARITA, SachikoDEHARI, ShigekoDOI, TakuichiDOMEN, KazuyukiFUJIKAWA, KiyoFUJIMOTO, NobuoFUNADA, EijiFURUMOTO, DojiGOTO, ShigeoHAMANO, MasashiHAYASHI, EmikoHAYASHI, SasukeHIRATA, ChinamiINOUYE, Theodore Ted TakaoJOFUKU, Yukitoshi

KAMON, MatsujiroKAWAHARA, TokiKEHOE, JohnKIMURA, KazueKODAMA, TakaoKOSUGE, NancyMASAI, DanMASUMOTO, MichiMATSUBARA, DaikichiMORIHIRO, MisakoNAGAYAMA, HichiroNAITO, Frank KeizuchiNAITO, ImaoNAITO, YukioNAKAMURA, Towa

NAKANISHI, TadatsugiNISHIMOTO, YukioNISHIMURA, Roy KazuoNODA, MasakoOGURA, NancyOGURA, UkichiOMOKAWA, KanichiOSHITA, MatsuyoOTANI, TasaburoOTANI, UkimiSANO, SadaoSATO, KiyokichiSATO, ToshiSERA, NobuoSEVERENCE, Eugenia Marie

SHIBA, JinnosukeSHIGEISHI, JamesSHIMODA, MizuSUGITA, JiroSUGASAWARA, TatsunosukeTAGUCHI, GokichiTAMURA, KazumiTANAKA, EiTOKUDA, OkichiYAMAGUCHI, YuriYAMASAKI, JokichiYAMASAKI, Mitsuyo

AKITA, SawakoARAI, FumioARASHIGE, MatsumiBABAOKA, MisakoFUJII, Ruth ReikoFUJIMORI, William FUJIMOTO, Edward Hitoshi (Fuzzy)FUJITAKI, Tom TakashiFUKUMOTO, RitsuFURUMOTO, FusayeGOTO, ChiyosoHAMADA, HiroshiHAMANO, YukieHARABE, MikioHAYASHI, MikaIGE-GUILLEN, KathrynITO, HaruKAMOTO, HohichiKAWAHARA, Kumataro

KAWAMOTO, AkiKAWAMOTO, RikizoKAWAMOTO, ToshikoKAWASAKI, ToshioKIMURA, KiwaKITANI, KazuoKOBAYASHI, EnKOBAYASHI, KenjiroKONISHI, HisatoKONISHI, JyoKONISHI, KanichiKORO, HakomiKORO, KotaroMIKIUCHI, OsamuMARUMOTO, SatsuMASUMOTO, KunizoMATSUMURA, ShimaMIYAGISHIMA, MarikoNAKAMOTO, Hatsuyo

NAKANO, HansukeNAKANO, MiyakoNISHIYAMA, IzumiOGAWA, KameichiOGAWA, KansaburoOGAWA, MichiyoOGURA, KazukoOKADA, KuniOKADA, RyokoONISHI, IkuoOSHITA, AkiOTANI, AtsushiOTANI, JunichiOTANI, ShizuyeOYAMA, KansaburoSAKAHARA, YAEKOSAKAI, MiyakoSHIGENO, KazueSHIMODA, Kunisuke

SHINMOTO, MiyokichiSHUBO, ItsuyoSOGI, OtomatsuSUGASAWARA, HanzoSUNADA, KazuakiTAKENAKA, KenichiTANIGAWA, TamayoTERAZAWA, MasaichiTSUCHIYA, KotoUMETA, SuyenoYAHADA, FusakichiYAMAGUCHI, DozoYAMAMOTO, KiyoshiYAMANE, KamekichiYONEDA, HitoshiYONEDA, KeiichiYONEDA, YukuYONESAWA, Kiyoko

ARITA, RatsuFUJIMOTO, HajimeFURUMOTO, YasuGOTO, Choichi GOTO, KyoichiHAMAGUCHI, HachizoHAMANO, KimiHAYASHI, KyokoHIGASHIOKA, ShigeruHIROSE, ShigeruINOUYE, Kaoru Mr.ITO, FrankKAWAMOTO, KunitaroKAWAMOTO, MasanoKAWAMOTO, TazukoKAWASHIMA, Fumi

KOBUKE, YutakaKUBO, KiyomasaKURAMOTO, KikuMASUMOTO, HachitaroMATSUMOTO, YaemonMENTZ, GeraldineMITO, ShikaMITSUOKA, GeorgeMORIOKA, SadayoMURAKI, RikioNAGATANI, ShigeruNAITO, ImakichiNISHIDA, MikiNISHIKAWA, MutsueOGURA, TomieOKIDA, Mariko

OKUNO, MatsuOMURA, SekiONISHI, KitaONISHI, YoshisukeOTAKE, TakeoOYAMA, MajyuOYAMA, MitomuSAKAMOTO, IsaburoSOGA, NorikoSOGI, AtsuyeSUGIMOTO, HatsujiroTAKAYAMA, MitoTAKAYAMA, OtomatsuTAKAYAMA, TomiTANABE, VioletTERAOKA, Yumi

TESHIMA, IsamuTOIMOTO, ItsuyoTSUCHIMOTO, TsuneyoTSUCHIYA, InosukeTSUCHIYA, TomizoUYENO, KimiWAKASA, KiyozoYAMADA, SatoYAMADA, TokutaroYAMAOKA, RaiYAMASAKI, NaoYAMASHITA, KiheiYAMAZOE, MineYOKOYAMA, KiyomiYOKOYAMA, SakayeYUJIRI, Tokuo


Buddhist Women’s Association News

Shotsuki and Memorial ServicesShotsuki Service (Monthly Memorial Service) is usually held the first Sunday of each month. This is a memorial service for anyone that has passed away in the month the service is conducted. Rev. Gibbs reads all the names and any family member or friend in attendance during the service is encouraged to burn incense. We do not send out individual reminders, please look at the list we provide in each Hikari.

Sangha Teens

2019 MembershipPlease consider membership in our Temple. Membership fees

can be paid in installments. For information regarding Temple membership, please contact Miki Meza. There are many types of membership you can select, please stop by the temple office to pick up an application in the Temple office or download a form from the Temple website.

We would like to acknowledge the following for their April & May 2018 Temple Membership payments.

Individual MembershipFamily Membership

Clifford & Sayo NakataniGeorge & Ann Yamane

Sachiyo HamadaArlene MizusakiJane Yamanaka

Presidents’ MessageIt is Obon season again, the weather has started to get quite warm

and we have turned the air conditioning on at the temple during the week! We have many special activities scheduled in June as a lead up to the Obon service and festivities.

Eight members of our sangha attended the recent Southern Dis-trict Conference. We had the opportunity to listen to a message from Rev. Mas Kodani (retired) and Bishop Umezu. We also chanted as a very unified sangha with Rev. Sekiya of Gardena Buddhist Church. The chanting was quite remarkable to hear and to participate in. Rev. Mas said that chanting is the “sound of being connected” to the others and to Amida. This is the message I wanted to share with you.

The Gomonshu will be visiting all the temples including ours, information on page 5 of this Hikari and on the wbsite.

We appreciate all your monetary donations, but we really need for everyone that is able, to come out and help us during the festival. We can use people to help monitor the silent auction, make change and take orders at our booth areas, help with dish washing, super-vise the parking area, help serve food, etc., etc., etc. Being part of the sangha is not only listening to the dharma but is also about working together and sharing time with each other. You will be ap-proached to volunteer, please say “yes”. If you are not available July 20 & 21, we can use your help the week prior for booth set-up and food preparation. After the festival we can use help with clean-up. June 29th we are having an all temple clean-up (Omigaki). We meet from 9:00 am – noon. Lunch will be served, pot luck sides are gra-ciously accepted. We are very lucky here at PBT to have the SOGs helping to maintain the property, but we need help with the dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, raking, etc. We used to have a system for monthly clean-up by tobans. But this system did not work because of the lack of participating. We are only asking for 2 mornings a year to help with clean-up. Please make time. We would love to see you!

Raffle tickets have been mailed out, if you did not receive them, please let sensei know. We have an unexpected expense this month and the revenue from the raffle tickets will help offset the expendi-ture of a new refrigerator. Everyone was sent 10 tickets at $5 each. If you can sell more, please ask and we will get the tickets to you! Our prizes are all monetary … something everyone can use!

Gassho, Jeannie Toshima

Hello, my name is Ren Gibbs. I am currently in the 8th grade and am a proud Sangha Teen at the Pasadena Buddhist Temple. During the last week of April, on the 27th (Saturday), I attended/hosted a Sangha Teen event at the Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. I, along with Panther and Mikala from Pasadena, teamed up with 9 of the Nishi Sangha teens to make the event as exciting and fun as possible. There were many activities at the event, each member of the team working together to make each and every one of them special.

At this opportunity, I would like to thank the Nishi Sangha Teens and families for co-hosting the event. I would also like to thank our own family members for their guidance and support. My sincere appreciation goes to the Pasadena SOGS, the Sons Of Gardeners, for their generous donation. It was great to meet new people and make friends, I look forward to the next event! Photos from this event can be found on the website under Youth Groups)

June and July are very busy months for our group: June 29th is Omigaki and General Clean Up and WE NEED YOUR HELP! The week leading up to our

Obon (July 20 and 21) includes preparation sessions for Food Court sale items including: Tofu Salad; Matsuri Kyuri Sticks; and Chirashi Gohan. Unfortunately, we have reached the point where we do not have sufficient labor to make Makizushi and inarizushi. This year we will be selling our delicious Chirashi on both Saturday and Sunday, but will not be making Makizushi and Inarizushi. BWA will also help prepare veggies for the temple’s Beef Chow Mein.

I’d also like to thank our members who came out to help set-up, clean-up and assist customers for our Yukata and Accessories Pop-up Boutique on June 1st. It was very well attended!

I look forward to seeing you at Omigaki and at our Obon! If you have questions, please contact me at [email protected] or 818.279.3145.

Monthly Opportunity Raffle

Winners

May.........Tamiko Goto

June........Merle Ojiri

Please schedule a family memorial service ifyour loved one(s) passed away in the following year(s):

2018 ..........................1st year ....................... Issuki2017 ..........................3rd Annual .................. Sankaiki2013 ..........................7th Annual .................. Shichikaiki2007 ..........................13th Annual ................ Jusankaiki2003 ..........................17th Annual ................ Jushichikaiki1995 ..........................25th Annual ................ Nijugokaiki1987 ..........................33rd Annual ................ Sanjusankaiki1970 ..........................50th Annual ................ Gojikaiki

Contact Rev. Gibbs if you have any questions about conducting a memorial service.


Donations Received April and MayThe following donations received in the months of April and May 2019 are gratefully acknowledged.

Shotsuki Hoyo April 7th & May 5th$150....Shinobu Kiriyama in memory of Mrs. Aki Kiriyama, Mr.

Tadashi Tsukimoto$100....Virginia Ishida in memory of Alice Kikkawa$100....Shinobu Kiriyama in memory of Mary Tsukimoto$100....Haruko Sato in memory of Husband Tadao Sato$100....Irene Tanihara in memory of mother Yoshie Sano$50......Maye Fukumoto in memory of Ichino Kamoto$50......Maye Fukumoto in memory of Suma Fukumoto$50......Monica Hiroto in memory of Marlene Nishimoto-Horowitz$50......Hiroko Inouye in memory of Otanis$50......Jean Ito in memory of Dad Ted Tadao Sato$50......Yukiko Kataoka in memory of Fumiyo Omori$50......Misa Kawano in memory of George Murashige$50......Robert Kikkawa in memory of Alice Kikkawa$50......Carolyn Matsuda in memory of Dad Ted Tadao Sato$50......Albert Nakata in memory of Yukiko Nakanishi$50......Manabu Nishimoto in memory of Marlene Horowitz$50......Michiko Oba in memory of Uncle Ted Sato$50......Midori Okamoto in memory of Chiyeko Sunairi$50......Midori Okamoto in memory of Shigeru Sunairi$50......Yukie Okazaki $50......Kim Sakata in memory of Marlene Nishimoto-Horowitz$50......Rumiko Shiroma in memory of Mother Fumiyo Omori$50......Reiko Shishido in memory of Fumiyo Omori$30......Mitsuko Hays in memory of Kizo Yano$30......Minoru Okida in memory of Mother$30......Carol Oyama in memory of Hirose Nakashimo$25......Robert Kikkawa in memory of Alan Kikkawa$25......Midori Okamoto in memory of Jokichi Sunairi$25......Midori Okamoto in memory of Kame Sunairi$20......Masakazu Fujimoto in memory of Alice Kikkawa

Hanamatsuri April 14th$250....George Sugimoto$100....Shinobu Kiriyama, Allen & Sharon Lee, Lynne Ozawa$75......Nina Akiyama$50......Sachiyo Hamada, Alan Hatakeyama, Gerry Ito,

YukikoKataoka, Robert Kikkawa, Kathy Kumagai, Albert Nakatani, Michiko Oba, Yukie Okazaki, Shelley Shinmoto, Rumiko Shiroma, Reiko Shishido, Roy Sunada, Ron Toshima, Sachiko Watari, George Yamane, Tomomi Yamasaki

$40......Aya Hirano$30......Corinne Ishikawa, Minoru Okida, Mitsue Oyama, Carolyn

Oyama$25......Carolyn Matsuda, Catherine Mikuni, Cliff Nakatani$20......Linda Inouye, Sheena Ishikawa$10......Setsuko Masai, Tony Stonehill

$250 ....George Sugimoto$100 ....Shinobu Kiriyama$75 ......Kathy Kumagai$50 ......Alan Goto, Robert Kikkawa,Lynne Ozawa, Roy Sunada,

Akiko Tsukida, Sachiko Watari, George Yamane, ............Tomomi Yamasaki$40 ......Aya Hirano, JeannieToshima$35 ......Manabu Nishimoto$30 ......Sachiyo Hamada, Minoru Okida,Mitsue Oyama, Carol

Oyama, Reiko Shibasaki, Kiyoe Suzuki$25 ......Carla Fujimoto, Gerry Ito, Lynne Masumoto, Melissa

Meza, Dona Mitoma, Clifford Nakatani, Janice Shue$15 ......Linda Inouye$10 ......Tony Stonehill

Gotane May 19th

Special Donations$1,000 .... Irene Takemori $1,000 ....Keiro OREI Facility use$800 .......Arizona Buddhist Temple$700 .......Robert Kikkawa, Orei Facility Use$500 .......Yoshiko & Stephanie Yamasaki, Funeral Jun Yamasaki$500 .......Michiko Oba, OREI Facility Use$390 .......SDBWA Conference registration$300 .......YoshikoYamasaki, Eitaikyo for Jun Yamasaki$200 .......Maye Fukumoto, Sukiyaki donation$160 .......Lily Nishimura, Sukiyaki donation$100 .......Lillian Fujimoto, Sukiyaki Dinner$100 .......Ron Dyo, Sukiyaki Dinner$100 .......LTSC Community Development Corp Keiro OREI

Facility Use$70 .........First Presbyterian Church, Keiro Caregiver Conference$70 .........PJCI Keiro Caregiver Conference$70 .........PNS Keiro Lunch$50 .........David & Mary Noguchi, SOGs$50 .........Dennis Ito, Sukiyaki donation$50 .........Yukiko Yokoyama, Sukiyaki donation$50 .........Sachiko Watari, Sukiyaki donation$50 .........William Fujimoto, Sukiyaki donation$50 .........Adia Mori-Holt, Keiro Add’l Facility use$50 ......... Jeannie Toshima, Nishi dance$50 .........Pasadena Nikkei Seniors OREI Facility use$50 .........David & Mary Noguchi, PBT SOG’s$40 .........Norman Endo, Sukiyaki donation$30 .........Misa Kawano In memory of Ruth Ishii$25 .........Manabu Nishimoto, Sukiyaki Dinner$25 .........Kevin Tsujihara, Sukiyaki donation$25 ......... Jeffrey Horowitz, Donation$25 ........LABCC Mailing Camp Morning Star donation$10 ......... Jane Smith, Sukiyaki donation$10 .........Ray Funatsu, Sukiyaki donation$5 ...........Frank Sata, Sukiyaki donationOther ...... Jim Nu 2-55 gallon Rain Barrels

Temple Contact Info:Phone number: 626-798-4781

FAX: 626-345-9095WEBSITE: www.PasadenaBuddhistTemple.org

Las VegasGet-Away

August 2 - 4

We will be staying at the California Club and the cost includes the roundtrip bus, 2-night stay at the hotel, baggage handling and all meals. If you are interested, there may still be room. Contact Jeannie Toshima for availability. 562-305-6018

• Double Occupancy including meal coupons - $223/person• Single Occupancy including meal coupons - $243/person• Bus ride only (for comped players at Main Street or Cal Club) no

meal coupons - $101


Southern District Obon ScheduleJuly 13 & 14 ........LA Betsuin Hongwanji TempleJuly 13 .................Oxnard Buddhist ChurchJuly 14 & 15 ........Orange County Buddhist ChurchJuly 20 & 21 ��Pasadena Buddhist Temple Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Santa Barbara Buddhist Church Orange County Buddhist ChurchJuly 27 & 28. .......Higashi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Vista Buddhist Church West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple July 28 .................Budhist Temple of San DiegoAugust 3 ..............Buddhist Temple of San Diego Las Vegas Sangha (take bus from Pasadena)August 10 & 11 ...Gardena Buddhist Church

For specific information go to:http://www.buddhistchurchesofamerica.org/obon-festivals-

southern-district/

Buddhist Study ClassesClasses on Topics in Buddhism, open to all, no prior knowledge of Bud-dhism is necessary. Each class will consist of a short directed reading that will then be discussed by Rev. Gibbs and the class. Class length is 1 hour and offered on Tuesday at 7:30 pm and Thursdays at 10:30 am.

Forms of MeditationRev. Gibbs will instruct and lead participants through several different forms of meditation: mindfulness of breath, visualization, Attentiveness, Walking Meditation as Ki Cultivation. Forms will vary depending on participants interest. Classes meet on Tuesday at 6:30 pm and Thursdays at 9:30 am.

July Classes at the Pasadena Temple

Tai Chi as Exercise Classes Rev Gibbs will conduct 30-minute class with limbering and Tai Chi exer-cises, no experience necessary, no special clothing needed. Classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00 pm.

Reverend Gibbs is providing the following classes to the members of the Sangha and public. They are free with suggested per class donations of $5 for non-members.

NO CLASSES in August. Tai Chi, Buddhist Study and Meditation classes resume in September.Please check calendar as funerals, hospital visitations and such can pre-empt scheduled classes www.PasadenaBuddhistTemple.org.

I would also like to add “Thank you” for two matters below:

1. to those who were able to support the BWA fund-raising at Domenico’s

2. to Jose Salcedo, Ikenobo flower arrangement teacher, for donating beautiful flowers for the alter

Kyoko Gibbs

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“Looking to buy or sell your audio equipment? Want to help support the Pasadena Buddhist Temple? Now you can do both. Thanks to the S.O.Gs (Sons of Gardeners) and artist Alan Nakagawa (who

showed us how to set up the webpage), we now have a webpage where you can purchase audio equipment donated (or found in the Temple). Proceeds from sales will go to benefit the Pasadena Bud-dhist Temple. To buy from the temple, visit our website at: https://reverb.com/shop/scotts-gear-locker-643.

If you have audio equipment that you would like to donate for sale, please contact the temple ([email protected]) or Scott Shinmoto ([email protected]).”

Gomonshu VisitThe head priest and leader of our Jodo Shinshu

sect, Monshu Kojun Ohtani, will be visitng the Southland in September. In celebration of his visit we have the rare opportunity to listen to a dharma message and honor him at a dinner organized by the

LA Betsuin. If you are interested in attending any of these functions, please let Rev. Gibbs know so we can submit your names.

The Gomonshu will give his Dharma talk on Sept 7 at LA Betsuin from 1:00 - 3:00.

That same evening there will be a banquet in his honor at the Quiet Cannon. from 6:00 PM. Cost is $65/adult and $25/children. Dinner names need to be submitted by August 5.

The Gomonshu will also be visiting Pasadena Buddhist Temple on September 9th. We do not know what time yet, but we hope we have many members of our sangha that can meet with him.


Obon Information & ParkingParking is quite limited during the Obon festival. If you are

a member and or a senior, please contact Rev. Gibbs or any board member to get a Parking Pass so you can park behind the temple/gym. Handicap parking will also be available. Special

parking/Pass parking entrance will be from Glen Avenue by Sensei’s residence. These spots are limited, so please ask as soon as you can.Please try and carpool to this event so we have parking for all our

guests.

Exhibits in Sakai Hallduring Obon

The Buddhist Church Experience in WWII CampsIkebana (Flower Arrangement)

Demonstrations• Karate • Kendo • Kyudo • Naginata • Qi Gong

Vendors• Heritage Source Bookseller • KisaNoreen •

• Mariko III• Pat on the Back • Yasuko Ozawa Ceramics •

Taiko PerformanceEach evening outside at 6:00 PM

Saturday NightL.A. Taiko Ichiza

(Nishi Hongwanji)

Sunday NightKitsune Taiko & Bonbu Taiko

(Higashi Hongwanji)

Pasadena’s OBON Festival July 20 & 21Obon is a special time when we remember and honor our ancestors and

friends who have gone to the Pure Land.One “tradition” we have is the Bon Odori ...we dance

for the joy of being alive and to dance in memory and honor of the dead. If our minds and hearts are full of remembrance, we dance for joy, not to show-off.

Every temple in Southern District will basically have the same dances, so you can learn the dance at any of the So District temples. Pasadena will have Bon Odori dance practice on Tuesdays and Thursday nights from 7:00 - 8:00PM in the parking lot. First lesson will be on June 27th. Bring kachi-kachi and tenugui (long towel).

Check out the Obon schedule and “represent” Pasadena at the other temple obons (see website for schedule).

We can use all sangha member’s help with preparation, working in a booth, and helping around the event. Please come when you can and we will find a place for you to help out.

If you have “nice” or “new” items for the Silent Auction or for the regular raffle, please drop them off in the Temple office. Please make sure to leave your name and contact information with your item. Items that we auction are: Gift Cards, Antiques (in good condition), baskets of toys, tickets to sporting events and Vacations. Raffle prizes can be plants, food items, or gift cards. Monetary donations are welcome to help purchase supplies for the Obon.

Your dana is appreciated.

Obon RaffleMail in or drop off your raffle ticket stub with your check ... we will be doing a “Double-Dip” raffle drawing again this year. Basically, we will start drawing ticket stubs for prizes during the Obon

festival and if you win something, we will put your stub back inside the ticket-bin so you can win something again! Winner need not be present to win the “big” prizes. If you need more tickets, just contact Rev. Gibbs, Jeannie Toshima or Gerry Ito.

Silent Auction / Raffle / Donations

Saturday 4:00 - 9:00 pm

Obon Dancing: 6:30 pmTaiko: 6:00 pm

Sunday 4:00 - 8:30 pm

Obon Dancing: 6:30 pmTaiko: 6:00 pm

• Food • Games • Martial Arts Demonstrations

• Crafts • Gift Vendors• Silent Auction

• Exhibits

1993 Glen Avenue • Pasadena 91103 • 626-798-4781http://www.PasadenaBuddhistTemple.org

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July 20 & 21, 2019

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• Free Parking & Admission

• Food • Games • Martial Arts Demonstrations

• Crafts • Gift Vendors• Silent Auction

• Exhibits

Come Dance with Us! Practices are:

June 27July 2, 9, 11, 16 & 18

7:00-PM-8:00PM

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