by Bishop Hiroshi Tajima
Happy New Year to all of you Jodo Shinshu followers across the world. I deeply appreciate your support of our temples and strength you bring to our Sangha. Continue reading “Shinshu Celebrations Planned”
Up Next: Year End Service
Don’t call it New Year’s Eve, call it “Joya-E,” our year-end observance. Continue reading “Up Next: Year End Service”
Up Next: Hoonko, Shinran’s Memorial
This Fall our Higashi Honganji temples will commemorate the life of Shinran Shonin, the founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, with a special service called Hoonko. This is our most important service of the year. Continue reading “Up Next: Hoonko, Shinran’s Memorial”
Celebration of Death
By Rev. Ken Yamada
It seemed surreal: disco music, balloons, dinner buffet and cocktails aplenty. It was a “Celebration of Life” for a recently departed friend. Continue reading “Celebration of Death”
WWII internment in Hawaii
By Rev. Steven Toyoshima
I bid farewell
To the faces of my sleeping children
As I am taken prisoner
Into the cold night rain.
-Otokichi Ozaki, Honouliuli internee
We traveled to a place long lost to history: the site where Honouliuli Internment Camp once stood. Continue reading “WWII internment in Hawaii”
This month: Buddha’s Birthday
This month the Buddha’s birth is commemorated with a special service called Hanamatsuri. It’s our most festive service of the year. Continue reading “This month: Buddha’s Birthday”