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Category: Funerals and Memorials

Posted on October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

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”

Posted on June 20, 2019June 20, 2019

Ghost Stories and Shinran

Summer is for ghost stories in Japan, sending chills down spines on hot summer nights. Consider this ghost story involving Shinran Shonin. Continue reading “Ghost Stories and Shinran”

Posted on April 24, 2018August 12, 2021

Meaning of Funerals and Memorials

By Rev. Ken Yamada

​When a person dies, many people don’t know what to do, having before never thought about it.  In this regard, I’d like to clarify our Jodo Shinshu Buddhist traditions, death rituals, funerals and memorial services.

Continue reading “Meaning of Funerals and Memorials”

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About This Site

Higashi Honganji Buddhist temples follow a Buddhist tradition called Jodo Shinshu, or “True Essence of Pure Land Buddhism,” and is affiliated with the Shinshu Otani-ha denomination, based in Kyoto, Japan.

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