J o d o M i s s i o n o f H a w a i i

B u l l e t i n - A U G U S T 2 0 1 4
J o d o M i s s i o n o f H a w a i i
1 4 2 9 M a k i k i S t .
H o n o l u l u H I 9 6 8 1 4

A d d r e s s S e r v i c e R e q u e s t e d

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Bon Dance
August 15, Friday: 6:30pm-9:30pm
August 16, Saturday: 6:30pm-9:30pm
(August 15, Friday: 5:45pm
Jizo Bon prayer will be held
in front of Jizo statue)


Please come, bring your kimonos, happi
coats and dance around the yagura and
enjoy the many food items: bentos, BBQ sticks,
saimin, sushi, yaki soba, soba salad, spam musubi,
Andagi (Okinawan donuts), hot dog, chili, chili and rice,
turkey jook, waffle dog, juice, soda, shave ice, water, etc.

Food Booths will open at 4:30pm

Kiddie games will also be available
Getting ready for the Bon Dance
Dancers enjoying themselves
around the yagura
Helping with Bon Dance Preparation: If you are willing to help with Bon Dance
preparation, your help is most appreciated. Please come to the Temple on Thursday,
Aug 14 and/or Friday, Aug 15 and/or Saturday, Aug 16 at 9:00 a.m. If you are only avail-
able in the evening during Bon Dance hours, we can also use your help. Please contact
the Temple for more information.
Bon Dance Practice: Bon dance practice will be held Tuesday, August 12 and
Wednesday, August 13, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to practice or
learn from instructors in the inner circle.
Jodo Mission Happi Coats: Jodo Mission
will be selling its own happi coats. If you are
interested you may contact Jodo Mission or
come to the Bon Dance.
Above photo, people are getting ready for Bon Dance.
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Prayer is given before Bon Dance begins
Bon Dance is the fellowship part of ancestor
worshipDancing is for everyone! Yummy
foods of all kinds! Games for children! Happi
coats and bon dance towels for sale
People enjoy
watching the
dancers happily
go around the
yagura.
Children enjoy
playing games.
1. When Someone Passed Away
Death

Medical examination

Call for a minister

Makuragyo (Bedside service)

Call for a mortuary

Body pick-up

Meeting with the funeral director at the
mortuary

Viewing service

Cremation

FUNERAL with the first 7
th
day service

49th day service
Burial service

Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service

1 year memorial service
2. When Someone Is Very Close To Death
Call for a minister

Rinju Gyogi (Last rites)

Death

Medical examination

Call for a mortuary

Body pick-up

Meeting with the funeral director at the
mortuary

Viewing service

Cremation

FUNERAL with the first 7
th
day service

49th day service
Burial service

Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service

1 year memorial service
VISION FOR THE FUTURE (5)
By Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii has a very unique cultural background.
In Japan, Buddhist customs differ from village to village, town to town,
prefecture to prefecture. This is because Buddhism has been localized to fit to the custom
in each area. Since Japanese immigrants came to Hawaii from the various regions of
Japan, ceremonial customs are different according to the area where the family came from.
However, as time passes, those customs are becoming unclear and more confusing for the
younger generations. Because of this confusion, younger generations seem to be going
away from Buddhism by saying that Buddhism is hard to understand. Therefore, in this
article, I would like to explain the standard procedure of doing a service. As the first, let me
show you the two common procedures of having funerals among the members of Jodo
Mission of Hawaii.
Note: Above two service procedures are purely for informational purpose. We shall honor your family customs and
decisions to arrange a funeral service.
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**Editors note: This article is a reprint from our August 2011 issue. Because this article contains information you will need to
know some day, we will be reprinting it from time to time as space permits.
Thank You to All Who Participated with O-Toba Set Up
Thank you to all who came to help with the O-Toba set up and temple general
cleaning on July 13th. As you can see from the photos on this page, it is hard work to put
the O-Tobas up. This year we did not have very much help, but those who did come,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Richard Murashige Jon Karamatsu
Kenichi Shindo Clifford Miyamoto
Teruto Soma Neal Yanagihara
Dean Soma Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Glenn Soma Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Tim Smith

Also thank you to those who
helped clean our temple. This year
with less help, cleaning the Noko-
tsudo or Columbarium took longer
with so many incense burners to be
washed, dried and more incense put
back. Thank you to those who did
come to help:
Yoshiko Kitagawa
Tomoko Hisamoto
Jo Ann Matsuo
Harumi Monaire and daughter Michiko
Doris Soma
THANK YOU LADIES! and also thank you for helping cleanup after lunch.
Hope everyone enjoyed yourselves and that while you worked hard, you enjoyed the
fellowship, which is very important.

O-Bon Services:
THANK YOU Bishop Hara, Rev. Narashiba and Rev. Nakano for performing the
O-Bon services. Thank you to the Fujinkai ladies who prepared meals for the ministers and
workers during the three days of O-Bon services. Thank you to the Sr. YBA for providing
beautiful chrysanthemum potted plants for sale. Thank you to Calvin Hara and the Kiwanis
Club for directing traffic.
Did everyone have a wonderful O-Bon service and waiting for Bon Dance next
month!
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Such a beautiful sight when all the O-Tobas are up!
Sermon by Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Given on June 22, 2014
Christians say that God lives within them through faith, but this does
not mean that God and man can become the same one. In Buddhism, we
have the Buddha nature within ourselves. If we realize the Buddhist truth,
we can become a Buddha. Buddhism is the way for everyone to find and
reveal the Buddha nature within himself or herself. By following the path of
Buddhism, everyone can attain the perfect peace and bliss as Buddha did so.
Well, St. Honen deeply considered the Buddha nature. St. Honen reached a conclusion
that the teachings should be practical rather than theoretical. However excellent the teachings
may be, they are of no use if we cannot practice to attain enlightenment. The final goal of Bud-
dhism is for everyone to attain enlightenment.
St. Honen showed us the way to reach the final goal of Buddhism. It is the Onenbutsu.
The Onenbutsu is to pray by reciting the Buddhas name. Please recite the Buddhas name as
many times as you possibly can in this world.
Generally speaking, we understand Buddhism in two ways. One way is through the
teachings of Buddha. The other way is through becoming an enlightened one like Buddha.
The former way is the same as in other religions such as Christianity. Buddhism is the
teaching which was revealed by Shakyamuni Buddha, an historical person. Christianity is the
gospel which was preached by Jesus Christ, also an historical person.
Modern studies show that not every Buddhist scripture is the teaching of Shakyamuni
Buddha. However, many Buddhists believe them all to be his teaching.
The way of becoming an enlightened one is unique to Buddhism as compared to Christi-
anity. Christianity is the teachings of God through Jesus Christ. But is is not the way of becom-
ing like God. Since God is the creator of this world, man cannot become like God.
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Guest Speaker at Fathers Day Service
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Richard Kimura who teaches Karate at Jodo Mission was
our guest speaker on June 15, 2014. Kimura sensei gave an
interesting talk about Karate as a form of marshal arts but he
also tries to teach his students not only the fighting part or self-
defense marshal arts but also you must have a hearttaking in-
to consideration mind, body and soul.
One of the most interesting thing he mentioned was that as a former NCIS
investigator, he said many of the criminals he encountered could have had their
lives changed or gone in a different direction if only they had gone to church or
had a teacher to guide them that it isnt only the fighting that is important but
you must balance your mind, body and soul.
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Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday
8am5pm
Sunday & Holidays
8am3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us

Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Head Minister
Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Resident Minister
Rev. Dwight
Nakamura
Retired Minister Page 6
2014 BON DANCE SCHEDULE
OF JODO SHU TEMPLES
Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times
Oahu
Betsuin 949-3995
Aug 15 to 16 6:30 pm 9:30 pm
Haleiwa 637-4382
July 18 to 19
7/18: 8 pm 10 pm
7/19: 8 pm 11 pm
Big Island
[Hawaii]
Kurtistown

Call Rev. Miyazaki
(808) 935-6996
August 2 8:00 pm
Hilo
July 18 to 19
7/18: 7:30 pm
7/19: 8:00 pm
Hakalau
August 16 8:00 pm
Hamakua

Call Rev. Wansa
(808) 775-0965
August 9
6:30 pm
Kohala
July 12
6:30 pm
Hawi
August 2
6:30 pm
Maui
Kahului
Call Rev. John Hara
(808) 244-0066
August 9
7:00 pm
Wailuku
June 20
7:00 pm
Lahaina
(808) 661-4304
July 5
7:00 pm
Kapaa
(808) 822-4319
June 6 to 7
7:30 pm Kauai
Koloa
(808) 742-6735
July 18 to 19
7:30 pm
Bishop Gensho Hara
Lahaina, Maui
Guest Speaker: Corey Wong
Sunday Service: August 31, 2014
10:00 a.m. at Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Come and listen to Corey
Wong, Tai Chi instructor
give a talk and demon-
strate how tai chi relates to
our subject of mind, body
and soul.
EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for August
2 Sato Hirouji
The Miyamasu Family
The Hirouji Family
The Nakamura Family
Tadashi Nakamura
Janet Okawa

3 Satsu Hashimoto
The Hashimoto Family

4 Masaichi Harada
Tsuru Nomura
The Nomura Family
Sumako Iguchi
Kenkichi Kimoto
Keisuke Masuda

5 Tori Matsubara
The Matsubara Family
Tahei Higashimura
The Higashimura Family
Mantaro Nitta
Toichiro Tomita
Yutaka Kubota

6 Toshiko Nishimura
Yoshio Fujii

7 Kametaro Yano (2)
The Yano Family
The Yano, Konaka &
Hayashi Family
Chokichi Tanaka
The Tanaka Family
Aiko Fukuhara
The Inouye Family
Kikuno Yamane
Kaneichi Kato

8 Takao Tsuda
Kitae Yamanaka
The Yamanaka Family
Zentoku Takara
Kame Taira
Russel Hideo Uehara

9 Takeo Sato
The Sato & Suzuki Family
Hiro Yonemoto
Tora Higashi
The Hashimoto Baby
Evelyn Murakami
Yonemoto Family
The Higashi Family

10 Seitaro Yamamoto
The Suzuki & Yamamoto
Family
Takaji Shigeoka
Kinichi Imai
Saburo Nishimura
Ito Fujita
The Fujita Family
Hideo Yamagata

11 Tomegusu Kotake
Kuranoshin Matsumoto
Thomas Yoshiaki Shimizu

12 Hatsuichi Karimoto

13 Doris Kiyoko Miura

14 Ashizuchi Fujikami
The Fujikami Family
Shizuo Yokomichi
The Yokomichi & Kondo
Family
Iichi Yanagihara
Yoshijiro Iwamoto
Shizuno Muraoka

15 Maki Hara
The Hara Family
Bishop Shoshin Inouye
The Nose Family
Sata Nitta
Torano Toyoshiba
Noboru Hamamura
Hatsue Yamada Watanabe
Robert Tokusai Kaneshiro

16 Masao Mizuno
The Mizuno & Ohta Family
Ume Miyamasu
The Miyamasu Family
The Masaki Family
Yoneo Masuda
The Masuda Family

17 Toshikata Shinagawa
David Kenji Moritsugu
Kiyoji Yamamoto
Kazuyo Furukawa

18 Mitsuru Morisako
The Morisako & Ishii Fami-
ly
Shinsuke Mito
The Mito Family
Fuji Yasumoto
Hanayo Imai
Miyuki Ono
Toraichi Kurakake
Rev. Ryokai Yamanaka
Ruysuke Machida
Haruo Okuhara

19 Eiko Maeda
The Maeda Family
Kiyoshi Hisamura
Hisano Oyabu
The Oyabu & Kondo
Family
Wakichi Suzui Family
Takeshi Umetsu
Sakae Matsumoto

20 Shizue Iwamoto
Henry Hashimoto
Kame Namihira
Chie Nakagawa
21 Yoshisuke Sato
The Sato & Suzuki
Yutaka Tejima
The Tejima Family
Saka Kuniyuki
Morishige Inage
Misao Kuniyuki
Yoshi Nishimura
Toshiyuki Ogawa
Toraichi Kurakake

22 Yuri Hironaka
The Hironaka & Ishimoto
Family
Masuichi Tabata
Miyoko Hokushin
Takenouchi

23 Yoshisuke Masuda
Raymond Totsuji
Nishiyama

24 Kazuo Kano
The Kano & Wataba
Family
Teisuke Hamamoto
The Hamamoto Family
Eizo Fukuda
Tatsuki Heirakuji
Sueko Onaga (2)

25 Tema Iuchi
The Iuchi Family
Kiku Masuda
The Masuda & Asamura
Family
Etsuko Ohta
The Ohta Family
Koji Yasumoto
Gladys Otsui Ikeda

26 Tadasuke Nishida
Masaji Ishida
Umeno Masuda
Torao Maehara

27 Harumi Tasaka
Shigeo Kobashigawa
The Kobashigawa Family

28 Hitoshi Mizuno
The Mizuno & Ohta Family
Seikuro Hisamura
Shichiemon Ebisuzaki (2)
Hana Noyama

29 Tadashi Higashi
The Higashi Family
Kenji Hamada
The Hamada Family
Atsushi Fujita
The Fujita Family
Masahiko Miyagi

30 Thomas Takeshi Tanaka
Elsie Kikuya Tatei
Katsumi Nishimoto
Sojoro Takamura
Rikiichi Yagi

31 Toshiyasu Misawa (2)
Misawa & Watanabe
Family
Misawa Family
Akira Misawa
Riyo Yano
Edith Kiyoko Kaneshiro
Obituaries
The Jodo Mission of Hawaii
extends its sincere condo-
lences to the family mem-
bers and loved ones of the
following members who have
recently left this world for
the Pure Land.
Gladys Umemoto 98
Matsue Arakaki 92
Miyoko Yagi 94
Mitsue K. Ikuta 97
Shogo Kubo 54
Sadako Izumi 69
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