The document is a bulletin from the Jodo Mission of Hawaii announcing upcoming events in September 2011. It discusses a Keiro Kai event on September 11th to honor elderly congregation members, a memorial service for Honen Shonin on September 18th, and an opportunity to attend a memorial service in Kyoto, Japan. It also provides information about an Autumn Higan service on September 11th and a talk on calligraphy and Zen Buddhism on September 23rd.

1. JODO MISSION OF HAWAII
BULLETIN - SEPTEMBER 2011
(#1178-0911)
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
Address Service Requested
September 11—Keiro Kai and Grandparents’ Day
The Intermediate YBA and Sunday School will honor our Keiro members (all those 80
years old and older) on Sunday, September 11, at 10 a.m. Please join us if you are able
to come. Also, younger generation, please bring your parents, grandparents, aunties, un-
cles who are 80 years and older to joint this event! It will be a special treat for them!
Also at 10 a.m. we will also have the Higan Service (see page 3 for further info).

2. Honen Shonin’s 800th Grand Memorial Service
Kyoto
Above photo is the beautiful front gate of Chion’in Tem-
ple in Kyoto, Japan, headquarters for Jodo Shu.
The 800th Grand Memorial Service scheduled for this past April was postponed due to
the earthquake/tsunami disaster in Japan.
Bishop Gensho Hara has received a new invitation to attend the 800th Grand Memo-
rial Service during the Yoshimizuko Convention on September 28, 2011in Kyoto, Japan.
The welcome reception sponsored by Chion’in Temple’s Yoshimizuko group will be held
on the evening of September 27, 2011.
Anyone interested in attending, please contact Rev. Narashiba at 949-3995.
Hawaii State Grand Memorial Service
Sponsored by Kyoku (Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions)
It has been 800 years since the passing of our founder Honen
Shonin, who taught us the way of O-Nembutsu—by calling
Amida Buddha’s Holy Name. Please remember in January of
this year Bishop Gensho Hara wrote in his New Year’s message
that Jodo Shu temples in Japan and around the world will hold
special commemorative services, observances, and projects in
honor of our founder.
The Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions (Kyoku) is sponsoring the Hawaii State
Grand Memorial Service on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. at
Betsuin, with lunch to follow. Please join us for this Grand Memorial Service.
Everyone is cordially invited..
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3. AUTUMN O-Higan Chutoba Form (彼岸会中塔婆申し込み用紙)
Your Name(お名前) : Phone（電話）:
Name of Deceased （亡くなった方のお名前）：
1.
2.
3.
4
One Chutoba is $7 X Total of Chutoba = Total $
（中塔婆1本7ドル） （本数） （合計）
Please make checks payable to “Jodo Mission of Hawaii”. DEADLINE: Sunday, September 4, 2011
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Order accepted by Date accepted / / (In person/ Mail / By phone)
Received by Date paid / / 2011 (Cash / Check #___________) Write
O-HIGAN SERVICE
The word “Higan” literally means “the other shore” in
Japanese. One shore represents the world we are in, and the
other shore “Higan” represents Amida Buddha’s Pure Land. The
river represents the bad mind we all possess. The concept is that
we practice the teaching to reach the other shore across the river.
We have two Higan seasons in a year. One in spring, the
other in autumn, as Higan is held during the week of the spring and autumn equinox.
Shan Tao, one of the highest ranking priests of Jodo Buddhism in China said that the
sun sets due west during the equinox thus it is a good opportunity to think about Bud-
dha’s Pure Land which exists far away in the west, as well as appreciate our ances-
tors who are also there.
Please join us for our Higan-e service and think about Amida Buddha’s Pure
Land and our ancestors. Our Higan-e Service will be held:
Sunday, September 11 at 10:00 am
Chutoba prayers will be conducted during this service. If you would like a
Chutoba prayer for your ancestors, please fill out the form on this page and send it or
drop it off at the Jodo Mission office by Sunday, September 4th. Thank you.
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4. Bits of Knowledge of Buddhism
Vol.10 “Who is O-Jizo-sama?” (Sept 2011)
By Rev. Yasushiro Watanabe
第10回「お地蔵さまの由来」（2011年9月）
浄土宗別院の正門のすぐそばに地蔵菩薩像が立っています。地蔵菩薩はもっ
とも人気のある菩薩さまで，本当にたくさんの石像がお寺や路傍に造られました。
そのお姿は私たちの生活の中にとけ込んでいて，私たちは親しみを込めて「お地蔵
さん」「お地蔵さま」とお呼びしています。
地蔵菩薩は大地の守り神が起源とされます。お地蔵さまは，お釈迦さまが亡
くなられてから弥勒菩薩が次のブッダとしてこの世に現れるまでの間，現世の全て
の生き物を教え導く菩薩さまとして信仰されました。その姿は，頭を丸く剃り質素
な衣を着ていてお坊さんと同じです。お顔はいつも微笑みをたたえています。一般
的には，左手には宝珠をとり右手には錫杖を携えています。これらの像形は，お地
蔵さまが，世界の隅々を歩き回り，私たちの苦悩を癒し幸福をもたらして下さるこ
とを示しています。経典には，地蔵菩薩が，地獄・餓鬼・畜生・修羅・人・天の六
道に姿を表し，悩み苦しむ衆生を救済しようと発願されたとあります。さらに，一
切の衆生を救いとるまでは，自身は涅槃に入らないと宣言されました。つまり，お
地蔵さまは，生きとし生けるものを救いたいという慈悲ゆえに，六道輪廻の世界に
とどまり救済活動に自らの身を捧げているのです。
お地蔵さまは，この世だけでなく過去に亡くなられた人間や動物の罪障をも
消滅させて，平安へと導く菩薩さまとして篤く信じられています。もっとも救われ
がたい存在にこそ優先的に救いの手を差し伸べる慈悲深いお方です。宮沢賢治の「
雨ニモマケズ」に歌われるような無私の精神をもった，仏教徒にとって最高のお手
本の一人といえるでしょう。
You can see a statue of Ksitigarbha (Jizo)
by the gate of Jodo Mission. He is one of the
most popular Bodhisattvas, and the number of
his statues is the largest in Japan. Most people
feel a closeness to Jizo, fondly calling him “O-
Jizo-san” or “O-Jizo-sama.” Who is Jizo? Why is
O-Jizo-sama so popular?
Originally, Jizo is believed to be the
guardian of the earth. He protects all beings in
the world from the time Sakyamuni Buddha
passed away until Maitreya (Miroku) will ap-
pear to become the next Buddha. Jizo has been
worshiped as a great leader for Buddhists dur-
ing Buddha’s absence. Most Jizo figures have
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5. Bits of Knowledge (cont’d):
a bald head and wear plain garments just like a Buddhist monk. They al-
ways smile gently. They often hold a jewel in their left hand and a long
staff in their right hand. These characteristics show that Jizo walks any-
where and fulfills people’s wishes with great compassion. In the Sutra,
Jizo made an original vow to save all living things. Jizo also vowed not to
become a Buddha until his work of salvation is done. That is to say, he
has voluntarily stayed in the cycle of rebirth and worked hard to save all
beings in the six destinies.
O-Jizo-sama protects the weak and gives prior salvation to them.
In everything, he counts himself last and puts others before him. The
compassionate Jizo is a good example for Buddhist ministers and mem-
bers.
ZEN BUDDHISM
Join us on Friday, September 23rd for "An Evening Talk with
John Stevens." Many Zen Buddhist priests and practitioners were
skilled at both the martial arts and the fine arts. One of those fine
arts is calligraphy and Zen painting. This month, we've invited
John Stevens to give a presentation on calligraphy and how the
philosophy of Zen influences the art of shodo or the way of the
brush.
John Stevens lived in Japan for 35 years. He was a professor of
Buddhist Studies and Aikido Instructor at Tohoku Fukushi Univer-
sity in Sendai. He has written dozens of books on various aspects
of Asian culture, including the classic “Sacred Calligraphy of the
East”. He has been curator of three major exhibitions of Zen art: “Zenga: Brushstrokes of
Enlightenment” (USA), “Zen Mind, Zen Brush” (Australia), and “Zenga from the Kaeru-an
Collection” (Berlin). Professor Stevens is considered the leading authority on Zen painting and
calligraphy in the world.
We will meet in Ikoi Hall at 6:00pm. Join us for refreshments and discussion prior to the pres-
entation. We will start the presentation at 6:30pm.
This is part of our Buddhism 2.0 series where we explore Buddhism and its relevance to our
modern times.
EVENT: An Evening Talk with John Stevens
DATE: Friday, September 23, 2011
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
PLACE: Jodo Mission of Hawaii (Ikoi Hall)
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6. BON DANCE (August 19-20, 2011)
THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our Bon Dance held on
August 19-20, 2011. There were so many, many people helping behind the scenes and we
really appreciate all your hard work. It is with everyone’s help that we can continue to do
this event. Without someone arranging with the bon dancers, getting the yagura up, arrang-
ing for the stairway to get on top of the yagura, someone setting up chairs so people could sit
down, someone getting the omamoris, also someone selling omamoris, bon dance towels,
hapi coats, kimonos, parking attendants, making and selling andagis (Okinawan donuts),
someone making and settling musubis, spam musubis, someone making and selling chichi
dango, someone ordering and selling saimin, someone making and selling sushi, yaki soba,
someone making and settling hot dogs, chili and rice, someone making and selling jook,
someone making sure that all the trash cans were not overflowing with trash, someone an-
swering the many questions people called about, including “how do I get to Jodo Mission?”
or “where can I park?”
Thank you also to the many, many dancers who came, even though it rained, drizzled and
sometimes poured. We could not do it without you.
We hope everyone had time to catch up with old friends, made new friends, got together
with your relatives!!
Below, please find photos of some of those who participated in our Bon Dance.
Right photo:
Ladies selling
plate lunches,
musubis, chili
and hot dogs
>>>>>>>
Waffle Dog Sellers
Saimin Crew
Ladies helping theFujinkai
Choba—Omamori & Bon Craft Sellers
Dance Towel Sales
Shave Ice Sellers
Lorraine Obayashi has Ladies in the
her wallet out to purchase kitchen
something.
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7. BON DANCE (August 19-20, 2011)
Dancers of all ages
Hapi Coats for sale.
What is a bon dance without
shave ice, andagi or BBQ
sticks? Yum, yum, yum!
Even in the rain, dancers danced; watchers watched under
umbrellas. One dancer suggested that the second night
we should put a round onion and chili pepper under the
yagura and then the rain would go away which we did!!
And it still rained. Maybe we should have put more chili
pepper. We also had 2 teru teru bozu and it still rained!
The lion is here!
Catch a fish
Catch a “live” fish Spin the Wheel
Teru teru bozu: is a little tradi- Teru teru bozu dolls from Wikipedia
tional hand-made doll made of
white paper or cloth that the Japa- Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu
nese farmers began hanging outside Ashita tenki ni shite o-kure Do make tomorrow a sunny day
their windows by a string. This Itsuka no yume no sora no yo ni Like the sky in a dream sometime
amulet is supposed to have magical Haretara kin no suzu ageyo If its sunny, I’ll give you a golden
powers to bring good weather and to bell.
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8. Teru teru bozu (cont’d)
Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu
Ashita tenki ni shite o-kure Old news letter publications: Storage space
Watashi no negai wo kiita nara for our old Bulletins is limited. Before we throw
Amai o-sake wo tanto nomasho them away, if anyone is interested in any back
Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu issue, please stop by
Do make tomorrow a sunny day the Betsuin office
If you make my wish come true and pick up what-
We’ll drink lots of sweet rice wine. ever you would like.
Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu It would be sad to
Ashita tenki ni shite o-kure throw them away if
Sorede mo kumotte naitetara someone wants
Sonata no kubi wo chon to kiru them. Thank you.
Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu
Do make tomorrow a sunny day
But if the clouds are crying (it’s raining)
Then I shall snip your head off
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Sunday School
We welcome children to join our Sunday Collecting Donations for Bazaar
School. Let’s enjoy studying Onembutsu by
doing various activities. Our Bazaar will be held on Sunday,
9/4 following Children’s Choir at 10:45 am October 23. If you have any donations,
9/11 @ 10 am: Sunday School will participate please bring them to the Temple! Please
in Keiro Kai and Grandparents Day separate your donations by categories
(clothing, kitchen utensils and kitchen
♪ ♪ Jodo Mission of Hawaii ♪ ♪ ware, toys, trinkets, books) and please
Children’s Choir “Malama” mark the categories. Jodo Mission will
こども合唱団マラマ not pick up your donations. Thank you
for your understanding.
September 4: at 10:45 a.m. (practice)
September 11: Children’s Choir “Malama”
will participate in Keiro Kai and
Grandparents’ Day.
Old Mayonnaise Jars
Needed for Bazaar
Fujinkai Meeting
(Women’s Association) Please bring your 32 oz. glass
Sewing Circle mayonnaise jars to the Temple
9/4/11 8:30 am
so we can fill them with Sushi
No Sewing Circle in Vinegar. Sushi vinegar is very popular
YBA Meeting September and in order to have it available as a Ba-
9/25/11 zaar item, we will need your help in ob-
8:30 am taining as many 32 oz. glass mayonnaise
jars as possible.
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9. Miso Ramen
Ingredients:
1/2 tsp sesame oil 2 c water
1/2 round onion, sliced 2 cubes chicken bouillon
1 clove garlic, sliced 2 T awase miso
1/2 lb. ground chicken 8 oz. ramen noodles (frozen)
1/2 bag bean sprouts green onions, chopped (for garnish)
Directions:
1. Measure and add 1/2 tsp. sesame oil into a sauce pan.
2. Heat pan and add the ground chicken. Stir to separate.
3. Add slices of garlic, continuing to stir contents.
4. Add 2 cups of water when chicken begins to cook
through.
5. Add 2 cubes of chicken bouillon cubes and stir to dissolve.
6. Bring the mixture to a boil, then add the onions.
7. As onions cook and turn translucent, reduce the heat to medium and
add two tablespoons of miso. Stir to dissolve.
8. Add ramen and turn up the heat to bring mixture to another boil. Stir to separate noodles.
9. When mixture settles to a simmer, add 1/2 pkg. of bean sprouts and cook for
another minute.
Serving:
Place noodles, soup, and vegetables into serving bowls. Garnish with
green onions.
Recipe by Rev. Narashiba; Photos by Rev. Watanabe
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10. What is “Perpetual Memorial
Service?” (Eitaikyo)
This record of a perpetual memorial ser- Obituaries
vice and is called Eitaikyo in Japanese. When The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sin-
the date of death occurs for a person listed cere condolences to the family members and
on this record, the ministers pray for that indi- loved ones of the following members who have
vidual during the morning service. The recently left this world for the Pure Land.
prayers will continue each year for as long as
Jodo Mission exists. Shari Fujie Fujisato 55
Anyone can be included in it. You may put Cordelia “Koko” Reiko Ushiroda 67
your own name on the list, too. This also Nancy Ohara 75
helps when it is difficult to have memorial ser- Shigeno Hirata 98
vices. We also welcome you to attend the Fumiko Iwamoto 90
morning service at 8:30am. Grace Kiyoko Sadaoka 87
Russell Hideo Uehara 64
Reiko Nakamura 75
How to apply
Stop by the office, and fill out the applica-
tion form. Each name costs $200. After the
application is accepted, the name will be
listed on the record.
Apology for August Eitaikyo List
We apologize for not listing the follow-
Jodo Mission Office Hours: ing deceased person in the August Bul-
Monday to Saturday letin:
8am—5pm
8/19 Haruo Okuhara
Sunday & Holidays
8am—3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Rev. Dwight
Rev. Yubun Narashiba Rev. Kanjun Nakano Rev. Yasuhiro
Resident Minister Nakamura
Head Minister Watanabe Retired Minister
Resident Minister
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11. EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for September
1 Seijiro Mitsuyasu Mike Shigeo Hara The Iwamoto Family
The Mitsuyasu Family Kiyoko Isobe
Takao Nishimura 12 Junji Sano
The Nishimura Family The Nishimoto Family 21 Kumanoshin Yamamoto (2)
Kamado Gushikuma Sada Hayashi Yoshiko Nakahara(2)
The Hayashi Family Wanda Akemi Hamada
2 Kiku Sugimoto Masao Fukuzawa
The Sugimoto & Samoto Family Tsuneyasu Tamanaha 22 Miyo Koyama
Yutaro Karamatsu Umeyo Ohta The Koyama Family
The Karamatsu Family Keikichi Mishina
Kiku Kusunoki 13 Kigoro Takada The Mishina Family
The Kusunoki Family The Takada Family Kame Higa
Minbunosuke Sakuda Kumayo Nomura The Higa Family
The Nomura Family Ruth Yoshiko Medeiros
3 Eikichi Nakamoto Yoshio Kawakami Tsuchitaro Iwamoto
The Okamoto & Nakamoto Family Yasuichi Moritsugu Eleanor Haruko Nose
Reverend Hoyu Ohta The Henry Hijii Family
The Ohta Family 23 Kiyoshi Matsushita
Katsume Kuniyuki 14 Matsu Ohta The Matsushita Family
Kikuzuchi Takaoka Yoshiaki Ono
4 Shizuko Morita Toshio Mitani The Ono & Yamada Family
Kikuno Mitsutani Yoshio Uchiumi
Nobuo Yoshida 15 Umeyo Nishimura Riichi Hirouji
Eisuke Tamura The Nishimura Family
Ishi Yagi 24 Ryuichi Hamada
5 Kikuyo Iwamoto The Yagi & Okada Family The Hamada Family
Shigeki Hayashi Takeji Ohara The Sakauye Family
Yuriko Naito Masaji Kawasugi Shieto Saiki
Shizue Masuda Aya Asaumi
6 Toramatsu Yamamoto Yuji Yokoyama
Kamekichi Shigeoka Ayako Nakata 25 Haruyo Yanagihara
Suteno Yoshida James Hajime Koike Kamematsu Onohara
Masaichi Toishigawa Mitsuru Harada
Kichigoro Ikeda 16 Shigenari Uesugi
26 The Nishimura's Baby
8 Suke Muranaka 17 Okaji Hashimoto
The Muranaka Family The Hashimoto Family 27 Seiichi Tanaka
Higashi Tojo Fujie Nomiyama The Tanaka & Takahashi Family
The Tojo Family Hakuyo Ebisuzaki (2)
Toshiko Judy Yanagihara 18 Kinjuro Sugimoto
The Sugimoto & Samoto Family 28 Kimi Morita
9 Mitsue Shigeoka Take Kitagawa The Morita & Ashinaka Family
Shunsuke Ogi The Kitagawa Family Natsue Hayashi
The Ogi Family Tameo Shinntani The Hayashi Family
Shigeru Taketa Kamejiro Uyeda
Yone Wakayama Umeda Hoichi Fujita 29 Kiku Tanimura
Masako Koyama The Fujita Family The Tanimura Family
Mie Kashiwa Ryosuke Yanagisawa
10 Ritsu Inada (2) Fumiko Yamane The Yanagisawa Family
The Inada Family (2) Nobuko Tsuruda Ushi Shimabukuro
The Morimoto Family Akio Shimabukuro
Tsune Kuniyuki 19 Kichijuro Miyashige The Shimabukuro Family
Shimo Hashimoto The Goto & Miyashige Family Kiyo Yamachika
Sana Tamura Seitoku Higa The Yamachika &
Yukie Sakaue The Weiss Family Matsushige Family
The Sunagawa Family Ishi Uyenoyama
11 Yorizo Yamane Fusae Ippongi Yuu Kunihisa
TheYamane Family Yoshiwa Tarumoto
The Harada Family 20 Shoichi Ishida Chieko Yamamura
Ikuzo Kuniyuki The ishida & Aimoto Family
Nobuo Tsuda The Iwamoto's Baby 30 Francis Kiyoshi Furutani Page 11

12. Jodo Mission of Hawaii
8:30am Morning Service September 2011 Phone: 949-3995
Everyday
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
**3:15 pm Jodo Shu
Hour
4 8:30 Fujinkai Meeting 5 6 7 8 9 10
10:00 Sunday Service 10:30am Maunalani
10:45 Children’s Choir Visitation
Sunday School to follow
11 10:00 Higan Service; 12 13 14 15 16 17
Keiro Kai & Grand 10am CCH visitation **3:15 pm Jodo Shu
parents Day Service Hour Kyoku Convention —9/16 to 9/18
11:45 Board Meeting
18 Kyoku Convention 19 20 21 22 23 24
9:30 Honen Shonin 6:00 Zen Buddhism
800th Grand Memorial An Evening Talk with J
Service ohn Stevens
25 8:30 YBA Meeting 26 27 28 29 30
10:00 Sunday Service
Events: **Jodo Shu Hour Radio K-ZOO (AM1210Khz, Japanese station)
Sept 4 Deadline: Autumn Chutoba Orders
Sept 16-18 Kyoku Convention at Betsuin
Coming Events (cont’d):
Oct 16 Bazaar Prep—bring out stored Bazaar items Oct 17-22 Bazaar Prep—organizing & pricing items
WE WILL NEED YOUR HELP Oct 23 BAZAAR
Nov 12-13 Ministers and Wives Workshop