1. JODO MISSION OF HAWAII
BULLETIN - April 2010
(#1161-0410)
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
Address Service Requested
Hanamatsuri; Buddha Day Pages 1,2,3
Announcements 2-
Page 2 - 4
Perpetual Memorial Service Page 6,7
Calendar Page 8
HBC BUDDHA DAY CELEBRATION
April 8th is the birthday of the Buddha, "Buddha Day." The Hawaii Buddhist
Council cordially invites all to the Buddha Day Service.
WHEN: Sunday, April 4, 2010
WHERE: Honpa Hongwanji Mission
TIME: 9:00am—Ceremony
10:30am—Entertainment
Admission Free
The Hawaii Buddhist Council is comprised of the following Buddhist
temples: Honpa Hongwanji Mission, Higashi Hongwanji, Tendai Mission, Soto
Mission, Nichiren Mission, Koyasan Shingon Mission, and Jodo Mission of
Hawaii. Please call at 949-3995 to sign up for carpooling to Honpa Hongwanji
Mission.

2. Jodo Mission Hanamatsuri
Flowers Needed for
Will be held on Sunday, April 11, at Hanamido for
the temple. We look forward to seeing all of
Hanamatsuri
you at the service.
Service
Please bring flowers
WHEN: Sunday, April 11, 2010
other small flowers) to Jodo Mission to
WHERE: Jodo Mission of Hawaii decorate the Hanamido.
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
before 9 am on Saturday, April 10
Hanamido will be created on Saturday,
April 10 from 9 a.m. Hanamido is where
the Baby Buddha statue sits in the center
surrounded by flowers and each person
attending service may pour “amacha” or
sweet tea, the symbolic heavenly rain, over
the Baby Buddha, as if bathing a new born
baby.
Hanamatsuri Celebrations Elsewhere
Oxnard, Georgia: India; The birth of Buddha or Tathagata is celebrated in
India. Buddhist people go to common Viharas to observe a
rather longer-than-usual, full-length Buddhist sutra. The
usual dress is pure white. Non-vegetarian food is normally
avoided. Kheer, a sweet rice porridge is commonly served to
recall the story of Sujata, a maiden who, in Gautama
Buddha’s life, offered the Buddha a bowl of milk porridge.
Nepal: The birth of the Buddha is often celebrated by
Buddhists in Nepal for an entire month in the Buddhist
calendar. The actual day is called Buddha Poornima, also
traditionally known as Vaishakh Poornima. Although the day
marks not just the birth of Shakyamuni Gautama Buddha, but
also the day of Enlightenment, and Mahaparinirvana. But as a
gentle effect of West, the event of Birth is given paramount
importance. Nepal like India celebrates the birth of Buddha in
similar fashion with serving of Kheer, a sweet rice porridge,
and non-vegetarian food and the usual dress is pure white.
It is said that Buddha originally followed the way of
asceticism to attain enlightenment sooner, as was thought by
many at that time. He sat for a prolonged time with inadequate food and water, which caused his
body to shrivel so as to be indistinguishable from the bark of the tree that he was sitting under.
Seeing the weak Siddhartha Gautama, a girl named Sujata placed a bowl of milk in front of him as an
offering. Realizing that without food one can do nothing, the Buddha refrained from harming his
own body.
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3. HANAMATSURI is the seed of our own demise. When we can
THE CELEBRATION OF understand our own impermanent nature, then
BUDDHA’S BIRTH it becomes very clear how we should live our
lives. From the murky depths of this quagmire
Hanamatsuri, literally flower festival, is of life, there still are occasions when sentient
celebrated on April 8, commemorating the birth of beings may, out of sincerity of mind, effort
Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha became and intelligence, produce pure thoughts which
enlightened as Sakyamuni Buddha and this marks may bloom into the ultimate purity of the
the release of sentient beings from suffering and white lotus, enlightenment. Hanamatsuri
sorrow. According to our tradition, the historical represents one of these occasions. It is a time
Buddha, Sakyamuni, was born in Nepal on April for us to show our gratitude and rededicate
8, 566 B.C. He was born the son of King ourselves as we contemplate the importance of
Suddohana and Queen Maya. There are many the birth of our teacher, master, spiritual guide
flowery descriptions of the scene at his birth, and friend, Sakyamuni Buddha.
including celestial birds singing beautiful songs, Namu Amidabutsu
beautiful flowers, and a sweet gentle rain bathing
the baby Buddha. It is not necessarily the beauty
of the flowers, the sounds of the celestial birds, nor
the sweet gentle rain that fell, but the vibrant fact
that on this day was born the greatest of sentient
beings who became the Enlightened One, the
Buddha. Every year we celebrate our own
birthday. In our youth we are anxious to reach
“adulthood”, and in our old age we attempt to
cling to our “youth”. What is the meaning and
reason for celebrating our birth? Much of the
meaning of our own birth is often lost in the gifts
and the merriment. The celebration of our birth is
an expression of gratitude. This gratitude is
extended towards our friends, parents and to life
itself. This gratitude grows from an understanding
that our birth is the result of many people and that
our lives are intertwined with all others.
Understanding the Buddha’s teaching of
interdependency of all things will make it clear
that our birth is the result of many causes and
conditions. Realizing this we can see that our birth
is truly a rare and wonderful gift, and we have an
obligation to live out this life in accordance with
the teachings of the Buddha.
This obligation to live our lives out to the
fullest becomes even more striking when we look
at the symbolism and the significance of the
flower. The flower, as with all human beings, has Published by
its moment of youth and beauty, but its beauty NORTHWEST MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
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soon begins to fade and eventually it dies. Our
birth is like the blossoming of a beautiful flower,
but it
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4. Announcements
NEW MINISTER Fujinkai Meeting YBA Meeting
(Women’s association)
Rev. Kanjan Nakano arrived 4/25/10
on March 22 from Japan. He is No Meeting in April at 8:30 a.m.
from Hyogo
Prefecture in
Japan and is a Sewing Circle FUNDRAISER
music professor. 4/10/10 & 4/24/10 Our fundraiser this
8:30 to 11:00 a.m. year is Onolicious
Please Kala Kokua Fully
introduce Cooked Smoked
yourselves and (frozen) Turkey
welcome him to Sunday School Drumsticks.
4/4/10 at 9:00 a.m.
Cost: $10.00
Join HBC Hanamatsuri at 9 a.m.
SUNDAY SCHOOL for two (2) 13-16 oz.
EXCURSION 4/11/10 at 10:00 a.m. drumsticks.
Betsuin Hanamatsuri Service
On Sunday, January 31, Pickup: May 23
the Sunday School went on an 4/25/10—Excursion at Jodo Mission
excursion to Dole Pineapple in
Wahiawa. THEY HAD SO
MUCH FUN! They rode the
bus for this excursion, singing
songs along the way. They rode
the train and saw pineapples
growing in the fields, fed koi
fishes with fish food in the pond
at Dole Pineapple, saw Cherry
Blossoms blooming in Wahiawa
and Rev. Ezaki took them to the
ocean near Haleiwa Jodo
Mission and saw a big turtle
taking a nap on the beach.
HOW WONDERFUL TO BE
YOUNG!!
Thank you Rev. Ezaki for
allowing Sunday School to have
their lunch at Haleiwa Jodo
Mission! Thank you Kay
Oshiro and JoAnn Matsuo for Front Row: A’Marie, Himawari, Osuke, Sophie, Takeru; Second Row: Hitomi;
Third Row: Mako, Naomi, JoAnn, Kay, Mr. Kaneda (Himawari’s father)
arranging this excursion!!
If anyone has children or grandchildren interested in joining or participating in Sunday
School, please contact Jodo Mission.
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5. Fujinkai Honors Keiro
On February 21, 2010, the Fujinkai ladies celebrated the New Year by also honoring
those over 80 years old or Keiro. Each person over 80 years was honored with sekihan
(mochi rice with azuki beans) or “happy rice”. Although the photos on this page may not be
very clear, all Keiro honorees (17) were happy to receive their sekihan—there were more
Keiro persons than younger persons. HOW NICE IT IS TO BE OVER 80 YEARS OLD!!
Jodo Shu is very grateful to all our elder members. The success of our Temple is due to the
hard work of all our members, including those who have gone to the Pure Land.
We need to take care of our elderly—it’s because of them and their sacrifices that we are
here. We need to learn from our elders. It is important that their knowledge is passed on
from generation to generation. Communication between generations is very important!
Each generation has experiences that could benefit each other. And as the song goes, WE
ARE ALL ONE FAMILY. DVDs, computers, ipods, air conditioning they can help us in our
daily lives but if some day we find ourselves without these electronics, can we sit around a
camp fire and sing songs or cook on the hibachi?
We also have some elderly members who are Keiro but who were unable to attend
because of transportation problems or physical health. Please don’t forget to come to our next
Keiro event! Younger generation, please bring your Keiro relatives! Some may be in care
homes or homebound but going to an outing to meet other Keiro people may make their life
happier, even if tomorrow they won’t remember today. Thank you.
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6. What is “Perpetual Memorial
Service?” (Eitaikyo) Obituaries
The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends
This record of a perpetual memorial
its sincere condolences to the family
service and is called Eitaikyo in
members and loved ones of the
Japanese. When the date of death
following members who have recently
occurs for a person listed on this
left this world for the Pure Land.
record, the ministers pray for that
individual during the morning service. Mr. Satoshi Sunada 92
The prayers will continue each year for Mrs. Amy Emiko Preston 83
as long as Jodo Mission exists. Mr.Thomas Hideyori Nakamura 85
Anyone can be included in it. You Mrs. Takeko Kashiwamura 95
may put your own name on the list, too. Mrs. Ruth Chieko Sakuda 96
This also helps when it is difficult to
have memorial services. We also Barrier-free Memorial Service
Barrier-
welcome you to attend the morning Memorial services can be held in Ikoi
service at 8:30am. Hall, which is located on the ground level
How to apply of the temple with bathrooms. If you are
having a hard time going up stairs or even
Stop by the office, and fill out the
using an elevator, please feel free to call
application form. Each name costs
the office to make an appointment.
$200. After the application is accepted,
(Phone : 949-3995)
the name will be listed on the record.
Wedding Services and Baby Blessings
Jodo Mission Office are available upon request. If you are
planning to get married or know someone who
Hours: is planning a wedding or if you would like to
Monday to Saturday renew your wedding vows, you are welcome
8am—
8am — 5pm to recommend our Temple. To pledge eternal
love between husband and wife to Amida
Sunday & Holidays Buddha is very important.
8am—
8am — 3pm Baby Blessings: May Amida Buddha’s
love surround our children with love.
Please call for an appointment.
Your Opinions
Your opinions are important to
us. Please feel free to send
opinions to Jodo Mission of
Hawaii, 1429 Makiki Street.
Rev. Yubun Narashiba Honolulu HI 96814. Your
Senior Resident Minister Rev. Dwight Nakamura
Retired Minister opinions will be treated
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7. EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for April
1 Anzaemon Kajioka 13 Yasuko Daitoku Yoshio Kunimoto
The Kajioka & Morita Family The Daitoku & Fujimoto Family Setsuyo Misawa
Yae Ogata Kayo Doi
25 Michizo Imaguchi
Mistuko Arakawa Tsuyo Uchiumi
The Imaguchi Family
Shimoyo Karamatsu Zentoku Uyehara
Yasuko Ueda
Seiichi Kimura Yasu Iguchi
Tsunegoro Iwamoto
Masashi Yamane
2 Ryosaku Maeda Michizo Imaguchi
The Maeda Family 14 Heiji Yasumoto Soichi Sakai
Shuzaburo Kunihiro The Yasumoto Family
26 Kikujiro Yokoyama
The Kunihiro Family Yoshi Okamura
The Yokoyama &
Masao Kamihara Yoshi Okamura
Morita Family
3 Kinjuro Ajimura 15 Toso Kamisato Makoto Takahashi
The Ajimura Family The Kamisato Family Masato Ishida
Katsuichi Takeda The Aoki Family Haruko Teruya
The Takeda Family Mikayo Higashimura
27 Misae Umemoto
Takeo Kuniyuki Toshiro Kawabe
The Umemoto Family
Katsusaburo Yamamoto The Kawabe Family
The Ida Family
Kikue Kubota Masakane Himuro
The Matsushima Family
4 Masayo Kusunoki 16 Bunsuke Isobe Shizue Nose
The Kusunoki Family The Isobe Family Robert Murakami
Shinichi Amakawa Ryu Tsurusaki
28 Rokusuke Yanagihara
The Amakawa Family The Tsurusaki & Inada Family
The Yanagihara Family
Masatoshi Umemoto
5 Tsune Isobe Iwakichi Matsuda
Patsy Hisako Himuro
The Isobe Family The Toichi Funamoto Family
Mitsuyoshi Gushikuma
Mamoru Najita Misao Yamane
Isematsu Takenaka 17 Kenichi Namba Masa Miyao Okamoto
Kazumitsu Kaya The Namba Family Ume Kawamura
Tsuneharu Imaguchi
7 Yasu Hirohama 29 Mitsuyo Kamioka
The Hirohama & Kawasugi Family 18 Toyokichi Iguchi The Kamioka &
Kikujiro Uchiumi The Iguchi & Sasaki Family Hanaoka Family
Naomi Fuse Johnson Eki Mineishi Tatsuyo Ohara
Fay Johnson The Mineishi Family The Ohara Family
Yumi Yokoyama Tsuchi Kajioka
Isaburo Terada 19 Jun Kunihiro Heijiro Asai
Toru Yamane The Kunihiro Family Tsune Uesugi
Motoo Ueda Koji Kamioka
8 Tadaichi Aoki The Ueda Family Manzuchi Higashi
The Aoki Family Maka Tamanaha Kazuto Hamada
Kojiro Okamoto The Tamanaha Family Hatsumi Nakamura
The Okamoto & Nakamoto Family Matsutaro Shimizu Yoshiyo Yanagihara
Shigekichi Yoshizaki Isamu Yoshioka Tatsuyo Ohara
The Yoshizaki Family Thomas Lai
Naotaka Hayashi 30 Tsuru Matsuno
Misue Imamoto 20 Hiroshi Ohta Esa Yamane
Yoshio Takara Mantsu Takara Kume Nakamoto
21 Naomi Takara The Nakamoto &
9 Shizuko Hironaka
Ganichi Tamura Sakagawa Family
The Hirokawa & Ishimoto Family
The Matsuno Family
Fumie Iwasaki 22 Kyoichi Koyama The Yamane Family &
10 Tomi Arakawa The Koyama Family Harada Family
Matsuji Yamamoto Chieko Miyakawa Shigetaka Imada
Hiroshi Nakai
11 Tsunekichi Matsuno The Nakai Family
The Matsuno Family Kazu Saiki
Sadako Yokoyama Kyoichi Koyama
The Yokoyama & Morita Family
Teru Sakuda 23 Bishop Sensho Fukuda
The Sakuda Family Eiko Gushikuma
Sada Harada Shigeichi Aoki
The Kohatsu Family Moushi Uyehara
Yoshiko Hara Shigeo Tom Muranaka
12 Naka Nakamura 24 Setsuyo Misawa
Toshiko Umemoto The Misawa Family
The Watanabe Family

8. 8:30am Morning Service Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Everyday
April 2010 Phone: 949-3995
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 4/1:Deadline for 2 3
O-Toba Orders
**3:15 pm Jodo Shu hour
4 9 am HBC Buddha Day 5 6 7 8 9 10
Service at Honpa 10:30am Maunalani 8:30 am Sewing Class
Hongwanji Mission Visitation
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
10am Hanamatsuri Family
Service
10am CCH visitation **3:15 pm Jodo Shu hour
11:30 am Board Meeting
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
10:00am Sunday Service
8:30 am Sewing Class
10:30am Oahu Rengo Fujinkai
Convention
25 8;30 YBA Meeting 26 27 28 29 30
10:-00am Juzukuri Service
Sunday School Excursion
** Jodo Shu Hour Radio K-ZOO (AM1210Khz, Japanese station)
Jodo Mission Office Hours:
COMING EVENTS: May 23, 2010: Pickup Day at Jodo Mission for Fundraiser:
Monday to Saturday: 8 am—5 pm Onolicious Kala Kokua Fully Cooked Smoked (frozen) Turkey Drumsticks If you
Sunday & Holidays: 8 am—3 pm need more tickets or did not receive your turkey drumstick tickets, please contact
Jodo Mission.