JODO MISSION OF HAWAII BULLETIN - JULY 2011

(#1176-0711)
Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St. Honolulu HI 96814
Address Service Requested

Important Dates
July 3: O-Toba Set Up & General Cleaning - YOUR HELP IS NEEDED July 15-17: O-Bon Services Aug.19-20: Bon Dance

O-Bon Service Schedule

Friday, July 15
10:00 am (Hatsubon only)

2:00 pm & 7:00 pm Saturday, July 16

10:00 am (Hatsubon only)

2:00 pm & 7:00 pm Sunday, July 17 10:00 am

O-Bon Service Schedule O-Bon Services will be held as follows:

Friday, July 15 Saturday, July 16 Sunday, July 17 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only) 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only) 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm 10:00 am

Sign up for O-Bon Service will begin 1 hour before 2 pm and 7 pm services. This is on a first come first serve basis. NO phone orders will be taken. Closing Service will be on Sunday, July 17 at 10:00 a.m. After Closing Service,
cleanup will begin. Parking Attendants Needed: We are in need of at least 6 parking attendants for each 2 pm and 7 pm service. Please call Jodo Mission at 949-3995 if you are able to help direct cars to parking spaces. We appreciate your help. O-Toba Service Appointments: If you wish to have prayers offered in front of your O-Toba, appointments will be accepted from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm from Wednesday July 6 to 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 17, 2011. Offering of Rice: During O-Bon Services it is customary to offer a bag of rice. However, monetary donations in lieu of rice are acceptable. Rice envelopes are available in the office. Thank you for your understanding and support. Sr. YBA O-Bon Flower Sale: Please help the Sr. YBA by purchasing a beautiful potted chrysanthemum ($1.75 each). NO phone orders will be taken. Thank you for your support. Friday, July 15: 9:00 am to 7:30 pm Saturday, July 16: 9:00 am until supply runs out Toro Nagashi (floating lantern from the boat): Sunday, July 17 at 8 pm (Pier # to be announced later). Boat capacity is limited so we must limit this to Hatsubon (first O-Bon) families. Please sign up for this event at the Temple office and you must be at the designated Pier by 8 pm on July 17th. Offerings at your O-Toba: The space allowed for each O-Toba is approximately 5.5 inches width and 7 inches depth. SEE page 1 for sample offerings. Most people will offer foods that the deceased liked, i.e. flowers, fruits, mochi, candies, somen for long generation life, cucumber and eggplant with legs added to symbolize the cucumber horse galloping from the Pure Land and the eggplant cow slowly returning to the Pure Land. [SEE also page 4 for more info.]
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Sermon by Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Given on May 22, 2011

It has been around two months since the earthquake, but Japan is still in a state of chaos. Recently, the Japanese news reported that radiation was found in mothers milk. The situation is becoming more and more serious. A scientist who was quoted on the Internet said, At present, there exists some radiation in the air of the earth. We are immune to a little radiation, so we do not worry. Is this really true? What about newborn babies and small children? Will anyone be able to guarantee their safety in ten, twenty, or thirty years? Somehow, I do not believe what I have heard from the government and scientists. When we experience a difficulty, we cry and wonder why it happened. We will blame it on other things and people. But this only backs us into a corner. We cannot move forward in life because we have not become responsible for our future actions. We are too busy blaming other people and things for the situation in which we find ourselves. So, we stay in our corner and cry. Instead, we must realize that we cannot change the situation. The earthquake happened, and we cannot go back in time and change that. So, we must stop asking, Why? and accept the earthquake as a fact of history. Then, we can endure our fate, move forward with our lives, and once again plan for a brighter future. Finally, in situations large and small, in good times and in bad times, and in the things of life, we must learn to depend upon ourselves and not upon others. Please remember the last words of Shakyamuni Buddha to his disciples: Make of yourself a light. Rely upon yourself : Do not depend upon anyone else. If we each rely upon ourselves, then Buddha will know each mind individually. Each person can speak to him, and he will speak to each person. So, when we each encounter difficulties in life, do not stay in a corner. Make of yourself a light, and move forward into your future.
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O-BON
O-Bon is the abbreviation of Urabon, which means salvation of souls from agony of being hung upside down. The origin of O-Bon comes from the story about Mokurens mother. One day, by practicing Buddhas teaching, Mokuren received the super natural power of looking into another world. When he saw his mother suffering in Hell by using his super natural power, he sought guidance of the Buddha. Through Buddhas aid, Mokuren was able to save his mother from the Hell. It is from this story that the O-Bon ceremony started to be observed. Without our ancestors we would not be here today. Thus, we honor them during O-Bon. With our sincere prayer, our beloved ones who have departed from us can have peaceful repose of their souls. Also, we can spend thankful and harmonious moment with our ancestors who have done so much for us.
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Bits of Knowledge of Buddhism

Vol.08 St. Honens Posthumous Name (July. 2011)
By Rev. Yasuhiro Watanabe In 2011, we celebrate the 800th grand memorial service of St. Honen. In this memorable year, the Emperor gave a new Daishi-go to St. Honen. Daishi-go is a posthumous title which the Emperor bestows upon a late high priest in memory of his great achievement. The new title is Ho-ni (), which is named after Jinen Honi (). It means natural law as it happens. For example, a flame soars high in the sky, and water flows into lower places. This word shows the origin of the name of St. Honen () and represents an ideal Buddhist who devotes oneself to the great compassion of Amida Buddha. This is the 8th imperial gift since the then Emperor gave the first title to St. Honen in 1697. For details, please refer to the appendix. St. Honen is the only priest who was given a posthumous title so many times. We dont know the true intention of the Emperors. However, Im sure that the Emperors honored St. Honen for finding the ultimate path to the Perfect Peace which each person will at last attain. Whoever calls Amida Buddhas name will be saved and born in the Pure Land. We also should give thanks to St. Honen and live a Nembutsu life.
________________________________________________ Title Emperor Year En-ko To-zen E-jo Ko-kaku Ji-kyo Mei-sho Wa-jun 1697 1711 1761 1811 1861 1911 1961

Ho-ni 2011 _______________________________________

Cucumber & Eggplant Dolls During O-Bon

Please do not be surprised if you see some form of the Cucumber Horse and the Eggplant Cow around O-Bon

YBA Meeting
NO MEETING in July

Fujinkai Meeting
(Womens association)
NO MEETING in July

Sewing Circle
NO SEWING CIRCLE in July

Sunday School
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL in July

season [photo above from internet]. With a Cucumber, add legs with sticks to make a horse for your ancestors to return quickly from the Pure Land. Make a cow with an Eggplant using sticks for your ancestors to slowly return to the Pure Land. In some places in Japan, these Cucumber and Eggplant dolls are made and placed at the front door to welcome your ancestors on the first day of O-Bon and on the second day placed at the family altar. On the last day, the dolls are taken to the river to carry the ancestors back to the Pure Land. But they are never thrown in the river.
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Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Childrens Choir Malama

July 31, 2011 at 10:45 a.m.

Vision for the Future (4)

By Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Question: What is the name of our main Buddha? Answer: His name is AMIDA Buddha.

Have you heard about The Rule of AMIDA? This is the rule to make your temple more flourishing! This rule was originally introduced by American economist, Samuel Roland Hall as the AIDMA law as a marketing model. 1. A is for Attention. If you want to attract more people to your temple, you must get peoples attention first. Advertisements on newspapers, radios, TVs, Web or advertising balloons are effective. Personally, I like advertisements on the web because the cost is very low. If you know any better way to invite peoples attention, please let me know. 2. M is for Memory. After you get peoples attention, your temple should always stay in their memory. How about an impressive catchphrase? How about promotional pens? In the office of Jodo Mission, we have ballpoint pens on which I can see the name of mortuaries. If you have any better ideas, please contact me. 3. I is for Interest. Then you must provide enough information to stimulate peoples interests in your temple. The flyers about the teaching, services, activities or classes we offer at our temple should be always available. I hope people know that our temple offers blessings for cars, for houses or even for pets. 4. D is for Desire. You succeeded to get peoples attention. The temples name is staying in their memory. People are interested in our activities. Perfect! Now, we have to uplift peoples desire to join our membership. The cleanliness of the temple, peaceful atmosphere, easiness to come into the office and friendliness of the temples staff are very important factors.

Then
5. A is for Action. Of course, the action we want people to take is to join our membership. However, it is very rare for a person to join instantly. Therefore, we have different categories of membership such as Regular member, Supporting member or Student member. Also our membership application is always available in our office. Above is the marketing process that many successful companies are adopting. To be honest with you, our membership is not increasing, though we are trying our best. There must be an area in which we are very weak. Do you have any ideas?
Your opinion is always welcome. Please ,email me at narashiba@hotmail.com.
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MESSAGE FROM REV. HIROSHI OEDA

Rev. Hiroyoshi Oeda, former minister of Betsuin, received the message card that we sent to his temple to be shared with the victims of the damaged areas. He writes as follows: Thank you very much for your support and powerful message. We are so encouraged. Our temple is located mountain side of Sendai. Fortunately, we did not have big damage from the earthquake. Every year, our temple has many visitors from the coast area of Tohoku, which is tsunami disaster area. Two months have passed since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. We are surprised that in spite of this situation, many people visit the temple from the disaster area. They have a prayer in front of Buddha to restart their lives. When we talked to them, we found that some of them had lost their family members, houses, cars, and so many things. We can only listen to

Above is a family photo of Rev. Hiroyoshi Oeda, wife Mari and sons Colin, Sorachika and Kai. Rev. Oeda is pointing to the message card he received from Hawaii.

their stories and encourage them. However, they are so positive in mind that we are encouraged by them. We will continue supporting them. This is my situation now. Thank you for your continuous support. Arigato gozaimasu! Please take care. Aloha, Rev. Oeda Note: This time of year in Japan (O-Bon season) is normally a very busy time of year and with the tsunami victims and their families, it even makes the O-Bon season more meaningful for so many of their personal losses and it is a time of year when the ministers are the busiest. We wish all the ministers in Japan trying to support their many Temple members as well as new members to restart their lives as Rev. Oeda mentions. GANBARE! And take care!
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Oahu Rengo Fujinkai Outstanding Youth Award

On May 8, Oahu Rengo Fujinkai President Jo Ann Matsuo presented the Outstanding Youth Award to
Wolfgang Takeru Nii. Takeru helps the other young children at Sunday School because he remembers when he was younger. In fact, Takeru used to cry a lot. Now he helps other younger children. He was so happy, he sent a picture Thank

Thank you Note from Wolfgang Takeru Nii

You picture card written in both English and Japanesesee above. CONGRATULATIONS TAKERU!

Lauren Mayumi Nouchi of Kahului Jodo Mission was the recipient of the 2011 Namiye Nakamura Scholarship and was presented with the Scholarship on Sunday, May 29, 2011. Lauren graduated from Henry Perrine Baldwin High School and plans to attend the University of San Francisco to major in Psychology. She is an excellent student, active in the community, school and temple. Lauren wrote: My goal in life is simply make an impact in other peoples lives. Impacting others lives in
Above is photo of Lauren Mayumi Nouchi and proud parents June and David Nouchi and Hawaii Rengo President Sally Hayashi who went to Kahului, Maui for this Scholarship presentation.

a positive manner means a lot to me, because I love the feeling of making a difference. When I make a difference in someones life such as changing their perspective or helping them to overcome a struggle, I feel that no amount of gratitude can compare t how I feel inside. We wish Lauren all the success and best wishes on her career and possibly someday she too will become a Fujinkai member! She has all the makings of the younger generation Fujinkai! CONGRATULATIONS LAUREN!
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Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Presentation of Namiye Nakamura Scholarship

Miso Somen
Ingredients: 3 bundles of somen (2 servings) 1 carrot 6 leaves of won bok cabbage 1/2 pkg. dashi no moto 1 T mirin 1 T sake 4 T hatcho miso Prepare Vegetables Peel the carrot and cut it into 2 inch long julienne strips. Thinly slice 6 leaves of won bok cabbage, width-wise Mince green onions Cooking the Somen Bring 2 quarts of water to a rapid boil. Place bundles of somen into the boiling water and cook for 1.5 minutes on high. (One minute and 30 seconds) Remove somen and place into serving bowls. Preparing the Soup Bring 4 c of water to a boil and add 1/2 pkg. of dashi no moto. Add carrots and won bok pieces. Add 1 T of mirin and 1 T of sake. Continue to heat until vegetables are cooked. When vegetables are cooked, lower heat to medium and add 4 T of miso. Stir till well blended. Serving Place cooked vegetables and broth into the bowls with the somen noodles. Mix to bring the somen to the surface of each serving bowl. Top with a spoonful of spicy ahi poke and garnish with green onions.

Recipe by Rev. Narashiba; photos by Rev. Watanabe

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Five Types of Noodles in Japan

There are five popular noodles in Japan: These three noodles are all made from wheat flour. The names of the noodles are 2. Somen different because of the thickness of the 3. Hiyamugi noodles. 1. Udon

Udon

Hiyamugi

Somen

Udon is thicker than 1.7mm. Somen is thinner than 1.3 mm. Hiyamugi is in between.
Udon Hiyamugi Somen

4. Ramen

Ramen is also made from wheat flour but it contains eggs

5. Soba

Soba is made from buckwheat flour and wheat flour. The proportion of the mixture of these two flours are different according to soba factories.

Ramen

Soba Information by Rev. Narashiba; Photos by Rev. Watanabe

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2011 BON DANCE SCHEDULE

OF JODO SHU TEMPLES
Island
Oahu

Temple

Phone No.
949-3995 637-4382 Call Rev. Miyazaki (808) 935-6996

Betsuin Haleiwa Kurtistown Hilo Hakalau Hamakua Kohala Hawi Kahului Wailuku Lahaina Kapaa Koloa

Dates Aug 19 to 20 July 22 to 23 August 6 July 8 to 9 August 20 August 13 July 9 August 6 June 24 to 25 June 17 July 2 July 22 to 23 June 17 to 18

Times
7:30 pm 10:00 pm 7/22: 8 pm 10 pm 7/23: 8 pm 11 pm 8:00 pm 7/8: 7/9: 7:30 pm 8:00 pm

Big Island [Hawaii]

8:00 pm 6:30 pm 6:30 pm 6:30 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:30 pm 7:30 pm

Call Rev. Wansa (808) 775-0965 Call Rev. John Hara (808) 244-0066 (808) 661-4304 (808) 822-4319 (808) 742-6735

Maui

Kauai

Obituaries
Any Comments: Thank you for reading our Bulletin. Any comments you may have or suggestions for news articles would be greatly appreciated. The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sincere condolences to the family members and loved ones of the following members who have recently left this world for the Pure Land. Nina Yuriko Sylva Barbara Chiyoko Ashimine Todd Isaac Okemura Paul Takeshi Tomita Steven Shizuo Teruya Jiroichi Otani Jean Yukie Kimura Dick Hiroyuki Okaji Akiyoshi Nakamura Susan Teruko Lubick Kazoo Casey Hisanaga 90 89 55 61 75 94 69 89
no age given

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday 8am5pm Sunday & Holidays 8am3pm

Phone: 949-3995

82 90

Rev. Yubun Narashiba

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Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Resident Minister

Head Minister

Rev. Yasuhiro Watanabe

Resident Minister

Rev. Dwight Nakamura

Retired Minister

EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for July

1 Kichi Yanagisawa The Yanagisawa Family Yone Ishida

11 Toyo Nanbu
The Nanbu Family Fusa Murakami The Murakami Family The Yamamoto Family Shigeyo Ipponsugi Iwao Asaumi Fusa Murakami

20 Gonshichi Shintaku
Fukuji Ikeda Katsumi Imada

2 Toyo Tojo

The Tojo Family Tsune Uchiumi Minoru Shigeta Kikuyo Gonhata] Ellen Kimiko Hedani

21 Shigeru Nakata

Usuke Oda Kamekichi Toyofuku

12 Hideo Higashi
Kamesaburo Gushiken Akiyo Yano Morio Yanagihara

22 Keisuke Kimura

3 Tamayo Yanagihara 4 Setsuyo Sugihara

The Sugihara Family Sumiyo Yamanaka Kajo Teruya Isami Yoshikawa The Yoshikawa Family Kajo Teruya The Yamanaka Family Masaru Taira

The Kimura Family Takeo Matsunaga Motohiro Tanimura Matsuyo Miyagi Keizo Oda

13 Kazuichi Akimoto
Bunji Aoki The Aoki Family Toki Yamamoto The Yamamoto Family Setsuyo Nitta 14 Takao Amano Kanichi Morita Fukutaro Nagata Haya Kamimura Kazuo Kamimura

23 June Junko Yamashita 24 Masako Narahara 25 Matsuno Mishina

The Mishina Family Masuo Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family The Kimura Family The Weiss Family (Stillborn)

5 Asao Takara
Shige Ikeda Fred Yutaka Sakuda Donna Haruko Furutani

6 Takaichi Hamada
The Hamada Family Miki Ajimura The Ajimura Family Takezo Ishida Yosuke Mitsutani

15 The Nakagawa Family

The Koike Family The Fujisue Family Doris Chiyoko Hayashi Florence Satoko Law 16 The Juichi Yamada Family The Fujii Family The Shikata Family The Nishii Family The Okazaki Family Haruo Okahara The Okahara Family R. Toyoji Tominaga Tetsuichi Umemoto

26 Naosuke Nakamoto
The Nakamoto & Sakagawa Family Toshio Fujimoto The Fujimoto Family

27 Sakutaro Koyama

7 Hisa Akimoto
Taki Ishimoto Seiji Ogawa

The Koyama Family Sayoko Takaoka Hatsu Maruichi Sadamu Iwamoto Miyoko Ohara Darin Sueo Furutani The Yano, Konaka & Hayashi Family Mitsuo Sakakibara Chiya Wada

28 Koichi Ogi

8 Yoshio Furumoto
Kamado Takara Hiroshi Arakawa Sueko Kiyama Shigeko Shimamoto

29 Kansuke Yano

17 Ito Tanimura

9 Kameichi Okamura
Matsuyo Kamioka Kumataro Gonhata Masashi Kimura

10 Tatsu Yanagihara

The Tanimura Family Kome Nishiguchi The Nishiguchi Family Takiko Amakawa Yumei Uyehara Tomoe Yoshioka The Fujihana Family Seiji Nakagawa Miyoji Aoki Masutaro Kunihisa Tokiyo Masaki Masaaki Maruichi

30 Noriaki Masuda
The Masuda & Asamura Family Kinosuke Kitamura The Kitamura Family Toshisuke Iwamoto Noriaki Masuda Matsuo Hirayasu Bishop Shutesu Miyamoto

The Yanagihara Family Shina Kaya The Kaya &Shimazaki Family Keizo Nagata The Nagata Family Yojiro Yamashina Ukichi Nakano Fuji Kitagawa

18 Hisako Fujihana

31 Haruo Nakano
Kameyo Hayashi Usano Yamane Katsumi Yano

19 Misae Higashihara

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Phone: 949-3995

8:30am Morning Service Everyday Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

July 2011
Sat

Sun

1 4
10:30am Maunalani Visitation
**3:15 pm Jodo Shu hour

2 9
8:30 am Sewing Class

3 11
10am CCH visitation

NO SUNDAY SERVICE 8:00 O-Toba Set Up 8:00 General Cleanup

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O - B O N S E R VI CE S
10:00 am Hatsubon Families 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm

10:00 Sunday Service

11:45 Board Meeting

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**3:15 pm Jodo Shu hour

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Haleiwa Bon Dance

10:00 O-Bon Service

Clean-up After Service

24

NO SUNDAY SERVICE 8:00 O-Toba Kuzushi

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10:00 Sunday Service

10:45 Childrens Choir

EVENTS: O-Toba Set up & General Cleaning before O-Bon Services July 3: YOUR HELP IS NEEDED. July 15-17: O-Bon Services at Jodo Mission of HawaiiJ uly 22-23: Haleiwa Jodo Mission Bon Dance Aug 19-20: Bon Dance at Jodo Mission of Hawaii Sept 16-18: Kyoku Convention at Betsuin

**Jodo Shu Hour Radio K-ZOO (AM1210Khz, Japanese station)