A TSDBT Monthly Publication

Volume XXXVIII, Issue XI December 2018 Special Event of the Month Sanbutsu-Ge (3) • Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018 #3. The countenance of the Tathagata • YBA Mochi Tsuki Is unequaled in the world; The great voice of the Perfectly Enlightened One • You can order for Resounds throughout the ten quarters. eating, OR • You can come out to “San-Butsu-Ge” is admiration by Dharmakara of Lokesvararaja Buddha. At this time, the Buddha was shining and glorious. Dharmakara praises the Buddha’s unusually beautiful help in production! feature analytically, without asking the Buddha. In other words, the Buddha is gloriously shining in front of Dharmakara and he understands why the Buddha is beautiful. Inside this issue: Dharmakara’s expectation is big because the Buddha will share the ultimate Dharma Rev. Fujii’s message 1 that surely contains the virtues as follows: 2019 Sakura Matsuri 1 Ultimate Dharma which comes out from deep meditation and wide breadth Rev. Thompson’s Ultimate Dharma penetrates to its farthest end message 2 Ultimate Dharma is freed from anger, greed, and ignorance Arigato Gozaimasu 2 Ultimate Dharma is beyond all men Virtues in Ultimate Dharma are unlimited. Japanese Article 3 Temple When we see a person crying in front of us, without knowing why, we understand Greeting deadline 3 nothing about the scene. Thanks to Dharmakara’s analysis of wisdom, now we can YBA Invitation to 4 know what’s going on. Mochi Tsuki & Mochi Order form The Dharma is called “Supreme Dharma” or “Ultimate Dharma” or “Pure Land of Amida Buddha.” It is not necessary for us to find ultimate Dharma by ourselves. It is not Dharma School 5 necessary for us to practice any. Everything is already there and we are already in Events there. That’s why we listen to the Dharma; when we listen to the Dharma to find ourselves carefully and seriously, we hear something. It is the essence of Wisdom and BWA Events 5 Compassion. That’s why “listening and hearing” is essential in Jodo-Shin-Shu or Amida’s Teaching. MSD Thank Yous 5 In Gassho, October Offerings 6 Rev. Doei Fujii

December Shotsuki 7 Names June 22 & 23, 2019: Save the Date for CBF! Jan 2019 calendar 8 Dec 2018 calendar 9 TS/DBT and Sakura Foundation are looking forward to the 47th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival, which will be held on June 22 and 23, 2019. We are very grateful to the many BCA/Federation of 10 dedicated volunteers who continue to make the festival a Must-See Event of the summer! Please mark your calendar and share the date with friends and family so they Buddhist Women’s can experience our great cultural festival filled with entertainment, food and Association Ask fun! Questions? Contact Stacey Shigaya, Sakura Foundation Program Director at

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Monthly Salutations from Rev. Diana Thompson Hello everyone, welcome to December! We have when we awaken the aspiration for connection; the reached the end of another year and find ourselves connection to ourselves and to life as it truly is. in the midst of that very busy time known as the ‘Thus, in “hearing”/ “awakening”, these are ‘holiday season’. There are many observances and experienced simultaneously; hearing is to hear the traditions, both religious and secular, which occur call of true and real life to return to the home of in the months of November and December and are homes, and to respond with one’s whole being to occasions when we set aside time to get together that call, following it until one has arrived home. with our friends and family. We visit with loved This call is Namo-Amida-Butsu.’ ones whom we see often, but also those who, And so, as we wrap up this year with our various through distance or circumstance, we don’t see as parties or other gatherings, we should take time to often as we would like to. I think that these stop and appreciate the many connections that ‘homecoming’ moments are my favorite part of the brought us to where we are. The people holiday season. After high school and into my twenties, I moved surrounding us are part of who we are and because around a lot. Sometimes it was for school, of them, we come closer to understanding the sometimes it was out of sheer wanderlust, and infinite web that ties us to all things. As we come though I always liked where I was living, when the closer to this understanding, we come closer to holidays came around I always looked forward to Amida’s Pure Land and can begin to hear the call travelling home. I enjoyed being in a warm, of the infinite more clearly. Namo Amida Butsu familiar place with warm, familiar people and I liked the excitement and joy that came from seeing ‘Collected Works of Shinran’, vol.2, p. 189-190 people that I hadn’t seen in a long time. The call of home was strong at this time of year and any time I was unable to make it home, the holidays felt cold and gloomy. This is because the call of home is the call of my heart. It is the call of the people who know me just as I am and who still love me, foibles Thank you to the following volunteers who mailed out last and all. It is the call of the places where my month’s newsletter: Mary Jane Okamatsu, Judy Smith, Kay memories reside. Takahashi, Mabel Googins and Michiko Kajiwara. This ‘heart call’ is not unlike the call of the infinite, the call of Amida Buddha from the Pure Thank you to Sakura Square, LLC for annually budgeting a Land of enlightenment, urging us to awaken to our substantial monetary donation to TSDBT; this money is true selves. The call is always there and yet we vital for the TSDBT operating budget – we cannot keep seldom hear it because we are not paying attention. our doors open without this commitment. The call of home when I lived away was similar to Thank you to Yoko Mooney who donated to BCA this. There might be brief periods of homesickness through a shared funds program which, in turn, shared but largely I lived my day to day life without any some of her donation with TSDBT. serious longing for home, though my friends and family were always present somewhere in my Thank you to Wayne Berve who volunteers as the mind. However, when big occasions would come Temple’s “on-call building maintenance guy”. Just in the up like holidays or birthdays, I heard and felt that past month, he has assisted in general (but abundant) call very clearly and would respond by making cleaning, getting the Hondo heated, freezer maintenance travel plans or at least phone calls so that I could and outdoor lighting unit repair. While attending the MSD be connected somehow to my home. The call of conference, Wayne also helped make the sound system Amida is also the call of home. It is the call that available for meetings in the auditorium. Wayne is always beckons us and though we are vaguely aware of its calm and accepting when receiving requests and questions; presence, we never truly hear it until the moment we (the office) are most grateful for this attitude

「鉄の手錠」と「金の手錠」

警官が二人の殺人犯を逮捕して言った。「お前は貧乏人だから、鉄の手錠だ」と。片やもう一人には「お前は財産家 だから、金の手錠だ」と言ったとする。二人の末路は同じとはいえ、はたして「俺には鉄の手錠か！」と貧乏人はな げき、「俺様には金の手錠とは！」と財産家は喜ぶのだろうか？一たび手錠をかけられればもう自由に動き回ること は出来ない。自由を失いその後は牢獄行きとなり死刑への不安・心配・恐れが湧き出るばかりではないだろうか。手 錠が鉄であろうが金の手錠であろうが、おなじことではないか。

私達の姿を仏法から観ればいつも不安・心配・恐れから逃れられない相（すがた）だと観る。例えば、人は田（財 産）の無いことをいつも憂いている。金が無ければ食っては行けない・惨めな生活となり・飢え死にするしかないで はないかと心はいつも穏やかではない。片や、人は田あれば田あることを憂う。財産が有れば死ぬのが怖い・管理に 費用がいる・相続はどうしようかと不安・心配・恐れがつきない。田有れば憂い・田無ければ憂う。どっちみち二者 には心の安らぎがない。それらの苦悩の源を仏法は「有無（うむ）に囚われているからだ」と言う。

貧乏人が悪く、長者が良いといっているのではない。財の有る・無しには罪がない。財の有無に囚われて憂いながら 日々を過ごさねばならないような暗い心が問題なのです。「有無への心の囚われ」が人生を滅茶苦茶にする恐ろしさ を仏法は教えているのです。このような私たちの姿を「苦集（くじゅう）」と言い表します。本気で苦悩や憂いを集 めている姿のことです。

さて、話は少々横道へそれます。考えてみてください。人間は豊かな生活を願い求めて今日まで歩んできた。貧乏よ りも豊かさを求めて来た。だが、私達は幸せに成ったのだろうか？むしろ日々心配や不安を抱えて過ごしているので はなかろうか？仏法の教え示すところは財の有無のことではなく、有無に囚われる心のことである。「有無に囚われ ている以上は幸福はない」と教える。言い換えれば、私達は「鉄の手錠」を嫌い「金の手錠」を求めているような姿 なのかも知れない。

何とも仏法の教えるところは非現実的なようにきこえる。だが、実際に有無を離れた体験を持つ人は「仏法の教える ことの方が本当だ」と言うに違いない。有無を離れた人はそこに静かな・深く・広い幸福があることを知っているか らである。幸せを知っている人には「鉄の手錠」と「金の手錠」も実に愚かしいことに観えるに違いない。「鉄の手 錠」と「黄金の手錠」が違うようにみえる人はいまだに有無に囚われているのであり、二つの手錠が同じようにみえ る人はすでに有無の邪見を離れている人なのだろう。

「有無の邪見（間違った、よこしまな物の見方）を破（は）すのが仏法の大きな働きの一つなのです。 合掌、 藤井道栄

Send Your New Year Greetings Through The Temple Newsletter

Do you participate in the yearly tradition of mailing out New Year’s greetings to your family and (write your text) friends? Well, believe it or not, NOW is the time to begin thinking about those heartfelt missives.

The Temple offers you a perfect delivery system - the January 2019 issue of Temple Reflections. For a mere fee of $5, you can convey your New Year

wishes to the entire Sangha in a single mailing. ☺ (you can also email your submission to [email protected])

Please submit your message (in writing) to the Temple Office by Monday, December 10th, for With love from,, publication in the January 2019 issue. Include your desired ‘sign off’ wording (i.e. in gassho, from, love, -, etc.) and name(s). (your name(s) here) Page 4 TSDBT YBA MochiTsuki News

Mochitsuki will take place on Sunday, December 30, 2018 starting around 7:00 am and continuing until we finish. As always, the YBA appreciates any volunteers who would like to help out! [“help” means showing up, ready to steam, roll, shape, brush, weigh, pack . . . . training is available on-site. Clean-up roles are always an option. Laughter may be mandatory. Participation is never regrettable- always memorable.]

Pre-order prices are $6 per pound for regular and $5 per pound for seniors (65 and older). Okasane sets are $5 each. Your order must be received by Sunday, Dec. 9th. Extra mochi may be available for walk-up orders, however, quantities will be limited and prices will increase to $7 per pound for regular and $6 per pound for seniors.

Mochi can be picked up in the temple gym on Monday, December 31st from 12 pm until we all finish ringing the Bonsho bell after New Year’s Eve service (service starts at 7pm, so that will be around 8:30ish). As a reminder, the YBA will hand deliver your mochi order if you live in Tamai Towers (just ask!).

To place an order, please fill out the form below and: 1. mail with a check payable to TSDBT YBA to 1947 Lawrence St., Denver, CO 80202, 2. stop by the mochi-ordering table at bake sale on Sundays, or 3. email your order to [email protected].

Questions? Please email, or contact our Treasurer Katie Tsuchimoto on her cell phone, 720-402-6350 (but remember she’s in school, so availability is very limited and she'll return calls when she can). YBA Mochi Order Form

Name: ______

Phone Number: ______Email: ______

Check this box for Tamai Towers delivery. Apartment Number: ______

Number of Mochi Type Price Subtotal pounds/sets

Regular $6.00

Seniors $5.00

Okasane (sets) $5.00

Total Amt. Enclosed: Pounds:

Eshinni and Kakushinni Day of Service Project submitted by Shirley Tsuchimoto

The TS/DBT BWA observed Eshinni and Kakushinni Day of BWA members working in the Fill-the-Socks assembly line. Remembrance by hosting a Day of Service Project on Saturday October 20. Reverend Fujii led us with short chanting followed by Mrs. Shirley Horiuchi’s reading of names of BWA members who passed away during the 2017- 2018 year. Fujii Sensei then led us in an interesting and informative discussion about Eshinni, Shinran Shonin’s wife, and his youngest daughter, Kakushinni. Both were Shinran’s most devoted disciples. Our project was to collect and assemble 50 care packets by filling pairs of men’s and women’s socks with toiletries donated by the sangha and community. While our goal was to fill 50 pairs of socks with toiletries, the donations were overwhelming! We had enough socks and toiletries to fill 63 men’s socks and 53 women’s socks with the much-needed hygiene items. Thank you everyone for coming on a warm and beautiful day to help assemble the socks and for everyone’s generous donations! Dear Dharma School Families,

Can you believe the year is almost over and the holidays are upon us? We appreciate you for spending the Fall months with us, coming out for Turkey Bingo and all the support you provide to Dharma School Programming. Bingo, raffle and pickle fun wrapped in one afternoon is actually the biggest fundraiser we run each year. You make it big, you make it possible! As we start up again in the New Year, please consider signing up for a birthday Sunday, and check for other opportunities posted on our bulletin board in the Temple lobby. We look forward to a full Spring with some fun field trips, Hanamatsuri performances and then, before you know it, our Summer Picnic. (Boy time really does fly). As we navigate through these chilly months please check your emails for any Sunday class weather cancellations, but as we are driving in from every direction and distance, please use your own judgement in deciding whether you can make the trip safely or not.

In Gassho, Alyssa Nilemo, Dharma School Superintendent Happily participating in Family Game night At November’s MSD Conference 2018 Mountain States District Conference Thank Yous TSDBT hosted this year’s Mountain States District Thank you BWA members for churning out meals and snacks for Conference over the weekend of November 2-3; guests from never-ending appetites. Longmont Buddhist Temple, Ogden Buddhist Temple and Salt Lake Buddhist Church attended along with BCA Bishop Thank you to Alyssa Nilemo, Dharma School superintendent, for Umezu and guest speaker, Rev. Jon Turner. It was a well- conducting a workshop on music in the Dharma. It was great fun planned event with religious discussions, Board meetings, and instructive; also, we now have new gathas to learn and sing for educational workshops, family entertainment and FOOD! our Sunday services.

Thank you to Joni Sakaguchi, Gail Ida and Gayle Goto for Thank you to Shannon Umetani, Stevie Lo, Keiko Ozaki-Crumm tending to all the arrangements that must be made whenever and each of their contagiously fun families for organizing a family one is creating a gathering of people. night of games and competition.

Thank you Ann Murphy for the lovely table settings that Thank you to everyone who chose to attend; everyone please join made TSDBT look like a professional host. together and attend next year’s MSD Conference hosted by Ogden Thank you to Mrs. Kimiko Side for donating handmade cards Buddhist Temple (with targeted location of Moab National Park). as take-home gifts for all conference attendees.

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Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temples gratefully acknowledges donations and offerings received from October 1, 2018 —October 31, 2018: In memory of Tom Sasaki – 13th yr Tamai Sensei Memorial service Ida Sasaki & family Robin Burchardt Offering Box osaisen John & Sherri Nitta & family DBT Choir 1st – 4th Grade Dharma Class Wayne & Phyllis Nitta & family Mabel Googins Anonymous Clyde & Judy Nitta & family Ken & Amy Inouye Armijo Family Alan & Alice Nitta & family Manabu & Junko Kimura K-6th Dharma Class Rex&Marian and Gil & Tomie Katie & John Ley Preschool Dharma Class Kenji & Judy Fukuhara & family Frank Miyazawa Kent & Jane Kano Marge Fukuhara Dat & Naomi Nguyen Yoko Mooney Earl & Debbie Fukuhara Kiyo Omoto Mike & Jan Fukuhara Charles & Teri Ozaki Visitation Arthur & Charlene Kuramoto Courtney Ozaki Anonymous Eileen Fukuhara Kay Takahashi Evergreen High School Rod Fukuhara Shirley Tsuchimoto Mile High Ministries Glen & Donna Hori Richard & Michi Yoshida Wartburg College Helen Hori Facilities Usage In memory of Sayoko K. Mura DBT Craft Class William & Janet Sakahara DBT Judo Dojo Karin Sakahara September Shotsuki donations ... in memory of Lillian & Phillip Miyazawa ...... Kaz & Sally Sakamoto Family of Kay&Nancy Nitta ...... Tom Sasaki

October Shotsuki donations ...... in memory of Harriett Sakamoto ...... Bruce Decker Mabel Googins ...... Gail Starr & Thomas Googins Kiyoko Omoto ...... George Omoto, ...... Sam Kato & Anna Murahata Umetani/Lo Family ...... Patricia Umetani Families of Tosh&Mary Tawara .... Tomiko Aigaki ...... Tosh & Mary Tawara Sumi & Yoshi Akiyama ...... Tosh & Mary Tawara Jim & Jeanne Matsuda ...... Yoko Matsuda Hisae Taniwaki ...... Michio Taniwaki Michael & Karen Jones ...... Tosh&Mary Tawara, Tomiko Aigaki

Donations received ...... because of: Horiuchi Families ...... in memory of Hisa Horiuchi – 13th yr Horiuchi Families ...... in memory of Shigeko Horiuchi – 50th yr Hisae Taniwaki ...... in memory of Michio Taniwaki – 1st yr S. Murahata ...... in memory of Murahata Jim & Jeanne Matsuda ...... in memory of Yoko Matsuda – 33rd yr TSDBT Endowment ...... 4th qtr disbursements Sakura Square LLC ...... donation (for operational expenses) Audrey & Jay Charness ...... Autumnal Ohigan DBT Bookstore ...... 3rd Qtr sales Ken & Amy Inouye ...... funeral; Kim Inouye Sachiko Yoshimura ...... funeral; Art Yoshimura BCA ...... shared donation/Yoko Mooney December Shotsuki Names (Sangha members who have passed away in the month of December)

Hitoshi Aoki Gontaro Kubota Kichigoro Ono Frank Yasuna Torizawa Junji Arakawa Kiyo Kubota Izo Onoda Tom Tokimaru Toya Andrew Minoru Aratani Kazue Kuga Yoichi Osumi George Yoshio Tsukamoto Beaver Sadao Asano Yu-Yin Kuo-Hsu Louise Misuye Ota Shihichi Ujifusa Suekuma Bajio John Shimpei Kurachi Richard Masayoshi Ota, Sr. George Tatsuo Umetani Harry Satoshi Chikuma Sadami Kuroda Isamu Sam Ozamoto Jim Masami Ward Matsue Mae Doida Tsuneko Kuroda Matsu Riuo Harukichi Watanabe Kaoru George Egawa Sueko Maeda Sachiko Rogers Mary Yagami Ishi Eshima Gary Masuda Matsunosuke Saiga Mitsuo Yagami Kiyo Sasaki Furukami Nancy Akiko Matsuda Chiye Saito Henry Yoichi Yagi Tatsuto Furuta Teruko Pauline Matsumonji Tadashi Saito Itsuno Yaguchi Gonokichi Gorai Ayako Matsumoto Frank Fumio Sakamoto Kazuo William Yamada Hanae Gorai Sojiro Matsumoto Mantaro Sakuma Tome Yamaguchi George Yukuo Gow Tomokichi Matsunaga Taji Sanada Yukino Yamaguchi Alice Sueko Hagihara Chiyo Mayeda Kata Sasaki Amy Emiko Yamamoto Nao Hamano Nisaku Mayeda Tameline Sasaki Kikuye Yamamoto Benjamin Tsutomu Hara Takashi Mayeda Tetsuya Sasamoto Ryokichi Yamanashi Yuku Hara Haruo Mikami Sakuju Sato Amy Yemiko Yamasaki Kome Hashimoto Nobu Mitamura Yasu Kikuchi Sato Kohana Yamashiroya Kinue Hasui John Tsunemi Miura Tokuhei Shibata Takashi Sam Yamashita Yajiro Hattori Toshiko Miyake Masakichi Shigetomi Judy Yasuzawa Tsuneko Hayashi Hatsuye Miyamoto Yoshio Shigetomi Kiyoshi Yonemoto Kiju Hayashida Sakuichi Miyamoto Hidekichi Shimamoto Herman Masanobu Yoshida Masuyo Hiraki Kunihei Miyasaki Xander Lee Shimamoto Hideichi George Yoshida Shin Hiraoka Hiroshi Miyauchi Kamekichi Shimoda Kimi Yoshida Bill Hisamoto Hirokichi Miyoshi Seiichiro Shioshita Tamiichi Yoshida Toragoro Horisaka Fukutaro Mizokami Enzo Shiramizu William Tadashi Yoshida Kaisaku Horiuchi Leonard Mizuno Sanaye Sogi Hidemi Roy Yoshihara Saburo Horiuchi Oscar Mizuno Craig Lopez Steinebrey Hajime Yoshimoto Hisae Igata George Toshio Mizushima Hanako Sugihara Hide Yoshimoto Hajime James Imatani Tom Togo Momii Jirohachi Sumada Kenji Yuasa Kogoro Inouye Juki Morikawa June Sakae Suzuki Namiye Rose Yura Helene Ioka Asato Louis Morimoto Hiro Tada Shotsuki Monthly Shigeru Robert Ishimoto Masaye Morita Takino Takamatsu Helen Itoko Ito Masakazu Nagaki Hatsumi Takata Memorial Service Howard Hiroshi Iwata Shintaro Nagata Isao Jon Takata December 16, 2018 George Kagohara Sam Sadaichi Naka Tomoko Takemoto The Shotsuki Service is a general memorial service held Kaori Kajiwara Yusuke Nakagawa May Takemura on Kinjiro Kamesaka Haruko Helen Nakamoto Babe Yoshinori Takeoka a monthly basis for members Tsutomu Jimmie Kanemoto Chieko Nakamura Kinsaku Takusagawa and friends of the temple who Steven Kataoka Fujie Nakamura Hatsue Tamai have passed away during the Bunyoshi Katayama Futaye Nakamura Kiyoko Tamaki month of service. Although there are major memorial (hoji) Kai Kawahara Matsuyo Nakamura Miyoko Tamura services set at specific time Hisayo Kawanabe Jeanne Kesako Nakano Kiku Tani intervals such as 49th Day, 1st Shizue Kawano Bob Goro Nakao Margie Tani Year, 3rd Year, 7th, 13th, 17th, Tsuya Kimura Tokiwa Nakaoka Toshio Tani 25th, 33rd and 50th years, the Carl “Shorty” Kinoshita Mineko Nakayama Yumi Tani temple provides families with monthly memorial Shotsuki Motoma Kinoshita Fukuo Nakazono Gladys Shizue Taniwaki services held in conjunction Kazuo Kishiyama Isaac Jun Nishida George Taoka with regularly scheduled Toku Kishiyama Misu Nishimoto Kiwa Tawara Sunday services, so family Tokuichi Kiyotake Frances Yoshi Nishimura Tomiko Sallie Tawara members will have the Iwao Charlie Kobayashi Kazuma Nitta John Satoshi Terada, Jr. opportunity to pay respect and gratitude to Tomeno Kodama Tamotsu John Noguchi Eduardo Terrones loves ones who have passed Takamaru Kojima Janet Norimoto Tatsuo Tochihara away in that particular month. Koume Akizuki Komaru Yasasuke Ogawa Miki Mike Toda Donation by affected family Kameyo Konishi Arthur Akira Oka Bunji Tokunaga members is appreciated: $50/ Sotaro Kora Hagino Helen Okada Kimiko Tomita observance. Floyd Hajime Koshio Tomotaro Okamoto Tamayo Tomoi SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday THURSDAY FRIDAY Saturday

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Just as TSDBT operates under the auspices of BCA, our Buddhist Women’s Association (BWA) operates within the BCA network, Federation of Buddhist Women’s Associations (Thank You Grandmother) Donation Form (FBWA). th Currently, FBWA is gearing up for the 2019 16 World Donor Name(s): ______Buddhist Women’s Convention to be held in San Francisco. Likewise, our local TSDBT BWA is making plans to attend the Address: ______convention as a group and, therefore, wishes to encourage TSDBT Sangha participation in the “Arigatou Obaachan” (Thank City/State/Zip Code: ______You Grandmother) fundraiser kicked off by FBWA earlier this year. Donation Amount: $ ______The following verbiage appeared in the June issue of BCA’s Wheel of Dharma: Honoree Name(s): ______Since 1900, Buddhist women have been the foundation for the Please make check payable to: BCA FBWA by December 31, 2018; propagation of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism in the Buddhist Churches of please mail completed form and payment to: America. Through their sacrifice, hard work, dedication, generosity, BCA Federation of Buddhist Women’s Association and pursuit of the Buddha Dharma, they showed us all how to “Live c/o San Mateo Buddhist Temple the Nembutsu.” Let us honor and say thank you to our Drawer J – Main Post Office Grandmothers, Mothers, Aunties and other female relatives by San Mateo, CA 94402 making a special donation in their names in support of the 2019 Attn: 16th WBWC World Buddhist Women’s Convention in San Francisco, California. Donation levels are as follows: Gold Bodhi Leaf - $1,000 and up Please consider making a donation to this worthy cause and Silver Bodhi Leaf - $100 to $999 organization. If you have questions, contact TSDBT BWA co Bronze Bodhi Leaf $50 to $99 Lavender Bodhi Leaf - $20 to $49 -Presidents Shirley Tsuchimoto and Shirley Tanaka Horiuchi. The Bodhi Leaves with the name(s) of the honoree(s) and Also, you can read about our incredible and active BWA on donor(s) will be displayed at the Convention from August 30th page five of this newsletter issue. through September 1st, 2019.