Bodhi Day – Awakening for Anyone in THIS ISSUE by Rev

BUSSHIN DECEMBER 2012 BUDDHIST CHURCH OF OAKLAND

BUSSHINDECEMBER 2012 Volume 55 Number 12

Bodhi Day – Awakening for Anyone IN THIS ISSUE By Rev. Harry Gyokyo Bridge

his month we celebrate Shakyamuni Buddha’s attainment of awak- Minister’s Message 1 Tening – in other words, Bodhi Day. Buddha’s awakening to the truth, to reality “as it is,” could take up many pages – indeed, many of the Religious News 1 sacred texts of Buddhism are devoted to this enterprise. At its simplest, we Ashland Howakai 2 can point to both “impermanence” and “interdependence” as important aspects of the Buddha’s enlightenment, though even these basic terms can Jr. YBA News 2 be expanded and explicated in a variety of ways. However we conceive of awakening, I think that one of the most im- Temple Tidbits 2 portant aspects of the Buddha’s teachings is the fact that they are not re- In Memoriam 2 stricted to any one group of people, whether by race, gender, nationality, etc. The Buddha accepted people from all walks of life, and encouraged January Busshin 2 his followers to make the teachings available in their own languages, to Deadline Info anyone that could benefit from them. The Buddha was an early diversity Momiji Kai News 3 advocate! This year our Bodhi Day service will be on the second Sunday, Dharma School News 4-5 December 9. The Buddha’s enlightenment will also be the topic of our Dhar- Holiday Greetings 6 ma Service & Discussion on Wednesday, December 12. Please join us! 2012-13 Form In gassho, 2012 December Shotsuki 7 Rev. Harry Gyokyo Bridge Memorial Service Mochi Order Form 8 Religious News Calendar 9-10 By Gayle Noguchi

lose out 2012 by joining us for our Monthly Evening Dharma CService and Discussion with Reverend Bridge: Wednesday, December 12th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. The evening begins with a service conducted by Reverend Bridge followed by a study session/discussion. Learn about the significance of December’s Bodhi Day and the “middle way” teaching. The evening concludes with light refreshments in the Social Hall. Adults and young adults are all welcome. Each month we’re seeing more newcomers – meet others like yourself who want to listen to and learn about the dharma. Then join us for the first 2013 Monthly Evening Dharma Service and Discussion on Wednesday, January 9th (7:00-8:30 p.m.) – a great way to begin the new year! Can’t make it to church on Sundays? Make a resolution to come once a month to the Evening Dharma Service and Discussion sessions! BUSSHIN DECEMBER 2012 Ashland Howakai Jr. YBA News By Curt Kawabata By Brittany Nakamura shland Howakai held the Mrs. Toshi Hasegawa n December 9th, 2012, Amonthly service on Sunday Mrs. Mary Iyemura OJr. YBA will be having a evening, October 21st, followed by M/M Don Kaneshige sandwich bar fundraiser following otoki. The Service was conducted M/M Curt Kawabata the Bodhi Day service. Ticket prices by Reverend Bridge and chaired by Mrs. Yo Kawabata still to come. You will be able to Dorothy Yanagi. The next service Mrs. Ruby Kuritsubo purchase tickets from Jr. YBA mem- will be Sunday, November 18th. M/M Shig Naito bers. Please note that services will now Mrs. Jean Nakao The following week December start at 5:00 pm. Mrs. Jean Nomura 16th, 2012, the Jr. YBA will be serv- This was the first service for the Mr. Ron Nomura ing Udon for lunch on Mochi Tsuki. year. We thank the following for Mrs. Sylvia Nomura Come out to hang out with friends contributions; Mr. Jerry Sakamoto and make delicious mochi! Mrs. Sandra Arbogast M/M James Tsurui Mrs. Misae Cronin Mrs. Jane Tsushima Mrs. MaryAnn Hamasaki Rev. & Mrs. Yamaoka In Memoriam Mrs. Matsuye Harada Mrs. Dorothy Yanagi The Buddhist Church of Oak- land extends its deepest con- dolences to the families of: TEMPLE TID-BITS George Matsutani ‘TIS THE SEASON… of thanks and giving … come to Bodhi Day Sunday October 9, 2012 Service December 9th.. May the family members find MOCHITSUKI SUNDAY is on December 16th! Don’t forget to place your comfort and solace in the orders by Monday, December 10th. The order form is in this Busshin. Nembutsu, Namu amida butsu. Let us express our thanks by cleaning the Onaijin on OMIGAKI SUN- DAY, December 30th. NEW YEAR’S EVE SERVICE is Monday, December 31st, at 8:00pm. Everyone gets to ring the bell for New Year’s Eve and enjoy delicious soba after the service. DEADLINE FOR JANUARY 2013 BUSSHIN ECO-FRIENDLY SEASONS GREETINGS VIA THE BUSSHIN: send ARTICLES: December 1st your New Year greetings to all, save paper and stamps, and possibly your sanity, by placing a greeting in our Busshin. The Busshin is printed on Articles submitted after this date may not be printed. Send recycled paper and sent by bulk mail rate. Please fill out the order form articles to Joyce Yokomizo: in this issue. Thank you for your dana. email: [email protected] or fax: (415) 970-0810 ALAMEDA COUNTY FOOD BARREL is in the vestibule and awaits your contributions to hungry families in our community. Please donate You can also send articles to canned goods, dried beans, rice and/or noodles. Tomita Shimamoto at the church office. Rev. Bridge, Mary Hiromoto & Tomita Shimamoto send wishes to you BUSSHIN COLLATION and your families for a peaceful holiday season. May you be safe and Sunday, December 16 by healthy in the New Year 2013. Please join us on Tuesday, January 1st, Youth Club 2013, at 11:00am for New Year’s Day Service.

2 BUSSHIN DECEMBER 2012 Momiji Kai News By Nancy Yamamoto

ur first ever knitwear show was a success and all who were in Oattendance seemed to have enjoyed the event. Sincere thanks to all the models and to the OBWA members who loaned their hand knits for the show. Our thanks to Renee Grohl for starting and guiding the Momiji members on this knitting spree. The project gives us something else to keep our minds occupied. Also, thanks to Jean Nakazono for her time in planning this event. Thanks also to all who were in attendance. It doesn’t seem possible 2012 is winding down so fast with the holi- days just around the corner. Wishing everyone a Happy and Wonderful Thanksgiving.

3 BUSSHIN DECEMBER 2012 Halloween!! Once again, the Dharma School News... Senior High School/Jr. YBA class By Maya Lawrence outdid themselves and provided a great Haunted House. Who knew the hall in the Issei building could be so large and scary? Definitely a five shriek rating. Thank you to Valerie and Tak Otsuka for some very entertain- ing games for all the children. It is not easy pushing yourself along on Valerie’s rolling platforms. And the donut bite contest was of course a hit! Valerie and Tak did a wonderful job of decorating the hall and stage, shopping for prizes, counting all those M&M’s and chex mix for the guessing games and filling the goodie bags. The Jr. YBA took great photos of all our monsters, donuts, Curious ur classrooms SPARKLE! practiced with Maya Lawrence George and the Man in the Yellow OThank you to all the and knew the service on Oc- Hat, princesses, fairies and butter- students and parents who came with tober 14 perfectly! And thank flies. buckets, mops and brooms and did you to the Middle School Class Lunch was great! Thank you a wonderful job of cleaning the (Keiko Masamori, Glenn to Jun Hamamoto who organized classrooms! Kamita, Grant Ikeda, Henry the lunch and recruited many par- October was a very busy month! Abrahamson, Alyssa Cho, ent volunteers in the kitchen who Dharma School students worked on Madison Suko, Martha Castro, put together Dirt Pudding (totally making lovely tags and assembling Miya Li, Rachel Hirota, Kelsey yummy), baked a dozen and more our THANK YOU gift to our Keiro- Hirota, and Grant Kamita) who pizzas and tossed a great salad. Special kai members. Our gifts were small were fantastic greeters and chair- Continued on page 5 hand sanitizers wrapped in colorful persons. Good job! towels, and tied in a bow with love. We in the Dharma School are so very grateful to all our Keirokai members who have worked so hard to pro- vide us with a beautiful church and allowed us to teach and learn about Buddhism. We would not be writ- ing this column without you! Arigato. Have you noticed that our Dharma School classes are doing a great job chairing the services? Thank you to the 3rd/4th/5th grade (Sean Yoshida, Colin Kwong, David Medina, Alex Lang, Bryant Lee, and Ben Morgan) who 4 BUSSHIN DECEMBER 2012 Dharma School News

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Gregg and Linda Nakamura – in honor of Brittany’s birthday Moe Neishi – in support of the Halloween party Ron Fujii of Fujii Melons for the donation of grapes and strawberries for the Halloween lunch Lou Minamoto – in appreciation of the Keirokai gift Alice Neishi – in appreciation of the Keirokai gift

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday to our students born in November: Tamiko Cavey, Colin Kwong, thanks to Ron Nomura – our chief And we gratefully acknowledge the Leila Neishi, Tae pizza baker. Thank you to Ron Shimamoto wonderful supporters who made the We wish you all a happy year! Fujii for the delicious grapes and following donations: strawberries. And Thank you to Jensen and Lianne Wong – in honor Pam Kato who made tasty and of Sydney’s birthday very pretty candied apples cov- ered with M&M’s. A fun time was had by all and most especially, was provided by all who were there. Our Dharma School excursion will be November 4th: we are vis- iting the Buddhist Church of San Francisco and the Stupa and having breakfast at their Jr. YBA fundraiser. We’ll tell you more about it next month. And our Season of Grati- tude continues with Thanksgiving, Bodhi Day, mochitsuki, New Year’s, and Hoonko, Shinran Shonin’s memorial. I hope you will be able to join us for all of those occasions. The Dharma School is very grateful for your Osaisen each Sunday.

HOLIDAY GREETINGS 2012-2013

年始挨拶を交換しましょう

2013年の親春も近ずいていまいりました。当仏教会では仏心新年号で恒例の年始挨拶交換をいたします。申し込み欄に年賀の挨拶の言葉を書き入れ、十一月十九日（月）までに仏教会事務所にお届けください。写真（白黒）も入れることができます。これに対するお礼はご懇志として仏教会にお納めくださるようお願い申し上げます。合掌オークランド仏教会年始交換員会門信徒の皆様へ

Your church is now beginning preparations of the 2012-13 "Holiday Greetings" in which we are given the opportunity to extend our personal greetings to all our friends and church family members. As in the past, the purpose of the holiday greetings is to assist you in extending your holiday wishes to your church family during the holiday season. Utilizing this church service does not detract from the spirit of the individual cards you would be sending. Your dana for this service adds to the Roof Renovations Fund. Your message may be in any shape or form -- long or short as you please. If you desire, a clear black and white photo of your family and/or pet(s) may be included. Of course, photos will have to be cut and/or reduced or enlarged in order to utilize the available space. If you would like to advertise your business, send in your business card...BUT ABOVE ALL, BE SURE TO SIGN YOUR NAME(S). Won't you join us in this church family project? Please fill out the form below and mail it back to the church by no later than MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012. This will give the committee ample time to organize, finalize, print and collate the issue and mail it in time for the New Year.

MAIL TO: BUDDHIST CHURCH OF OAKLAND 825 JACKSON STREET OAKLAND, CA 94607-4723 ATTN: HOLIDAY GREETINGS With Gassho, Holiday Greetings Committee ======cut here ======"HOLIDAY GREETINGS 2012-13"

MESSAGE:

ENCLOSURE: (please check) __ PHOTO __ BUSINESSCARD DANA: $ ______

NAMES BUSSHIN DECEMBER 2012 2012 December Shotsuki Memorial Service Service: Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 10:45 a.m.

Family and friends are invited to attend this monthly memorial service for those listed below. If any errors appear in the list below, please notify the church office at (510) 832-5988 at your earliest convenience. For next month’s Shotsuki Service, please see the January calendar...

Mrs. Wakako Adachi Mrs. Margaret Kubota – 33rd year Mrs. Wendy Mitsu Pendro Dr. Larry Aikawa Mr. Myosuke Kuramura Mr. Jun Sasaki Mrs. Yoneko Aochi – 7th year Mr. Torahei Masuoka Mr. Yukichi Sasaki Mrs. Koto Aoyagi Mrs. Matsu Matsui Mr. Mitsuzo Satake Mr. Yasutaro Chiyoda Mr. Chosei Matsui Mrs. Tomino Shigemoto Mrs. Fumie Doi Mrs. Fusako Matsutani Mr. Yoshizo Shimamoto Mr. Goro Endo Mrs. Kinu Matsutani Mr. Masao Shinomoto – 13th year Mr. Fusakichi Fujii Mr. Rokusaburo Miyamoto Mr. Shigeyoshi Suwa Mrs. Carrie Fujii Mr. Masato Mori Mrs. Hatsue Sunagawa Mr. George Fujino Mr. Yoshihisa Mori Mr. Yoshitsugu Takeda Mr. Noboru Fukuchi Mr. Yotaro Najima Mr. Seikatsu Takesaka Mrs. Michiko Fukutomi Mr. Nobori Nakagawa Mrs. Teiko Tamori Miss Emiko Furuta Mr. Toru Tom Nakagawa Mr. Ichiro Tanaka – 17th year Mrs. Toshiko Furuta Mr. Hiroshi Nakai Mr. Masaichi Tanaka Mr. Jay Gluck Mr. Masato Nakao Mrs. Masayo Tani Mrs. Sumie Hiramoto Gluck Mr. Takashi Nakao – 33rd year Mrs. Kusu Tanita – 17th year Mrs. Mutsu Gonda Mr. Seiichi Nakatani Mrs. Mary Tsuboi Mr. Utaro Harada Mr. Eiichi Nakazono Mr. Shozo Tsuboi Mrs. Kinuko Diana Hayashi Mr. Eisaburo Natsuhara Mrs. Ayako Agnes Tsuji Mrs. Osue Hirabayashi Miss Gloria Natsuhara Miss Yumiko Tsujimoto Mr. Fred Hiromoto Mrs. Nobuko Natsuhara Mr. Shigekazu Umemoto Mrs. Fuji Ikeda Miss Masako Neishi Mrs. Kin Usui Mr. Dick Kanzaki Mr. Sadaichi Neishi Mrs. Teruko Uyeno – 13th year Mr. Keishu Kanzaki Mr. George Nobori Mr. George Watanabe Mr. Otokichi Kashima Mr. Don Nomiyama Mr. Yotaro Watanabe Mr. Tamesaku Kataoka Mr. Jerry Nomura Mr. Howard Worrell Mrs. Kiyono Kawabata Mr. Sekinosuke Okai Mrs. Yoshiwo Yabe Mr. Yuji Kawabata Mrs. Mary Fumiye Okamura Mr. Naozo Yago Mrs. Hisa Kawamoto Mr. Shinji Okamura Mr. George Yamaguchi Mrs. Riu Kawaoka Mrs. Hide Okano Mr. Noboru Yamanaka Mrs. Yufu Kisanuki Mrs. Kimiyo Okawachi Mr. Takefumi Yasuda Mr. Keisaburo Koda Mr. Takashi Okawachi Mrs. Masae Yokomizo Mr. Kazuo Koizumi Mr. Keiji Onizuka Mrs. Nobuye Nowie Yokomizo Mr. Takehei Kono Mrs. Jane Otsuka Mr. Yonekichi Yokomizo Mr. Heitaro Kosobayashi Mr. Tomio Otsuka

7 NEW YEAR’S OMOCHI ORDER FORM

The traditional New Year’s Omochi will be prepared by the Buddhist Church of Oakland on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2012 from 7:00 a.m. The Omochi is being offered to members and the public on a donation basis as listed on the order form below. For procurement of the necessary ingredients, ONLY THOSE ORDERS RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 10th will be honored as ordered. Orders placed after this date will be filled according to availability. LAST MINUTE REQUESTS on the day of mochi tsuki will not be filled until all pre-orders have been filled.

In order for the marketing and packaging crew to accurately fill your order, an order form has been provided for you below. Please note that there is a space for you to note the approximate desired pick-up time. Also, a space has been provided for the name of the individual who will be picking up your order. It is requested that orders be picked up between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Members are urged to invite supporters, where this form is not sent, to place orders with the church at (510) 832-5988. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday.

* * * * * CUT HERE * * * * * ORDER FORM BUDDHIST CHURCH OF OAKLAND 825 JACKSON STREET OAKLAND, CA 94607-4723 DATE ______

NAME ______

ADDRESS ______CITY ZIP TELEPHONE ______

I will pick-up my order at ______p.m.

My order will be picked-up by (NAME)______

DESCRIPTION UNIT UNIT PRICE X QTY Ordered = $ AMOUNT NOSHI MOCHI (3 lbs) PC $7.00 X = KAGAMI MOCHI (large 1 ½ lbs.) SET $4.00 X = KAGAMI MOCHI (small ¾ lbs.) SET $2.75 X = KOMOCHI LB $3.25 X = ANKO MOCHI LB $4.00 X =

*PLEASE SEND AMOUNT TO OFFICE WITH THIS FORM TOTAL *AMOUNT $ BUSSHIN DECEMBER 2012 DECEMBER 2012 ~ December 2012 ~ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Gakuen Issei Kaikan, 9:00-12:00 pm

Busshin Articles Due

2 OBWA 3 Line Dancing 4 5 Board of 6 Momijikai, Little 7 8 Meeting Social Hall, 1:00- Directors Meeting Chapel, Gakuen 9:00-10:00 am 2:30 pm Little Chapel, 10:00 am-2:00 pm Issei Kaikan, Family Dharma Karaoke 7:00-9:00 pm 9:00-12:00 pm Service Social Hall, 7:30- Gakuen (Adult) Installation of 9:00 pm Little Chapel, Ikebana, Social OBWA Officers & 6:00-8:00 pm Hall Bonenkai 2:00-4:00 pm 10:00-10:45 am Shotsuki Service 10:45-11:30 am

9 Bodhi Day 10 Line Dancing 11 EBYAL 12 Evening 13 Concord 14 15 Gakuen Service Social Hall, 1:00- Issei Kaikan, Dharma Service & Howakai Issei Kaikan, 10:00-10:45 2:30 pm 7:30-9:00 pm Discussion 7:00-8:30 pm 9:00-12:00 pm Adult Study Karaoke 7:00-8:30 pm

10:45-11:30 am Social Hall, 7:30- Gakuen (Adult) Anko Prep Jr YBA fundraiser 9:00 pm Little Chapel, Social Hall/main 6:00-8:00 pm Kitchen 9:00-12:00 pm 16 Mochitsuki 17 Line Dancing 18 19 20 Momijikai, 21 22 No Gakuen 6:00 am-6:00 pm Social Hall, 1:00- Little Chapel, 2:30 pm 10:00 am-2:00 pm Busshin Collation Karaoke – Youth Club Social Hall, 7:30- Gakuen (Adult) 9:00 pm Little Chapel, 6:00-8:00 pm

23 No Service 24 25 Christmas 26 27 28 29 No Gakuen Holiday (Office Closed)

30 31 New Years Notes: Omigaki/Hondo Eve Service, 8:00- Cleaning, 9:00- 9:00 pm 11:30 am

9 BUSSHIN DECEMBER 2012 JANUARY 2013 ◄ December ~ January 2013 ~ February ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 Happy New Year! Busshin Articles Due Momijikai, Little Chapel Gakuen / New Year’s (Office Closed) 10:00 am-2:00 pm Party Social Hall, 9:00-1:00 New Year’s Day Board of Directors pm Service, 11-12 pm Meeting, Little Chapel, 7:00 pm

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 OBWA Meeting Line Dancing, EBYAL Evening Dharma Hiroshima Kenjinkai Gakuen 9:00-10:00 am; Little Social Hall, 1:00-2:30 Issei Kaikan, 7:00-9:00 Service & Discussion, Prep Issei Kaikan, Chapel pm pm 7:00-8:30 pm Social Hall, 1:00-3:00 9:00-12:00 pm pm Family Dharma Hiroshima Kenjinkai Service, OBWA Officer New Year’s Celebration Installation, 10-10:45 Social Hall, 12:30-4:00 am pm

Shotsuki Service, Ikebana 10:45-11:30 Issei Kaikan, 2:00-4:00 pm Concord Howakai – New Year’s Dinner Location & Time: TBD

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Ho-onko Service Wanto Shodo Kai Momijikai, Little Chapel Gakuen 10-11:30 am Issei Kaikan, 10:00 am-2:00 pm Issei Kaikan, Otoki – Toban A 10 am-12 Noon 9:00-12:00 pm 11:30-12:30 pm Line Dancing, Busshin Collation- Social Hall, 1:00-2:30 Board pm

Karaoke, Social Hall, 7:30-9:30 pm

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Family Dharma Service Martin Luther King Day Gakuen 10-10:45 am (Office Closed) Issei Kaikan, Adult Study 9:00-12:00 pm 10:45-11:30 am Karaoke, Social Hall, Ashland Howakai New 7:30-9:30 pm Year’s Service

27 28 29 30 31 Notes: Family Dharma Service Wanto Shodo Kai Busshin Articles Due 10-10:45 am Issei Kaikan, Adult Study 10 am-12 Noon Asian Health Services 10:45-11:30 am Monthly Meeting Line Dancing, Social Hall, 9:00 am- Oakland-Fukuoka Social Hall, 1:00-2:30 12:00 pm Sister City Association- pm New Year’s Dinner; Social Hall; Karaoke, Social Hall, 5:00-8:00 pm 7:30-9:30 pm

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