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NovemberDecember 20152015 初 “Tis the first snow! Who is likely to stay 雪 indoors? -Kikaku や 内 に 居 そ う な 其 人 角 は Bachan by Mika Tamaki Bachan by Mika Tamaki TORONTO BUDDHIST CHURCH a Jodo Shinshu Temple TORONTO BUDDHIST1011 Sheppard Ave West CHURCH Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3H 2T7 a Jodo(416) 534Shinshu-4302 www.tbc.on.ca Temple 1011 Sheppard Ave West Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3H 2T7 GUIDING LIGHT DECEMBER 2015 DECEMBER 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday PLEASE NOTE 1 2 3 4 5 events marked with 10:00 am Tai Chi 11:00 am an asterisk * are 7:00 pm Taiko 2:00 pm Buyo *Funeral Srvc 3:00 pm * PRIVATE and not 7 pm Buyo open to the general Family public Thank You Memorial Service 6 SHOTSUKI 7 8 9 10 11 12 MONTHLY 10:00 am Tai Chi 10:00 am MEMORIAL SERVICE 10:00 am 7:00 pm 2:00 pm *Momiji TBC Senior SANGHA PANCAKE Sr. Karaoke *Management Service Karaoke Party SUNDAY Committee & 2:00 pm Buyo 11:00am * 10:30 am Kid’s Sangha BoD Mtgs 4:00 pm *Yee Hong Family 11:00 am English Srvc Service 7:00 pm Taiko Memorial Srvc 12 noon *Dana Mtg 7:00pm Meditation 7 pm Buyo 1:00 pm Japanese Srvc 13 REGULAR 14 15 16 17 18 19 SERVICE 11:00 am * 11:00 am English 10:00 am 2:00 pm *Castleview Family Service Memorial Service Sr. Karaoke 7:00 pm Taiko 2:00 pm Buyo Service 12:30 pm *Sangha Meeting 4:00pm *Buyo 7 pmBuyo Group Year End Honobono Club event 7:00 pm Meditation Party Osechi Ryori 20 JODOYE 21 22 23 24 25 26 BODHI DAY SERVICE 10:30 am OFFICE OFFICE CLOSED 10:30 am Kid’s *Momiji 事務所は お休みです CLOSED Sangha Community If you have an emergency please contact: 11:00 am Service Meeting at Noon Rev. Yanko 416-602- 事務所は 4849 27 REGULAR 28 1:00 pm 29 30 31 2:00 pm SERVICE Set Social Hall 9:00 am and Wash rice 9:30 pm Dharma Joya E Day MOCHI Service Cafe OFFICE 11:15 pm Joya No TSUKI 11:00 am English CLOSED Kane @ Ontario Service 12:00– 3:30 pm Place 事務所は Pick Up Morning Services are held on the weekdays on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 am –10:30 am when a minister is available. As emergencies do come up, last minute cancellations may occur. Thank You Page 2 GUIDING LIGHT DECEMBER 2015 JANUARY 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday PLEASE NOTE 1 HAPPY 2 NEW YEAR!!! events marked with an asterisk * are 10:00 am PRIVATE and not New Year’s Day Service open to the general 11:00 am New public Years Srvc Thank You ! 1:00 pm New Year Srvc 3 MONTHLY 4 5 6 7 8 9 MEMORIAL SERVICES 10:30 am Kid’s Sangha 11:00 am English Srvc 7:00 pm 7:00 Meditation 12:00 Dana Mtg Taiko 7:00 pm Buyo 1:00 pm Japanese Srvc 10 REGULAR 11 12 13 14 10:00 am Tai 15 16 12:00 pm *Family SERVICE Chi Memorial 11:00 am Service 2:00 pm Buyo Service 7:00 pm 2:00 pm * Momiji 5:00 pm Hoonko Taiko Service Vegetarian Potluck 7:00 pm MC and 4:00 pm * Yee 7:00 PM Hong Service 7:00 pm Hoonko Eve BOD meeting Buyo 7:00 Meditation Service 17 HOONKO 18 19 20 21 10:00 am Tai 22 23 Chi SERVICE & NEW YEAR’S SOCIAL 2:00 pm 10:00 am 7:00 pm 10:30 am Kid’s * Castleview Sr. Karaoke Taiko Sangha 2:00 pm Buyo 7:00 pm Buyo 11:00 am Service 7:00 Meditation 24 REGULAR 25 26 27 28 29 30 SERVICE 7:00 pm 10:00 am Tai Chi 7:00 Buyo 11:00 am Service 10:00 am Taiko TBC AGM Sr. Karaoke 2:00 pm Buyo 31 REGULAR SERVICE 9:30 am Dharma Cafe 11:00 am Service Morning Services are held on week days on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 am—10:30 am when a minister is available. As emergencies do come up, last minute cancellations may occur. Thank You Page 3 GUIDING LIGHT DECEMBER 2015 WHAT IS TEMPLE The annual bazaar is over. It is always a big event on our calendar. Thank you very much for your co-operation. For many days, from early morning, many members came to the temple to prepare. I helped at the raffle draw, I stirred the pot of azuki, and with a fan I cooled down hot rice and chow mein and so on. Because of so many people's hard work, this event was successful once again .I wondered how many volunteers took part including our own staff? I came to be fully aware of how great the existence of our temple was! I'm a minster, so my life centers around matters of the temple, of course. But for you, what is the temple? I guess it is a place for you to come, where you want get some teachings, and also you want to give or share something with someone, even though you have to spend your valuable time. I know that everyone here, are different ages but also have different circumstances and backgrounds. Some people hold fervent religious beliefs, some want to have shinjin, some believe they have shinjin, and some have little interest in shinjin. We are here in various reasons. Some are here from one's childhood, some are here because they happened to find interesting activities here, and so on, for various reasons and by various motivation. I would now like to mention my conclusion today so that you might more easily understand what I want to explain. It is very important for us to be related to the temple. I consider the temple to be a place where people come listen to the Dharma as the most important matter. The temple is not a school or company. Of course, Dharma is not morality (ethic). Dharma is not the rules for our life nor a law. Dharma is Buddha's teaching for us to be awakened. We are unenlightened persons, Bombu. He tried to let us know what the truth is and what is life. Don't confuse religion and morality. Morality is principles concerning right and wrong or good and bad behavior for human society. Human beings made principles,and ethics. Ethics is only for the secular world. Listening to the Dharma is listening to the content of Buddha's awakened wisdom. Do you know of FERDINAND TONNIES (1855-1936), in Germany? His major was sociology. He classified society into two groups. In German, GEMEINSHAFT and GESELLSHAFT. The former, GEMEINSHAFT is a community organization, for example, blood relationship. A typical one is family. The latter GESELLSHAFT is organization for profit. A typical one is a company. Which type is the temple? I can say for sure that it is the former GEMEINSHAFT. Toronto Buddhist Church is here---this fact is entirely due to many people's shinjin. To have shinjin in Buddhism is for one to wish to accept Buddha's awakened wisdom. Personally, I'm eager to have shinjin. I admit my understanding is limited because I'm only a Bombu living in an unenlightened world, so I would like to know the truth that Shakyamuni Buddha showed, that everything is impermanent and everything is interconnected The members at the temple who have real shinjin also want to understand the Dharma that Shakamuni Buddha taught us and so they are thankful for their lives and they respect all life around them. Shinran Shounin said "all beings have been fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, in the timeless process of birth-and-death. " Continued on Page 5 Page 4 GUIDING LIGHT DECEMBER 2015 WHAT IS TEMPLE, cont’d Buddhists at the temple are a group who try to understand life's interconnectedness. The temple is, so to speak, a society, a blood relationship, a family. I say that it is a group of Gemeinshaft. It is a group, caring for each other filled with compassion. 「不妄語戒」 is a Buddhist precepts "don't tell a lie" If one wants to have sincere relationship, it has to be built on honesty. If the temple is a group, like a family, the people at the temple should be honest. If someone at the temple, knows the Dharma, and pretends to have shinjin, but hurts others, one will go to the world like hell as written in the sutras. Listening to the Dharma from the awakened world, we should walk together thorough the unenlightened world, having grateful minds. Last month, my mother came from Japan to see me again. This time, I believed she had a great time, not only cleaning my room, but she enjoyed going to Niagara Falls, tinged with red and yellow leaves. On the way to Toronto in the airplane, she met a couple sitting next to her. They also were going to see their son who was a student at a private English school. Because their son was a teenager, they worried about him living alone in Toronto. My mother suggested that he should visit our temple. She told them I was a minister although I was still green, but said there were so many warm-hearted people there that he was sure to have a chance to make nice a friendship.