January 2019 P.O. Box 188, Makawao, Maui, HI 96768 Office Phone: (808) 572-7229
E-mail: [email protected] Website: makawaohongwanji.org Resident Minister: Rev. Kerry Kiyohara
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2019 Sunday, Jan. 20, 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. HO-ONKO SERVICE GANTANGANTAN----eeee Refreshments: Sweet Peas NEW YEAR’S DAY SERVICE Sunday, Jan. 27, 9:00 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, 9:00 a.m. DHARMA FAMILY SERVIE FIRST SUNDAY DHARMA FAMILY SERVICE Refreshments: American Beauty Rose CHILDREN’S DHARMA SCHOOL Refreshments: Water Lilies Welcome to 2019! Sunday, Jan. 13, 9:00 a.m. SHINNENKAI INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS NEW YEAR’S PARTY
SHINNENKAI - NEW YEAR’S PARTY Join us for Dharma Service, Installation of Officers, entertainment in the Social Hall, door prizes, and FOOD!!! It all begins at 9 a.m., Sunday, January 13, 2019. Let’s bring in the new year with our Sangha, family, and friends! New Year’s Greeting
At the beginning of this New Year, I would like to extend my warmest greetings to you all. Last year, Japan was hit by frequent natural disasters like torrential rains, typhoons, and earthquakes. Other countries including Indonesia and the US were also visited by devastating earthquakes, tsunamis, and major hurricanes. I would like to convey my deepest condolences to those who lost their lives through the natural disasters and express my sympathy to everyone affected. We must also never forget that armed conflicts and terror attacks as well as severe starvation is making it difficult to live and lives are being lost every day. In my message entitled, A Way of Living as a Nembutsu Follower which I presented on October 1, 2016, the first day of the Commemoration on the Accession of the Jodo Shinshu Tradition, I have stated, “by trying to live according to the Buddha Dharma, …we can live to the best of our ability, aspiring to live up to the Buddha’s Wish.” In agreement with this proposal, beginning last April, our organization has launched a campaign against poverty under the slogan, “Dana for World Peace— overcoming poverty to nurture our children.” Unable to part from our self-centered mentality, we are simply foolish beings, incapable of attaining supreme enlightenment through our own strength. It is all through the salvific working of Amida Tathagata that we are enabled to realize our selfishness. Furthermore, because of this self-awareness, with the hope of responding to the Buddha’s boundless compassion even just a little, we are enabled to aspire for everyone’s happiness and make a sincere effort in dealing with the many difficult problems of bitter reality in this world. In this New Year, as we receive the Dharma and recite the Nembutsu, let us make every effort to acknowledge and cope with the reality we face.
January 1, 2019
OHTANI Kojun Monshu Jodo Shinshu Hong
2 Aloha Kakou and Happy New Year! “NAMO AMIDA BUTSU”
Our Theme & Slogan for 2019 is Embrace Change: Transformation (Walk in Peace). It is our last year with the theme of “Embrace Change.” Have you noticed a change in yourself? Have you noticed a change in our organization (Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii/Hawaii Kyodan)? Have you noticed a change in the world? Indeed, these are complex and challenging questions to answer. Perhaps an answer we can all agree upon is “Not enough.” Yes, how difficult it is to change for the better because my ego continues to get in the way. An important aspect of “Walking in Peace” is to become aware of my limited self, but rest assured that there is hope. A great hope, the encouragement of Namo Amida Butsu, The -Buddha’s-Name-That-Calls (Myogo) and The-Buddha’s-Name-Which-I-Call (Nembutsu). Amida Buddha fully understands the plight of this spiritually foolish “I” full of imperfections and thus reaches out, unconditionally, vowing never to forsake with the promise of attaining the Perfect Peace of Nirvana with birth in the Pure Land of Enlightenment (at the end of this finite life). However, the journey of “Walking in Peace” begins from the moment when True Entrusting occurs. A Foremost Scholar of Jodo Shinshu the late Rev. Jitsuen Kakehashi explains “The “turning of the heart” means forsaking the human-centered way of thinking and placing the teaching of the Tathagata at the center of our thought. Being saved means that with the Dharma-centered values, a new view of life is established in ourselves.” “In our daily life, we are liable to be dictated by self-centered thoughts, but in the mind of Nembutsu practicers who are saddened and pained by this reality, there is a recurring transformation in which with the heart and mind of the Tathagata’s great wisdom and great compassion, we come to look back at our own thoughts and behaviors.” “…we come to reflect on our self-centered thoughts, reject our blind passions and make efforts to see things and live our lives in a way that can be approved by the Tathagata.” As I have often emphasized, the life of a Shin Buddhist is one of responding in gratitude to the unprecedented and unparalleled Wisdom and Compassion of Namo Amida Butsu by reciting the Nembutsu in awareness, joy and gratitude that I am embraced just as I am with all my limitations and we try to live our life guided by the Dharma in grateful response to Unconditional Compassion until our life culminates (at death) with our entering the Pure Land of Perfect Peace and Happiness at which time the ultimate transformation to Perfect Buddhahood occurs. Or, more simply, out of gratitude, as The Golden Chain of Love shares “I will try to think pure and beautiful thoughts, to say pure and beautiful words and to do pure and beautiful deeds knowing that on what I do now depends not only my happiness or unhappiness, but also that of others. May every link in Amida Buddha’s Golden of Love be bright and strong and may we all attain Perfect Peace.” In 2019, embraced, nurtured and inspired by the Buddha’s 12 Lights, may we be encouraged to contribute towards a more peaceful, compassionate and harmonious world until we enter the “Land of Immeasurable Light” and the “Land of All-Knowing Wisdom” only to find “my” enlightened Great Self returning (from Pure Land of Peace) to aid others in their quest for the Perfect Peace of Nirvana. Namo Amida Butsu (Entrusting in All-Inclusive Wisdom and All-Embracing Compassion).
In Gassho/Anjali,
Eric T. Matsumoto
3 President’s Message
Embrace Change: Transformation (Walk in Peace)
It is my hope that the 2019 theme speaks to all of us personally. At the heart of the theme is the call for us to transform ourselves and from this profound change to walk in peace. The transformation we seek is borne out of awareness. As our awareness allows us to see, hear and feel with clarity, we come to know all that is given to us in our lives. Our appreciation of life itself becomes a real and true experience. And when we become aware of the preciousness of our lives, the ordinary is transformed into a miracle of perfection. This is the transformation we seek: to see our lives as miracles because of the forces and people known and unknown have created the causes and conditions for us to be alive in this very moment. In these moments of transformation, we can only say, Namo Amida Butsu. And it is in this instant we walk in peace. The reality is that these moments of transformation are short-lived because our self-centered egos wrench us back to attend to our attachments and our unreasonable desires. But this should not deter us from being open to the next moment of transformation and the next and the next, even though they may be so short-lived, for each is a step in peace. As 2019 unfolds one day from another, it is my hope that we will all find perfection in ordinary moments and in that perfection a profound appreciation for our lives. In that morning cup of coffee, in the smile of the cashier at the supermarket, in the “shaka” sign of a grateful motorist you allowed to merge into traffic, in the quiet loneliness of an empty house, in the Sunday morning greeting of a fellow temple member, in the laughter of your child, in the glow of the setting sun, I hope you feel the perfection of life, the perfection of your life. I hope in that instant your life is no longer ordinary but is transformed into a miracle. And I hope you walk in peace with the only sound on your lips, “Namo Amida Butsu.” Such is my hope for you in 2019.
Namo Amida Butsu Pieper J. Toyama, President
4 NEW YEAR’S ASPIRATION
Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! Happy New Year! ͒u¢{n¥jxzh¢ }ᜏĜʓ̕ȱ᱂QProspero Nuevo Año! Selamat Tahun Baru!
Mimy and I would like to wish you all a new year filled with joy, gratitude, laughter, and peace of mind.
In Japan, the New Year is the most important of holidays. It is a time when virtually everyone returns to their hometown to be with family over the three days of national holidays.
The formal Japanese greeting is, “akemashite omedetou gozaimasu” or “felicitations on the ‘opening’ of the new year” and is traditionally followed by, “honnen mo douzo yoroshiku onegai itashimasu!” or “In this year, may (I/ we) continue to receive your kind consideration!”
There are many traditions, including hatsumode, first visit to a shrine on New Year’s Day to ask the kami gods for their benevolence in the coming year; hatsuyume, first dream of the year, and hatsuhinode, first sunrise.
O-sechi ryori is the traditional New Year cuisine, which consists of many dishes prepared days in advance, foods that will keep for the three-day holidays. Many of the foods are symbolic of wishes for happiness such as konbu seaweed from the verb yorokobu, to be happy; kuromame black beans, which represent a wish to become mame or diligent; and kazunoko herring roe, a wish for many healthy babies.
New Year’s Day would not be complete without eating “o-zoni” soup with mochi rice cakes, often with the family toasting each other with o-toso, an herb-infused sake rice wine.
On New Year’s Eve, Joya-no-kane is a Buddhist tradition of ringing the large bonshou temple bell 108 times, to remind us of the 108 bonnou “blind passions” that bind us as human beings to samsara, this world of ego-centric delusion. The sound of temple bells ringing solemnly around one’s neighborhood, and across the city, is a poignant reminder of reality as-it-is.
“The bell of the Gion Temple tolls into every man’s heart to warn him that all is vanity and evanescence.”
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Another tradition is eating toshikoshi soba or “passing the year” buckwheat noodles.
Sending nenga New Year greeting cards to arrive on January 1st is a massive undertaking both in terms of writing cards to family, friends, business associates, teachers, etc., but also for Japan Post, who hires thousands of seasonal workers to sort the cards, and for postal workers to deliver them simultaneously across 5 Continued from Page 5
The first day of the three-day holiday is devoted to immediate family and relatives, usually gathering at the house of the eldest member of the family. The second day is spent visiting friends at their home or welcoming friends in one’s home, and the third day is spent visiting business partners, community leaders, and other important relationships.
In comparison, the American tradition of drinking too much champagne on New Year’s Eve and then nursing a hangover and watching football on New Year’s Day is very straightforward!
Another interesting Americanism is the tradition of making New Year resolutions. We resolve to study harder, get that promotion, lose weight, be nicer to people, or finally take a vacation.
If you’re like me, however, it’s really, really hard to actually achieve any New Year resolutions, a reality to which my Santa Buddha belly will attest (ho-ho-ho!).
As Buddhists, the “opening” of a New Year is a time to reflect upon the benevolence of others—how lucky we are to be surrounded by kind and gentle people in our lives: family, friends, Sangha temple community, and how wonderful it is to be allowed to live in harmony with the greater community, the ‘ohana of our neighbors, on the island of Maui!
How inconceivable are the causes and conditions of our lives such that we, just as we are, have encountered the Nembutsu teachings in this unrepeatable life, just as it is!
When we truly hear the voice of Amida Buddha calling to us, “find refuge in Great Compassion and Wisdom,” is when we begin to realize we are already embraced by the Nembutsu, never to be abandoned— not despite our limitations but precisely because we are just average, unexceptional human beings bumbling through life, taking for granted so many kindnesses, ignoring the wonder of life, and never truly expressing the gratitude we feel in our heart of hearts.
When we are brought to the awakening of our heart-and-mind of non-discrimination and unconditional compassion is when our eyes become able to see Amida’s Compassion and Wisdom working in our lives as life unfolds naturally, convenient or inconvenient as it may be.
Shinran Shōnin teaches that this awakening is shinjin, that shinjin is the assurance of Birth into the Pure Land, that Birth in the Pure Land is realization of the perfect peace of Nirvana, that we become One with Amida Buddha, all-inclusive Wisdom and all-embracing Compassion, and return to this world of delusion, guiding all people to True and Real Life.
Shinran teaches that the assurance of Birth in the Pure Land is settled in this life, that the “life after we awaken to the embrace of shinjin” is one of joy, gratitude, and humbleness in appreciation of the gift of life, the gifts we receive from other people, and the benevolence of Amida Buddha for creating the Path of Nembutsu.
Thus, the “after-life” is not about going to the Pure Land when we die but rather begins when we awaken to the embrace of Amida’s Compassion and Wisdom in this life.
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Embraced by Amida’s Vow to guide all beings to Awakening and expressing our gratitude by saying Namo Amida Butsu, shinjin comes to each of us naturally, when the causes and conditions of our individual lives and the great Compassion and Wisdom of Amida Buddha bring shinjin to fruition in our lives, just as we are.
So instead of making a list of soon-to-be-broken resolutions for the New Year, let us aspire to live the Way of the Buddha and repeat this aspiration every day in 2019.
Let us try to be grateful for this moment together, united by our aspiration to see the world as-it-is, not as- we-would-like-it-to-be, so that we may alleviate suffering for all beings.
Let us try to be wise so that we can see both sides of conflict with clarity, and not insist that we alone are right.
Let us try to be compassionate so that we can help all people without discrimination or judgement.
Let us try to be kind and gentle to every living thing and protect all those who are weaker than ourselves.
Let us try to allow the Aloha in our hearts to manifest as Mahalo for the great ‘Ohana of Life, and the blessings of the ‘Aina.
In the Hongwanji tradition, we express our gratitude for All-Inclusive Wisdom and All-Embracing Compassion in this unrepeatable life by placing our palms together, bowing our heads, and saying Namo
7 HAPPY NEW YEAR Wishing all of you a wonderful, safe and healthy new year. On behalf of the temple’s Council Board Officers, Resident Minister, Directors, and Advisors….Thank you for supporting our temple and helping our Sangha members. We look forward for your continuous help and presence at temple. Arigato!!! Please join us for Sunday Dharma Services and our six major services. Everyone is welcome to listen to Rev. Kerry’s Buddhism 101 classes…..It’s Free. Wednesday evenings at 6:00 p.m. Please check out our temple calendar of activities….we added Yoga classes for your health on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. after Enhanced Fitness Class. You can enjoy a cup of coffee and talk story after morning chanting with Rev. Kerry on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:30 a.m. Be well and safe. See you guys around temple. NamuAmidaButsu Floyd
Who Am I A Sangha Volunteer I wasn’t an “A” student in school. Far from being on the Honor Roll List. I made it through high school and went to a 4 year Business College. I received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. I enlisted in the U.S. Army and spent a year In- Country, Viet Nam. After being honorably discharged from the Army, I started my work career as a banker. No, I didn’t become the CEO. I left the bank and got a job in retailing. I moved on from that job to start my self-employed business as a Licensed Massage Therapist. I am not good in writing articles nor good with computer work. Drawing a straight line with a straight edge ruler has some curves. I measure 3 times and hope I’d written down the measurements correctly before cutting the lumber…..Good thing there is stuff like caulking to cover up holes and my mistakes. As requested in my previous messages, if you are a handyman who can repair things, our temple can use your skills. If you are able to use the computer, the Funeral and Nokotsudo Committee can use your help with data input and assisting with funerals. Yard maintenance and just tidying up our campus to make it safe and beautiful for all who come visit us would be wonderful. I thank you in advance for picking up the empty water bottle or the empty can of soda left on the ground or bench as you walk past by. How’s about that piece of paper taking a sun bath and relaxing on the ground. Hopefully, someone would pick it up and place it in the trash can. With much appreciation. Some of you are great cooks and bakers. Here at temple, we can use your help……need not be Sangha Member. Just come as you are. We have lots of work stations that you can join in during our many events and fundraisers. Hey, it might be your lucky day………to take charge of or be the assistant of an event or project. Some of you are great leaders, administrators and organizers. Would you be able to come on board as a council officer or a committee co-chair? We need young future leaders for our temple. Think about it. Let’s talk story. Call me. Thank you and Mahalo! Floyd 8 IN MEMORIAM
Makawao Hongwanji Mission extends its deepest sympathy to families that have recently lost a loved one: Family of the Late Mr. Howard Matsunaga(82) who passed away on December 4, 2018.
January & February 2019 Memorial Anniversaries
(Please call Temple Office to schedule your service - 572-7229)
1st Year Memorial Service 2018 1st Year Memorial Service 2018 January 05 Rhodie Fuyumi Masusako February - None
3rd Year Memorial Service 2017 3rd Year Memorial Service 2017 January 10 Nadao Makimoto February 03 June Fusako Hironaka January 24 Masaya Kametani February 23 Narue Nitahara January 28 Jason Mitsuaki Kawahara February 24 Gladys Toshiko Ushijima
7th Year Memorial Service 2013 7th Year Memorial Service 2013 January - None February 05 Hisako Yamashita February 23 Celene Mariko Yi Tsai
13th Year Memorial Service 2007 13th Year Memorial Service 2007 January 06 Mitsuo Honda February 05 Sueko Matsunaga January 10 James Tanaka February 07 Akira Hedani January 11 Robert Taniguchi February 08 Ethel Mitsue Okazaki January 15 Sueko Sameshima February 16 Yoshimi Uchiyama January 17 Clara Masae February 20 Mitsie Mitsuko Abe January 25 Jean Chikuko Shimahara
17th Year Memorial Service 2003 17th Year Memorial Service 2003 January 07 Robert Tsuguyoshi Migita February 02 Masako Noda February 04 Waichi Kunimitsu
25th Year Memorial Service 1995 25th Year Memorial Service 1995 January 04 Kiyoko Tagawa February - None
33rd Year Memorial Service 1987 33rd Year Memorial Service 1987 January 05 Teruko Morishige February 15 Kamato Naka Ato January 21 Masao Yobu February 24 Robert Kazunobu Enoki
50th Year Memorial Service 1969 50th Year Memorial Service 1969 January 17 Tane Sasaoka February - None
9 Donations - Makawao Hongwanji Mission can operate only because of the generous donations from many, many people. All donations are humbly received with sincere gratitude and appreciation. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO HAVE YOUR DONATION PRINTED IN THE NEWSLETTER OR IF YOU WISH TO HAVE YOUR DONATION LISTED AS ANONYMOUS, PLEASE INDICATE SO BY ATTACHING A NOTE TO YOUR CONTRIBUTION. Thank You!
Contributions November 22, 2018 to December 22, 2018
DONATION: Yoga Class In memory of Fujiko Tanaka – Kay Correa Eitaikyo service – Betsy Matsumura, Marion Morikawa, Alice Sugimura, Lyman and Marilyn Morikawa Social Concerns – Calvin and Sharon Higuchi, Bobbi and Ray Nakagawa, Lillian Kobayashi, Marion Morikawa, Betsy Matsumura, Alice Sugimura, Janice Watanabe, Paul and Hedy Sentani, Joann Wong, Diane Kosaka, Andrew and Betty Hirose, Floyd and Sharon Nagoshi, Janet Kamasaki, Lyman and Marilyn Morikawa Garage Sale donation – Anonymous, Alice Sugimura, Sharon and Calvin Higuchi
NOKOTSUDO: In memory of Roy and Violet Onikama – Ione Faye Isobe
OFUSE: 33RD year memorial service for Kanichi Shimoto – Family of Kanichi Shimoto Funeral for Howard Matsunaga – Family of Howard Matsunaga
GOLDEN CHAIN OF LOVE
I am a link in Amida Buddha’s Golden Chain of Love that stretches around the world. I must keep my link bright and strong.
I will try to be kind and gentle to every living thing and protect all who are weaker than myself.
I will try to think pure and beautiful thoughts, to say pure and beautiful words, and to do pure and beautiful deeds, knowing that on what I do now depends not only my happiness or unhappiness, but also that of others.
May every link in Amida’s Gold Chain of Love be bright and strong, and may we all attain perfect peace.
10 MAKAWAO HONGWANJI PRESCHOOL
The cute children of our MHM Preschool came to entertain our Senior Program with their many songs for the holidays. It was amazing that they memorized the words to so many songs. They sang with gusto and joy, with big smiles on their faces. At the end of the songs the children gave everyone their handmade ornaments. This was the dress rehearsal for their performance the next day at the preschool. Thank you, preschoolers! The children also made a poster of handprint Christmas tree for Rev. Kerry which hangs at the inside entrance to Temple.
Busy, busy, busy! The Preschool Board members and friends spent a morning trimming hedges and cutting down weeds in preparation for paving of the parking lot to be done during the winter break. It’ll be very nice to have a nice new parking lot . Thank you, everyone, for your help!
11 MHBT COUNCIL MEETING December 9, 2018
Treasurer’s Report: Report submitted.
Unfinished Business: 1. Long Range Ad Hoc: Report submitted. 2. Peach Lot Development: Report submitted. 3. C.O.R. Committee: Report Submitted. 4. Commercial Use of Kitchen: St. Joseph Church April-May 2019. Rev. Kerry motioned to have no charges for this one-time use, motion carried. 5. Replacement of Audio System: Rev. Kerry to research product and services. 6. AED Units for Temple: Units have been purchased and donated by Clyde and Glenn Hamai.
New Business - Hawaii Federation Jr. YBA Meeting: Will be held at Makawao Buddhist Temple from January 20-21, 2019. Social Hall, kitchen, minister’s residence (shower) will be utilized.
Minister’s Report - Six people attended the Project Dana meeting with Cyndi Osajima on December 5. Glenna Smith has indicated that she will be interim coordinator until a permanent one is found.
Affiliate Organizations: 1. BWA: Proceeds from Senior Fair spent on minister’s residence window coverings. Balance will be donated to Dharma School and Jr. YBA. 2. Dharma School: Students made leaf rubbings from Bodhi Tree leaves for Bodhi Day. 3. Boy Scouts: Three scouts were escorts for the Chrysanthemum Festival on Dec. 8. Floyd Nagoshi is the chartered representative for Troop 18. 4. Jr. YBA: MHBT will host the Hawaii Federation Jr. YBA meeting Jan. 20-21, 2019. YESS Camp is set for Feb. 16-18, 2019 at Camp Kokokahi. Applications will be given to Jr. members.
Committee Reports: 1. V.P. Activities: Report submitted. 2. Reports & Maintenance: Report submitted. 3. Membership: 145 paid members (families). Reminder of outstanding dues sent via letters, emails as well as announcements in newsletters. 12 have not paid. We will report only paid members to Honpa by Dec. 15, 2018.
(Full Council Minutes and reports can be obtained from Temple Office.)
“HAPPY 2019”
12 Winter Garage Sale Breaks Records
Happy Holidays to All! Thank you, thank you, thank you to All!!! Our Winter Garage Sale on December 1st was another record success! Throughout the day 1,016 happy bargain hunters scurried about to find the best deals in furniture, plants, books, toys, housewares, vintage collectibles, rummage clothing and art works. From our kitchen hot items such as our famous chili and rice, hot dogs and hot bisquits and coffee warmed everyone’s tummies. In our Country Store, Sushi, Sweet Potato Manju, Lilikoi Manju, Sanbai zuke, farm fresh vegetables, fruits and hand-sewn craft items were quick sellers. It seemed like a Makawao Hongwanji Black Friday event with the first shopper arriving at 4:45 a.m. for the 7:00 a.m. opening! Each year, with such growing enthusiasm for our garage sale, our hard working garage sale elves work long and hard with jolly good cheer for the two weeks prior. Thank you to all our Section Leaders.… Andy Hirose, Furniture; Betty Hirose, knick/knacks; Richard Blue,Hardware; Amy Blue & Alison Nakagawa, Rummage; Jean Nishida, Housewares & Crafts; Sandy & Mel Taketa & Joanne Wong, Jewelry; Sharon Nagoshi, Toys; Ray Nakagawa, Tents/Facilities; Bobbi Nakagawa, Sanbaizuke; Glenn & Kathy Hamai, Appliances; Clyde Hamai, Electronics; Jan Kinoshita & Ann Wallner, Books; Sharon & Calvin Higuchi, Plants & Facilities; Fred Wong & Diane Nako, Bankers; Marilyn Morikawa, Country Store; Diane Kosaka, Food Concession; Floyd Nagoshi, Parking; Glenna Smith, Clearance; Paul Nishida, Boxes & Trash Disposal. So many things going on and so much to think about. But what we always think about most...is EATING! This year we were so fortunate to have Mimi Kiyohara volunteering in one of the most important jobs of all…getting lunch ready for the workers everyday! That really helped free Karen & I for other jobs. Thank you especially to all the workers who brought wonderful dishes to share. I can’t name all the names here, but know that it was so appreciated! Thanks also to Glenna Smith for making sure we had healthy vegetarian choices too. Then on the big day, with about 100 volunteer workers to feed, we were ever so fortunate to have Carol Yamamura prepare such a great feast for the workers. Truly, the great meals dropped off by volunteers daily, and lunch cooked in-house for the sale day, make the Garage Sale such a joyful event!!! Although everyone has their own areas of responsibilities, everyone pitches in wherever and whenever needed. Thanks to all the scouts and Judo affiliates and parents who came out to help set up and clean up. If you would like to volunteer for the 4th of July Sale, come on over. We need everybody to make this a successful event each year. AND WHAT A HUGE SUCCESS IT WAS!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE…AND TO ALL…GOOD JOB!!!... ARIGATO!!!
13 MHBT GENERAL CLEAN-UP DAY Thanks to everyone, we can now bring in the new year with a clean campus. Workers of all ages came out to clean, sweep, trim, wash, paint, and did whatever was needed. Then we ate !
SENIOR PROGRAM - For our annual holiday luncheon, the seniors were first entertained by the preschools of Makawao Hongwanji Preschool. Then we all helped make party favors for the upcoming shinnenkai. Finally, we had a great feast to celebrate the holiday!
14 MAKAWA Jr. YBA HIGHLIGHTS 2017-2018 Our three dynamic Jr.’s: Kai & Kaylie Okuni and Jaimee Yokoyama… small in number but powerful in Dana SPIRIT… accomplished in 2017 and 2018 the following:
Cookie bake for the HBY (Hawaii Buddhist Youth) project. Beach clean up, the Blue Zones Project. Kahului Obon shaved ice/drinks. YESS (Young Enthusiastic Shinshu Seekers) held at Camp Palehua. Hawaii Federation State Jr. YBA Conference in Hilo. SPAM tower project Maui United BWA Joint Conference September 2018 at Ala Moana Hotel. Salvation Army Bell Ringing at Safeway Kahului.
Along with the Maui United Jr. YBA members, they are embracing our community by their selfless giving and enthusiasm. Thank you, our sangha members, for your continued support!
MHBT MOCHI TSUKI
15 2019 SUNDAY SERVICES CALENDAR – MAKAWAO BUDDHIST TEMPLE (Sunday Services begin 9:00 am or as noted, BOLD are major services) (Dates subject to change)
January 1 (Tues) Shusho-e New Year Day Service January 6 First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service, Dharma School January 13 Dharma Family Service & Installation of Officers, 9:00 am, New Year Party, 10:30 January 20 Goshoki Ho-onko Shinran Shōnin Memorial Service January 27 Dharma Family Service
February 3 First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service, Dharma School. Scout Sunday February 10 Dharma Family Service February 17 Nehan-e Nirvana Day Service February 24 Dharma Family Service
March 3 First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service, Dharma School 130th Anniversary of Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii March 10 Dharma Family Service March 17 Dharma Family Service March 24 Shunki Higan-e Spring Higan Service March 31 Dharma Family Service, Memorial Bell Service
April 7 Maui Hanamatsuri Association Service, 9:00 am (Wailuku Community Center) April 14 Hanamatsuri, First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service, Dharma School April 21 Dharma Family Service April 28 Eshin-ni / Kakushin-ni Service
May 5 First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service, Dharma School May 12 Parents Day Service May 19 Maui District Fujimatsuri May 26 Gotan-e Shinran Shōnin Birthday Service, Guest Speaker TBD
June 2 First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service, Dharma School End of Year Recognition June 9 Dharma Family Service June 16 Dharma Family Service June 23 Dharma Family Service July 30 Dharma Family Service
July 7 First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service July 14 Dharma Family Service, Kanji-e Obon Service July 21 Summer General Clean-up July 26-27 Obon Dance 7:00 pm, Hatsubon Service 5:00 pm July 28 No Dharma Family Service
August 4 First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service August 11 (TBC) Dharma School Picnic/Activity, No Dharma Family Service August 18 Dharma Family Service August 25 Dharma Family Service
September 1 Dharma Family Service September 8 First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service, Dharma School Grandparents Day Service
September 15 Peace Day Service September 22 Shuki Higan-e Autumn Higan Service September 29 Dharma Family Service
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October 6 First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service, Dharma School October 13 Dharma Family Service October 20 Dharma Family Service October 27 Sunday Fun Day Service (Halloween)
November 3 First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service, Dharma School November 10 Dharma Family Service, Veterans Day Service November 17 Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service November 24 Social Concerns Service
December 1 First Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service, Dharma Family Service December 8 Jodo-e Bodhi Day Service with Guest Speaker (TBD) December 15 Winter General Clean-up December 22 Dharma Family Service December 29 Last Sunday Dharma Family Service December 31 (Tue) Joya-e Year-End Service / New Year’s Eve, 6:00 pm
Other Dates TBA: April-June: Pickled Peach Season Sanbaizuke, Manju, July: Garage Sale and Bazaar Other food preparation December: Garage Sale Mochi-tsuki
Scheduled Activities: Daily Sunrise Service: 6:30-7:30am Dharma Q&A/Talk Story-After Sunday Service 10:30am Shoshinge Chanting & Meditation: MWF 8:30-9:30am Buddhist Study Classes: Wednesday 6-7pm Project Dana Senior Program: 2nd Thursday 9:30am Bodhi Tree Meditation Circle: Saturday 11am Sewing Group: 3rd Wednesday, 8:30am Temple Council Meeting: Monthly, Second Sunday 11:00 am
Other Activities – Call Temple Office (572-7229) for information and times:
COUNTRY STORE – THANK YOU FOR SHARING
Wow!!! there was a lot of stuff at the Country Store on December 1!!! Everybody was so happy to have so much to buy. All in All the success was due to everyone who SHARED. SHARED backyard and farm vegetables and fruits grown with CARE, SHARED baked goods and food items cre- ated with CARE, SHARED craft items sewn with CARE. And above all, SHARED TIME to help during Ga- rage Sale Day. THANK YOU for CARING AND SHARING with Makawao Buddhist Temple. Thank you for vegetables and fruits: Nakamura Farm, Okamura Farm, Robert, Ann, Marilyn, Lynn, Clyde, Diane, Susan. Thank you for baked goods and food: Diane, Mimy, Sharon, Alison, Karen, Gail, Jean, Blanche, Iwa, Diane, Alma, Susan, Julie, Marilyn,. Thank you for crafts: Jean, Jean, Susan, Alison, Amy, Iwa, Lettie, Marilyn, others sorry those I missed. Thank you for your time to help sell: Rogers, Galan, Walther, Tommy, Lettie, Jo-Ann, Sandy, Jandy, Tracy, Ninfa, Tamiko, Marilyn We appreciate all your help to make the December 2018, Country Store a success.
17 January – February 2019
Sun Mon Tu e Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 9:00 am 2 3 8:30 am 4 8:30 am 5 8:30 am New Year’s Fitness Prog Chanting Nokotsudo Cleaning Day Service “Kula” 8:30 am Fitness Prog *Office Closed
6 9:00 am 7 8:30 am 8 8:30 am 9 8:30 am 10 8:30 am 11 8:30 am 12 8:30 am First Sunday Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Clean-up 8:30 am ~ 12:00 noon Dharma Family 2:45 / 3:30 pm “Kula” Sewing Class Japanese School Service 6:00 to 8:45 pm 8:30 am 2:45/3:30 pm 6:00 to 8:45 pm 1/10) & Children’s 6:00 pm Judo Japanese Sch Judo Fitness Prog Dharma School Buddhist Study Class Senior Prog. 10:00 am Yoga
13 9:00 am 14 8:30 am 15 8:30 am 16 8:30 am 17 8:30 am 18 8:30 am 19 8:30 am New Year Party Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Nokotsudo Cleaning & 6:00 pm 2:45/3:30 pm “Kula” Japanese School Installation of 6:00 to 8:45 pm 2:45/3:30 pm Buddhist 8:30 am Officers 6:00 to 8:45 pm Fitness Prog Judo Japanese Sch Study Class Judo 10:00am Yoga 20 9:00 am 21 Office 22 8:30 am 23 8:30 am 24 8:30 am 25 8:30 am 26 8:30 am Goshoki Closed Fitness Prog Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Clean-up Ho-onko *Martin Luther 6:00 pm 2:45/3:30 pm “Kula” King Day Japanese School 8:30 am Service 2:45/3:30 pm Buddhist 6:00 to 8:45 pm Fitness Prog Japanese Sch Study Class Judo 10:00 am Yoga
27 9:00 am 28 8:30 am 29 8:30 am 30 8:30 am 31 8:30 am Family Service Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Fitness Prog 6:00 pm 2:45/3:30 pm Japanese School 6:00 to 8:45 pm 2:45/3:30 pm Buddhist 6:00 to 8:45 pm Judo Japanese Sch Study Class Judo
Sun Mon Tu e Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 8:30 am 2 8:00 am Chanting Nokotsudo Cleaning Haiku,Paia Wailuku Kahului, Haliimaile 8:30 am Fitness Prog 10:00 am Yoga
3 9:00 am 4 8:30 am 5 8:30 am 6 8:30 am 7 8:30 am 8 8:30 am 9 8:00 am First Sunday Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Clean-up Dharma Family 6:00 pm 2:45 / 3:30 pm Haiku,Paia,Wailuku Japanese School Kahului,Haliimaile Service 6:00 to 8:45 pm 2:45/3:30 pm Buddhist 6:00 to 8:45 pm 8:30 am Fitness Prog & Children’s 10:00 am Yoga Judo Japanese Sch Study Class Judo
10 9:00 am 11 8:30 am 12 8:30 am 13 8:30 am 14 8:30 am 15 8:30 am 16 8:00 am Family Service Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Nokotsudo Cleaning Haiku,Paia,Wailuku 6:00 pm 2:45/3:30 pm Japanese School Kahului,Haliimaile 8:30 am Fitness Prog 6:00 to 8:45 pm 2:45/3:30 pm Buddhist 6:00 to 8:45 pm (2/14) 10:00am Yoga Judo Japanese Sch Study Class Judo Senior Prog
17 9:00 am 18 Office 19 8:30 am 20 8:30 am 21 8:30 am 22 8:30 am 23 8:00 am Nehan-E Closed Fitness Prog Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Clean-up 2:45/3:30 PM Haiku,Paia,Wailuku Nirvana *President’s Day 6:00 pm Japanese School Kahului, Haliimaile Day Service 2:45/3:30 pm Buddhist 6:00 to 8:45 pm 8:30 am Fitness Prog Japanese Sch Study Class Judo 10:00 am Yoga 24 9:00 am 25 8:30 am 26 8:30 am 27 8:30 am 28 8:30 am Family Service Chanting Fitness Prog Chanting Fitness Prog 2:45/3:30 pm 6:00 pm Japanese School 6:00 to 8:45 pm 2:45/3:30 pm Buddhist 6:00 to 8:45 pm Judo Japanese Sch Study Class Judo