2. Buddhaâs Memorial Day Service (Nehan-e)
Sunday, February 11th at 10 a.m.
Nehan-e is the Memorial Day Service for Shakyamuni Buddha. He is the founder of Buddhism.
He passed away at the age of 80 about 2500 years ago on February 15.
âNehanâ is âNirvanaâ in Sanskrit. âNirvanaâ means the state of things
after a fire has been put out. In other words, it means that Shakyamuni
Buddha put out the fire of bad things human beings have in their minds;
such as, anger, confusion, sorrow and so on. Then, he completely reached
Enlightenment on that day. It is said that Shakyamuni Buddha achieved
Enlightenment at the age of 35 and then spent the rest of his life teaching
his wisdom throughout much of northern India. After nearly 45 years of lec-
turing, he and a number of his loyal disciples journeyed toward the place of
his birth. During this journey, Buddha experienced much pain from his illness and knew his time on
earth was coming to an end but still continued to his birthplace. When his pain became unbeara-
ble and he had to stop moving, his disciples prepared a bed for him under a sala tree where he
could rest. He still continued to preach his sermons and told his disciples that they must continue
to practice his teachings and strive for enlightenment.
Thanks to Shakyamuni Buddha, we can live with his wonderful teachings. Shall we express our
great appreciation to Shakyamuni Buddha on this Nehan Service. The service will be held on
Sunday, February 11th at 10:00 am. We look forward to your attendance.
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Information of O-Toba for 2018
Dear Members and Friends of Jodo Mission:
Thank you very much for your support to Jodo Mission. We
hope you are enjoying a very safe and peaceful New Year. Time
passes so quickly! It is time to order your O-Toba.
What is an O-Toba? An O-Toba is a long wooden memorial
tablet with the name or names of your ancestors written to honor
them.
We will soon send you an O-Toba order form to order
your O-Toba for O-Bon 2018.
Because of the Templeâs busy summer schedule, the deadline to order your O-Toba
is Thursday, March 1st. Our O-Bon services will be held on July 13-15 (Fri-Sun).
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
In Gassho,
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
3. 1. When Someone Passed Away
Death
â
Medical examination
â
Call for a minister
â
Makuragyo (Bedside service)
â
Call for a mortuary
â
Body pick-up
â
Meeting with the funeral director at the
mortuary
â
Viewing service
â
Cremation
â
FUNERAL with the first 7th
day service
â
49th day service
Burial service
â
Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service
â
1 year memorial service
2. When Someone Is Very Close To Death
Call for a minister
â
Rinju Gyogi (Last rites)
â
Death
â
Medical examination
â
Call for a mortuary
â
Body pick-up
â
Meeting with the funeral director at the
mortuary
â
Viewing service
â
Cremation
â
FUNERAL with the first 7th
day service
â
49th day service
Burial service
â
Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) serviceâ
â
1 year memorial service
VISION FOR THE FUTURE (5)
By Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii has a very unique cultural background.
In Japan, Buddhist customs differ from village to village, town to town,
prefecture to prefecture. This is because Buddhism has been localized to fit
to the custom in each area. Since Japanese immigrants came to Hawaii from the various
regions of Japan, ceremonial customs are different according to the area where the family
came from. However, as time passes, those customs are becoming unclear and more con-
fusing for the younger generations. Because of this confusion, younger generations seem
to be going away from Buddhism by saying that Buddhism is hard to understand. There-
fore, in this article, I would like to explain the standard procedure of doing a service. As the
first, let me show you the two common procedures of having funerals among the members
of Jodo Mission of Hawaii.
Note: Above two service procedures are purely for informational purpose. We shall honor your family customs and
decisions to arrange a funeral service.
**Editorâs note: This article is a reprint from our August 2011 issue. Because this article contains information you will need
to know some day, we will be reprinting it from time to time as space permits.
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New Yearâs Eve Service, Ringing of the Temple Bell and Soba Noodles
At the New Yearâs Eve Service on December 31, 2017, many members, relatives and
friends attended and helped ring the temple bell 108 times to dispel 108
evil passions all human beings have. If you were unable to come on
New Yearâs Eve, please remember New Yearâs Eve 2018.
Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai General Membership Meeting
and Shinnenkai or New Yearâs Party
To All Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai Members, please come
to our annual General Membership Meeting and
New Yearâs party on Sunday, February 25, at 10:30
a.m., following Sunday Service. If you are interest-
ed in joining the Fujinkai and would like to know
more about Fujinkai, this would be a good oppor-
tunity to meet the Fujinkai ladies. The Fujinkai is a
women association which promotes spiritual and
social development of its members as well as promotes goodwill and
fellowship among its members.
The Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai is always looking for more
members to assist the temple in whatever way it can. The
Fujinkai ladies are known for their sushi and sushi vinegar, etc. We try to keep
tradition ongoing by making our own sushi vinegar, making various types of sushi,
botamochi or ohagi, namasu, nishime, etc.. The Fujinkai ladies prepare refresh-
ments for Family Service Sundays and they could use more help.
We welcome ideas of âfunâ activities the ladies could get involved with, please
come and share your ideas.
If you plan to attend, please contact Sally Hayashi or leave your name with the temple
office and she will get back to you. We need to have a head count for our New Yearâs Party.
Thank you.
Last year we honored our keiro ladies
and supporters. [keiro are persons over
80 years oldâdonât they all look so
healthy!]
Den Den Mushi Panel Theater Group
Four students from Shukutoku University Panel Theater will be here on
Sunday, March 4 at 10:30 am (after Sunday Service) to perform. If you
have never seen this group, you must come. Please come and bring your
whole family, friends and relatives to see this wonderful group from
Japan to tell their picture story
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Arigato to all who came to the temple to make Mochi on
Saturday, December 30. There were so many temple members, relatives
and friends and friends of friends who brought their children and grand-
children to help with mochi making. Some experienced mochi making
for the first time. The time went by so quickly! It
takes a lot of people, young and old, to make
mochiâITâS A LOT OF HARD WORK!
The mochi rice needs to be washed the day
before and pots, burners, wooden containers or
morobutas all need to be brought out from stor-
age, washed and prepared for use for Mochi Day.
On Mochi Tsuki Day, mochi rice is steamed,
pounded manually or put through a grinder, and individually shaped,
floured, excess powder brushed off, weighed and packed to fulfill the
many orders received. There is also a lot of fellowship. Some who never
made mochi before were amazed how it is done. Didnât your mochi taste
especially good when you were part of this unique day!! Thank
you so much for your help! Please come back for mochi
making day in December 2018.
Mochi Tsuki DayâDecember 30, 2017
6. Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday
8amâ5pm
Sunday & Holidays
8amâ3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us
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What is âPerpetual Memorial
Service?â (Eitaikyo)
This record of a perpetual memorial service and
is called Eitaikyo in Japanese. When the date of
death occurs for a person listed on this record, the
ministers pray for that individual during the morn-
ing service. The prayers will continue each year for
as long as Jodo Mission exists.
Anyone can be included in it. You may put your
own name on the list, too. This also helps when it
is difficult to have memorial services. We also wel-
come you to attend the morning service at 9:30am.
How to apply
Stop by the office, and fill out the application
form. Each name costs $200. After the application
is accepted, the name will be listed on the record.
Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Resident Minister
New Yearâs Day Blessings
New Yearâs Day
brought many mem-
bers and relatives to
the first service of
the new year. New
Year Blessings for
good health, happi-
ness and luck were
given by Bishop
Narashiba to every-
one who attended
the New Year ser-
vice.
It was wonderful to
see so many fami-
lies who attended!
Bishop Yubun Narashiba
Now, with our New Year
blessings, let this be the
beginning of a wonder-
ful a new year!
7. 1. Itaro Yanagihara
The Yanagihara Family
Kisaburo Teraoka
The Teraoka Family
The Mitani Family
Sumako Kishii
2 Kuma Kawamura
The Kawamura Family
Robert Hiroshi Yamanaka
Dorothy Mieko Oshita
Hideo Takamatsu
Yasuko Tanaka
Sueyo Nakamura
3 Rymond Hisashi Narahara
Ayame kano
Hazel Mitsuko Imai
4 Kii Hirohama
The Hirohama Family
Kiyoe Soma
Robert Takashi Maehara
5 Hatsu Konaka
The Yano, Konaka &
Hayashi Family
Gorokichi Ishida
The Ishida and Aimoto
Family
Misao Mitsuyasu
The Mitsuyasu Family
Masaharu Kotake
Tsugio Hayase
Shigeyo Kawano
Harumi Mayeda
Sumiko Sakaguchi
6 Matsuemon Tanimura (2)
The Tanimura Family (2)
Sawaichi Nakagawa Family
Kimi Higashi
Misae Ichida
Bunji Kishii (2)
Umeyo Yamamoto
Dr. Yasuhiko Hayashi
Patrick Seiji Yamamoto
7 Namiye Nakamura
Tsugi Hifumi
Yoshizo Muramoto
8 Toshio Higa
The Higa Family
Yukie Higashi
Tame Ito
Stella Masako Takamatsu
9 Haruyo Yanagihara
The Yanagihara Family
Minoru Okawa
The Okawa Family
Kishichi Yoshikawa
Kimie Tanaka
Yoshiteru Sakaguchi
10 Satomi Yamamoto
The Yamamoto Family
Kame Uyehara
The Uyehara Family
Michie Watanabe
Jimmy Nestegard
Chiyo Tanaka
J Jackson Miiyagawa
11 Minekichi Taniguchi
The Taniguchi Family
Tsuneko Nago
The Nag & Kunimoto
Family
Rev. Shuen Inouye
Townsend
Sue Nishimoto (2)
Noboru Yamasaki
Kameyo Fujita
Hisae Yamato
12 Sumie Kanayama
The Kanoyama Family
Bishop Shinkyo Tachikawa
Doris Umeno Nojima
Yoshihiro Hata
13 Torajiro Kusunoki
The Kusunoki Family
Ichiro Yasumoto
Fusakichi Kawanishi
Haruyo Tarumoto
Seijiro Takabayashi
14 Hajime Nishimoto
The Nishimoto Family
Kensuke Hironaka
The Hironaka & Ishimoto
Family
Sae Tachikawa
Hiroshi Sato
Raymond Shizuo Asaumi
Shigeyo Otani
Takeji Gushikuma
Matsu Kiyuna
George Satoshi Tarumoto
Kikuye Homareda
Eleanor Emiko Nishimura
15 Fred Kiyoshi Tsukiyama
Otake Takara
16 Shigeru Asaumi
The Asaumi Family
Yukio Nakagawa
Motoo Muramoto
17 Masuyo Shimokawa
The Shimokawa Family
Kinzaburo Makino
The Makino Family
Kazuyo Hashimoto
Choshiro Ikuta
Tsuchiyo Fujimoto
Reiko Hata
Alfred Akira Tanaka
Frederick Kinzaburo
Makino
18 Reiji Yamane
The Yamane & Harada
Family
Tsutako Yamanaka
The Yamanaka Family
Matsuyo Machida
Otome Takara
Tomiko âRuthâ Inouye
Cory Ikuta
Masae Matsumoto
19 Chozo Kawano
The Kawano Family
Eijiro Murakami
The Murakami &
Yamamoto Family
Ishi Matsuda
The Murakami Family
Eijiro Murakami
20 Ryozo Hamada
The Hamada Family
Magoichi Mineishi
The Mineishi Family
Taro Takara
Tomoyo Takara
Kimie Matsuda
Suye Takabayashi
Natsuko Aoki
The Takara Family
21 Tamotsu Kuniyuki
Momoyo Yoshida
22 Yoshi Hayashi
The Yano, Konaka &
Hayashi Family
Kinu Nishimura (2)
23 Taichi Sato
24 Kame Akamine
The Akamine Family
Kikuno Hisamura
Kamesuke Nakahama
Takiko Yanagihara
25 Sue Maeda
The Maeda Family
Shinichi Takao
The Takao Family
Takayo Matsuo
The Matsuo Family
Shigeki Umemoto
The Yoza Family
The Shimabukuro Family
Tamotsu Nakamura
Florence Kimie Karimoto
26 Jirosaku Otani
The Otani & Yanagihara
Family
Shiro Fukuda
Richard Kiyomi Ochiai
27 Taichi Wakaki
The Wakaki Family
Keiko Hanano
Noboru Hirano
Shigeru Takara
Tatsuki Hirano
Matsuye Hirano
Keiji Kokubun
28 Fukuichi Fukuda
Mitsuyo Gladys Yoshihara
The Goichi Kawamura
Family
Tsuru Kuniyuki
29 Nobue Kochi
Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo)
For February
Obituaries
The Jodo Mission of Ha-
waii extends its sincere con-
dolences to the family mem-
bers and loved ones of the
following members who have
recently left this world for the
Pure Land.
Walter Yukio Sonoda 85
Hanae Yano Fujimoto 80
Bessie Sadako Asaumi 94