2024 MARKS THE 100thYEAR OF KANEOHE HIGASHI HONGWANJI MISSION!
We hope you will come to the celebration. More information is coming, but we ask you to MARK YOUR CALENDARS and
SAVE THIS DATE: OCTOBER 27, 2024
(Please note that in your 2024 annual calendar sent to you earlier this year, the centennial was scheduled for September 22. That date is now incorrect! Please amend your calendar. Thank you!)
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For Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji, there is only one more regular Sunday service scheduled with our resident minister, Rev. Marcos Sawada. It will be this coming Sunday, March 24, 9 a.m. Please come if you are able. There will be no service on March 31 at Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji. See the notice from the Board of Directors beIow for more information.
The Maida Center of Buddhism (see link in right margin →)
The Maida Center is an excellent resource on Shin Buddhism. Their website includes: articles by the Center's Director, Dr. Nobuo Haneda; their newsletter, THE DHARMA BREEZE; and the availability of books and lecture videos on Shin Buddhism.
Notice from the Board of Directors
Dear Dharma Members and Friends:
Please join us on March 24, 2024 at 9:00 am (in person) as this will be Rev. Sawada’s last Sunday Service at Kaneohe before he departs to Hilo Higashi Hongwanji to be their Resident Minister effective April 1st.
Thereafter, we will continue to have Sunday Dharma gatherings with a new monthly format which will include: interpersonal exchanges, Question and Answer sessions on Buddhist concepts, guest speakers, and book club discussions.
Hope to see you soon…here’s our schedule for April and May:
APRIL
April 7, 9:30 am, Hawaii Buddhist Council Buddha Day Service: at Soto Mission Shoboji, 1708 Nuuanu Ave. Speaker, Rev. Jiko Nakade of Kona Daifukuji
April 14, 9:00 am, Open Forum discussion at Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji: “What is the Difference between Shakyamuni Buddha, the Enlightened Buddha and Amida Buddha?”
April 21, 10:00 am, Zoom discussion on contemporary issues with Palolo Hongwanji led by Rev. Noriaki Fujimori. {Email registration and Zoom info to follow, check back here}
April 28, 9:00 am, Sunday Service at Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji Temple: Speaker, Rev. Akiko Okada
MAY
May 5, 9:00 am, Local Dharma Gathering on the Larger Sutra: Speaker, Rev. Steven Toyoshima
May 12, 9:00 am, Book Club discussion: “River of Fire, River of Water” written by Taitetsu Unno; an Introduction to the Pure Land Tradition of Shin Buddhism
May 19, 10:00 am, Zoom discussion on contemporary issues with Palolo Hongwanji led by Rev. Noriaki Fujimori {Email registration and Zoom info to follow, check back here}
May 26, 9:00 am, May Shotsuki Service; Speaker: Rev. Akiko Okada
We look forward to your active support and participation as we continue in 2024.
In gassho,
Mary Matsuda
Chairperson
All are welcome!
Select Sunday Service videos are on YouTube, Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji, click here.
For an archive of past services, click archive.
{Please note that temple services and activities listed are subject to governmental directives for public health.
Please call 808-247-2661 with questions}
We are grateful for your DANA donations so this temple may continue to serve as your DOJO (place to learn); Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji, 45-520 Keaahala Road, Kaneohe, HI 96744
About Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji
The Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji temple was established in 1924 to serve the residents of Kaneohe and continues to serve a broader community. While the Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji temple is located on the Windward side of Oahu, its membership includes residents of other parts of the island, California, Nevada, and Washington state.
Buddha's teachings by virtue of its transcendental nature were for a long time limited only to the educated and the elite and therefore beyond the comprehension of the common masses. Shinran Shonin, the founder of our sect (Jodo Shinshu or Shin Buddhism) of Pure Land Buddhism, made Buddha's teachings understandable to the masses and showed us how the teachings are relevant to our daily lives.
While many people think of Buddhism only as it is related to death, on the contrary, Jodo Shinshu emphasizes how each of us can make the best of our lives here and now.
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