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1. Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Bulletin - DECEMBER 2012
(#1193-1212)
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
Address Service Requested
Lahaina Jodo Mission Centennial Celebration: October 21, 2012

2. NEW YEAR’S EVE
At this time of the year, Buddhist temples observe two kinds of special ser-
vices to welcome the New Year. They are New Year’s Eve service and New Year’s
Day service. Have you attended these services before? If not, the following are
meanings for these services.
New Year’s Eve Service. New Year’s Eve service is one of the most familiar
annual ceremonies for Buddhists in Japan. Here in Hawaii, New Year’s Eve Bell
ringing service is observed at each Buddhist Temple. When we listen solemnly to
the sounds of the bell in the silent midnight atmosphere, we reflect in ourselves,
and have a feeling of deep meditation. Do you know why the temple bell rings
108 times on New Year’s Eve? To ring the bell 108 times signifies the dispelling
of 108 evil passions which all human beings have. According to Buddhism we
have 108 different kinds of evil thoughts in our minds. While the temple bell is
rung, we pray to dispel our evil passions and thoughts. Japanese people call that
night “Joya”. Joya means the very night when we should try to dispel all evil
things in our lives.
The New Year’s Eve service gives us a good opportunity to meditate and re-
flect on our life on this last day of the year. And it is also a time to express our
gratitude to every blessing which we have received in our lives and at the same
time to our ancestors, parents, our country and our Lord Amida Buddha. In so do-
ing, we can welcome a most Happy New Year!
New Year’s Day Service. New Year’s Day Service is another special service
held on January 1st. New Year’s Day has three beginnings. It is the beginning of a
new day, a new month and a new year. Therefore, it is a very important and sig-
nificant day. Buddhist temples have a special service which is called Shusho-e.
This service means a religious gathering to reflect on the past life (year) and cor-
rect it and think of the New Year with hopes of a better life. We can reflect on our
past lives (years), confess to past deeds, and resolve for a better life by following
the teachings of Amida Buddha. And we can begin the New Year with hopes for
the future. These two services have long been the practices for Buddhists to finish
the old year and begin the first day of the New Year. In so doing, you can begin
the New Year with strengthened faith in Amida Buddha.
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3. JOYA-E
(New Year’s Eve Service)
During Joya-e Service, we thank Amida
Buddha for a safe year and to purify ourselves
for the coming year. Then, the Temple bell is
rung 108 times to erase all of our sins from
the past year. We invite everyone to join us in
ringing in the New Year at our Joya-e Service
on Monday, December 31st at 11:30 pm.
SHUSHO-E
(New Year’s Day Service)
During this service we will pray for our
safety, happiness, and world peace for the New
Year. Our senior Minister, Rev. Narashiba will
also bestow his New Year’s address in English
after the chanting. Please join us on Tuesday,
January 1st, 2013 at 10:00 am - Happy New
Year!
OMAMORI
Omamori are spiritual charms, talismans, and amulets in Japanese
religious tradition that possess the power to ward off misfortune and
procure good luck. They can be made of pieces of wood, patches of
cloth, strips of paper, or rings of metal and come in various sizes
though the majority found in Hawaii tend to be no larger than the size
of one’s palm.
Omamori can often be seen dangling from car rearview mirrors or pasted on bumpers
and windshields where they are at once expressions of faith and portals of magical power.
They can also be worn on the body or placed in the home as symbols of protection of the
Buddhas and kami. It is even fashionable to attach omamori to handbags and schoolbags
Omamoris are available at Jodo Mission. Please call Jodo Mission at 949-3995 for more
information.
NEW YEAR BLESSINGS AT HOME
During January, 2013, New Year blessings at homes are available for those who
cannot attend the New Year service at the Temple.
Let’s start the wonderful New Year in the love and compassion of Amida Buddha.
Please call Jodo Mission at 949-3995.
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4. Haleiwa Jodo Mission Centennial Celebration
November 10, 2012
Rev. Koji Jeff Ezaki is the ninth minister of
Haleiwa Jodo Mission since it began in 1912.
Rev. Jitsujo Muroyama was assigned to start
the Jodo Mission for the Haleiwa/ Waialua dis-
trict. He rented a house from a Chinese family
and set up a temporary temple in Waialua. On
October 25, 1913 the church bought the Halei-
wa Seaside Hotel and remodeled it as a temple.
Rev. Buntetsu Miyamoto was then assigned
in 1916 and was the minister until 1949. His
sons David and Clifford Miyamoto are regular
members of Betsuin.
During World War II, Rev. Miyamoto and his family were interned. After the war, they returned
to Haleiwa. Shortly after returning, the tidal wave of April 1, 1946 destroyed the temple grounds
including the Taisho Gakko Japanese School which at one time had five teachers and 416 students.
Through efforts of its members the temple was repaired and the Japanese School got a new building.
During Rev. Miyamoto tenure at Haleiwa Jodo Mission, the Fujinkai and the Meisho Y.B.A were
established..
Rev. Shunjo Shiratori arrived in 1949 and reestablished the Fujinkai and reopened the Taisho
Gakko Japanese School which was damaged by the 1946 tidal wave. In 1954, he started the Toro
Nagashi (floating lanterns) ceremony which today is one of the largest floating lanterns event. In
May 1957, another tidal wave struck and again through the efforts of its members they have rebuilt
and survived all these many, many years. Omedeto Haleiwa Jodo Mission!
Rev. Kazuhide Takakura, the
6th minister at Haleiwa returned Bishop Gensho Hara said a few
and offered incense at the Cen- words on this happy occasion.
tennial Service.
Rev. Ezaki officiating the Centennial Service
Those attending the Centennial
Service also included Mrs.
Tomomi Ezaki carrying baby
Sae and Miku next to her.
Left photo: Rev. Ezaki saying
grace before dinner.
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5. The Introduction of Buddhism into Japan (4)
Six Major Schools established in Nara Period (710 A.D. - 794 A.D.)
The various Nara schools represent varying interpretations of Bud-
dhism based upon particular texts and commentaries. The Kusha
School, based upon the Abhidharma-hosa, maintains that all reality is
made up of constituents called elements or dharmas. The notion of the
existence of such dharmas is associate with that of time; for this
school both past and future are real because they are related to the pre-
sent by cause and effect.
The Kusha School, however, does not posit an enduring existence Kusha School :
extending from a point in the past to a point in the future. Existence Kofukuji Temple in Nara
therefore is momentary.
In opposition to the Kusha School, the Jojitsu School claims that nothing
exist, that there is no abiding or even momentary reality such as the dharmas of
the Kusha School.
[Left: Gangoji Temple in Nara, Jojitsu School]
The Sanron School teaches the Middle Path, that is, it aims at the met-
aphysical point at which all polarities cease to exist. It reaches this point
by means of four basic arguments, which comprise all possible answers to
all possible questions: yes, no either yes or no, and neither yes nor no.
The aim of this school is the refutation of all positive views of the other
schools. [Right: Nanin Temple in Nara, Sanron School]
The Hosso School attempts to describe the dharmas, but it goes further
than the Kusha, for example, in saying that only ideas exist. The world is
explained as being composed of dharmas; but phenomena are simply the
projection of ideation, that is imagination.
[Left: Yakushiji Temple in Nara, Hosso School]
The Ritsu School deals with the disciplines and rules provid-
ed by the Buddha which are common to all schools.
[Right: Toshodaiji Temple in Nara, Ritsu school]
The Kegon School aims at real-
izing the realm of perfect inter-dependence. It attempts further to fit the
various facets of Buddhist teaching stressed by other schools into its
own system.
[Left: Todaiji Temple in Nara, Kegon School]
(To be continued)
From Understanding Japanese Buddhism
Published by The Japan Buddhist Federation
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6. Repairing the Left Hand of Our O-Jizo-sama Is Almost Done
We would like to thank you for your generous donations to our
temple for repairing our O-Jizo-sama. As you may already know,
our O-Jizo-sama was dedicated for the healthy and peaceful life of
children and the safety of H-1 freeway, and also to offer our prayer
for the spirits of the deceased children.
His left hand is now being repaired. We are expecting the O-Jizo
-sama to come back to Hawaii at the early part of next year. The
dedication ceremony for the repaired O-Jizo-sama will be
announced in our news bulletin and you are cordially invited to the
ceremony.
We are still accepting donations for this repair to O-Jizo-sama. It is not too late!
Thank you for your participation and may the blessings of the Compassionate Buddha
be with you and your family.
檀信徒の皆様へ、
この度は、お地蔵様の左手の修理に多額のご寄付をいただき、ありがとうございまし
た。ご存知の通り、このお地蔵様は、子供たちの健康で幸せな生活とH-1フリーウェイ
の安全を祈ると共に、幼くして亡くなった子供たちのために建てられたものです。
修理は順調に進み、来年早々にはハワイに戻ってこられる予定です。開眼法要の日時
はこの寺報でお知らせいたしますので、是非ご参列ください。
この修理のご寄付を引き続き受け付けていますので、どうぞご協力よろしくお願いい
たします。
この紙面をお借りしまして、皆様に感謝の意を表するとともに、皆様に大慈悲の仏様
のご加護がありますことを心からお祈りしています。
In Gassho,
Rev. Yubun Narashiba
JODO MISSION OF HAWAII
Head Minister
O-Juya Service held on Nov. 11: O-Juya is the practice
of reciting the Onembutsu for 10 days and nights which is now
shortened to one day. It is said that the practice of reciting the
Onembutsu brings us closer to Buddha’s Land where there is no
evil person. Even to do one complete hour of Onembutsu is not
so easy. Through this service we wish to be born in the Buddha’s
Pure Land. Photo at right: members in line to offer incense.
At O-Juya Service, it has been a custom for people to bring sweets and share among the mem-
bers present. Farmers were thankful for the gifts from the land and dedicated the first crop to Bud-
dha—it is like a Thanksgiving.
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7. BAZAAR NEWS
MAHALO NUI LOA
Thank you, thank you to everyone who
volunteered their precious time to make our
annual Bazaar held on October 28, a great suc-
cess. This year the Bazaar was chaired by
Jo Ann Matsuo. It was an event of dedicated
members and friends who unselfishly came Neatly folded clothes; signs for people to see
for days to prepare the merchandise for the
Bazaar. The preparation involved donations
by members and friends; the collection and
storage of these donations, the sorting, dis-
playing, pricing, selling and the overall clean-
up; the parking attendants; the planning and
coordination of every phase of the Bazaar; the
pre-Bazaar preparation, i.e., the buying of Lines before Bazaar door opens—please open door!
foods for the pickles and meals for the volun-
Lots of
teers for the whole week; and all the other in- interesting
cidentals that come with a great project. things!
Here are some photos. Last month we
showed some photos of people bringing out
the bazaar things. Then we start by folding all Lots of stuffed
animals
the clothes and putting signs for people to
see. Then as people go through the piles
of things, what happens!
Happy workers selling craft
items
ARIGATO!
To all who came who
shopped for bargains,
to the workers who
worked so hard and
tirelessly, THANK Happy workers selling fruits, jelly &
YOU SO MUCH! pickles
Happy Shopper—
lots of bargains! Hope you had fun!
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8. ANNOUNCEMENTS
End of Year Temple Cleaning We will be doing general cleaning at the temple on
Sunday, December 2, at 8:00 a.m. We NEED YOUR HELP. If you have time on December
2, please come and help clean the temple. After temple cleaning, you may join the Sunday
School with their annual end of the year party.
Sunday School HYAKU-SAI
Sunday School invites everyone To reach 100 years old or Hyaku-sai is
to their End of the Year Party. a precious age. Many of our members are in
Date: Sunday their nineties. Are there any members who
December 2 are 100 years of age or older? Please con-
Time: 10:30 a.m. tact Jodo Mission to let us know.
after Temple General Clean-up We would like to recognize these Hyaku
-sai members on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Malama Children’s Choir will perform at our New Year’s Party which follows our
before Sunday School Year End Party 10 a.m. Sunday Service and General Mem-
begins. ♫ ♪ ♫ bership Meeting.
Please come and join our If you know of any member 100 years
Sunday School as they old or old or who would be 100 by January
celebrate the end of 2012. 20, 2013, please contact Jodo Mission.
Thank you.
No Meetings in December: No Sewing Circle in December
Fujinkai and YBA
JODO-E SERVICE
Jodo-E (sometimes referred to as Bodhi Day) is the day that Shakyamuni Buddha attained
enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree.
The Hawaii Buddhist Council*, invites everyone to join in the Jodo-E Service: This
year it will be held at Higashi Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii.
Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 9:00 a.m.
Higashi Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii
1685 Alaneo Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Parking: Limited, carpooling encouraged
*The Hawaii Buddhist Council is comprised of the following Buddhist Temples: Nichiren Mission, Soto
Mission, Higashi Hongwanji Mission, Honpa Hongwanji Mission, Jodo Mission of Hawaii, Koyasan
Shingon Mission and Tendai Mission..
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9. MOCHI
With the New Year just around the corner, it is once again
time to order our delectable mochi. This year, we will be
selling Okasane and Komochi. Please fill out the mochi
order form below or call at 949-3995. The deadline to submit your
mochi order form is Saturday, December 8th.
Mochi can be picked up on:
Saturday, December 29, 2012
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
For those who would like to learn how to
make mochi, we will be making mochi
on Saturday, December 29th from 7:00 am. This is a fun and memorable experience for
all, especially families (a family who makes mochi together sticks together). Please come
and join us. It is a time to meet new friends and renew old acquaintances.
Above are young people enjoying fellowship while shap-
ing mochi; Rocky & Masa pounding mochi; left photo
shows a mother showing son how to dust the mochi, Kay
Oshiro with phone in her ear so she could help with mo-
chi and not miss any phone calls.
MOCHI (Dec. 29) ORDER FORM おもち注文表
Deadline for order is Saturday, December 8, 2012
注文締め切り１２月8日
PLEASE PRINT NAME 名前 HOME PHONE NO. 電話番号
OKASANE おかさね KOMOCHI こもち TOTAL
$4.00/SET 3” SIZE $3.50/POUND 合計
SETS LBS
DOLLARS DOLLARS DOLLARS
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Order accepted by: _______________ Date accepted: _____/_____/_2012 (In person/ Mail / Phone)
Received by: _______________ Date paid: _____/_____/_2012 (Cash / Check# )
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10. What is “Perpetual Memorial Obituaries
Service?” (Eitaikyo) The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends
This record of a perpetual memorial service and its sincere condolences to the family
is called Eitaikyo in Japanese. When the date of members and loved ones of the following
death occurs for a person listed on this record, the members who have recently left this
ministers pray for that individual during the morn-
ing service. The prayers will continue each year for
world for the Pure Land.
as long as Jodo Mission exists. Mildred Mitsue Yanagihara 89
Anyone can be included in it. You may put your Haruyo Kotake 92
own name on the list, too. This also helps when it Katie Katsuko Hayashi 89
is difficult to have memorial services. We also wel- Angelica “Angie” Shizuka
come you to attend the morning service at 8:30am. Higashide 95
How to apply Melvin Shigenobu Hashimoto 76
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.
Gifts You Might Consider: During this holi-
day season, you might consider purchasing a Jodo
Mission happi coat, Hanafuda cards or place your
order on a new book entitled “Journey of Heroes”
the story of the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd
Regimental Combat Team (in comic book style).
Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday: 8am—5pm
Sunday & Holidays: 8am—3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Rev. Kanjun Nakano Rev. Yasuhiro Rev. Dwight
Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Head Minister Resident Minister Watanabe Nakamura
Retired Minister
Resident Minister
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11. Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo) for December
1 Jusaku Kimura Takaichi Tamakawa 17 Yasukichi Kaya Seiji Minehira
Sato Imaguchi The Wakaki Family Rinsuke Uesugi Maurice Bungo Udo
Isamu Matsumoto The Nakamura Family Hideo Moritsugu Shinemon Toishigawa
Masayoshi Tanigawa The Tanimura Family Kona Matsuda Hisayo Doris Imaguchi
The Kimura & Muroshige Kaya & Shimazaki Family
9 Genjiro Shimabukuro 27 Tsunesuke Yamamoto
Family
Tora Aoki 18 Bishop Kyodo Fujihana Tamito Yasuda
The Imaguchi Family
Ichiro Kishi (2) Alice Y. Fukunaga (2) Evelyn Hideko Yagi
2 Kame Aoki (2) Yutaka Onaga (2) Kiyoko Kagihara
28 Ichiro Sagawa
Kame Yano (2) The Shimabukuro Family Taichi Ebisuzaki
Saichi Ikeda
Ayako Yokoyama The Aoki Family
19 Tsunesuke Yanagihara (2) The Kawahara Family
Shizue Matsuda The Kishi Family
Iwa Yanagihara The Ikeda Family
Shizue Nakano
10 Hyoichi Sugihara Jane Takabayashi
Hisashi Kochi 29 Kiku Yanagihara
Asa Nanba Jeanette Asako Hayashi
Tose Terada Shotaro Nose
Chokichi Nakamura The Yanagihara Family
The Aoki & Kimura Family Kamato Akamine
Hiroshi Hayamoto 20 Satoshi Yasumoto
The Yano, Konaka & Chiyoe Kameoka
Ito Kawanishi
Hayashi Faimily 21 Tokutsuchi Saeki Teruo Gushikuma
Matsu Gushiken
The Yokoyama & Morita Masao Yano 30 Seiichi Tsuchiya
Jiro Saiki
Family George K. Kimoto Hatsuyo Yoshioka
The Sugihara Family
The Matsuda Family Seiichi Kimura The Tsuchiya Family
Michiko Miyao 11 Asajiro Inada Judith K. Kodama
Zenshiro Sato The Saeki Family 31 Hira Yamane
3 Fumie Chinen Teruyo Kishii
Paul Tanigawa
Fumiko Hayashi 22 Emiko Hirai Yoshikazu Wada
Edward Yokoyama
Fujino Masatsugu Kama Chinen Frances S. Johnson Ito
Hanako Uchiumi
The Chinen Family Tsurumatsu Miyamasu The Yamane & Harada
Inada & Morimoto Family
4 Ryuichi Higashimura Grace Saiki Beringer Umekichi Yamachika Family
Gunichi Morioka Kikuyo Goto Wilfred Masaichi Taira
12 RokuichiYanagihara Harold T. Hamasaki
Nobusuke Shinagawa The Agari Uebaru Family
Jisaku Yanagihara The Hirai Family
The Higashimura Family The Naka Uebaru Family
Robert Wong The Chinen Family
The Morioka Family The Uebaru Guwa Family
13 Mosaku Hayashi The Miyamasu Family
5 Tatsuji Kusunoki The Yamachika &
Hana Imai
Yuichi Kanayama Matsushige Family
Sachiko Fujikami
Yasuyo Hirano
The Yano, Konaka & 23 Tsuru Nakamura
Kane Otani
Hayashi Family Teruo Asai
Rice Ishii
14 Umetaro Ogata Hideko Wada
Kameyo Morimoto
Irene Nishida Yuichi Nose Giichi Kawamura
Kiyoichi Kishida Tamikichi Yasuda The Nakamura Family
The Kusunoki Family Naoji Nishimura Setsuko Onaga
The Hirano & Kaneko Yoshiko Tanigawa 24 Totsuchi Nanba
Family Tsuruko Gushikuma Tokutsuchi Muranaka
Tane Oda Curtis Tokue Uehara Matsu Yokomichi
15 Masagoro Kitagawa Kame Yanagihara
6 Tokuemon Imamoto
Yoshio Miyao Ryuichi Ipponsugi
Hideo Morita
Kiyoko Maehara Masami Kawamura Hatsuno Hirai
Imamoto & Kawakami The Kitagawa Family Michika Umeda Gaines
Ichiji Kiyuna The Nanba Family
Family
Kisei Takara The Muranaka Family
7 Matsujiro Tanimura Manabu Omura The Nanba Totsuchi Family
8 Reisuke Wakagi 25 The Sato Family
16 Fusakichi Okawa
Seiichi Nakamura Robert Mitsuyasu
The Shigeoka & Okawa
Yoshio Higashimura
Family 26 Haru Ogawa
Matsuyo Tanimura

12. 8:30am Morning Service Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Everyday December 2012 Phone: 949-3995
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2 8:00 Temple Clean-up 3 4 5 6 7 8
10:30 Sunday School End Deadline to
of the Year Party Order Mochi
11:45 Board Meeting
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
9:00 HBC Jodo-e Service
at Higashi Hongwanji
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
10:00 Sunday Service
Ministers and Wives Meeting
10:30 Omigaki Cleaning
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 7:00 am
10:00 Sunday Service Mochitsuki
1 pm to 4 pm
Mochi Pick up
30 31
COMING EVENT: Shusho-E or New Year’s Day Service on January 1, 2013 at 10 am
10:00 Sunday Service 11:30 pm
New Year’s Sunday, January 20, 2013—New Year’s Party and General Membership Meeting
Eve Service