The July 2012 issue of the monthly newsletter

1. Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Bulletin - JULY 2012
(#1188-0712)
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
Address Service Requested
Important Dates
July 1: O-Toba Set Up & General Cleaning - YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
July 13-15: O-Bon Services
Aug.17-18: Bon Dance
O-Bon Service Schedule
Friday, July 13
10:00 am (Hatsubon only)
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Saturday, July 14
10:00 am (Hatsubon only)
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Sunday, July 15
10:00 am

2. O-Bon Service Schedule
O-Bon Services will be held as follows:
Friday, July 13 - 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only)
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Saturday, July 14 - 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only)
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Sunday, July 15 - 10:00 am
Sign up for O-Bon Service will begin 1 hour before 2 pm and 7 pm services.
This is on a first come first serve basis. NO phone orders will be taken.
Closing Service will be on Sunday, July 15 at 10:00 a.m. followed by releasing of rain-
bow pigeons to lead our ancestors’ spirits to the Pure Land. Cleanup will begin shortly
thereafter.
Parking Attendants Needed: We are in need of at least 6 parking attendants for each 2
pm and 7 pm service. Please call Jodo Mission at 949-3995 if you are able to help direct
cars to parking spaces. We appreciate your help.
O-Toba Service Appointments: If you wish to have prayers offered in
front of your O-Toba, appointments will be accepted from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
from Tuesday July 3 to 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 15, 2012.
Offering of Rice: During O-Bon Services it is customary to offer a bag of
rice. However, monetary donations in lieu of rice are acceptable. “Rice” en-
velopes are available in the office. Thank you for your understanding and support.
Sr. YBA O-Bon Flower Sale: Please help the Sr. YBA by purchasing a beautiful potted
chrysanthemum ($1.75 each). NO phone orders will be taken. Thank you for your support.
Friday, July 13: 9:00 am to 7:30 pm Saturday, July 14: 9:00 am until supply runs out
Rainbow Pigeons to the Pure Land: This year, for the safety of our
members and ministers, we will release rainbow pigeons to lead our
ancestors' spirits to the Pure Land instead of going out to sea at night
for three miles by boat. This is the finale of our O-Bon services and on
Sunday, July 15 at 11:00 a.m. in the front yard of our temple. Every-
body is welcome. Come and join us in this beautiful ceremony!
Offerings at your O-Toba: The space allowed for each O-Toba is
approximately 5.5 inches width and 7 inches depth. SEE page 1 for sample offerings. Most
people will offer foods that the deceased liked, i.e. flowers, fruits, mochi, candies, somen for
long generation life, cucumber and eggplant . [SEE also page 3 for more info.]
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3. O-BON—Additional Information
O-Bon is the abbreviation of “Urabon”, which means ‘salvation of souls from agony of be-
ing hung upside down’. The origin of O-Bon comes from the story about Mokuren’s mother.
One day, by practicing Buddha’s teaching, Mokuren received the super natural power of
looking into another world. When he saw his mother suffering in Hell by using his super nat-
ural power, he sought guidance of the Buddha. Through Buddha’s aid, Mokuren was able to
save his mother from the Hell. It is from this story that the O-Bon ceremony started to be ob-
served.
Without our ancestors we would not be here today. Thus, we honor them during O-Bon.
With our sincere prayer, our beloved ones who have departed from us can have peaceful re-
pose of their souls. Also, we can spend thankful and harmonious moment with our ancestors
who have done so much for us.
Cucumber & Eggplant Dolls During O-Bon
Please do not be surprised if you see some form of the Cucum-
ber Horse and the Eggplant Cow around O-Bon season [photo
above from internet]. With a Cucumber, add legs with sticks to
make a horse for your ancestors to return quickly from the Pure
Land. Make a cow with an Eggplant using sticks for your an-
cestors to slowly return to the Pure Land. In some places in
Japan, these Cucumber and Eggplant dolls are made and placed at the front door to welcome your
ancestors on the first day of O-Bon and on the second day placed at the family altar. On the last
day, the dolls are taken to the river to carry the ancestors back to the Pure Land. But they are nev-
er thrown in the river.
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Memorial Day Lei Making for Punchbowl Graves
Thank you to all who Hawaii Buddhist Council
came out on Friday, Memorial Day Service held
May25 to string leis for at Punchbowl Cemetery
the graves at Punch-
bowl.
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4. Bits of Knowledge of Buddhism
Vol. 19 The Origin of Memorial Services (July 2012)
By Rev. Yasushiro Watanabe
第19回 年忌法要の由来（2012年7月）
お葬式の後，お寺では一連の追善法要のご案内をしています。 最初は，ご命日から七
日ごとに法要を営んで回向する中陰法要です。現在では，簡略化して初七日と四十九日の2度で済ま
せます。中陰とは，お亡くなりになった方が次の生を受けるまでの期間です。続いて，百か日，一周
忌，三回忌を営みます。ここまで正式には計10回の法事をお務めします。 これは十王信仰に由来しま
す。人は死ぬと，一定の期間ごとに生前の罪状を審判され，その結果，来世の行き先が定まると信じ
られてきました。十王はそれぞれの裁判の長官で，不動明王から阿弥陀如来まで10人の仏菩薩がその
任にあたります。審判の前に法要の功徳を回向できるように， 法要は忌日かその前に営むことが望ま
しいとされます。
さらに室町時代には，七回忌，十三回忌，三十三回忌が加わり，十三仏として法事を営むことが定
着しました。七と十三という数字は不規則のように見えます。ただ十二支に従えば，6年後は暦が半
周，12年後は暦が一周したことになります。故人をしのぶには，適当な期間だと考えられたのでしょ
う。そして，三十三回忌でお亡くなりになった方は個別の霊から集合的な先祖へ一体化されます。
浄土宗では，故人は，阿弥陀如来の本願に乗じて，中陰の期間に極楽浄土へ導かれます。年忌法要
は，ご家族やご友人が集まり，お念仏を称えて故人をしのび，またお互いの無事を確認する大切な機
会です。たくさんの方がお寺に足を運ばれるように良き日をお選びください。
Vol. 19 The Origin of Memorial Services (July 2012)
After the funeral, ministers guide members to hold a set of memorial services for
your loved one. To begin, weekly services are held until the 49th day after death. Now,
we simply hold 7th day and 49th day service. These first 49 days are regarded as an
important time before one’s next birth. These services are followed by the 100th day, 1
year, and the 3rd memorial services. (Please see Note below) So far, we formally have
10 services, which come from the story of the 10 Kings. The ten Kings are Buddhas and
Buddhist Saints in the other world. They judge the conduct of people in this world and
decide which stage the deceased will enter. The family says prayers for the deceased
before each trial. That is why we set memorial services on the anniversary or before.
In the Middle Ages, 7th year, 13th year, and 33rd year services were added and
a total of 13 services was established. They might look irregular. However, according to
the Chinese Zodiac, the 7th year falls on the half cycle of the calendar and the 13th
year falls on one cycle. The services are supposed to be appropriate intervals for
remembrance. After the 33rd anniversary, the deceased is usually absorbed into the
family of ancestral spirits.In the Jodo Mission tradition, by the grace of Amida Buddha,
we are assured of the birth in the Pure Land within the first 49 days. A set of memorial
services is held to give comfort and say Nembutsu. It is also a good opportunity for
family and friends to get together and share news. Please make prior arrangements on
the day of services so as many people as possible can be present. I hope you’ll have a
meaningful time as you remember your loved one.
(Note: In our tradition, we count the funeral as the first service. Therefore, we call two-
year anniversary “the 3rd memorial service” and so on.)
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5. 22nd Laypersons Association and
23rd Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Convention
September 21 to 23, 2012 on Kauai
The Laypersons Association has invited the Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai to join
their Convention on Kauai to conduct the Fujinkai meeting. The theme of their convention
is “Maintaining Jodo Shu presence in Hawaii”. If anyone is interested in attending, please
contact the Jodo Mission of Hawaii at 949-3995.
You may ask “who is a layperson?” Laypersons are non-clergy persons, whether you
are a temple member, temple officer, officer or member of any temple organization, i.e. Kyo-
dan (board of directors of the temple), Fujinkai (women’s association), or YBA (Young Bud-
dhist Association whether senior, junior or intermediate). Everyone is invited to attend the
Laypersons Association and participate in their discussions. Committees include Credential,
By-laws, Nominations and Resolutions and they will be meeting on Friday evening, Septem-
ber 21. There will be a service at Kapaa Jodo Mission, registration, cocktails and dinner. All
Fujinkai ladies are also laypersons and should participate in the Laypersons Association
committee meetings.
On Saturday, while the Laypersons Association goes golfing, the Hawaii Jodo Shu
Rengo Fujinkai (Hawaii State Fujinkai) ladies will conduct their meetings. Their meetings
will include committee meetings for By-laws, Nominations, Resolutions and Scholarship.
With declining membership, the Fujinkai ladies for the past several years have had to com-
bine their biennial convention with another group. This year, with much appreciation, the
Fujinkai ladies were invited by the Layperson’s Association to come to Kauai and conduct
their meeting. On Saturday evening there will be a service with the installation of Layper-
sons and Fujinkai officers, group photo, then cocktails and dinner at Kapaa Jodo Mission.
These conventions are a wonderful opportunity to visit other Jodo Shu temples in
Hawaii and get to meet other Jodo Shu members of other temples. On the island of Kauai,
there are two Jodo Shu Temples—Kapaa Jodo Mission (whose minister is Rev. Shoryu
Akiya) and Koloa Jodo Mission (whose minister is Rev. Kosen Ishikawa). The first two
days of the convention will be held at the Kapaa Jodo Mission and the last day Sunday will
be at Koloa Jodo Mission.
Depending on the attendance to this Convention, other activities and sightseeing will
be arranged. Kauai is a beautiful island with many beautiful places to see. Please come
to Kauai and attend the 22nd Layperson’s Association and 23rd Hawaii Jo-
do Shu Rengo Fujinkai Convention. There is a registration fee of $75 which includes
all meals for the three days. Convention participants will be staying at the Courtyard Mar-
riott Kauai at Coconut Beach. It will be FUN!
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6. Aloha State Meisho Senior Y.B.A. Conention
Convention attendees took a
group photo. Bishop Gensho
Hara is at center. To his right
is Rev. Narashiba, then Rev.
Nakano and Rev. Shinri Hara.
To Bishop Hara’s left is Rev.
Ezaki and Rev. Miyazaki.
Missing in the front row was
Rev. John Hara who was tak-
ing photographs.
Just behind Bishop Hara is
Jo Ann Matsuo, 2012 Meisho
Senior Y.B.A. President.
The theme of this year’s Aloha
State Meisho Senior Y.B.A. Con-
vention was “Receiving the Light
of Amida Buddha”.
Special Service was held on June 9 and conducted by
Rev. Koji Ezaki and Rev. Shinri Hara. While everyone
chanted the Nembutsu and hit the mokugyo, the Hondo was
Fellowship and good food. darkened and Rev. Shnri Hara gave her sermon in darkness
while YBA members reflected on their life.
YBA members expressing
their thoughts
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7. Oahu Rengo Fujinkai Outstanding Youth Award
On May 13, Oahu Rengo Fujinkai President Jo Ann
Matsuo presented the Outstanding Youth Award to Sophie
Narashiba. Sophie is happy to greet and make other
children, not necessarily Sunday School children, feel
comfortable either at the Temple or at other functions.
She greets Temple members, their families, friends and
visitors. She charms everyone with her bilingual person-
ality. She can speak to you in
Sophie with proud parents Rev. Yubun and
English but if she feels the person
Yukari Narashiba with Oahu Rengo Presi- next to you would feel more com-
dent Jo Ann Matsuo fortable in Japanese, she will con-
CONGRATULATIONS verse in Japanese.
SOPHIE!
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Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Presentation of
Namiye Nakamura Scholarship
Jessie Hoonani Hozaki of Kahului
Jodo Mission was the recipient of the
2012 Namiye Nakamura Scholarship
and was presented with the $750 Schol-
arship on Sunday, May 20, 2012.
Jessie graduated from Kamehameha
School, Maui Campus and plans to go
to Westmont College in California.
Rev. John Hara writes: “Since a
child Jessie Hozaki has been helping Above is photo of Jessie Hozaki and proud parents Gerald and Sheldene
Kahului Jodo Mission. Her family has Hozaki with proud minister Rev. John Hara and Hawaii Rengo Presi-
dent Sally Hayashi who went to Kahului, Maui for this Scholarship
involved her with the temple activities presentation.
as part of our Buddhist community.
I’ve been a minister at Kahului Jodo Mission from May 2009 and since then I have seen Jes-
sie grow to be a wonderful young adult. She has volunteered herself during our Youth retreats
as a leader and a chaperone. Guiding other young adults to participate in our O-Bon festival
working in food booths, running games, and preparing for our O-Bon.”
On June 17, 2012, token gifts of $50 each were presented to Marci Nakamura who grad-
uated from Mililani High School and plans to go to the University of San Francisco to major
in business administration and Kelli Shindo who graduated from Pearl City High School and
plans to go to Kapiolani Community College to major in culinary arts.
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8. Mother’s Day Celebration
Red carnations for the mothers
Sunday School honored their mothers with songs, pictures
and flowers. Some mothers could not attend because they
had to work.
Happy Temple members who
received carnations
Students having fun performing their song for mothers and
Temple members while Rev. Nakano tries to encourage
them.
Service begins with the offer-
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9. Chawan Mushi
(Oven)
Ingredients:
2 eggs, beaten
Shiitake, softened in water
Chicken thigh
Imitation crab
Gingko nut
1 1/2 c chicken broth
1 1/2 tsp shoyu
Dash of salt
Prepare a cup per serving by adding the following to each:
1. Slice four thin strips of chicken and place one strip into the bottom of each
cup.
2. Continue in the same manner for the shiitake and imitation
crab. Arrange a gingko nut to sit at the bottom of the cup as
well.
3. Egg mixture: blend well 2 eggs in a small bowl. Add to this 1 1/2 cups of
chicken broth, 1 1/2 tsp of shoyu and a dash of salt. Pour egg mixture into
cups, filling them halfway or until mixture is evenly divided.
Note: Pour egg mixture carefully to avoid creating bubbles.
Tightly cover the top of each cup with foil.
Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees, with-
out preheating the oven.
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
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10. 2012 BON DANCE SCHEDULE
OF JODO SHU TEMPLES
Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times
Oahu Betsuin 949-3995 Aug 17 to 18 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Haleiwa 637-4382 July 6 to 7 7/6: 8 pm – 10 pm
7/7: 8 pm – 11 pm
Big Island Kurtistown August 4 8:00 pm
[Hawaii] Call Rev. Miyazaki
Hilo July 20 to 21 7/8: 7:30 pm
(808) 935-6996 7/9: 8:00 pm
Hakalau August 18 8:00 pm
Hamakua August 11 6:30 pm
Call Rev. Wansa
Kohala July 14 6:30 pm
(808) 775-0965
Hawi August 4 6:30 pm
Maui Kahului Call Rev. John Hara August 11 7:00 pm
Wailuku (808) 244-0066 June 15 7:00 pm
Lahaina (808) 661-4304 July 7 7:00 pm
Kauai Kapaa (808) 822-4319 August 3 to 4 7:30 pm
Koloa (808) 742-6735 June 29 to 30 7:30 pm
Obituaries
YBA Meeting
The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sincere
condolences to the family members and loved ones of
July 29 @ 8:30 a.m. the following members who have recently left this
world for the Pure Land.
Mitoshi Tanaka 83
Jodo Mission Office Hours: Kikuji Tojio 87
Monday to Saturday
8am—5pm
Sunday & Holidays NO MEETINGS IN JULY: Fujinkai,
8am—3pm Sewing Circle, Sunday School and
Phone: 949-3995 Malama Children’s Choir
Rev. Yubun Narashiba Rev. Kanjun Nakano Rev. Dwight
Head Minister Resident Minister Rev. Yasuhiro Nakamura
Page 10 Watanabe Retired Minister

11. EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for July
1 Kichi Yanagisawa Ukichi Nakano Seiji Nakagawa The Yano, Konaka &
The Yanagisawa Family Fuji Kitagawa Miyoji Aoki Hayashi Family
Yone Ishida Masutaro Kunihisa Mitsuo Sakakibara
11 Toyo Nanbu Tokiyo Masaki Chiya Wada
2 Toyo Tojo The Nanbu Family Masaaki Maruichi
The Tojo Family Fusa Murakami (2) Okiyo Matsumoto 30 Noriaki Masuda
Tsune Uchiumi The Murakami Family Matsu Sadoyama The Masuda & Asamura
Minoru Shigeta The Yamamoto Family Family
Kikuyo Gonhata] Shigeyo Ipponsugi 19 Misae Higashihara Kinosuke Kitamura
Ellen Kimiko Hedani Iwao Asaumi Thomas Tamotsu The Kitamura Family
3 Tamayo Yanagihara Hamada Toshisuke Iwamoto
Robert Yoshimura 12 Hideo Higashi Noriaki Masuda
Kamesaburo Gushiken 20 Gonshichi Shintaku Matsuo Hirayasu
4 Setsuyo Sugihara Akiyo Yano Fukuji Ikeda Bishop Shutesu
The Sugihara Family Morio Yanagihara Katsumi Imada Miyamoto
Sumiyo Yamanaka Toshiji Oka
21 Shigeru Nakata 31 Haruo Nakano
Kajo Teruya
13 Kazuichi Akimoto Usuke Oda Kameyo Hayashi
Isami Yoshikawa
Bunji Aoki Kamekichi Toyofuku Usano Yamane
The Yoshikawa Family
Kajo Teruya The Aoki Family Katsumi Yano
Toki Yamamoto
22 Keisuke Kimura
The Yamanaka Family Evelyn Chieko Fujita
The Yamamoto Family The Kimura Family
Masaru Taira Takeo Matsunaga
Setsuyo Nitta
Motohiro Tanimura
5 Asao Takara Yai Ouchi Watanabe
Sadako Asaumi Matsuyo Miyagi
Shige Ikeda
Fred Yutaka Sakuda 23 June Junko Yamashita
Donna Haruko Furutani 14 Takao Amano
Keizo Oda
Kanichi Morita
Sadako Kishimoto
6 Takaichi Hamada Fukutaro Nagata
The Hamada Family Haya Kamimura 24 Masako Narahara
Miki Ajimura Kazuo Kamimura
The Ajimura Family 25 Matsuno Mishina
Takezo Ishida 15 The Nakagawa Family The Mishina Family
Yosuke Mitsutani The Koike Family Masuo Yanagihara
The Fujisue Family The Yanagihara Family
7 Hisa Akimoto Doris Chiyoko Hayashi The Kimura Family
Taki Ishimoto Florence Satoko Law The Weiss Family
Seiji Ogawa (Stillborn)
Kenneth Sugio Ito 16 The Juichi Yamada
Family
26 Naosuke Nakamoto
8 Yoshio Furumoto The Fujii Family
The Nakamoto &
Kamado Takara The Shikata Family
The Nishii Family Sakagawa Family
Hiroshi Arakawa Toshio Fujimoto
Sueko Kiyama The Okazaki Family
Haruo Okahara The Fujimoto Family
Shigeko Shimamoto
The Okahara Family
9 Kameichi Okamura R. Toyoji Tominaga 27 Sakutaro Koyama
Matsuyo Kamioka Tetsuichi Umemoto The Koyama Family
Kumataro Gonhata Sayoko Takaoka
Masashi Kimura 17 Ito Tanimura Hatsu Maruichi
The Tanimura Family Yoichiro Watanabe
10 Tatsu Yanagihara Kome Nishiguchi
The Yanagihara Family The Nishiguchi Family 28 Koichi Ogi
Shina Kaya Takiko Amakawa Sadamu Iwamoto
The Kaya & Shimazaki Yumei Uyehara Miyoko Ohara
Family Tomoe Yoshioka Darin Sueo Furutani
Keizo Nagata Fumiko Iwamoto
The Nagata Family 18 Hisako Fujihana
Yojiro Yamashina The Fujihana Family 29 Kansuke Yano

12. 8:30am Morning Service Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Everyday July 2012 Phone: 949-3995
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 NO SUNDAY SERVICE 2 3 4 5 6 7
8:00 O-Toba Set Up
8:00 General Cleanup
Haleiwa Bon Dance
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
No Sunday Service O - B O N S E R V I C ES
**3:15 pm Jodo Shu hour
10:00 am Hatsubon Families
2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
10:00 O-Bon Service
Clean-up After Service
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
NO SUNDAY SERVICE **3:15 pm Jodo Shu hour
8:00 O-Toba Kuzushi
29 30 31
10:00 Sunday Service
EVENTS:
July 1: O-Toba Set up & General Cleaning before O-Bon Services **Jodo Shu Hour Radio K-ZOO
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED. (AM1210Khz, Japanese station)
July 6-7: Haleiwa Jodo Mission Bon Dance
July 13-15: O-Bon Services at Jodo Mission of HawaiiJ
Aug 17-18: Bon Dance at Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Sept 21-23: Laypersons/Fujikai Convention on Kauai