The monthly newsletter of the Jodo Mission of Hawaii for September 2014.

1. Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Bulletin - SEPTEMBER 2014
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
Address Service Requested
(#1214-0914)
NOKOTSUDO—COLUMBARIUM CLOSED
August 31 to September 18, 2014 for Repairs
Please pardon the inconvenience but we must close the two Nokotsudo or Columbarium rooms upstairs so repairs can be made to the ceilings and walls. The Nokotsudo will be closed from Sunday, August 31 to Thursday, September 18, 2014. Thank you very much for your patience and understanding.

2. Collecting Donations for Bazaar
Our Bazaar will be held on Sunday, October 19. If you have any donations, please bring them to the Temple! Please separate your donations by categories (clothing, kitchen utensils and dishes, toys, trinkets, books) and please mark the catego- ries. Jodo Mission will not pick up your donations. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that what you may call “junk” may be another person’s “pot of gold”.
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September 14—Keiro Kai and Grandparents’ Day
The Intermediate YBA and Sunday School will honor our Keiro members (all those 80 years old and older) on Sun- day, September 14, at 10 a.m. Please join us if you are able to come.
Also, younger generation, please bring your parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles who are 80 years and older to join this event! It will be a special treat for them!
Last year, Mrs. Takako Nakayama brought Mrs. Tamayo Nakamura and Mrs. Muriel Shimoda and this was a spe- cial treat for the two ladies!
Three smiling Keiro gentlemen: Teruto Soma, David and Clifford Miyamoto

3. BON DANCE (August 15-16, 2014)
! THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our Bon Dance held on August 15-16, 2014. There were so many, many people helping behind the scenes and we really appreciate all your hard work. It is with everyone’s help that we can continue to do this event. Without someone arranging with the bon dancers, getting the yagura up, arranging for the stairway to get on top of the yagura, someone setting up chairs so people could sit down, someone getting the omamoris, also someone selling omamoris, bon dance towels, happi coats, kimonos, parking attendants from the Kiwanis Club, making and sell- ing andagis (Okinawan donuts), someone making and selling the wonderful Jodo Mission special shaved ice, someone making and selling musubis, spam musubis, someone making and selling chichi dango, someone ordering and selling saimin, someone making and selling grilled BBQ sticks, someone making and selling sushi, yaki soba, soba salad, turkey jook, someone making and selling hot dogs, chili and rice, someone making and selling waffle dogs, hamburgers, peanut butter floats, someone washing dishes and more dishes, someone like Dr. Hingsin Chun making sure that all the trash cans were not overflowing with trash, someone answering the many questions people called about, including “how do I get to Jodo Mission?” or “where can I park?”
Thank you also to the many, many dancers who came and had fun dancing. Thank you to the taiko group Dragon Beat to start each day of the Bon Dance.
We hope everyone had time to catch up with old friends, made new friends, got together with your relatives!
Thank you to everyone who came to our Bon Dance. SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR! Tell your friends what a wonderful time it was—good food, good friends!
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Taiko Instructor Tsutomu Nakai and students

4. Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Scholarship Award
Namiye Nakamura Scholarship
Ashley Mizuo was awarded the 2014 Namiye Nakamura Scholarship. On behalf of the Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fu- jinkai, Ashley was presented with her scholarship check on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at our Sunday Service by Hono- lulu Jodo Shu President, Sally Hayashi. Ms. Hayashi read the letter from Jan Nakamura, Scholarship Chairperson which accompanied the check and also stated the best wishes from Hawaii Rengo Fujinkai President Eleanor Miyake.
Ashley was very happy to receive the award. She will be leaving right after Bon Dance to go to Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois and begin her studies in journalism.
Ashley with her brother Cody next to her. First row: Sophie Narashiba, Cody Kikuno, Ashley Mizuo, Tomoko Hisamoto, Toshiko Kitagawa, Akiko Nishiyama.
Second row: Masa Kitajima (grandpa), Sally Hayashi, Wendy Kikuno (mother) and Takako Nakayama.
Ashley, thank you for your help at the Bon Dance. We wish you the best! Study hard and hope to see you on your visits home.
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Yagura Set Up Photos: Yagura set up is not that easy. It takes a lot of manpower to make sure each pole is secured correctly and to make sure the foundation is strong enough to hold the singers and taiko drummers.
Magnet Sweeper is used to try and get as much of the nails from the O-Toba take down as possible so no one will get hurt dancing around the yagura. Mr. Shindo shows the magnet sweeper is strong enough to hold a cup full of nails!

5. AUTUMN O-Higan Chutoba Form (彼岸会中塔婆申し込み用紙)
Your Name(お名前) : Phone（電話）:
Name of Deceased （亡くなった方のお名前）：
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One Chutoba is $7 X Total of Chutoba = Total $
（中塔婆1本7ドル） （本数） （合計）
Please make checks payable to “Jodo Mission of Hawaii”. DEADLINE: Sunday, September 14, 2014
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Order accepted by Date accepted / /2014 (In person/ Mail / By phone)
Received by Date paid: ________/______/2014 (Cash / Check #_____________) Write
O-HIGAN SERVICE
The word “Higan” literally means “the other shore” in
Japanese. One shore represents the world we are in, and the oth- er shore “Higan” represents Amida Buddha’s Pure Land. The river represents the bad mind we all possess. The concept is that we practice the teaching to reach the other shore across the river.
We have two Higan seasons in a year. One in spring, the oth- er in autumn, as Higan is held during the week of the spring and autumn equinox. Shan Tao, one of the highest ranking priests of Jodo Buddhism in China said that the sun sets due west during the equinox thus it is a good opportunity to think about Bud- dha’s Pure Land which exists far away in the west, as well as appreciate our ances- tors who are also there.
Please join us for our Higan-e service and think about Amida Buddha’s Pure Land and our ancestors. Our Higan-e Service will be held:
Sunday, September 28 at 10:00 am
Chutoba prayers will be conducted during this service. If you would like a Chuto- ba prayer for your ancestors, please fill out the form on this page and send it or drop it off at the Jodo Mission office by Sunday, September 14th. Thank you.
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Higan Service
September 28 at 10 a.m.
____ I plan to attend service
____ I do not plan to attend

6. Obituaries
The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sincere condolences to the family members and loved ones of the following members who have recently left this world for the Pure Land.
Dorothy Fusaye Kotaka 81
Shinobu Furusawa 85
Kimiko Yamagata 98
Dorothy Aiko Miwa 102
Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday
8am—5pm
Sunday & Holidays
8am—3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us
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Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Head Minister
Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Resident Minister
Rev. Dwight
Nakamura
Retired Minister
Bishop Gensho Hara
Lahaina, Maui
Sermon by Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Given on June 22, 2014 [This sermon is reprinted because of an error]
Generally speaking, we understand Buddhism in two ways. One way is through the teachings of Buddha. The other way is through becoming an enlightened one like Buddha.
The former way is the same as in other religions such as Christianity. Buddhism is the teaching which was revealed by Shakyamuni Buddha, an historical person. Christianity is the gospel which was preached by Jesus Christ, also an historical person.
Modern studies show that not every Buddhist scripture is the teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha. However, many Buddhists believe them all to be his teaching.
The way of becoming an enlightened one is unique to Buddhism as compared to Christianity. Christianity is the teachings of God through Jesus Christ. But it is not the way of becoming like God. Since God is the creator of this world, man cannot be- come like God.
Christians say that God lives within them through faith, but this does not mean that God and man can be- come the same one. In Buddhism, we have the Buddha nature within ourselves. If we realize the Buddhist truth, we can become a Buddha. Buddhism is the way for everyone to find and reveal the Buddha nature with- in himself or herself. By following the path of Bud- dhism, everyone can attain the perfect peace and bliss as Buddha did so.
Well, St. Honen deeply considered the Buddha nature. St. Honen reached a conclusion that the teach- ings should be practical rather than theoretical. How- ever excellent the teachings may be, they are of no use if we cannot practice to attain enlightenment. The final goal of Buddhism is for everyone to attain enlighten- ment.
St. Honen showed us the way to reach the final goal of Buddhism. It is the Onenbutsu. The Onenbutsu is to pray by reciting the Buddha’s name. Please recite the Buddha’s name as many times as you possibly can in this world.

7. EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for September
Seijiro Mitsuyasu
The Mitsuyasu Family
Takao Nishimura
The Nishimura Family
Kamado Gushikuma
Kiku Sugimoto
The Sugimoto & Samoto Family
Yutaro Karamatsu
The Karamatsu Family
Kiku Kusunoki
The Kusunoki Family
Minbunosuke Sakuda
Eikichi Nakamoto
The Okamoto & Nakamoto Family
Reverend Hoyu Ohta
The Ohta Family
Katsume Kuniyuki
Shizuko Morita
Kikuno Mitsutani
Nobuo Yoshida
Eisuke Tamura
Kikuyo Iwamoto
Shigeki Hayashi
Yuriko Naito
Toramatsu Yamamoto
Kamekichi Shigeoka
Suteno Yoshida
Masaichi Toishigawa
Kichigoro Ikeda
Nobuo Hara
Suke Muranaka
The Muranaka Family
Higashi Tojo
The Tojo Family
Toshiko Judy Yanagihara
Mitsue Shigeoka
Shunsuke Ogi
The Ogi Family
Shigeru Taketa
Yone Wakayama Umeda
Masako Koyama
Ritsu Inada (2)
The Inada Family (2)
The Morimoto Family
Tsune Kuniyuki
Shimo Hashimoto
Sana Tamura
Yukie Sakaue
Yorizo Yamane
TheYamane Family
The Harada Family
Ikuzo Kuniyuki
Nobuo Tsuda
Mike Shigeo Hara
Junji Sano
The Nishimoto Family
Sada Hayashi
The Hayashi Family
Masao Fukuzawa
Tsuneyasu Tamanaha
Umeyo Ohta
Taeko Stella Uehara
Kigoro Takada
The Takada Family
Kumayo Nomura
The Nomura Family
Yoshio Kawakami
Yasuichi Moritsugu
The Henry Hijii Family
Matsu Ohta
Kikuzuchi Takaoka
Toshio Mitani
Umeyo Nishimura
The Nishimura Family
Ishi Yagi
The Yagi & Okada Family
Takeji Ohara
Masaji Kawasugi
Shizue Masuda
Yuji Yokoyama
Ayako Nakata
James Hajime Koike
Shigenari Uesugi
Okaji Hashimoto
The Hashimoto Family
Fujie Nomiyama
Kinjuro Sugimoto
The Sugimoto & Samoto Family
Take Kitagawa
The Kitagawa Family
Tameo Shinntani
Kamejiro Uyeda
Hoichi Fujita
The Fujita Family
Mie Kashiwa
Fumiko Yamane
Nobuko Tsuruda
Kichijuro Miyashige
The Goto & Miyashige Family
Seitoku Higa
The Weiss Family
The Sunagawa Family
Fusae Ippongi
Shoichi Ishida
The Ishida & Aimoto Family
The Iwamoto's Baby
The Iwamoto Family
Kiyoko Isobe
Kumanoshin Yamamoto (2)
Yoshiko Nakahara(2)
Wanda Akemi Hamada
Miyo Koyama
The Koyama Family
Keikichi Mishina
The Mishina Family
Kame Higa
The Higa Family
Ruth Yoshiko Medeiros
Tsuchitaro Iwamoto
Eleanor Haruko Nose
Shigeko Machida
Kiyoshi Matsushita
The Matsushita Family
Yoshiaki Ono
The Ono & Yamada Family
Yoshio Uchiumi
Riichi Hirouji
Ryuichi Hamada
The Hamada Family
The Sakauye Family
Shieto Saiki
Aya Asaumi
Haruyo Yanagihara
Kamematsu Onohara
Mitsuru Harada
The Nishimura's Baby
Seiichi Tanaka
The Tanaka & Takahashi Family
Hakuyo Ebisuzaki (2)
Goro Shindo
Kimi Morita
The Morita & Ashinaka Family
Natsue Hayashi
The Hayashi Family
Kiku Tanimura
The Tanimura Family
Ryosuke Yanagisawa
The Yanagisawa Family
Ushi Shimabukuro
Akio Shimabukuro
The Shimabukuro Family
Kiyo Yamachika
The Yamachika &
Matsushige Family
Ishi Uyenoyama
Yuu Kunihisa
Yoshiwa Tarumoto
Chieko Yamamura
Francis Kiyoshi Furutani
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8. 8:30am Morning Service
Everyday
September 2014
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us
8:30 Fujinkai Meeting
10:00 Sunday Service
Statewide Laypersons and Fujinkai
Convention in Hilo: 9/19 to 9/21
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8:00 Sewing Circle
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21 10:00 Sunday Service
Statewide Laypersons and
Fujinkai Convention in Hilo
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8:00 Sewing Circle
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10:00 Autumn Higan Service
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Events:
Sept 14 Deadline: Autumn Chutoba Orders
Sept 19-21 Statewide Laypersons and Fujinkai Convention
Oct 12 Bazaar Prep to bring out stored Bazaar items HELP NEEDED
Oct 13-18 Bazaar Prep—organizing & pricing items
Oct 19 BAZAAR
Fujinkai Meeting
(Women’s association)
Sept 7 at 8:30 a.m.
YBA Meeting
NO MEETING in Sept
Sewing Circle
Sept 13 & 27 at 8:00 a.m.
Sunday School
Sept 14 at 10:00 am
[Sunday School will join Keiro &
Grandparents Day Service]