The monthly bulletin of the Jodo Mission of Hawaii for November 2013.

1. Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Web Page
www.jodo.us
Our website is available to anyone
wanting to find out more about what
is happening at Jodo Mission of
Hawaii. Please feel free to go to our
web page at www.jodo.us
Our Welcome section is similar to
what is on the right side of this page.
It also contains a map of our location
and our contact information (address,
telephone number, office hours).
Our Sunday Services are listed
and we try to list other activities that
may occur or what special service
will be happening.
Our Newsletters are also posted.
Any Videos may be seen which
may include some of our activities.
Also on the website is a link to
Jodo Shu Grand Temple Chion-in
which is very interesting, i.e. Honen
and the Chion-in, places to see, etc.
Hope you will access it and tell
your family and friends about our
web page.
Any comments, please contact
Rev. Yubun Narashiba at 949-3995.
Thank you.
Address Service Requested
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
(#1203-1113
Bulletin - NOVEMBER 2013
Jodo Mission of Hawaii

2. Bits of Knowledge of Buddhism
Vol. 28 Moon Rabbit (November 2013)
By Rev. Yasushiro Watanabe
In autumn, as the days become shorter, we notice that the moon
becomes more beautiful. The beautiful full moon can be seen on Sunday,
November 17. We enjoy looking up at the moon in autumn, and this custom is called Tsukimi (Moon Viewing). We go in a yard and eat mochi which represents
to the round moon.
Do you know who lives on the moon? The East Asian people believe that a rabbit
lives on the moon! Today, I’d like to talk about “Moon Rabbit,” or the small hero in this
story, and think about our role model.
A good example for us as Buddhists is the life of Bodhisattva. Bodhisattva is a
Buddhist saint who is on the path to enlightenment. In many stories of the Buddhist
Saints’ lives, they practice good deeds. The most admirable practice in Buddhism is Giving, or offering joy and happiness to others. We don’t keep anything for ourselves. When
we give, the other person might become happy, but it is certain that we become happy.
For example, Asian folklore includes the well-known story, “Moon Rabbit.” On the
day of a full moon, a monkey, a fox and a rabbit were walking in the wilderness. They
found an old man dying in the wild. When he begged for food, the monkey gathered
fruits from the trees, and the fox collected fish from the river. But the rabbit, who knew
only how to gather grass, could not find food for the person. Instead the rabbit asked the
man to build a fire. Then, surprisingly, the rabbit dared to throw itself into the fire to offer its own body. The rabbit, however, was not consumed by the fire. The old man was
deeply touched by the rabbit’s virtue and revealed himself to be Sakra, or the ruler of
Heaven. He held the body up to the sky and drew a picture of the rabbit on the moon for
all to see. That is the story of “Moon Rabbit.” When we look up at the full moon, we can
remember the noble spirit of self-sacrifice.
This story reminds me of another story about young twins. It comes from a Japanese cartoon, “Touch.” The twins were high school students. The older brother was bad,
and the younger brother was excellent. The younger brother was a baseball player and
his dream was to win the championship. But he didn’t appear on the mound in the finals.
Why? On that morning he got into a traffic accident to save a child on the road. He sacrificed his own life to save the boy’s life. The accident completely changed the older brother’s life. He then shared the dream with his brother and devoted himself to baseball. In
his final year of high school, he won the championship with his brother’s teammates.
Of course, it is very difficult for us to sacrifice ourselves to save others. But we
know that one heroic action touches our souls. We tend to act just for selfish motives.
Here is a Japanese proverb, 情けは人のためならず (nasake ha hito no tamenarazu). It
means that charity is a good investment. That is reciprocity or worldly ethics. However,
real “kindness” is beyond profit-and-loss reasoning. For example: Even if a tsunami is
approaching, people return home to save their family. Even if the building is burning,
firefighters rush into it to save the remaining people. These
actions might make no
sense judging from personal gain. But these individuals devote themselves to their families and communities. That is the ultimate practice of Giving.
I admire their virtue. The original meaning of virtue is the power inside. A heroic
action moved our power inside. This power is the basis of the right livelihood. The story
of ultimate giving like, “Moon Rabbit,” encourages our intrinsic motivation for living right.
I’m sure that the courage of a tiny animal teaches us the true deep importance of one’s
contribution to a community.
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3. 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 confusing 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. Therefore, 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.
1. When Someone Passed Away
Death
↓
Medical examination
↓
Call for a minister
↓
Makuragyo (Bedside service)
↓
Call for a mortuary
↓
Body pick-up
↓
Meeting with the funeral director at the
mortuary
↓
Viewing service
↓
Cremation
↓
FUNERAL with the first 7th day service
↓
49th day service
Burial service
↓
Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service
↓
1 year memorial service
2. When Someone Is Very Close To Death
Call for a minister
↓
Rinju Gyogi (Last rites)
↓
Death
↓
Medical examination
↓
Call for a mortuary
↓
Body pick-up
↓
Meeting with the funeral director at the
mortuary
↓
Viewing service
↓
Cremation
↓
FUNERAL with the first 7th day service
↓
49th day service
Burial service
↓
Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service↓
↓
1 year memorial service
Note: Above two service procedures are purely for informational purpose. We shall honor your family customs and
decisions to arrange a funeral service.
**Editor’s 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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4. MAHALO and ARIGATO
THANK YOU to all who came out on Sunday,
October 20, to assist with Bazaar preparation! Rev.
Hiroki Maeda and his family were in Honolulu and offered to
help, Mia Youth and Glenn Soma and so
many, many others, THANK YOU for
helping to take things out.
Thank you also to the many
who came during the week of
October 21 to 26 to sort and
price all the many items donated by temple members, friends and relatives. It
is hard work trying to dust, sometimes wash or clean
the items, price and present items so people could
purchase them. Many people bring things in boxes,
trash bags, etc. Then they must be sorted. We appreciate your help!
THANK YOU to everyone who came out on Bazaar Day, October 27, to help those
who had questions, to help sell items, to help fold and fold again the many tons and tons of
clothing for sale, to help people find a place to park their car, the cashiers who were most
pressured when the lines got long when someone in line purchased a lot of things. THANK
YOU also to the many people who made baked goods, tsukemono, pickled vegetables,
spam rice, and other treats. We appreciate you taking the time to make these items for sale.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SHOP FOR BARGAINS!
What is one person’s trash is another person’s treasure! We hope you had fun shopping
and made friends. THANK YOU EVERYONE!
Do you remember Rev. Hiroyoshi Oeda? Next month we will include a
visit from Rev. Oeda and his family. Thank you
Movie Night: ALOHA BUDDHA
Aloha Buddha is a very interesting historical
documentary film about Buddhism in Hawaii.
Both young and old should enjoy this film. How
the first Japanese contract laborers came to Hawaii
and later the ministers, women and children and
how the temples are today.
Please invite your friends and relatives to
Aloha Buddha:
Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7:00 pm
at Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki Street, Honolulu, HI 96814;
PH: 949-3995.
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5. MOCHI (Dec. 28) ORDER FORM おもち注文表
Deadline for order is Saturday, December 7, 2013
注文締め切り１２月7日
HOME PHONE NO. 電話番号
PLEASE PRINT NAME 名前
OKASANE おかさね
$4.25/SET
TOTAL
合計
KOMOCHI こもち
$3.75/POUND
SETS
LBS
DOLLARS
DOLLARS
DOLLARS
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Order accepted by: _______________
Received by: _______________
Date accepted: _____/_____/_2013(In person/ Mail / Phone)
Date paid: _____/_____/_2013 (Cash / Check#
)
Cut
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 above. The deadline to submit your mochi order form is
Saturday, December 7th.
Mochi is to be picked up on:
Saturday, December 28, 2013
From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
And to those who would like to learn and make mochi with us, we will be making
mochi on Saturday, December 28th 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. We look forward to seeing you.
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6. What is “Perpetual Memorial
Service?” (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 morning 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 welcome
you to attend the morning service at 8:30 am.
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.
Obituaries
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.
Roy Kiyomatsu Arashiro
Yoko Fukuzono
James Akira Nakamoto
James Yutaka Nakatsuka
85
82
81
95
Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday: 8am—5pm
Sunday & Holidays: 8am—3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us
Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Head Minister
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Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Resident Minister
O-Juya Service
Will be held on Sunday,
November 10 at 10:00 a.m.
“Doing good deeds (reciting Namu Amida
Butsu) here and now exceeds a thousand years
of good deeds in the land of all the Buddhas.”
At Jodo Mission, it is customary for us to
offer sweet treats to Amida Buddha. Please do
not forget your sweet treats to share with everyone. (But not leftovers from Halloween.)
Please join us for our O-Juya Service on
Sunday, November 10, at 10 a.m.
2014 Jodo Shu Calendar
Live the Jodo Shu style
each and every day,
sharing in the love and
compassion of Amida
Buddha year round with
the messages of distinguished priests. Calendar is for January through December
2014. Free calendar is available.
Please order your calendar now before we run out. Please call Jodo
Mission of Hawaii at 949-3995 by
November 11.
Rev. Yasuhiro
Watanabe
Resident Minister
Rev. Dwight
Nakamura
Retired Minister

7. Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo) for November
1 Gensaku Nakagawa
The Nakagawa Family
Hidetsugu Kanai
Sadao Hedani
Masao Takeda
Tadao Murashige
2 Koichi Yoshiumi
The Yoshiumi Family
Koichi Nakamura
Jiro Masuda
Kenjiro Ishii
Tari Sato
3 Fuji Yoshisaki
The Yoshisaki Family
Tsurue Hayase
4 Kiichi Saiki
Kanji Kimoto
Emi Taira
Shigenobu Tamashiro
5 Kanichi Iwamoto
The Iwamoto Family
Matsutaro Tanimura
The Tanimura Family
Yuriko Sano
Yasuichi Hamasaki
Katajiro Yamamoto
6 Kinroku Morita
The Morita Family
Jihei Shimokawa
The Shimokawa Family
Tokizo Fujita
Tomi Tominaga
Jihei Shimokawa
Bert Takeshi Higa
7 Taeko Mizuno
Mizuno & Ota Family
Tadahito Sakuda
The Sakuda Family
Shoichi Hisamura
Kimiko Nobuji
Hatsue Gonhata
Aki Ikeda
Kenji Sano
8 Machida's Baby
Masao Uno
The Uno Family
Bansuke Tomai
The Tomai Family
Tsutomu Hanano
Kazuo Gonhata
Kazo Kubota
9 Iwao Iwamoto
The Iwamoto Family
Natsu Kanemoto
The Kanemoto &
Miyamoto Family
Otome Sugiyama (2)
Yoshio Kanehira
Mildred Asako Tsuda
10 Yoshisuke Miyakawa
The Miyakawa Family
Shinayo Kano
The Kano & Watabe
Family
Rev. Myoshun Hayashi
The Hayashi Family
Shuichi Ota
Clarence Katsuji
Morimoto
11 Tsuru Teramoto
The Teramoto Family
Tamotsu Sugiyama (2)
Soyo Nishida
Yonoichi Kitagawa
Herbert H. Kano
Hisayo Okawa
12 Tomohei Tejima
The Tejima Family
Sueji Yano
13 Matsujiro Tsurusaki
The Tsurusaki & Inada
Family
14 Shiro Fukunaga (2)
Alice Chieko Masatsugu
Kingsley K. Luke
15 Gentaro Arita
The Arita Family
Toyomi Moritsugu
Kana Teruya
Enosuke Kawasugi
Rosalie Katsuko
Nishimura
Toyoichi Yamada
18 Jinkichi Tanaka
The Tanaka & Noda
Family
Kimie Hashimoto
19 Onsho Chinen
The Chinen Family
Saku Fukuda
The Fukuda Family
Mamu Iwasaki
Yaeko Uesugi
Kaname Tanimura
29 Junichi Oki
Heizo Furukawa
30 Tsuma Ishida
The Ishida & Aimoto
Family
Shizu Shigeoka
Usanosuke Otani
20 Naka Iwamoto
The Iwamoto Family
Totaro Nomiyama
Toyo Terada
Yoshi Yamanaka
Taru Namihira
21 Bishop Kyokujo
Kubokawa
22 Wasa Hamada
The Hamada Family
Shina Karamatsu
The Karamatsu Family
Minnosuke Ebisugawa
Mamoru Tatei
Fusae Oshita
Paul Shigeyuki Sakuda
23 Matsue Inoue
The Inoue Family
Sano Matsumoto
Yutaka Matsumoto
Yoshiichi Takemoto
Kinji Yamamoto
Takami Aoki
Kameyo Ohnaga (2)
24 Tatsuo Tsuda
Yonezo Kitagawa
25 Tadao Nakamura
Matsuyo Yamamoto
Tsutomu Kuniyuki
26 Asako Yamamoto
16 Tora Otani
Kieko "Kay" Fuse
The Otani & Yanagihara
Miyoko Matsumura
Family
Noboru Tarumoto
Shosaku Yagi
The Yagi & Okada Family 27 Chisaburo Azuma
Kazuo Hayashi
The Azuma Family
The Hayashi Family
Jane Hatsuko Higa
Koichi Ono
Hisako Kurakake (2)
The Ono & Yamada
Family
28 Tameno Fujimoto
Mitsuko Yanagihara
The Fujimoto Family
Fumi Miyamoto
Hatsuo Murao
Apology for October
Eitaikyo List:
We apologize for not
listing the following
deceased person in the
October Bulletin:
10/20: Haruyo Kotake

8. 10:00 Sunday Service
10:45 Sunday School
10:00 Sunday Service
10:00 O-Juya Service
11:45 Board Meeting
10:00 Sunday Service
8:30 Fujinkai Meeting
25
18
11
4
Mon
26
19
12
5
Tue
27
20
13
6
NO MALAMA CHILDREN’S CHOIR
in November
22
15
8
1
29
21
14
7
Thu
28
NO MEETING in Nov.
YBA Meeting
November 6 at 8:30 a.m.
(Women’s association)
Fujinkai Meeting
7:00 pm Movie
Aloha Buddha
Wed
November 2013
Dec 1 at 8:00 am General Clean-up—We need your help!
Dec. 8 at 10:00 am HBC Jodo-e (Bodhi Day) at Jodo Mission
Dec. 28 Mochitsuki Day
COMING EVENTS:
24
17
10
3
Sun
8:30am Morning Service
Everyday
Sewing Circle
30
23
16
9
2
Sat
November 24 at 10:45 am
Sunday School
NO classes for Nov-Dec-Jan
Fri
Phone: 949-3995
Jodo Mission of Hawaii