Hosted by Byodoji Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal,  we will have the 19th Zoom Nenbutsu on Friday, January 24 from 9:15 pm to 10:15pm.  Please join us in reciting ”Namu Amida Butsu” from anywhere in the world.
Please use the link below for your participation.   It's absolutely for free! 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2131049394?pwd=QmVPQmZJOExIL2Z4bC9CRXdXWjJpQT09 

Meeting ID：213 104 9394
passcode：dDEB9A

The commemorative Service, officiated by Archbishop Kokyo Kawanaka, Secretary General of Jodo Shu, was held succdssfully at the Jodo Mission of Hawaii on Sunday, October 20 from 11:00 am after the affirmation ceremony.   
Jodo Shu Ministers in attendance were;
Bishop Shodo Kobayashi (Zojoji Head Temple, The World Fellowship of Buddhists)
Bishop Yugen Miyabayashi (Chairperson of the Jodo Shu Parliament)
Bishop Keijun Motegi (Jodo Shu Officer)
Bishop Shunmyo Sugiyama (President of Jodo Shu Oversea Association)
Bishop Kodo Tanaka (President of Jodo Shu Former Oversea Ministers' Association)
Bishop Shinei Nakamura (President of Jodo Shu Miyagi Prefectural District)
Rev. Akiyoshi Oeda (Jodo Shu South America, Jodo Shu Nippakuji de Curitiba
Bishop Shodo Tsuchiya (Kanchin Temple)
Bishop Kyoshin Kojima (Rinshoji Temple)
Rev. Takeshi Watanabbe (Seirinji Temple)
Rev. Genyo Sasaki (Daihoji Temple)
Rev. Goshin Nakamura (Renkoji Temple)
Dr. Rev. Takaaki Uoo (Ganjoji Temple)
Rev. Gensho Hara (Lahaina Jodo Mission)
Rev. Koji Ezaki (Haleiwa Jodo Mission)
Rev. Junshin Miyazaki (Hilo Meishoin, Kurtistown Jodo Mission & Hakalau Jodo Mission)
Rev. John Choon Hara (Wailuku Jodo Mission & Kahului Jodo Mission)
Rev. Myoko Takano (Jodo Mission of Hawaii)
Rev. Takaaki Tanabe (Jodo Mission of Hawaii)
& Bishop Kosen Ishikawa (Jodo Mission & Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions).

 As you may know, Jodo Shu will celebrate the 850th Anniversary of its founding in 2024. As part of this commemoration, we invite you to participate in the Dharma Light Relay Ceremony of Nenbutsu at Jodo Mission of Hawaii on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 11:00 am at Jodo Mission of Hawaii. 

This Dharma Light Relay starts at Seiryuji Temple where Honen Shonin encountered the verse, “All will be saved by calling Amida Buddha’s sacred name, Namu Amida Butsu” in the commentary on the Visualization Sutra by the Chinese Pure Land Master Shandao. Honen Shonin realized that Nenbutsu was the ultimate way for universal salvation. Then he descended to the city and stayed at Yoshimizu (currently Chionin temple) where he dedicated himself to the spread of Nenbutsu teachings. Thus Nenbutsu spread gradually and was transmitted from person to person from generation to generation. We call this transmission of Nenbutsu as transmission of “Dharma Light.” 

In recognition of Honen Shonin’s footstep of the initial transmission of “Dharma Light” from Seiryuji Temple, young ministers will carry Light with a candle on foot from Seiryuji temple to Chionin where various representatives will get together to receive and pass this light to many more temples and members. Bishop Ishikawa is attending this service in order to pass out this Dharma Light to Jodo Mission temples in Hawaii. Ministers from neighbor islands will gather for this ceremony at Jodo Mission to receive and pass out the light to its members. All are invited and we will present candle light with Dharma light of Nenbutsu to each participant. Light refreshments will be served after the service. Also special Koto Concert will be held after the refreshments at 1:00 pm. 

In relation to this Dharma Relay, we’d like to encourage as many people as possible to establish a Karmic Connection with Amida Buddha by participating in the Reiwa-Edition Registry of Nenbutsu Devotees. 

On the one-year memorial service for Honen Shonin, his foremost disciple Genchi Shonin expressed his devotion to his maser by having a standing statue of Amida Buddha carved in his memory. Inside the image was discovered sheets of paper in which as many as 46,000 names of devotees were written, who were karmically connected to the statue. This registry attests that many people who wished to be born in the Pure Land of the Western Paradise, created a strong bond with Honen Shonin’s teachings and recited Nenbutsu with deep appreciation. Now almost 850 years after Honen Shonin founded the Pure Land Sect called “Jodo Shu”, let us also recite the Nenbutsu and write down Namu Amida Butsu for the Reiwa-Edition Registry. Your Nenbutsu offerings will be compiled in the registry and dedicated in front of the Statue of Amida Buddha created by Genchi Shonin. Registry paper will be available at the service. We hope you will take this opportunity to make a strong karmic connection with the Nenbutsu. 

Hawaii Buddhist Council presents 2021 Virtual Bodhi Day Service 
with One Minute Dharma Talk Challenge by 16 ministers!

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