JODO MISSION OF HAWAII

BULLETIN - MAY 2011

(#1174-0511)

Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St. Honolulu HI 96814 Address Service Requested

Flowers Needed for Lei Making on Friday, May 27, 2011

Please bring Plumeria or other small flowers for leis to Jodo Mission on Thursday, May 26, 2011.

Sr. YBA is inviting everyone to join us on May 27, 2011 beginning at 8 am for our Memorial Day lei making project. Please come and help us sew leis for our veterans at Punchbowl Cemetery. Lunch will be provided.

Hawaii Buddhist Council’s Memorial Day Service Everyone is cordially invited to the Memorial Day Service, sponsored by the Hawaii

Buddhist Council:

When: Monday, May 23, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Where: Punchbowl Cemetery Hawaii Buddhist Council is made up of seven (7) Buddhist denominations: Higashi Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, Jodo Mission of Hawaii, Koyasan Shingon Mission of Hawaii, Nichiren Mission of Hawaii, Soto Mission of Hawaii and Tendai Mission of Hawaii.

Sermon: Power of Unity Given Rev. Yasuhiro Watanabe on Sunday, March 27, 2011

First of all, I would like to offer my deepest condolences to the victims of the tsunami and quake in the northeast of Japan. As you know, the Japanese are patient and polite. Even though they had such a major disaster, they behave calmly and orderly and are taking the first step on the road of recovery. Their attitude is praised by people all over the world. I’m proud of the Japanese spirit. Today, I’d like to talk about the power of unity and send great encour-agement to the Japanese.

A researcher at Columbia University said, “Japanese have a sense of being first and foremost responsible to the community. This communitarian spirit at the foundation of Japanese culture seems to function even more efficiently under the stress of disas-ter.” If the Japanese are asked the reason for devotion to community, they often answer by saying a phrase, “Komattatoki ha Otagaisama.” It means that, when we have trou-ble, let’s help each other. It is natural for us to share hardships and help each other. This is a virtue and a kind of justice which all people in Japan share equally. I’m sure that this spirit of mutual aid will continue to work effectively in today’s difficult situation.

In fact, Japanese cooperation has deep cultural roots. In Japanese, we call a sense of unity “Wa.” It is one of the most important words for understanding our spirit. At the beginning of the seventh century, Prince Shotoku established the first constitu-tion called the Seventeenth-Article Constitution. His face is well known on the former ¥10,000 bill. He wrote in Article I, “Wa or harmony is to be valued,” and declared his policy that cooperation was fundamental to our society. Since then, Wa, or cooperative work, has been deeply kept in our hearts. With this historical background, we still feel that harmony is more important than self-assertion, argument or confrontation.

This spirit has been handed down for generations. Now, I’ll show you a wonder-ful example. In January, the Japanese national soccer team, “Samurai Blue,” won the 2011 Asian Cup at Doha. In soccer, we kick and pass the ball to our teammate to get a goal. One goal is very precious and the result of players’ team work. I heard most Japa-nese really enjoyed this exciting tournament. Actually, all the games were very close. In the final, Japan beat sports super-power, Australia, in extra time. A substitute player, Lee, fired a volley with his left foot in the corner, leaving the Australian goal keeper motionless. I have never seen such a beautiful goal in Japanese soccer history. The Ital-ian manager, Alberto Zaccheroni, pointed out that unity was the biggest reason for vic-tory. He said, “The team effort and team spirit pulled us through. The whole of Japan can be proud of having a team like this.” The great performance of Samurai Blue is a strong message for us that the Japanese team spirit, cooperation and devotion, is very effective in overcoming hardships. I hope that the entire nation of Japan continue to show us exceptional team work in the recovery from this tsunami and quake.

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Vision for the Future (2) Do you want to hire a super secretary who works 24/7 for your temple only for $250 a month? She will never ask you any other benefits for her hard work. Her name is Miss Home Page!

If you are new to Hawaii and if you want to buy a car, what will you do? You go onto the internet and try to find a car dealer, right?

How about yourself? Is there any single day passes by without using the internet? In US, 239,232,863 people are using internet. Amazingly, it’s 7 people out of 10. How about in Japan? 99,143,700 people are using internet. Again, it’s 7 people out of 10! If this statistics is applied to Hawaii, 906,625 people are using internet in Hawaii. Therefore, if we have a good Home Page in the web, 906,625 people will be able to find us with a very small cost! How much is the cost? Let’s say $1,000 at the beginning to make a home page, $100 a month for a rental server, and $150 per month to maintain the home page. It’s only 0.14 cents per person for the first month, and 0.028 cents from the second month. Don’t you think it’s a good deal? With the expense of $1, more than 3000 people may be able to find who we are.

Imagine that you go to a supermarket and ask somebody if he or she knows Jodo Mis-sion. Do you think one person say, “Yes” out of 100 people? Jodo Mission does not exist to other 99 people.

There are many things we can do for the future of our temple. Why don’t we make our home page, now?! (Your comments are always welcome to narashiba@hotmail.com)

Bits of Knowledge about Buddhism Vol.06 “Flower for the Buddhist”

By Rev. Yasuhiro Watanabe

On the altar of Jodo Mission, you can see some golden flowers on either side of Amida Buddha. They are in the shape of lotus flowers because a lotus flower is the most precious to us as the Buddhists. According to the Sutra, by the 49th day when a person passed away, the deceased will be born from a lotus bud in the Pure Land. When the flower comes into bloom, he/she will start a new life in the Pure Land.

The Lotus also represents the ideal of Buddhist. It grows and flowers only in mud water, but it is never stained by the mud and produces a white beautiful flower. Mud water is a metaphor for this world. The flower symbolizes that the Buddhist should live the right way in the real world. Buddha’s dharma adapts to meet our needs in daily life.

In this way, the lotus is the most meaningful flower for Buddhists. So, we have im-ages of the lotus on the altar. And you may find a lotus pond in some other temples. Page 3

Once again, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the kind and gener-ous monetary donations. As you can see on T.V. or newspaper, Ja-pan is recovering quickly and steadily from the Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disas-ter. However, since 13,392 people died and 15,133 are still missing, the reconstruction of the community will take a long, long time, and the mental and spiritual pain of losing family members or friends will last even longer. Now, I am very proud to announce that we have collected $36,220 for the victims as of March 31, and more donations are coming in everyday. Your donations and messages will be sent to Japan by the end of this month. I am sure that this will bring a hope to the resi-dents of the disaster-stricken area. Thank you very much for your help. In Gassho, Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Dear Members and Friends of Jodo Mission of Hawaii:

Some Information Re Jodo Shu Temples in Japan: Did you know that Jodo Shu has approximately 257 temples in the various affected areas in Japan, which are recovering from earthquake, tsunami and radio activity? In the Miyagi Prefecture alone, which includes Sendai, there are 56 Jodo Shu Temples. In Iwate thee are 34 Jodo Shu Temples. In Fukushima Prefecture there are approximately 167 Jodo Shu Temples. SEE some photos on next page.

800 Grand Memorial Services at Chio-nin Postponed: Due to the earthquake, tsunami, nuclear disasters in Japan, the ceremonies which were to be held in early April 2011 were cancelled. Bishop Gensho Hara indicated they will be rescheduled October 2 to 16, however, he will find out in May whether the Octo-ber dates are firm dates. We will let you know as soon as we find out. Thank you.

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Above: Grave site at Senkoji Temple in Iwanuma City, South of Sendai

PHOTOS OF JAPAN [Copied from Northeast Japan Jodo Shu Young Ministers Association Website]

Above: Joshoji Temple in Miyagi Prefecture. Right photo shows how high the water came at Joshoji Temple. Below: Grave stones at Joshoji Temple

Right top: Saikoji Temple in Ishinomaki City, north of Sendai Mud & debri inside Saikoji Temple Right: outside Saikoji Temple

Above: Temple Bell among debri at Shotokuji Temple in Sendai. Page 5

Miso Helps Protect Body Against Atomic Radiation and Heavy Metal Poisoning What is miso? Miso is a fermented soy food and is one of the world’s most delicious, versatile and medicinal foods. Miso for centuries has been known as a folk remedy for weak digestion, cancer, radiation sickness, tobacco poisoning, acidic conditions, low libidio, and several types of intestinal infections. Miso’s reputation as one of nature’s most healing foods is being confirmed by modern medical science. These studies show what folk healers have known for centuries. It is not any one particular component of miso that makes it such an effective healing food but rather a complex combination of ingredients and a unique double fermentation process that transforms soybeans and grains into a potent medicine. Dr. Shinichiro Akizuki, director of St. Francis Hospital in Nagasaki during World War II who spent years treating atomic bomb victims just a few miles from ground zero did not suffer the usual effects of radiation.. Dr. Akizuki hypothesized that he and his associates were protected from the deadly radiation because they drank miso soup every day. It has been reported that European countries imported truckloads of miso from Japan af-ter the Chernobyl nuclear plant incident.

Pork Miso Soup Serves: 2 Ingredients: 4 cups water 1 pkg. dashi no moto 1/2 lb. pork, sliced sukiyaki style 1 1/2 c. daikon, sliced into rectangles 1/2 pkg bean sprouts 1 med. carrot, sliced into rectangles 1/4 c. shiro miso 4 oz. konnyaku, sliced into rectangles green onions, chopped Directions: 1. Place 4 cups of water into a pot and add one pkg. of dashi no moto. 2. Prepare vegetables: Peel daikon and carrot Cut daikon into slices approximately 1” x 1.5” Cut carrot into slices approximately 1.5” x .5” Slice konnyaku into rectangles similar to carrot. Add them to the pot of water and dashi no moto. 3. Bring pot to a boil and let vegetables cook for approximately 4 minutes. 4. Skim the foaming bubbles off the surface of the mixture. 5. Separating the slices, add the pork to the boiling mixture and cook for 30 seconds. 6. Skim the foaming bubbles from the surface once again. 7. Add half a package of bean sprouts. Heat for another 30 seconds. 8. Lower heat and add 1/4 cup miso, stirring miso until it is dissolved into the soup. Serve in bowls, garnishing with chopped green onions.

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Note of Appreciation from Makoh Nii (Takeru's mother): 『サンデースクールでは、いつもお寺でのマナーや、日本の文化を学びつつ、楽しい

経験もさせていただき、感謝しています。

先日の遠足はZOOで、サンデースクールのメンバーと逝くZOOは、いつも見るZOOの

風景と違った、新鮮なものでした。

息子も私も、いつになく楽しい思いをいたしました。

思い掛けず雨にもふられましたが、それも楽しい思い出です。

どうもありがとうございました』 Translation:

We are so fortunate to have opportunities to learn various things such as manners in temples and cultures in Japan in addition to having fun with friends through the Sunday School at Jodo Mission. We had an excursion to the Honolulu Zoo from the Sunday School on January 30, 2011 and we enjoyed visiting the zoo from different way than we go there by ourselves. Although my son and I had been to the zoo before, we enjoyed so much with all Sunday School friends. Unexpectedly, we had a shower (like a storm!) and that was also a fun experience. Thank you very much.

Hello Everyone! Would you like to have some fun with us? We have Sunday School Class 1-2 times in each month. Besides attending Sunday Service and learning about Buddhism, we also go on picnics, have birthday parties, Christmas party, and do fun things together!! Please call Jodo Mission of Hawaii at 949-3995 if you would like to know more about us. We are looking forward to seeing more new students! In Gassho, Rev. Watanabe

Sunday School Excursion to Honolulu Zoo

On January 30, 2011, Sunday went to the Honolulu Zoo. Looks like they are enjoying themselves. Photo on right features Rev. Wa-tanabe, advisors and mothers. Back row; Yukari Narashiba, Rev. Watanabe, Kay Oshiro, JoAnn Matsuo, Makoh Nii, Hitomi Paraso. Front row; Takeru Nii, Sophie Narashiba, A’Marie Paraso and Strider Paraso

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Announcements

Sunday School 5/8/11

Mother’s Day Service 10 a.m. 5/22/11 after choir class

Fujinkai Meeting (Women’s association)

5/1/11 8:30 a.m.

Sewing Circle

5/14 and 5/28/11 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Any interested person is welcome to participate

On Sunday, April 10, the Hawaii Buddhist Council held its Buddha Day or Hana-matsuri Service at Jodo Mission. We wish to thank the Fujinkai ladies, led by Carol Yanagihara, who helped put together two beautiful hanamidos for this service The hanamidos are pagoda like structures, with the Baby Buddha in the center surrounded by beautiful flowers and amacha or sweet tea. Everyone coming to the Ser-vice was able to pour the sweet tea over the Baby Bud-dha statute. THANK YOU also for the many people who brought flowers from their yards for us to use. See more Hanamatsuri photos on next page.

Hanamatsuri

♫Children’s Choir “Malama”♫

5/1/11 at 10:40 a.m. 5/22/11 at 10:40 a.m.

Any child ages 5 to 8 years old can join. Children will sing mainly Japanese songs and Buddhist gathas. Practice will be in Japanese. ♫ ♫

CONTEST May 8th is Mother’s Day (Haha No Hi)

What do you remember most about your Mother, Mom, Mama, Okaa-san? Was it the delicious food she prepared, the clothes she made for you, the wonderful words of wisdom she had, the encouragement she gave for studying hard, for doing the best you can, for enjoying life to the fullest, etc. In 100 words or less, please send in your thoughts to Jodo Mission of Hawaii by Saturday, May 7th. No age requirement on entering this contest. Please come to our Mother’s Day Service on May 8th at 10:00 a.m.

YBA Meeting 5/22/11

8:30 a.m.

Two students from Punahou came to help: Courtney Kaneshiro and Carli Matsuoka. As part of their Japanese class, they came to participate in our ha-namido creation. Now, they will go back and give their presentation of what they did and what they learned. THANK YOU COURTNEY and CARLI for coming to help. Hope you found it interesting.!

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HANAMATSURI PHOTOS [Hawaii Buddhist Council sponsored Hanamatsuri Service on April 10, 2011]

Guest Speaker was Dr. George Tanabe. Congregation is listening to his talk. Congregation included members of seven Buddhist denominations: Higashi Hongwanji Mission of Ha-waii, Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, Jodo Mission of Hawaii, Koyasan Shingon Mission of Hawaii, Nichiren Mis-sion of Hawaii, Soto Mission of Hawaii and Tendai Mission of Hawaii. Left: Our beautiful altar with one of the Hanamidos with Baby Buddha inside surrounded with sweet tea and flowers.

Left: Closeup of inside one of the Hanamidos. Right: Jodo Mission’s Chil-dren’s Choir performed. Below: Audi-ence enjoyed the entertain-ment by Koboji Temple.

Right: Even Bishop Dean Okimura of Koboji Temple danced and was MC for the entertainment portion. Left: Koboji dancer Dazman even got Ha-namatsuri MC up to dance:

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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. Masato Okimura 91

Jodo Mission Office Hours: Monday to Saturday

8am—5pm Sunday & Holidays

8am—3pm Phone: 949-3995

Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nakano Resident Minister

Rev. Dwight Nakamura

Retired Minister

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Rev. Yasuhiro Watanabe Resident Minister

2011 BON DANCE SCHEDULE OF JODO SHU TEMPLES

Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times Oahu Betsuin 949-3995 Aug 19 to 20 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Haleiwa 637-4382 July 22 to 23 7/22: 8 pm – 10 pm 7/23: 8 pm – 11 pm

Big Island [Hawaii]

Kurtistown Call Rev. Miyazaki

(808) 935-6996

August 6 8:00 pm

Hilo July 8 to 9 7/8: 7:30 pm 7/9: 8:00 pm

Hakalau August 20 8:00 pm

Hamakua Call Rev. Wansa

(808) 775-0965

August 13 6:30 pm

Kohala July 9 6:30 pm

Hawi August 6 6:30 pm

Maui Kahului Call Rev. John Hara

(808) 244-0066 June 24 to 25 7:00 pm

Wailuku June 17 7:00 pm

Lahaina (808) 661-4304 July 2 7:00 pm

Kapaa (808) 822-4319 July 22 to 23 7:30 pm

Koloa (808) 742-6735 June 17 to 18 7:30 pm

Kauai

NOKOTSUDO (Columbarium) Vases: We need to clean the Nokotsudo which has many, many vases. Saturday, June 4th is our target date. If you have any personal vases, artificial plants and flowers, would you please take them home. We realize that you may bring a special vase for your use and then when you come the next time, you cannot find it so you bring another one. We do not want to break your special vase and that may happen when the No-kotsudo people are cleaning the vases or if thee are too many vases on the shelves. Thank you.

1 Tome Iwamoto Tome Toishigawa

2 Bishop Buntetsu Miyamoto Etsuo Nakagawa

3 Mitsuyo Nakahara The Fukunaga Family Mitsuko Sakai

4 Eikichi Hirouji The Miyamasu Family Tamotsu Takaoka Toshio Yoshioka

5 Sadaichi Mito The Mito Family Michie Makino The Makino & Okamura Family Morita Kokubun

6 Tokusaburo Fukuda (2) The Fukuda Family (2) Tora Kanayama (2) The Kanayama Family Hitoshi Nitta Kamato Uyehara Tamayo Matsumori Laurie T. Cho Kazuo Karimoto Kuma Tatei Masaru Morimoto

7 Minetaro Katagiri The Katagiri Family Tsuyako Kishii The Imamiya Family Kiyoshi Hirano Satoru Miura 8 Toshiko Kusunoki Tami Kawasaki The Kusunoki Family Tsuru Kitamura The Kawasaki Family Yasuo Kagihara The Nakagawa Family The Kitamura Family Seki Tamura 10 Sada Kurihara The Kurihara Family The Ajimura Family The Ito Family (Stillborn)

11 Masataka Fukuda The Fukuda Family Shuzo Mitsutani The Mitsutani Family Ayataro Nanbu The Nanbu Family Kimiko Fujii Kikuyo Hayashi Kinuyo Matsui Matsuichi Onaga

12 Konosuke Tsuda The Tsuda Family Kimie Takaoka Mieko Takara Yasu Ogi Kenji Otani

13 Konzo Nakai The Nakai Family

Hikoichi Hirai The Hirai Family Moushi Uehara Teruo Sawamura Fumiko Yogi Kenichi Hayashi Teruo Sawamura The Sawamura Family Betty Oshita Katsutoshi Kano

14 Kiku Miyashige The Goto Family The Miyashige Family Fui Yamato The Yamato Family Toshio Karamatsu Kiku Matsumoto Kura Harada Shinichi Yanagihara

16 Kamekichi Hayashi The Hayashi Family Kozo Okamoto Peggy Miyako Ogi

17 Hiromu Hayashi Wallace Kazuyo Sakai Helen Miyoko Fujikami Tamashiro

18 Hatsuyo Yamamoto The Yamamoto Family Tadami Uemoto Chizuko Koto Haru Shimizu The Kawabe Family The Mitsujiro Kurashige Family Kiyoshi Narahara Kayoko Miyamoto Toshiko Yamanaka

19 Kamechiyo Uyehara Fumio Fujiwara 20 Sukeo Matsuno The Matsuno Family Hatsue Tsuda The Tsuda Family Kamei Akamine Haruyo Iwamoto Koan Takara Benzo Takahashi

21 Fuji Yamamoto The Yamamoto Family Shigeko Fujikami The Fujikami Family

22 Tsunekichi Tamanaha The Tamanaha Family Masuo Tomita Haruo Nakagawa

23 Hichizo Nishimura The Nishimura Family The Aoki Family Harukichi Hirohama The Hirohama Family Ishi Onaga The Onaga Family The Nakamura Family Tomoko Hayashi Kenzo Hashimoto Hichizo Nishimura

24 Zensuke Yokomichi The Yokomichi Family The Kondo Family Kaizo Goto The Goto Family Kichizo Yamamoto The Miyashige Family The Yamamoto Family Takeji Ogata Kiseno Nakano Satsuki Nakano Kamazo Teruya Natsu Muramoto

25 Keiichi Mineishi The Mineishi Family Kazuo Shidaki The Shidaki Family Yoshio Nishimura Shinsuke Uchiumi Minoru Yamane Yonosuke Ikuta The Takazawa Family

26 Senkichi Fukuda The Fukuda Family Fukuji Muranaka Rikio Kunihisa Mitsuki Kimoto Toshiko Higa

27 Kichi Hisamura Torakichi Miyao Takashi Saiki

28 Iro Yamane Misao Yasuda Shuso Gushikuma Shurei Gushikuma Kamaru Gushikuma Kama Gushikuma

29 Mayo Yamamoto The Yamamoto Family The Suzukawa Family Yazaburo Shoji Tohe Shoji Family Joji Sakaguchi Tomiko Yamanaka Haruo Kito The Kito Family Hatsuko Toishigawa Sumie Ito

30 Tamezo Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Heikichi Ichida The Ichida Family Setsu Yamamoto Mackay Umeichi Yanagisawa Tsunejiro Iwamoto Yoshiko Moritsugu

31 Hideo Kuniyuki Ichiro Obara Tahei Harada

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