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

1. ***New Year’s Greetings ***
Gensho Hara, Bishop
The Buddha’s vows are many as many as forty-eight.
But the Nembutsu alone was revealed as the practice with the greatest karmic relationship.
If you earnestly think of the Buddha, the Buddha in turn will think of you.
If you seek the Buddha with your whole heart, the Buddha in turn will receive you.
-- From the Chinese Pure Land Master Shantao’s hymns
Wishing you and your family a very happy and peaceful New Year!
The New Year represents new beginnings, starting life afresh with renewed enthusiasm and energy. The fresh air in the morning of the first day of the year always feels extra special to me as it is
filled with anticipation of the new things the year will bring. It is also a time to set new goals. In Japan, the word, hatsu or “first, beginning,” signifies the first actions we take during the first few days
of the New Year, such as hatsumoude (first shrine or temple visit), hatsuyume (first dream), or hatsugama (first tea ceremony).
Speaking of new beginnings, I hope that as many of you will join in the Betsuin’s observances
and functions as well as the statewide functions such as the Hakalau Jodo Mission’s 110th Anniversary
Service (Feb. 15), the Youth Retreat (March), Hawaii Buddhist Council Hanamatsuri (Buddha Day;
April), Hilo Meishoin’s 50th Relocation Anniversary, Aloha State Meisho YBA Convention in Hilo
(June 6–8), and Laypersons’ Association/Rengo Fujinkai Joint Convention in Hilo (September 19 –
21), and Wailuku Jodo Mission’s Centennial (Oct. 25). I am also pleased to announce that the longawaited, revised Otsutome Book will be published and distributed this spring.
Please remember that each and every one of you makes a difference at your temple. Let us join
together to work towards a brighter future for the Betsuin and Hawaii Jodo Shu.
Embraced by the Wisdom and Compassion of Amida Buddha, let us call Amida Buddha’s sacred Name, Namu Amida Butsu, daily and live our lives happily and peacefully to the fullest throughout 2014.
With Gassho.
Address Service Requested
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
(#1206-0114)
Bulletin - JANUARY 2014
Jodo Mission of Hawaii

2. New Year’s Greetings
Message from Kyodan Board President
Dear Friends,
Aloha! I hope you had a year filled with great memories with family and
friends. Even among some of our sad and challenging experiences, we have grown
stronger and more grateful of life. As practitioners of Buddhism, we are able to overcome difficult situations and appreciate everything around us. Through the teachings, we understand
how our existence can play a role in spreading love and compassion. Thank you for every kind gesture you have done for others and all you have contributed to our world. When it is our time to move
on to the afterlife, we will leave everlasting imprints of our love here with all those we have touched
and we will continue to do the same wherever we go to next. I wish you a wonderful 2014 and may
peace and joy be with you forever.
Love, Jon Riki Karamatsu
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
As members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii, you are cordially welcome to attend the 2014
General Membership Meeting on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 10:30 a.m., following the
Gyoki-e Service (Honen Shonin Memorial Service) in the temple. Please join us. Following
the religious and business portion, please join us for a New Year’s party (see below).
S hinnenka i 新年会
New Year’s Party
Please join us for our New Year’s
Party following the Annual General
Membership meeting. All members
and friends are invited. Come and
meet your Board of Directors.
Date: Sunday, January 26
Time: 11:30 am
(after Gyoki-e service and
General Membership Meeting)
Place: Jodo Mission Social Hall
HYAKU-SAI
百 歳
To reach 100 years old or Hyakusai is a precious age. Many of our
members are in their nineties. Are there
any members who will be100 years of
age by January 26, 2014? Please contact Jodo Mission to let us know.
We would like to recognize these
Hyaku-sai members on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at our New Year’s Party
which follows our 10 a.m. Sunday Service and General Membership Meeting.
Thank you.
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3. New Year’s Greetings
Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu! This means “Happy New Year!” in Japanese. It literally means “Congratulations that a new year has opened up!”
Since we are humans, we made so many mistakes last year. However, finally
the new year has come for us to start a new life! The door of the year 2013 is
closed and now the door of 2014 is open! If you are regretting with this and
that, let’s leave them behind. If you are angry with someone, let’s forgive them.
Do you remember one of the most important teachings in Buddhism? No Attachment! Now, let’s start a new year!
If many good things happened to you during the past year, let’s pray for more good things to
happen in this year again. If you lost your beloved ones, let’s pray for them to be able to live
happy and peaceful second lives in the Pure Land.
New Year is a good time to make resolutions. Let’s make resolutions to live a good Buddhist
life during this year by saying the following prayer:
May Buddha help me to move forward,
May you help me to understand Your teachings and respect them,
May you help me to apply Your teachings to my daily life,
May you help me to practice Buddhist customs,
May you help me to share my happiness with others,
and
Please always be with me.
Now I would like to thank the volunteers who worked so hard last year. Because of your
help, the activities of the last year such as O-Bon, Bon Dance, Bazaar, Mochi Making and so on were very successful. Let me ask
you for your continuous support to our temple.
I also would like to thank those who worked hard to install the
solar panels and to re-pave the driveway and parking lot. Now our
temple is eco-friendly and more comfortable for you to visit.
I am sure hard times and glad
times will be ahead, but if we
Newly installed Solar Panels
trust in the power of Buddha and
work together, our future will be very successful. Now is the
time to understand the role that each one of us plays for the betterment of our community.
May Buddha keep on shining upon us and may you have a
very Happy New Year!
In Gassho,
Repaved Parking Lot and Driveway
Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Head Minister
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4. GYOKI-E CHUTOBA FORM 2014（御忌会中塔婆申し込み用紙）
Deadline: January 12, 2014
YOUR NAME（お名前）：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿PHONE（お電話番号）：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
NAME OF DECEASED（亡くなった方のお名前）：
Gyoki-e Service
January 26 at 10 a.m.
1._________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
____
____
I plan to attend service
I do not plan to attend
4.____________________________________________________________
One Chutoba is $ 7.00 × Total of Chutoba ＿＿＿＿＿＿ ＝ Total ＄＿＿＿＿＿＿
（中塔婆 1本 7ドル）
（本数）
（合計）
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Order accepted by: _______________ Date accepted: _______/______/ 2014 (In person / Mail / By phone)
Received by: _______________ Date paid: _______/______/ 2014 (Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______
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Gyoki-e
(Honen Shonin’s Memorial Service)
Gyoki-e means the memorial service for Honen Shonin.
Honen Shonin, who is a founder
of Jodo Shu, passed away on January 25th, 1212. He was 80 years
old.
After Honen Shonin
passed away, his disciples and
believers started to have a memorial service for him on the 25th of
every month. The biggest ceremony was held on 25th of January every year. This service was
held not only locally in Kyoto but
it spread all over Japan. In those
days, the word “Gyoki” meant
the anniversary of the deaths of
the Emperors or their wives. The
word “Gyoki” was such a respectable word for the Emperor's family.
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Three hundred years later,
after Honen Shonin passed away,
the Emperor Gokashiwabara
mandated Jodo Shu to call the
anniversary of Honen Shonin’s
death “Gyoki”. Since then, people called his annual memorial
service “Gyoki”. This occasion
implied that Honen Shonin was
clearly accepted and revered by
the Emperor and the people.
Our Gyoki-e service will be
held on January 26th at 10 a.m.
Please join us.
Chutoba is available for this
Gyoki-e service. At this service
you may also honor your
deceased ancestors with a Chutoba prayer. See above Chutoba
order form.
Founder of Jodo Shu :
Honen Shonin
(1133-1212)

5. HBC Bodhi Day Guest Speaker
Professor Soho Machida
Professor Soho Machida of
the Hiroshima University was
the guest speaker at the HBC
Bodhi Day Service. Bodhi
Day is celebrated by Buddhists as the day Shakyamuni
Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.
Professor Machida who practices Zen, talked about attaining peace. If an employer and an employee have the same
goal for a better company, there are no problems, everyone is
in sink as to what needs to be done and there is peace. He
said that it is interesting to note that the word “ARIGATO” is a very powerful word. Everyone is familiar
with the word “ARIGATO” - thank you. By taking deep breaths and saying “A—-R—-I—--G—-A—T—-O”, you can release some of the negativity and attain peace. Photo above left is of Professor
Machida and Bishop Hara. Photo above is Professor Machida with hi power point presentation.
MAHALO
Thank you everyone who came for
general clean-up of the Temple, including the Columbarium or Nokotsudo on
December 1, 2013. Your hard work
and dedication to the Temple are
deeply appreciated.
Thank you to the Sunday School and
Intermediate YBA for the delicious
pizza luncheon and visit by Santa.
What an enjoyable treat after general
cleaning!
FAQ: How should we discard Kagami Mochi?
ANS: Because of the unique climate of Hawaii, Kagami Mochi gets moldy much faster than Japan.
Therefore, it is recommended to take them down after the three holy days of the New Year (i.e.
on January 4th), though it is the common practice in Japan to keep them until January 11th.
After you take them down, it is the best if you eat them. However, in Hawaii, it is quite possible
that the Kagami Mochi is already moldy. In that case, sprinkle a dash of salt on the Kagami Mochi
to purify them just like Sumo wrestlers purify the Sumo ring with salt and put them in a paper bag
or wrap them with paper such as news paper, and then throw them away.
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6. Obituaries
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 8:30am.
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.
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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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.
Avis Shigemi Kekina
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Movie Night:
ALOHA BUDDHA
Aloha Buddha is a very
interesting historical documentary about Buddhism in
Hawaii. We presented this
film in November and would like to show it again.
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. We are hoping that Lorraine
Minatoishi, one of the directors of the film will also
be present at this January 22 showing.
Please invite your friends and relatives to
Aloha Buddha:
Wednesday, January 22 at 6:30 pm
at Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki Street, Honolulu, HI 96814
PH: 949-3995.
Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Resident Minister
Rev. Dwight
Nakamura
Retired Minister

7. Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo)
For January 2014
1 Sekitaro Hirohama
The Hirohama & Kawasugi
Family
Kenji Fujikami
The Hashimoto Family
The Ohara Family
Haruko Ikuta
Tsugio Takamatsu Family
Tomomitsu Kawamura
The Kawamura Family
Fukuda Tokusaburo’s Father
Hon-yo Jo-dai Shin-ji
The Fukuda Family
The Nakamura Family
Chukichi Asamura
Toyo Asamura
The Masuda & Asamura Family
The Yamasaki & Hara Family
The Yoshizaki Family
The Matsushita Family
The Aoki Family
The Sakuda Family
The Okamura Family
Stanley Satoru Morimoto
2 Richard Hichiro Kawamoto
3 Hideo Toyoshiba
Yoshitaka Wada
4 Tamaru Muraoka
5 Kiyo Fujikami
The Fujikami Family
Shizuyo Morisako
Kasuke Yamane
Jiro Nakamura
Randall Loreg
The Loreg Family
6 Kikuyo Yamasaki
Eiichi Fujita
Shigeharu Ohata
7 Jiro Oyabu
The Oyabu & Kondo Family
Kazuko Nomiyama
Tetsuko Miyamoto
Kama Takara
Ruth Shigeko Tarumoto
8
9
Matsujiro Otani (1)
The Otani Family
The Yanagihara Family
Toshio Isoibe
The Isobe Family
Matsujiro Otani (2)
Taketo Sumimoto (1)
Juichi Uesugi
Fusataro Higuchi
Taketo Sumimoto (2)
Kenji Miyakawa
Nobu Kishimoto
Taka Tomonari
The Tomonari Family
Asa Hayashi
Hisako Takamura
10 Hiroko Yoza
The Yoza Family
Kami Higa
The Higa Family
Bishop Ninryo Nago
The Nago & Kunimoto Family
11 Tokoe Imaguchi
The Imaguchi Family
Hatsuko Hayashi
The Hayashi Family
Masakichi Teruya
Reginald Hisao Hisamura
Uichiro Ishii
Kohei Umeda
Matsuyo Yamamoto
12 Heiji Fukuda (1)
Heiji Fukuda (2)
The Fukuda Family
Nagao Yamada
Shokichi Harada
Tadashi Yanagihara
13 Bishop Jiko Kuya
Shima Morita
Shizue Fujita
Shima Morita
14 Akitaka Chikamoto
The Ohta Family
Genzo Yanagihara
The Yanagihara Family
Tsuchiyo Kimoto
Miyoko Kaya
James Akira Tamura
15 Tane Nagata (1)
The Nagata Family
Sukeichi Kameoka
The Kameoka Family
Tane Nagata (2)
Mildred Misako Tanimura
Shizue Kimura
16 Take Shinagawa
Tomojiro Fujita
The Fujita Family
Kenji Iwamoto
Chiyoka Mizuno
Seiichi Shimamoto
17 Hanayo Taniguchi
Kame Okamoto
Moto Kawasugi
Nobuo Hayashi
18 Kiyomatsu Daitoku (1)
The Daitoku Family
The Kawauchi Family
Katsutoshi Takada
The Takada Family
Kiyomatsu Daitoku (2)
Itaro Kurihara
The Kurihara Family
Masao Ishii
Shoichi Ishida
19 Tai Kawano
The Kawano Family
Chiyo Tomai
The Tomai Family
Miyo Ueno
The Ueno Family
20 Shinazo Nishiguchi
The Nishiguchi Family
Noboru Ajimura
The Ajimura Family
Kiku Kimura
Yuriko Nishimoto
21 Sueko Higashimura
Kiku Kimura
The Kimura & Muroshige
Family
Masao Teruya
Takeo Yamane
Shimo Hatanaka
Hiroshi Furuya
Tsuneko Shintaku
Koichi Ronald Namihira
22 Masae Tanimura
Konoshin Kimura
Fukukichi Tatei
23 Shokichi Fukumoto
The Fukumoto Family
Takeo Yoshihara
The Yoshihara Family
The Tanaka Family
Jiro Kiyama
Ralph Toshiaki Hashimoto
Terry Kazuo Yorimoto
Sadamu Iwamoto
Yooko Fujimoto
29 Tomo Isobe
Hana Kinoshita
The Kinoshita Family
Jisaburo Kanemoto
The Kanemoto & Miyamoto
Family
Kansuke Shintani
Fusao Taniguchi
Ralph Hitoshi Tanaka
Toshito Fukuda
30 Kumaichi Tomonari
The Tomonari Family
Tsunejiro Kawasaki
The Kawasaki & Nakagawa
Family
Ine Yoshizaki
The Yoshizaki Family
Tomota Kakehashi
Masao Kume
Akio Matsuda
Kiyoshi Kamimura
Barbara Okimoto
31 You Kawamura
The Kawamura Family
24 Heikichi Isobe
Shizuko Aoyama
The Isobe Family
Kaname Yamanaka
Machi Yokoyama
Takeo Tanaka
The Yokoyama & Morita Family
Shigeno Ohara
Toranosuke Kinoshita
Tane Kinoshita
The Kinoshita Family
Tsune Aoki
George Masao Tanaka
Helen Katsuko Ito
Tetsuo Shinohara
25 Taka Fukuda
The Fukuda Family
Saiichi Hyodo
Joseph Yoshihiko Fujihana
Sadako Oki
Teruko Mamiya
The Sato Omura Family
Takeshi Tanaka
26 Take Arita
The Arita Family
Haruo Nakamura
The Nakamura Family
Kimio Yagi
The Yagi Family
Sueyoshi Yanagihara
Yoshi Yamamoto
Chester Takeo Kaita
27 Seiichi Fujimoto
The Fujimoto Family
Takeshi Sato
Charles Shoichi Kimura
Hiroko Nakano
28 Yoshie Sato
The Sato & Suzuki Family
Sae Higashimura
The Higashimura Family
Tome Yamanaka
The Yamanaka Family
Chizuko Saeki
Apology for December
2013 Eitaikyo List:
We apologize for not listing the following
deceased person in the
December Bulletin:
12/11: Takeo Yokomichi

8. 10:00 Sunday Service
10:00am Family Service
11:45 am Board Meeting
Deadline to Order Chutoba
10:00 Sunday Service
8:30am Fujinkai Mtg.
27
20
13
6
Mon
28
21
14
7
Tue
YBA: No meeting
Sewing Circle: No class
F u jinka i
30
23
16
9
2
Ikoi Hall
Jan. 5: 8:30 am
(women’s association)
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“Aloha Buddha”
6:30 pm Movie
22
15
8
10:00 NEW YEAR
SERVICE
1
Wed
24
17
10
3
Fri
25
18
11
4
Sat
Website: www.jodo.us
Phone: 949-3995
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
our Sunday School. Let’s enjoy studying Onembutsu by doing various activities. Next meeting:
Feb. 16 at 10:45 a.m.
S und a y Sc ho o l We welcome children to join
1/12/14 Family Service Refreshments: Sunday
School mothers will assist with ozoni refreshments
Thu
January 2014
COMING EVENTS: February 9, 2014 Nehan-e Family Service
Feb. 15, 2014 Hakalau Jodo Mission 110th Anniversary
Feb 23, 2014 Fujinkai New Year’s party
11:30 am New Year’s Party
in Social Hall
10am Gyoki-e Service
(Honen Shonin’s Memorial
Service) ;General MembershipMeeting
26
19
12
5
Sun
8:30am Morning Service
Everyday