HŌonkoRinban Kenjun KawawataW‘wa’harmony

Higashi Hongwanji
Hawaii Betsuin
Bulletin9

September 2018

Higashi Hongwanji
Mission of Hawaii
At Higashi Hongwanji, we remaintrue to our origins
as an open Sangha, welcoming
anyone who wishes to learn more
about the Jodo Shinshu
tradition of Buddhism.
A registered 501(c)3 organization
Rinban Kenjun Kawawata
Rev. Koen Kikuchi
Rev. Hidesato Kita
President: Faye Shigemura
Vice President: Jonathan Tani
Secretary: Debra Saiki
Treasurer: Edmund Nakano
Asst. Sec’y & Auditor: Ken Saiki
1685 Alaneo Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
Tel: (808) 531-9088
Fax: (808) 531-3265
Email: betsuin@hhbt-hi.org
Website: betsuin.hhbt-hi.org
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are welcomed.
Editor: Ken Saikie are observing Hōonko on Sept. 15 & 16 this year. As you know,
Hōonko is the memorial service for our founder, Shinran Shōnin, whodied on Nov. 28, 1226, in Kyoto.
Every year, from Nov. 21 to 28, there are special commemoration services
at the Higashi Honganji head temple in Kyoto. All branch temples in Japan,Hawaii, North America and South America also hold Hōonko services.
Hōonko is the most important occasion for followers of Jōdō Shinshu.
It is also the most meaningful memorial service because we are the ones
who listen to and live by the teachings of Shinran Shōnin. In our calendar ofevents, Hōonko marks the end of a year and the beginning of a new year.
Hōonko is time for us come to sit in front of our teacher, Shinran Shōnin, andlisten earnestly to the teachings and re-examine our lives according to hiswords and his life.
Let’s make this Hōonko a meaningful occasion for each of us to truly feel
grateful for receiving the teachings which enable us to live our lives fullyand dynamically. Hōonko is a time for us to express our gratitude and listen toShinran Shōnin’s teaching and re-examine our entrusting mind—shinjin—again.
So I would like to invite all of you for our Hōonko
Gathering on Sept. 15 at 1 pm and Hōonko service onSept. 16 at 10 am. I am looking forward to seeing you at
Hōonko time.			
Thank you in gasshō,			Rinban Kenjun Kawawata

報恩講
この9月15日16日はハワイ教区並びホノルル別院報恩
Rinban Ken Kawawata
講が厳修されます。報恩講はご存知のように親鸞聖人を偲び、ご命日を機会に聖人の教えにもう一度初心に返って聴聞する機会としてお参りされてきました。
聖人は弘長2年（1262年）11月28日、90歳で京都にてなくなられました。
その後、聖人を偲び、徳をたたえる為に、毎月28日にお念仏の集まりが行われるようになりました。これがさらに大きく広がって、本願寺第三世の覚如上人によって報恩講の基本となる形ができあがりました。聖人のご恩に報い、お念仏の教えを一層深く味あわせていただこうということから「報恩講」と呼ばれるようになったのです。
本山の報恩講は11月21日から28日の聖人のご命日まで１週間お勤めされます。そして法要とともに総会所において法話が毎日お話しされます。また各末寺でも三日間から一週間報恩講がお勤めされ、毎日法要には法話が話されたことでした。しかし今日は状況も変わり、通常1日または2日で報恩講をお勤めされるところが多いようです。
こどもの頃の自坊の報恩講では、二日間多く御門徒の方々お参りされ、法要前または法要後お精進のおときを一緒に頂いたものでした。その頃はなぜ野菜ばかりのお料理を美味しいと言われながら頂くのを聞いて不思議に思っておりました。こどもの私には煮物の味の良さが解らなかったのでした。また法要中はお寺の境内でいつもの様に遊びながら正信偈のお勤めを聞いていたことでした。しかし歳をとり今になってあの煮物の味が恋しくなるのです。またそれと同じく親鸞聖人の教えを素直になずける自分がいる事に気づかされます。
今このハワイで日本のご本山や自坊と同じ様に報恩講をお勤めし、正信偈また恩徳讃大きな声であげるとき800年間伝えられてきた感動を感じます。それは親鸞聖人が法然上人に出会い、真実の教えに出会った時の同じ感動と感謝が伝わっているからなのです。お念仏の教えに出会った幾多の人々が同じ感動を味わって来たのです。
真宗門徒の一年は報恩講に始まり報恩講で終わると言われます。この感動を忘れずに新たなる仏法聴聞の一年を送りたいと思います。												合掌河和田賢淳Higashi Honganji Hawaii District
Higashi Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii
You are cordially invited to ourHōonko Gathering 2018
“Let Us Discover the Joy of Living”
Saturday, September 15
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Return the form below with your check for $10 payable toHigashi Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii.
We will be serving a light dinner following the gathering.

Hōonko ServiceSunday, September 16
10:00 a.m.

Hōonko Gathering & Service speaker: Rev. Peter Hata
Minister, Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin
We gather to express our appreciation to Shinran Shoninfor showing us the teaching of the Nembutsu.
We will be serving otoki lunch immediately following the service.

報恩講法要

日時：9月16日(日)午前10時
英語法話： 幡 ピーター 師
東本願寺ロスアンゼルス別院開教使
法要後お斎がございます。以上の予定となっております。
どうぞご家族お揃いで法要にお参りください。

Hoonko Gathering 2018 Registration

q YES, count me in for the Hoonko Gathering 2018 on Sept. 15!
Name______________________________________________________________
Name______________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________________
Phone______________________ Email__________________________________

Higashi Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii

1685 Alaneo St. • Honolulu, HI 96817 • Phone 531-9088 • Fax 531-3265
Email betsuin@hhbt-hi.org

2Rev. Peter Hata slated
as lecturer for Hōonko

Our Hōonko speaker will be Rev.
Peter Hata, whose interest in
Buddhism began as an active lay
member of West Covina Buddhist
Temple. He had been editor of The
Gateway temple newsletter andmanager of its livingdharma.org
website for many years.
In 2009 he completed hisMinister’s Assistant training, thenreceived his Tokudō ordination in2011 and, in 2012, received hisKyōshi ordination. In the fall of 2012,
he received his Kaikyōshi status andwas appointed resident minister ofWest Covina Buddhist Temple.
Rev. Peter is also a musician and isan original member of the jazz-fusiongroup, Hiroshima, with which heplayed guitar,
toured the USAand Japan,
and recorded
four albums
in the ‘70s and‘80s. Later, heleft the group
to pursue themore traditional
jazz styles,
which led to his
Rev. Peter Hata
writing a bookentitled, Speaking Jazz: The Natural
Way to Jazz Improvisation.
In 2006, he earned his Master ofMusic degree from Cal State LA and,upon graduating, was invited by theuniversity’s music department tobecome a faculty member. He hastaught a wide variety of graduate andundergraduate music courses there.
He also performs locally with his own
jazz trio and has directed the Lotus
and Bodhi Tree youth bands, and theDharmatones adult choir at the temple.
Beginning in Feb. 2014, Rev. Peterwas reassigned as staff minister at
the Los Angeles Betsuin, beginning
yet another new chapter of his life.
He brings with him a wide varietyof interests, including Buddhist
chanting music and the dynamic
interaction between Shin Buddhism
and our American cultural andintellectual traditions.News on theBetsuin Wirelessincluding being cited as Director(Kazuhiro) Sōda’s “superb masterpiece.”Showtime: 6:30 pm, Tues., Sept. 25,145 min. Color. Japanese audio,
English subtitles. Free admission.
Light refreshments, or bring to share!
牡蠣工場（かきこうば )Bishop Kenjun Kawawata (left) officiates at the annual Hawaii Meijikai bon hoyo at Makiki
Japanese Naval Cemetery on Aug. 15, remembering the 16 Meiji-era Imperial Japanese Navysailors buried there. Assisting him is Bishop Chishin Hirai of Nichiren Mission of Hawaii. Inattendance were the Deputy Consul General of Japan, officers of the Japanese Maritime, Airand Ground Self-Defense Forces and other community leaders. Photo by Kensaku Furuhashi

Brimful of listening and learning
opportunities on tap this month
Besides having Rev. Peter Hata as
guest speaker at Hōonko Sept. 15 &16, we have Rev. Kevin Kuniyuki ofthe Buddhist Study Center, next to
the UH-Manoa campus, delivering
the dharma message at our Fall
Ohigan service Sept. 23 (sweetenedby ohagi treats after the service!).
To get to the bottom of your mostbasic questions about Buddhism,
we welcome you to our first “Tea& Buddhism” dialogue session onThu., Sept. 20, starting at 7 pm. Greentea, oolong, sencha, iced tea orwhatever...it’s all very informal!
Of course, there’s our regular Larger
Sutra classes, conducted in both
Japanese and English, on Sept. 2 andSept. 13, respectively, and our monthly
Betsuin study class on Sept. 3 & 17 andO-kō dharma discussion, this month at
the Kaneohe temple, on Sept. 18.
With so many opportunities forlistening during this Ohigan season,
we hope you will take advantage of atleast some of them. Call 531--9088 formore information.

Give Aloha matching gifts
boost your temple donation

The Foodland and Western Union
Foundation will partially match eachdonation made to our temple in themonth of September up to $249 perperson at any Foodland, Sack N Saveor Foodland Farms checkout. Simply
let the cashier know you’re making
a Give Aloha donation to Higashi
Hongwanji, or give our 5-digit code
number, 78784.
You should save your receipt
for income tax purposes, since itis your official
record of yourtax-deductible
contribution toour 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Consult your tax adviser for moredetails about eligible deductions.

舞台養殖された牡蠣の殻を取り除く「むき子」の仕事は、代々地元の人々が担ってきた。しかし、かつて２０軒近くあった牛窓の牡蠣工場は、いまでは６軒に減り、過疎化による労働力不足で、数年前から中国人労働者を迎え始めた工場東
日本大震災で家業の牡蠣工場が壊滅的打撃を受け、宮城県から移住してきた一家は、ここ牛窓で工場を継ぐことになった。そして２人の労働者を初めて中国から迎えることを決心。だが、中国人とは言葉が通じず、生活習慣も異なる。隣の工場では、早くも途中で国に帰る脱落者も。果たして牡蠣工場の運命は？
牡蠣工場という小宇宙に、グローバル化、少子高齢化、過疎化、第一次・第二次産業の苦境、労働問題、移民問題、そして震災の影響など、大きな問題が浮かび上がってくる。想田監督が見た世界の「現在(いま)」と日本の「未来」とは？

Oyster Factory provides glimpse ofJapan’s challenges in the future
For generations, local Okayama folks
have done the work of shucking oysters.
Due to a shortage of workers, an oyster
factory in Ushimado welcomes twoworkers from China. But differences inlanguage and lifestyle cause friction,and Chinese working next door quit.
What will happen to the oyster factory?
Ushimado’s dilemma is a microcosm
of an emerging problem in Japan. With
globalization, depopulation, an aging
society, industrial, labor and immigration
challenges, added to lingering effectsof the 2011 earthquake disaster, whatlies ahead in Japan’s future?
The 2016 film received critical acclaim
at the Locarno International Film Festival,ロカルノ国際映画祭に正式招待された
本作は、「珠玉の智慧に満ちた映画」「目から鱗の現代日本の姿」「想田監督の最高傑作」などと、世界の批評家から絶賛された。
公開 : 2016年、カラー、言語 : 日本語、
字幕 : 英語 、映時間 : 145分、9月25日(火)午後6:30時、入場無料。

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u! Mahalo! Salamat! Xiexie!

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Nifee debiru!

Merci! Gracias! Kamsahamnida! Grazie! Danke!
Ar Bon Festival Acknowledgments
ig! Obrigado!

ksna’T

hile our Bon Festival Committee labored overseveral months to design, develop and implement
our festival plans, ultimately it was the cooperation of
our community partners and volunteers that madeeverything happen. We are extremely grateful for all
the support from our wonderful community!
We’ve learned from the experience and now havedefinite ideas on how we can make next year’s Bon
Festival even more exciting for everyone to enjoy.

We’d also like to acknowledge the Gannenmono
descendants who took the time to participate in ourMantoe Lantern ceremony and join in the bon dancing
afterwards. In our Jodo Shinshu tradition, obon is a special
time to reflect on our interdependence to our ancestors.
If we missed your name in our credits, please let
us know and we’ll make it right. On behalf of the Bon
Festival Committee, otsukaresama deshita!							— Dennis Saiki

Bon Festival Committee
Dennis Saiki, Chair
Kelli Ebata
Jeanne Kawawata
Rinban Kenjun Kawawata
Rev. Koen Kikuchi
Debra Saiki
Kenneth Saiki
Fay Uyema
Ray Uyema
Community Partners& Volunteers
A Catered Experience
Janet Agena
Kimmie Agena
The Aikido Ohana
Karen & Alvin Akiyama
Brandon AllenAloha Mustang & Shelby ClubAM Tours Inc.
Michelle Amorin
Toshimasa Arai
Jane Arakaki
Peggy Arita
Kathy Asari
Ryan Asari
The Bike Shop
Ed Chow
City & County of Honolulu
City MillJames Dote
Chrislin EllisJohn Ellis
Richard Farthing
Kathi Ferguson
Warren Ferguson
Kara Funakoshi
Sandy Gima
Good Shepherd Church
Joyce Gushiken
Margaret Hamachi
Harada NaoAtsusa-kai

Kizuna Hawaii Gannenmono
Celebration Committee
Ryuko Kokuzo
Robert Kong
Verna Koyanagi
Kuakini Health Found.
Lanakila Elem. School
Lanakila PacificMike Leong
Likelike Elem. School
Gina Maeda
Ethel Matsumoto
Caroline Miyata
Grant Sandaa Murata
Gary Nagata
CharlAnn Nakamoto
John Nakamoto
Wendy Nakanishi
Edmund Nakano
Kelly Nakano
Carol Nezu
Nikkei Spirit Radio KZOO
Lillian Nishikawa
Nitahara Ohana
Atsuko Nonaka
Shige Numano
Alice Nunogawa
Judy Okimoto
Carl Okuda
Tokie Ozaki
Andy Palisbo
Palolo Hongwanji
Ofa Peloso
Light Ruth
Faye Saiki
Kumiko Sakai
Colleen Sakuma
Betty Santoki
Jane Sasabuchi
Jeff Sawyer
Shane

4Hawaii Eisa Shinyuu-kai
The Hawaii Hochi
Hawaii Tokai University
Hawaii Hiroshima Heritage
Study Group (H3SG)Japanese Cultural Centerof Hawaii (JCCH)
Carole Hayashino
Lani Hee
Milton Hee
Higashi Honganji Hawaii
District
James Hirakawa
Les Hirano
Hobutsuji
Honolulu Fukushima Bon
Dance Club
Judy Ideta
Lane Inamine
The Inatsuka’s
Iwakuni Odori Aiko KaiCharley, Eileen & Ethan
JacksonJhecy’s Catering
Carol Johnston
Don Johnston
Craig Kagawa
Kaleikoa
Allen & Carol Kamemoto
Marion Kanemori
Kaneohe Higashi
Hongwanji
Roy & Carolyn Kaneshiro
Tracy Kaneshiro
Albert Katsuyama
Kevin Kawawata
KIKU-TV
Mai Kikuchi
Juliet Kim
Kalyn Kim
Malia Kingsley
Rev. Hidesato Kita

Scott Shimamura
Shimazu Shave IceKendall Shimazu
Dr. Larry Shinagawa
Superb Sushi
Wendy Tachibana
Lehner Tactacan
Vivian Takagaki
Yukio Taketa
Jonathan Tani
Susan Tanigawa
Keith Tatsuguchi
Iris Teruya
Alyssa Teruya-Mita
Titans Softball Club
Dazzman Toguchi
Keiko Tokumine
Eleanor Tokunaga
The Torigoe’s
Kei Tsuji
Marian Tsuji
Uptown JiuJitsu
Cassandra Uyema
Ellise Uyema
Bernard V.
Iran Yamaguchi
Darryl Yamane
Donna Yamane
Jo Young
Alan Zane
Dag ZaneGannenmono Descendants
Keone Cook (5th gen)
Koa Gomes (6th gen)Duke Gomes (7th gen)Dino Guerrero (5th gen)
Lylia Guerrero (6th gen)
Maui Guerrero (6th gen)
Eddie Mokuau (5th gen)Norma Mokuau (5th gen)
Lorrie Ann Santos (6th gen)

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In this issue of WA...
• Hōonko/ 報恩講 p. 1
• Hōonko Gathering & Service p. 2
• News on the Betsuin Wireless p. 3
• Meiji-era sailors remembered p. 3
• Listening/learning opportunities p. 3
• Give Aloha campaign p. 3
• Movie night: Oyster Factory p. 3
• Bon Festival acknowledgments p. 4
• Mahalo Gozaimasu p. 5
• September shōtsuki service p. 5
• Temple activities calendar p. 6			Temple Activities
Calendar

SEPTEMBER

9/2 Sun 10 am Shōtsuki service/Sunday school (Rev. Kikuchi)
9/2 Sun 12 pm 無量寿経 日本語仏教講座
9/2 Sun 12 pm Art of Paper Folding class (Otani Center)9/3 Mon 10 am Betsuin study class
9/8 Sat 10 am Hawaii District meeting at Betsuin
9/9 Sun 10 am Sunday service/Sunday school (Rinban)
9/9 Sun 12 pm Omigaki polishing of altar accessories
9/11 Tue 3 pm Ukulele class/band practice
9/13 Thu 7 pm The Larger Sutra study class (English)
9/15 Sat 1 pm Hōonko Gathering Lecturer: Rev. Peter Hata
9/16 Sun 10 am Hōonko service			 Officiated by Associate Abbot Yul Otani			Message by Rev. Peter Hata, LA Betsuin
9/17 Mon 10 am Betsuin study class
9/18 Tue 3 pm O-kō: Dharma discussion at Kaneohe
9/20 Thu 7 pm Tea & Buddhism Intro to Buddhism & Dialogue
9/22 Sat 10 am MAP class
9/23 Sun 10 am Ohigan service (Ohagi treats after service)			 Message by Rev. Kevin Kuniyuki, BSC
9/23 Sun 12 pm Betsuin board meeting
9/25 Tue 3 pm Ukulele class/band practice
9/25 Tue 6:30 pm Movie night: Oyster Factory 牡蠣工場 (2016)9/28 Fri 10 am Shinran Shōnin memorial service
9/30 Sun 10 am Sunday service/Sunday school (Rev. Kita)

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10/1 Mon 10 am
10/7 Sun 10 am			
10/7 Sun 12 pm									OCTOBER

Betsuin study class
Perpetual memorial & shōtsuki service
Sunday school
The Larger Sutra study class
led by Rinban Kawawata in Japanese
無量寿経 日本語仏教講座

現代語で仏教を聞こう！			
Fukuhara Conference Room
10/9 Tue 3 pm Ukulele class/band practice
10/11 Thu 7 pm The Larger Sutra study class			 led by Rinban Kawawata in English
10/13 Sat 10 am MAP class
10/14 Sun 10 am Sunday service/Sunday school
10/14 Sun 12 pm Betsuin board meeting
10/14 Sun 12 pm Art of Paper Folding class (Otani Center)10/15 Mon 10 am Betsuin study class
10/16 Tue 3 pm O-kō: Dharma discussion at Betsuin			
Fukuhara Conference Room
10/21 Sun 10 am Sunday service/Sunday school
10/21 Sun 11 am Takamasa Fujima performance (Otani Center)10/23 Tue 3 pm Ukulele class/band practice
10/23 Tue 6:30 pm Movie night: Midnight Diner 2 (2016)			 続•深夜食堂
10/28 Sun 10 am Shinran Shōnin memorial service			 Sunday service/Sunday school

Everyone is welcome to join the morning chanting held at 7 am daily (except on Sundays & the 28th day of the month) in the Betsuin main hall.

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