2012 December Mangan docx - Mantokuji Soto Zen Temple of Maui
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2012 December Mangan docx - Mantokuji Soto Zen Temple of Maui
PAIA MANTOKUJI SOTO MISSION Non-Profit P.O. Box 790207 Paia, HI 96779 U.S. Postage P A I D Paia, HI Permit No. 20 MAN GAN 満願 Paia Mantokuji Soto Mission P.O. BOX 790207, PAIA, HI 96779 TEL: (808) 579 – 8051 FAX: (808) 579 – 8103 E-MAIL: [email protected] www.mantokujimauitemple.org December 2012 Aloha Members and Friends, Thank goodness Election Day is over and everyone can go back to a more normal life. I hope that in the future, there will be a better way to use the money and time spent on campaigns. For example, I once saw a group of supporters who were picking up rubbish along the highway instead of just standing there holding signs. That really left an impression on me. As we saw through the election, many of the “winners” won by a close margin. Even for those who had lopsided victories, the people that they beat out had a large number of voters support. This indicates that there are still a lot of unhappy people and no matter what, things will never be perfect. Many times, decisions are not made unanimously. It just shows that we live in a diverse community with different beliefs and values, and we are free to voice our opinions; which I believe is a good thing. However, we need to be able to find common ground in order to take action and move forward. This means that each person cannot have everything go their way. In fact, there will probably be a lot of things that don’t go our way. We all need to give up something in order to gain something. Then we can all be “winners.” Gratefully In Gassho, Rev. Kenji Oyama, Resident Minister You are cordially invited to attend the Jodo-e (Bodhi-Day) Service On Sunday December 2, 2012 At 10:30 AM INSIDE THIS ISSUE Message from the Resident Minister 1 Jodo-e Service 1 Report on Daruma-sama Picnic 2 In Memoriam 2 Fujinkai News 2 Kyodan Meeting Report 2 Maui Buddhist Council News 2 Donation List for October 3 December & January Schedule 3 Gifts for the Holidays 4 Reminder to pay dues and fees 4 Shakyo Session 4 Rohatsu Sesshin 4 End of the Year Clean Up 4 Joya no Kane 4 New Years Blessing Service Jodo-e or Bodhi Day is the occasion of the birth of Buddhism. This special day marks the moment of the enlightenment of the Shakyamuni Buddha and the beginning of the spreading of his compassionate teachings. Let us celebrate Bodhi Day together with friends and family. - MANGAN 1 - Congratulation to Newly Weds 4 Bazaar 2013 5 Photo Gallery 5 2013 Memorial Service Chart 6 Report on Daruma-sama Picnic The Daruma-sama picnic was held on October 21, 2012 and those who attended had a great time. We thank the following for the success of this event: Planning Committee - Bobbie Arita, Kathleen Davis, Kay Hanano, Shirley Ann Kimizuka, Judy Matoi, Carol Moto, Eric Moto, Cathy Murayama, Naomi Takahashi, Naoko Oyama and Rev. Kenji Oyama. Generous donors of the prizes: Paul & Gwen Ueoka, Colin Watanabe, Fernando’s Authentic Mexican Restaurant, Hideo and Joyce Kawahara and Family, Gilbert and Keiko Edo. Mahalo to Kay Hanano for flower arrangements, Naomi Takahashi for decorations, and to all those who donated the delicious food, desserts and drinks to share with all of us. We thank you very much!! Maui Buddhist Council News The Maui Buddhist Council had their annual meeting on November 5 at the Kahului Jodo Mission to decide on the 2012 schedule for the Bon Season, Hale Makua and Roselani Place services, and the KNUI radio sermon. Other news: Makawao Hongwanji has a new minister, Rev. Sol Kalu. Rev. Jeffrey Daien Soga moved to Hilo Hongwanji from Kahului Hongwanji. Lahaina Jodo Mission celebrated their centennial anniversary this year. Kyodan Meeting Report - - - - - Fujinkai News The Fujinkai will be having their monthly meetings and clean up as follows: Sunday Dec 9, 2012 at 8:30 am Sunday Jan 13, 2013 at 8:30 am ******************************** Thank you to all who came for the monthly clean up on October 7 and November 4: Kathleen Davis, Carol Moto, Violet Moto, Gladys Nagata, Bobbie Arita, Betty Yamashiro, Cathy Murayama, Judy Matoi, Kay Hanano, Misa Umetsu, Marion Watanabe, Pachi Haber, Yuriko Fukagawa, Michie Tamane, Bernice Nagato, Tokuko Abe, Sachie Toyota, Kiyoko Quiggle, Naomi Takahashi, Setsuko Takahashi, Eric Moto, Chester Kakiuchi, Meyer Ueoka, Baron Ueoka, Naoko Oyama and Rev. Oyama. We would like to also thank those of you who have helped with the cleaning of the nokotsudo when you visited on your own time. Thank you for your thoughtfulness. It makes a difference! ******************** Hale Makua and Kula Hospital Visitation The Fujinkai will be visiting residents of Hale Makua Kahului and Wailuku on December 5 and Kula Hospital on December 6. ******************** 49th UHSSWA Conference in Hilo The Hilo Taishoji Fujinkai will be hosting the 49 UHSSWA Conference on April 20-21, 2013. Although the prices for airfare to Hilo will be considerably more expensive than going to Oahu and there is a good chance that we will not be able to catch a direct flight there, I encourage as many Fujinkai members to go on this trip and attend this wonderful conference. Non-Fujinkai members are also invited to join us. I personally looked forward to attending this conference even as a child. Please consider going on this trip and if you are interested, please call 579-8051. The deadline for signing up is February 2013. th The Kyodan Meeting was held on Nov. 4. Report on HSMA Conference was made. Dharma Teacher Rev. Dai-En Bennage will be coming to Hawaii to offer her services next March, but because of our bazaar, we are unable to host her in Maui. Repair and Renovation Committee Report: Ø The kitchen repair project is almost complete after one year of work. Ø Nothing new about the seawall. Ø Proposal was made to re-roof the garage. The situation regarding the arrival of the new minister is progressing and we are currently gathering the documents necessary to apply for the R-1 visa. 2013 Schedule of Events and Services was approved. The Annual Bazaar will be held on March 24, 2013. We are considering the idea of consolidating the urns in our nokotsudo of those who have no family into one section so that we may make an offering of flowers and prayer to them at the Eitaikuyo Service and also open up niches for families who wish to purchase a space in the future. Next meeting will be held on January 13, 2013. In Memoriam We express our heartfelt sympathy to the family of the late Yukio “Butch” Watanabe, 70, who passed away on October 7 at Maui Memorial Medical Center for their great loss. We pray for him and give our utmost support to his family during this time of mourning. Namu Kie Butsu, Namu Kie Ho, Namu Kie So - MANGAN 2 - Donations Made in October Thank you for your very generous donations!!! Ted Takahashi Sharon Shimabukuro/ Hayashi Family Sue Dengler Paul & Gwen Ueoka Herbert & Ethel Otaguro Maui Fukushima Kenjinkai – for use of hall Sandra and Matthew Daniells – In Memory of Hatsue Shishido Carol Yoshiyama – In Memory of Tojuro and Matsu Shirokane Paia Hawaiian Protestant Church – for use of parking Eddie Watanabe/ Daniel Watanabe – Funeral Services for Yukio Watanabe Paul & Gwen Ueoka and Family – Funeral Services for Noriyuki Ueoka Lauren Sodetani – In Memory of Douglas and Clara Sodetani Lisa Sodetani – In Memory of Douglas and Clara Sodetani Yatsue Iwatake – In Memory of Iwatake Family and Sakuma Family Roy Iwatake – In Memory of Susumu Iwatake Chester Kakiuchi and Family – 3 year for Marian Kakiuchi, 13 year for Kazuo Kakiuchi, 23 year for Fumie Kakiuchi Pachi and Rob Haber Family – In memory of Norbert and Lillian Haber, Yoichi, Fukino & Yoshio Matsumoto Jean Arakawa – House Blessing Ceremony Roy & Barbara Huntley – Wedding Ceremony for Jarrett and Jennifer Habu Donations for Kitchen Repair Project – Building Fund Roy & Barbara Huntley Shiichi Horiuchi William & Carol Lau Mitsue Suehisa Louis & Jean Wada – In Memory of Haruo & Fusae Wada Kathleen Davis and Hans Wittenburg for donation of labor, supplies, and work done in the hall kitchen. Many Donations Received for the Daruma-ki Service and Picnic held on October 20, 2012. Special Thanks to the following: Kathleen Davis, Hans Wittenburg, Dave Langille, and Baron Ueoka for painting the kitchen walls. Chester Kakiuchi and Eric Moto for keeping our grounds maintained. Brian Lieberman for upkeeping of our home page. Kathleen Davis and Dave Langille for taking care of the recycled bottles and cans. Hideo Tanimoto for servicing our lawn tractor. Joy Ueoka for donation of rice. December Schedule 1-8 7 am 2 Sunday 5-6 Wednesday Thursday Sunday Sunday Monday 9 16 31 10:30 am 1 pm 8:30 am 8:30 am 11:30 pm Rohatsu Sesshin Period (One week morning meditation) Jodo-e (Bodhi Day) Service Shakyo Session Hale Makua and Kula Hospital Visitation by Fujinkai Fujinkai Meeting and Clean up Day End of the Year Clean up Day Joya no Kane (ringing of big bell 108 times) followed by New Year’s Blessing Service at midnight Coming up in January . . . (tentative schedule) Jan. 1 Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 26 Jan. 27 New Year’s Blessing Service (following Joya no Kane on Dec. 31, 2012) New Year’s Blessing Service Gokitou-e and O-fuda Yaki Service Fujinkai Meeting and Clean Up Kyodan Meeting Family Service & Dharma Study Fujinkai Workshop Kannonko and Goeika Practice Family Service & Japanese Study Fujinkai Workshop Bazaar Committee Meeting Zazen Sessions are on Saturday at 7am and Sunday at 5 pm. No zazen on December 15 (Sat) Hospital and Hale Makua Visitations are scheduled during the month. - MANGAN 3 - Great gifts for the holidays! T-shirts - $12 Greeting Cards - $8/$10 Coffee 8 oz - $10 Cookbooks - $10 Craft Items Reminder to pay dues and fees for 2012 If you have not paid your annual membership dues and columbarium (nokotsudo) and cemetery fees for the year 2012, please do so by December 31, 2012. Membership Dues - $50 Nokotsudo Fees - $20 Cemetery Fees - $20 Rohatsu Sesshin Shakyo Session 写経 Sunday December 2, 2012 From 1:00 pm One Week Period of Zazen Meditation December 1-8, 2012 at 7am-8:20am We will have a Shakyo writing session on Sunday December 2, 2012 from 1 pm following the Jodoe Service and lunch. Shakyo is the copying or tracing of the Buddhist scripture Hannya Shingyo or the “Heart Sutra” that we chant regularly. Although it is a difficult task that takes about an hour to complete, it is a very humbling and cleansing experience. I encourage all of you to give it a try. The finished Hannya Shingyo sheets will be placed on the altar during the New Year’s Blessing Service. Rohatsu Sesshin is the one week period of concentrated zazen meditation done in honor of the Buddha’s Enlightenment. Zen temples all over the world observe this occasion. Monasteries and Zen Centers usually conduct full retreats of all day and night zazen. Here at Mantokuji, we will just sit for one hour each morning at 7 am from December 1 to 8. Please come and join me. You can come one day, two days, or even the whole week. Chairs are available for those who can not sit on the ground. Beginners and experienced practitioners are all welcome. Please wear comfortable clothes for sitting. We have English versions of the shakyo. End of the Year Clean Up Day Sunday December 16, 2012 In Japanese culture, there is a day called “susu harai” (煤払い) or house cleaning that is done at the end of the year. “Susu” is the dust found in the high areas of the house where we have a hard time reaching, and “harai” means to dust or wipe off. So this is a special day designated to do cleaning and organizing that we normally don’t get to do in our regular cleaning days. Please come out on Sunday December 16, 2012 from 8:30 am to help with cleaning our temple grounds and buildings before we enter the new year. Joya No Kane New Year’s Blessing Service Monday December 31, 2012 at 11:30pm Come and join us for the Joya no Kane, the ringing of the big temple bell 108 times on December 31, 2012 from 11:30 pm. Following the ringing of the bell, we will have our New Year’s Blessing Service, which will start at midnight. Bring your family and friends! For those who are unable to drive at night, we will have another New Year’s Blessing Service on Sunday January 6, 2013 at 10:30 am. Congratulations to Newly Weds Congratulations to newly weds Jennifer and Jarrett Habu and their proud parents and grandparents. Jennifer is the granddaughter of Dr. Seiya and Kiyoko Ohata and daughter of Roy and Barbara Huntley. Omedeto Gozaimasu! - MANGAN 4 - 36th Annual Bazaar to be held on March 24, 2013 The 36th Annual Mantokuji Bazaar is scheduled to be held on Sunday March 24, 2013. We will begin collecting items for the rummage sale from the beginning of the new year. It is time to do the end of the year housecleaning. If there are any clothes, shoes, bags, dishes, books or anything that you don’t need any more, there might be someone else in need of it. Please bring it to Mantokuji or call to have it picked up. We appreciate your cooperation in cleaning items before bringing it to Mantokuji. We also would like to have donations of potted plants, vegetables, flowers and baked goods brought on the day before or early morning of the bazaar. Please start planting your plants, vegetables and flowers early this year! We need volunteers! If you are able to help in any way, please contact Rev. Oyama at 579-8051. Let us think of what we are good at, and how we can contribute to the bazaar! It takes many hands to have a successful bazaar, please come to help! We will hold a bazaar committee meeting on January 27 after the family service. Left: Photo of Waipahu Taiyoji temple, host of the Autumn HSMA Conference. Right: Naoko Oyama takes notes at the Jizokukai meeting. Bottom left: Guest speaker, Rev. Ryugen Ogasawara. Bottom: Delegates Judy Matoi and Carol Moto having lunch. Janice Upshaw and Judy Lindstrom conduct a Vegan Cuisine workshop that was sponsored by our Fujinkai Ladies Club. Shirley Ann, Kay, Judy, Hideko and Ed enjoy lunch at the Daruma-sama Picnic. Baron Ueoka paints the newly built wall of our outside kitchen. Harumi, Tamilyn, Naomi, and Joyce choose prizes after playing several fun games at the Daruma-sama picnic. - MANGAN 5 - 2013 Memorial Services Chart updated on Nov. 7, 2012 One Year Memorial Service - 2012 Kazuo Hasegawa Edward Y. Ogawa Yaeko Umetsu Masae M Yamada Noriyuki Ueoka Yukio Watanabe 一 周忌 Natsuko Takayama 3rd Year Memorial Service - 2011 Richard Matsuura Edwin Y. Tanno 三 回忌 Takeo Paul Endo Haruyo Tanji Shizue Matoi Yukiko Sato Sakai Horiuchi Kay K Sakamoto Saburo Sato Sajima Nakayama Alice M. Nakasone Michiko V. Hanzawa Midori Tomita Jun Sakugawa Minerva H. Sakuma Gladys Y. Nako Roberta Yamada 7th Year Memorial Service - 2007 七 回忌 Robert Nishijo Hamayo Kusunoki Michiko Kimizuka Minoru Ujiie Kenji Matsumoto Bertha Isobe Mitsue Emoto Isamu Abe Kiyoko Ono Norman Ueoka Haruko Okamura Shizuno Kimura Momoe Takahashi Rikio Yamada 13th Year Memorial Service - 2001 十 三回 忌 Herbert Y. Monden Yoshimi Takehara Edward K. Kakiuchi Yoshii J. Abe Shizuko Seino Richard T. Namae Umeko Ishizaka Frayon F. Nihei Kiku Kato Jeanne T. Kajiya Masa Abe Momoyo Sakane Patsy F. Watanabe Tomi Nihei 17th Year Memorial Service - 1997 十 七回 忌 Yoshio Higuchi Lorna Nikaido Sam Sato Choji Watanabe Zenzo Kato Helen Y. Kato Tora Sugahara Tamotsu Miyoken Kenichi Umetsu Eiko Ueoka Kamei Kohatsu Shiro Nakasone Takeo Miyaji Haruko Ibara 23rd Year Memorial Service - 1991 二 十三 回忌 Shizu Makihara Takeyo Oda Kazuyoshi Yoshimura Masao Sakuma Tetsu Saito Zen Owara Konami Takahashi Shigeru Tomita Satoshi Kimizuka Haru Oshiro James W. Nikaido Kama Shimabukuro 27th Year Memorial Service - 1987 二 十七 回忌 Otojiro Mori Ansei Miyasato Teruyo Waki Nise Oshiro Shosuke Nihei Tsutomu Nagashima Sueto Murayama Nakanishi Earl Takiuchi Edward Nashiwa Aki Nemoto Takeko Kadota Kokyu Matsuda Yoshinori Oshiro Yaeko Ueoka Yasuo Sato Yasaburo Watanabe Kii Tamasaka Genji Abe Mitsuru Ikeda Nobuyuki Fukushima Kiyoko Fukushima Natsuko Kobayashi 33rd Year Memorial Service - 1981 三 十三 回忌 Sakuji Endo Chiyoko Koba Ushi Nako Yoshigoro Matsuura Sumi Isobe Jitsuo(Harry) Orimoto Tomo Seino Hisa Ohata Fusao Yumen Kikuyo Yamaguchi Minoru Shimomura Masahide Arakawa Mitsu Takahashi Kin Tomita Sugi Yoshioka Anzen Takushi Tomio Kusumoto 50th Year Memorial Service - 1964 五 十回 忌 Sadao Horiuchi Shigekazu Yasumoto Yoshino Yamada Kuni Kusumoto Sengoro Imai Isa Kokubun Ayato Ichimura Noboru Yamashiro Masaru Fujimoto Otojiro Okafuji Kametaro Omura Maki Takemoto Kamado Matsumura Kiyome Otani Sue Honda Rinsho Shimabukuro Hisano Tanoue Toyo Seino Hisae Takamatsu Kazue Tomita Sadanobu Tengan Uto Ajitomi Hisano Nishiyama Itaro Hayase Tsuru Ayabe Kiyoko Ogata Kazutaro Nagoshi Tobita Toyomi Takiguchi Seiichi Fujita Zen Akiyama Bataro Nogami Kimie Tomooka Shokuro Sato Toshio Ihara Kiyosuke Ogata Yukino Tanaka Katsunosuke Hiyakumoto Haru Ihara Mitsugoro Ayabe Ushi Maemori Gentaro Abe Tamanaha Toshio Minobe Kimiyo Miyake Rika Kawano Sue Miyamoto Hatsuichi Yamamoto Hikoichi Edo Masuzo Muranaka Saiichi Matsuda Fuji Abe Masanori Nakamura Onishi Moyo Takayama Sue Haneshiro Moyo Nakamura Satsu Kawano Kakutaro Saito Manta Isobe Tatsu Suzuki Isamu Hashimoto The names on this list were found in the Mantokuji Kakocho Files. Because they are handwritten in kanji, some names were very difficult to read/decipher. Also, some names may have been inadvertently left off this list. Please inform Rev. Oyama of any mistakes that you may find. Thank you very much. Memorial Services (Nenkai Kuyo Hoyo) for the individuals listed above may be scheduled during the year. Contact Rev. Oyama at 579-8051 to make an appointment for a service or for any questions regarding services. The service may be held at the temple, gravesite, or at your home. We may have services done together for deceased family members who share the same memorial year. - MANGAN 6 -
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