Nembutsu Wave - Monterey Peninsula Buddhist Temple

Nembutsu
Wave
May 2013
Volume 1, Issue 1
Monterey Peninsula Buddhist Temple
1155 Noche Buena, Seaside, CA 93955
(831) 394 -0119
www.montereybuddhist.org
Reflections by Reverend Shinseki
Inside this issue:
Hanamatsuri
2
BWA Cabinet
Updates
2
May Shotsuki Hoyo
2
Hatsumairi
4
Behind The
5
Scences—Hanamido
MPBT Updates
6
May-June Calendars
6
See Page 5 - Behind the Scenes:
Hanamido Decorations
Our lives are filled with
attachments to both people,
possessions and even ideas and
plans.
Normally we think of
attachments when it comes to
tangible belongings and people.
However we can also become
attached to our plans and ideas.
All of these whether they be
tangible or not are fragile in
nature and subject to change. In
our life things get broken. We
have all heard the term “broken
dreams”.
Our plans, hopes dreams and
our possessions either through
time and use or abuse get
broken. We dedicate ourselves
to events and work hard on the
planning and attach ourselves to
our ideas as being for the best.
When our ideas get trumped
we slink back into ourselves
feeling remorse anger or hurt.
We plan our vacation and a
natural disaster occurs and we
have to cancel, we plan our
retirement and illness or death
changes our plans.
We get married and raise a
family and divorce separation
and death occurs.
We dream of a new car and
are brought back to practicality
and reality by our partners. And
yet we continue to cling to the
ideas, dreams and plans
instead of accepting the
reality of our lives. Things get
broken and we refuse to
accept that truth.
Shinran Shonin realized
this truth in himself while at
the same time realized the allembracing compassion of
Amida that encircles us all
despite being broken.
Shinran
in
his
Kyogyoshinsho said: “I know
truly how grievous it is that I,
Gutoku Shinran, am sinking
in an immense ocean of
desires and attachments and
am lost in a vast mountains of
fame and advantage, so that I
rejoice not at all at entering
the stage of the truly settled,
and feel no happiness at
coming nearer the realization
of true enlightenment. How
ugly it is! How wretched!”
The Nembutsu teaching is
like the glasses that helps us
see the world clearly and in
focus.
Each of us will experience
the anger, hurt and the pain of
experiencing breakage
however seated within each
crack and break is the Dharma
showing us the true and real
self in reaction to each crack
and break.
The difficulty is that our
attachments get in the way not
allowing us to see things
clearly.
Having things around and
within us break is the reality or
truth of our lives, however it
doesn’t mean that we
ourselves become broken.
Shinran goes on to say,
“There is no greater selfobstruction than attachment,
no greater self-obscuration
than doubt. As that which
finally eliminates these
hindrances of doubt and
attachment, we have only the
teaching gate of the Pure
Land.
Never has there been any
separation: Amida’s vast Vow
always, of itself, grasps and
holds beings.
This is the
necessary way of its working.”
Namoamidabutsu,
Rev. Shinseki
OBON FESTIVAL — ODORI PRACTICE
EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY AT 7PM (see back of newsletter)
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HANAMATSURI GUEST SPEAKER
Congratulations
to our
100 Club Raffle
Reverend Hanayama from the Watonsville Buddhist Temple was our
featured Guest Speaker for Hanamatusi.
Winner Stuart Crymes
Special thanks to
Mr. & Mrs. Tomi
Matsuno of Salinas
and Mr. & Mrs. Isamu
Akiyama for donating
all the beautiful
flowers for our
Hanamido.
Thank you, Setsuko
Miyagawa for picking
them up for us.
We are all so very
grateful for all their
efforts to helping
create our very own
special
Hanmido.
Photo taken by
Jim Arao.
DHARMA SCHOOL PLAY
What a fabulous job our DS students, parents and super creative leadera and
teacher, June did!
Photo taken by
Jim Arao.
MAY MBT NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
―Hidden Fortress‖
Featuring
Toshiro Mifune
Photo taken by Jane Okuma.
May 3rd at 7pm
Newsletter Title
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Thanks to our fabulous
Hanamido decorators who did a
wonderful job:
Jane Okuma and Mika Gordon
Yoshiko Arao
June and Corinne Trachsel
Lien Lam
Mark, Audrey and Zoe Kono
Kat Chase and Christopher
McCrystal
Maki and Yuka Tomb
Joanna Iwata
Linda Kadani
Rimiko Ogura
Mary Kinoshita
Kiyoko Kadani
Mary Shintani
Bob Silva
Akemi Ito
Photos taken by Jane Okuma
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MAY SHOTSUKI HOYO
Sunday, May 5, 2013
10am
Deceased
Family
Deceased
Family
Saijiro Kikuchi
Takigawa Family
George Takahashi
Mrs. Toshiko Takahashi
Masuko Yamamura &
Mr. Mas Yamamura
Morio Hada
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Hada
Shimono Matsumoto &
Mrs. Margaret Omoto
Hiroshi Yamamura
Ichi Watanabe
Mrs. June Green
Tatsuo Tsubouchi
Mrs. Joanne Nishi
Tetsuo Imagawa
Mrs. Jane Imagawa
Chieko Higashi
Mr. Craig Higashi
Hanafuse Shirakawa
Mrs. Sylvia Acedo
Tokujiro Kobayashi &
Mrs. Betty Oka
Alice Reiko Miyamoto
Mr. Mark Miyamoto
Harry Komatsu
Komatsu Family
Kunie Kobayashi
Eijiro Ota
Kin Takigawa
Takigawa Family
Barton Testuya Yoshida
Mrs. Mieko Yoshida
Tokuhachi Shibasaki
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Shibasaki
Machiko Yamamoto
Mr. Mark k & Christ
Lydia Ann Nakasako
Mr. & Mrs. Itsuo Nakasako
Kanryu Housi Murakami
Mrs. Mary Kinoshita
Katsumi Komatsu
Mr. Robert Komatsu
Hatsu Nakamura
Nakamura Family
Yoshie Grace Hattori
Rick & Ellie Hattori
Karuo Tsukimura
Mr. Gerry Tsukimura
Raymond Shigetada Suzuki
Mrs. Dorothy Suzuki
Shigeo Oba
Mrs. Kiyo Uchida
Shigeru Yamamoto
Yamamoto Family
Kozo Takahashi
Takahashi Family
Kenji Nakamura
Nakamura Family
Ichiyo Tokubo
Mrs. Mary Sumie Tokubo
Masako Nakamura
Nakamura Family
Mitsuo Mike Yamashita
Yamashita Family
Teruko Gilbert
Mr. Andy Gilbert
Hideo Yamashita
Mrs. Chiyoko Yamashita
Toichiro Takigawa
Mr. & Mrs. Tomo Takigawa
Gisaku Miyauchi &
Audrey Moore &
Michiko Miyauchi Imai
Charlotte Holland
Tsuru Somekawa
Mrs. Wako Matsushita
Satoru Murakoshi &
Doris Tsuchitani, Chieko
Akiko Helen Murakoshi
Klarman, Ken Murakoshi
Yamamoto
SPECIAL THANKS...
Thank you to the small but mighty number of members who were able to help Mr. Katsumi
Kinoshita and the Monterey Bonasi Club trim our Bonsai pine trees.
They were: Anne and Larry Oda, Rick Hattori, Mark Kono, Pamela
Villa Flores, and Akemi Ito. We did our best to learn some basic skill
of trimming back our beautiful bonsai pine trees.
We will need everyone’s help again on Saturday, May 12th from 9-12
noon to finish what we started. Please plan to join us!
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Monterey Peninsula Buddhist Temple
Hatsumairi
May 19, 2013
10:00 AM
Hatsumairi is the infant presentation ceremony for babies born over the past year.
Traditionally the ceremony is held at the celebration of Shinran Shonin’s birth. We
invite family and friends to bring their children and participate in this moving and
important moment for parents and child alike.
Please fill out the form below and send to the temple at:
Monterey Peninsula Buddhist Temple
1155 Noche Buena Street
Seaside, CA 93955
Child’s Name: ______________________________________
Birthdate: __________________________________________
Parent’s Name(s): _____________________________________
Address:_____________________________________________
Phone:____________________ Email:___________________
If you have questions please email Rev. Shinseki at [email protected]
MPBT Updates
Patti Hiramoto asked us to remind
everyone that Scholarship
Applications must be turned in by
April 30th.
The Obon committee is busy
planning for our Obon and posters
will soon be available to distribute.
The temple board held their
Members are encouraged to
monthly meeting on April 11, 2013
attend our Obon meetings for
at 7 pm.
updates. Letters requesting Obon
We fixed a cracked window in our donations, sponsors and
social hall; several sections of our volunteers will be mailed this
Final plans were made for our
fence blown down by the recent
month.
Hanamatsuri Service and Potluck winds will be replaced, concrete
lunch and a reminder about
parking blocks will be removed
decorating the Hamamido on
and replaced with lighter removal The Dharma School will be folding
Saturday, April 10th at 9:00 am.
blocks that will provide us with 3-5 cranes to take to Hiroshima in
feet additional space during Obon June. Rev. Shinseki suggested
we encourage temple members to
and improve overall safety.
Final planting and drip irrigation
participate – perhaps after some
will be installed in the next few
of our Sunday services.
weeks on Dharma School
building.
We discussed evaluating the
foundation under our tea room to
see if it will hold our Nokotsudo.
Our next movie night fundraiser
on May 3 at 7 pm, featuring
“Hidden Fortress” directed by
Akira Kurosawa. Tickets will be
inside the envelope of our April
newsletter.
The next board meeting will be
held on May 9, 2013 at 7 pm.
Dharma School Updates
The Dharma School students and parents were busy planning and rehearsing their
play for the Hamamatsuri Service. The DS parents provided dessert for our recent
potluck. The DS students will be folding origami crane that Rev. Shinseki will take to
Japan in June. It was suggested that temple members could help fold cranes after
some of our Sunday services. & perhaps a light lunch could be served. On May 18th,
the DS will be participating in a “gleaning” – the first of the season. Sunday, May
19th, awards will be presented during the Gotane service to the DS students.
BWA Updates
The BWA Cabinet held their monthly meeting on April 21, 2013 at 11:30 am. We have received a survey
from The World Federation of Buddhist Women’s Association has requested we fill out a survey as to our
interests, suggestions or willingness to help organize this event. It will take place in San Francisco, on
Labor Day weekend in 2019. We will have copies of it in our May newsletter.
We discussed in length our Obon food and schedule. We will finalize our decisions at our May BWA
meeting. The cabinet was encouraged to attend the May 5th Obon meeting. We were informed that we
will have a larger booth to accommodate our needs. The CDBWA 2013 Cabinet was installed in Mt. View
on March 30th. The next BWA Meeting will be on May 12th at 11:30 am.
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Newsletter Title
Special Donations - March
Volume 1, Issue 1
Mary Shintani
Donations Received: $________ will add up later
Dr. Alan Amemiya & Linda Kadani
Walt & Marilyn Uwate, Hoonko Service donation
Akemi Ito
Kurt Kodama, Nirvana Day Service donation
Itsuo & Keiko Nakasako
Jim & Yoshiko Arao, One year memorial service for Tsutomu
Matsushita
Yoshio & Margaret Satow
Becky Mann, Special monthly donation
Alice Sakai
Froebel & Pamela Macino-Villaflores, monthly Shotsuki donation
Toshiko Uyeda
Eigoro Hashimoto, One-year memorial service for Tsutomu
Matsushita
Meiko Yoshida
George & Fujiko Kodama
Haruko Honda
Roger & Shizuko Shiozaki, donation in memory of Roger ShioRobert Silva
zaki
Becky Mann
Wako Matsushita, One-year memorial service for Tsutomu
Kiyoko Kadani
Matsushita
Toru & Mary Kinoshita
Stuart Crymes, Sunday Service donation
Douglas & Joann Iwamoto, Sunday Service donation
Shotuski Hoyo – March
Ted & Laurie Matsushita Family, One-year memorial service for
Donations Received: $_________ (will add up later)
Tsutomu Matsushita
Tom & Eileen Fukunaga
Pamela Macino-Villaflores, Sunday Service donation
Kazuki Arita, Shorinji Kempo facility use
Jane Okuma & Chris Gordon
Jim & Yoshiko Arao Tai Chi facility use
Jan & John Paulsen
L. R. Smith, Memorial service for Sheila McDonald Smith
Teruo Hori
Tom & Rimiko Ogura, Ohara Ikebana facility use
Atsumi Uyeda
Anonymous, Shotsuki Service donation
Samuel & Fumiko Imai
Janet Maruyama & Sandy Menda, Shotsuki donation in memory Toru & Mary Kinoshita
of Yoshiko Miyamoto
Haruko Honda
Reynaldo & Ann Alamares, Shotsuki donation in memory of
George & Fujiko Kodama
Masato Morikawa
Yoshio & Margaret Satow
Craig Higashi, Shotsuki donation in memory of Masayuki Mike
Katsumi & Atsuko Kinoshita
Higashi
Miyoko Saiki
Akemi Ito
Lisa Honda
Ohigan Service – March
Donations Received: $525.00
Katsumi & Atsuko Kinoshita
Tom Sasaki
Samuel & Fumiko Imai
Hideko Nishi
Lynn Iwamoto
Sonoko Mirikitani
Sumie Mary Tokubo
Dr. Takashi Hattori
Sumie Mary Tokubo
Takashi & Margaret Yokota
Dr. Takashi Hattori
William & Margaret Omoto
Garrett & Linda Shingu
Ray & Betsy Sumida
Patricia Hori
Kurt Kodama
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Movie Night – May 3tth at 7 pm
May Shotsuki Service – May 5th
Obon Meeting - May 5 at 9 am
May 19 - Gotane Service and
Dharma School Awards
May 27 - Cemetery Memorial
Day Services:
9:00 am
Seaside
10:00 am
Monterey
11:00 am
Pacific Grove
Monterey-Peninsula Buddhist Temple located in Seaside California, is a member of the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA),
headquartered in San Francisco, California. The temple belongs to
the Jodo Shinshu Mahayana Buddhism and the Mother Temple is
the Nishi Hongwanji located in Kyoto, Japan.
Bon Dance Practice
Every Tuesday & Thursday @
7 pm starting the week of
June 4th & 6th thru June 25th
& 27th
For more information contact
Akemi Ito at 394-2111.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Movie Night – May 3tth at 7 pm
Monterey-Peninsula Buddhist Temple located in Seaside California, is
a member of the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA),
headquartered in San Francisco, California. The temple belongs to the
Jodo Shinshu Mahayana Buddhism and the Mother Temple is the
Nishi Hongwanji located in Kyoto, Japan.
May Shotsuki Service – May 5th
Obon Meeting - May 5 at 9 am
May 19 - Gotane Service and
Dharma School Awards
May 27 - Cemetery Memorial
Day Services:
9:00 am
Seaside
10:00 am
Monterey
11:00 am
Pacific Grove
Bon Dance Practice
Every Tuesday & Thursday
@ 7 pm starting the week
of June 4th & 6th thru June
25th & 27th
For more information contact
Akemi Ito at 394-2111.