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Puna Hongwanji Mission

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Location & Services

  • Puna Hawaii Mission
  • 16-492 Old Volcano Rd.
  • Keaau,HI96749
  • (808) 966-9981
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  • Sundays at 9 a.m.
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  • M,T,W,F 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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Who We Are

Puna Hongwanji is a dynamic temple community where people joined by faith and joy in Amida Buddha share the Dharma in our daily living. We invite you to join us for fellowship and learning. More »

Recent News

Wednesday Evening Zoom Service

Wednesday Online Services via Zoom effective January 6, 2020

Happy New Year!  As we enter 2021 we will have some changes to the way we do things. Effective Wednesday, January 6, 2021 the Wednesday evening service at 7:00 p.m. will be changed to a Zoom format. To request the link please email mpunahongwanji@twc.com. We will not be able to go back to temple for

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Spring Break in April see you in May

We are taking a two week spring break for the rest of April and will resume back in May. There will be no Tuesday Buddhism Class, no Wednesday Zoom Dharma Gathering, and no Friday Book Club. Since the stay at home orders we have added more than Sunday Service and a here and there Buddhism

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Wednesday Dharma Gathering – “Buddhism and Gender”

Please join us for our weekly Wednesday Evening Zoom Dharma Gathering on April 14, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. The Dharma Discussion will be “Buddhism and Gender”. Around 7:45 p.m. Rev. Satoshi Kaʻimipono Tomioka will share the message in Japanese. 英語法話のすぐあとに、日本語法話もあります。 If you have previously received the link you may use the same link. If you

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We Were Born Together

Sunday Service “We Were Born Together”

Please join us on Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. for our weekly Online Sunday Service via our Puna Hongwanji Facebook and YouTube pages.  Rev. Satoshi Kaʻimipono Tomioka will share the Dharma Message “We Were Born Together”. At 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon the temple doors will open in celebration of Buddha’s Birthday.  Please

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Walk-in celebration of Buddha's birthday

Walk-In Celebration of Buddha’s Birthday (4/11/21 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon)

At Puna Hongwanji we will be opening our temple door for you to participate in the Walk-In Celebration of Buddha’s Birthday on Sunday, April 11, 2021 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon.  You will be allowed to offer incense and pour sweet tea over the baby Buddha.  The pouring of sweet tea symbolizes the sweet

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Buddha Day)

BIBF Hanamatsuri (Buddha Day) Service – (4/4/21)

BIBF Service 9:00 a.m. Puna Hongwanji will not have a Sunday Service on Sunday, April 4, 2021.  Instead we will be joining other temples for the Big Island Buddhist Federation (BIBF) Hanamatsuri (Buddha Day) Service at 9:00 a.m.  Each year the BIBF temples takes turns to host services in which all temples would come together,

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