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
Read MoreBIBF 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,
Read MoreOn Wednesday , March 31, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. will be our Wednesday Evening Zoom Dharma Gathering. The Dharma Message will be “Influencer”. From about 7:45 p.m. Rev. Satoshi Kaʻimipono Tomioka will deliver 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 Zoom link you may continue to use that link.
Read MoreEaster Drive-By: The Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple will be hosting an Easter Drive-By on Sunday April 4, 2021 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. We will have a treat bag ready for the children to be handed out by our Easter Bunny. Some of the goodie bags will contain a “golden egg” and in the
Read MoreJoin us this Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. for our weekly Sunday online service. The Sunday service is available on our Puna Hongwanji Facebook and YouTube pages. Be sure to like our Facebook page and subscribe to our YouTube channel so that you will get a notification when we go live. Rev. Satoshi
Read MoreOn Wednesday , March 24, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. will be our Wednesday Evening Zoom Dharma Gathering. The Dharma Message will be “Help!”. From about 7:45 p.m. Rev. Satoshi Kaʻimipono Tomioka will deliver 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 received the link previously you may use that same link. If you don’t have
Read MorePlease join us on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. (HST) for our weekly Sunday Online Service. The service is available via our Puna Hongwanji Facebook and YouTube pages. Rev. Satoshi Ka’imipono Tomioka will deliver the Dharma Message “Helpless”. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtQ19ePwF_lwTH0A_hwkIwg
Read MoreOn Saturday, March 20, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon the Puna Hongwanji will be having a rummage sale in the social hall at 16-492 Old Volcano Road in Keaau, Hawaii. We have been getting donations so need to get them out to you. We will be taking temperature checks, asking you to fill
Read MoreSorry we will not be having our Wednesday Evening Zoom Dharma Gathering on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. We will resume on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. If you don’t have a link and would like to join us next week, please send an email to mpunahongwanji@twc.com to receive the Zoom link. Be sure to share
Read MoreIt’s activity time, let’s have some fun and you could win a prize. Wednesday is 🍀 St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 and we are looking for photos of something green or you showing us how you are being “green” by being environmentally friendly. In 2016 at the Hongwanji Legislative Assembly, the temples voted to try and
Read More