Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. – Panel Discussion with Rev. Earl Ikeda, Daichi Marquis, and Craig Shimoda

Join us for a Panel Discussion taking place on Sunday, June 30, 2024 starting at 9:00 a.m.  Our featured panelists includes Rev. Earl Ikeda, former resident minister of Puna Hongwanji Mission and retired minister of the Buddhist Churches of America, Daichi Marquis, a Certified Minister’s Lay Assistant, and Craig Shimoda, a Certified Minister’s Lay Assistant

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Backpack Drive at Puna Hongwanji until Sunday, July 7, 2024

Puna Hongwanji will be participating in the Hawaii Police Department backpack again this year.  Bags will be collected until Sunday, July 7, 2024.  This will be our third year in participating to collect backpacks.  They have requested new and unused backpacks.  Backpacks are the most requested non-food item requested by charities in Hawaii.  The backpacks

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Let’s Chant and Learn Shoshinge – Every Wednesday Starting on June 12, 2024 at 6 pm (Hawaii time)

Join us on our Puna Hongwanji Facebook or Puna Hongwanji YouTube page every Wednesday starting June 12, 2024 at 6:00 pm (Hawaii time). We will learn and chant the new melody of the Shoshinge.  The Shoshinge is a hymn composed by Shinran Shonin, the founder of Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji Pure Land Tradition. This year Honpa

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