Please join us as we honor the graduates with Puna Hongwanji affiliation. The Baccalaureate Service will be held on Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Service will be available in person and online via Zoom. The message will be delivered by Paul Sakamoto, Puna Taiko Head Instructor. He will have a recorded message to
Read MorePlease join us on Sunday, May 25, 2025 for our Shipman Memorial Sunday. Puna Hongwanji is truly grateful to the Shipman family as the grounds were donated to us on October 17, 1976. Rev. Satoshi Tomioka will share the Dharma Message “Remembering You is Easy; Forgetting You is Impossible”. Service will be available in person
Read MorePlease join us on Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. for our Founder’s Birthday Service (Gotan-e). This is one of six major services that we observe every year. The service will be available in person and online via Zoom. The Dharma Message will be delivered by Rev. Satoshi Tomioka. His Dharma Message will be
Read MorePlease join us for our Annual Puna District Interfaith Memorial Day Observance on Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. on the front lawn of Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple in Keaau, Hawaii. This event is open to the public. We encourage family and friends to attend the memorial observance as we recognize each Puna District
Read MorePlease join us for our Mother’s Day Service on Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Service will be available in person or online via Zoom. The Dharma Message will be delivered by Warren Tanigawa, our Minister’s Lay Assistant. Warren will share the Dharma Message “What Does Namo Amida Butsu Mean to Me?” After the
Read MorePlease join us on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. for our in person or online via Zoom service. This week Craig Shimoda, Minister’s Lay Assistant, will share the Dharma Message “What does Namo Amida Butsu Mean to Me?” The Zoom link was emailed out tonight. If you need the Zoom link, please email
Read MorePlease join us on Sunday, April 27, 2025 for our Lady Eshinni and Lady Kakushinni Service at 9:00 a.m. Service will be available in person and online via Zoom. Our guest speaker will be Gail Takaki. Her message will be “Curiosity to Confidence-Let Youth Lead the Way”.
Read MorePlease join us on Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. for our weekly Sunday Family Dharma Service. Service is available in person and online via Zoom. Rev. Satoshi Tomioka will share the Dharma Message “It’s a Small World”. To receive the Zoom link, please email us at mpunahongwanji@twc.com by Sunday 7:00 a.m. to ensure we
Read MoreJoin us on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. for our Buddha’s Birthday Service (Hanamatsuri). Service is available in person and online via Zoom. Today everyone will be invited to pour sweet tea over the baby Buddha with the beautifully decorated hanamido (flower altar).
Read MoreThere will be no service at Puna Hongwanji on Sunday, April 6, 2025. We will return back to Puna Hongwanji on Sunday, April 13, 2025. Please join us instead at Hilo Higashi Hongwanji, 261 Mohouli Street, Hilo, HI 96720. We will be joining the Big Island Buddhist Federation (BIBF) for the Hanamatsuri Service (Buddha’s Birthday).
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