October 14, 2020
| Puna Hongwanji
| Community Events, In the Community, Other Activities, Youth
HALLOWEEN ACTIVITY #1 Online Vegetable/Fruit Carving Contest #1 Select a category to enter your carving into: ***Spookiest*** ***Most Creative*** ***Beautiful/Cute*** ***Most Organic*** RULES: Must use fruit or vegetable. Must be your own creation. Must not be a previous carved item, needs to be recently carved for this contest. Must not display name of commercial products, companies, or
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September 3, 2020
| Puna Hongwanji
| Community Events, In the Community, Other Activities
Please join us in our Peace Day 2020 Photo Contest. The contest theme is “Moment of Peace”. Please look through you camera roll on your phone and consider sending in photos in which you feel depicts a “moment in peace” to you. The photos need to be emailed to punahongwanjipeaceday@gmail.com or sent via Puna Hongwanji’s
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September 3, 2020
| Puna Hongwanji
| Community Events, In the Community, Other Activities
Join us on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. (HST) as we premiere our close out video of Genki Ondo. To close out our Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Bon Dance Season 2020 we are creating this special video. Videos were received from different people and it is being edited into one video. The premiere
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August 8, 2020
| Puna Hongwanji
| Community Events, In the Community, Other Activities
To close out the 2020 Bon Dance season we would like to challenge all of you to submit a video of you dancing to Genki Ondo. Whether it’s you dancing or just doing the hand movements submit a video as we would like to compile a video showing everyone from all parts of the world
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June 29, 2020
| Puna Hongwanji
| Community Events, In the Community, Youth
Puna Hongwanji Virtual Bon Dance – July 3, 2020 and July 4, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Due to Covid-19 lots of our temple activities have been suspended or canceled. This year in-person Bon Dance is an activity that we are canceling at Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. We realize it’s a time for everyone to gather
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May 19, 2020
| Puna Hongwanji
| Community Events, In the Community, Services
Many events are being postponed or cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple is cancelling the in-person Annual Puna District Interfaith Memorial Day Observance on Saturday, May 23, 2020. We are instead working on a video that we will share on our Puna Hongwanji Facebook and YouTube page. The video will be
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May 2, 2020
| Puna Hongwanji
| Community Events, Services
We hope that all of you are doing fine and adjusting to the stay-at-home orders. Previously we have indicated that the temple will be closed until May 15. Due to the extended stay-at-home orders we are remaining closed until further notice. We do miss seeing everyone at temple, but for now we have to be
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March 9, 2020
| Puna Hongwanji
| Community Events, In the Community
On behalf of the Puna Spring Festival committee and with the support of the Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Board of Directors we have decided in the best interest of our members and community we are canceling our upcoming Puna Spring Festival scheduled for Saturday, March 28. Our number priority is to ensure the health
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February 12, 2020
| Puna Hongwanji
| Classes and Lectures, Community Events
Everyday Buddhism Class will be held on Saturday, February 15, 2020 from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple dining room. It is said “Perception is everything”, then is my perception pure and beautiful? Can you read this sentence? It deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
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February 8, 2020
| Puna Hongwanji
| Classes and Lectures, Community Events, In the Community
Everyone is welcome to participate in the upcoming Everyday Buddhism Class at the Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. The first class will be held on Saturday, February 15, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. No registration required. Free. Class by donation.
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