Online Buddhism Education Series will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (HST). Guest speaker will be Rev. Blayne Higa of Kona Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. http://www.konahongwanji.org/reverend-blayne-bio. The topic for the virtual session is “It’s ok to not be ok: Shin Buddhist Wisdom for Living”. Rev. Higa will explore how
Read MoreEach year the temples who belong to the Big Island Buddhist Federation (BIBF) take turns to host Hanamatsuri and Bodhi Day Service. This is a time for the BIBF temples to gather and listen to the Dharma together. Unfortunately, this year many things have changed and we cannot gather in the large groups we are
Read MoreZoom Online Public Buddhism Class “Buddhism in Music”. Open to the public and free to register. Music is a part of our lives and it brings happy, uplifting, and meaningful feelings to us. What is your song? An inspiring idea and concept of Buddhism can be found in that song. The more you learn the
Read MoreHALLOWEEN 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
Read MorePlease 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
Read MoreJoin 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
Read MoreTo 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
Read MorePuna 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
Read MoreMany 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
Read MoreWe 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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