Our general membership meeting is usually held after temple clean-up in December. We did not meet quorum for the meeting in December so it was decided that we would postpone the meeting and hold it after service on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. We figured this way we would catch all those members
Read MorePuna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple presents a community activity open to all to participate in. The holiday season is upon us and how festive will you be this year? Share with us your holiday photo. You be creative and share your holiday spirit with the rest of us. It can be, but we are leaving it
Read MoreOutdoor Craft Fair – Saturday, November 6, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Puna Hongwanji will host an outdoor craft fair on Saturday, November 6, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. This craft fair is to help our vendors share their products with the community. The number one concern is the safety of
Read MoreHalloween Activities for the young and young at heart We invite all of you to join us in our Halloween activities we have planned for Halloween 2021. These events are being sponsored by the Puna Hongwanji Events Committee and the Puna Hongwanji Dharma School. We invite the young and the young at heart to participate
Read MoreThe Jodo Shinshu International Office (JSIO) will host The Three Pure Land Sutras Chanting Marathon on Saturday, August 28, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (HST). This will be a special live-stream event where we will have a rare opportunity to listen to all three pure land sutras chanted in their entirety. This event
Read MoreSUMMER DHARMATHON 2021 The Summer Dharmathon is a new program of the Buddhist Study Center (BSC) featuring 10 Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii (HHMH) ministers who will be speaking on the HHMH 2021 theme and slogan: “Building Healthy Sanghas: Nurturing Empathy and Respect” It will be live streamed from the BSC YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUWzJg0lcuY5tdIGef9O9HQ.
Read MorePuna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple presents an Online Buddhist Education Series Tannishō. Study class with Rev. Satoshi Ka’imipono Tomioka will start from September 7, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. The study class will be held every Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (HST). This study class will review Chapter 12 of
Read MorePuna Hongwanji presents…Drive-Thru Bon Dance For a second year we are unable to host our regular two nights of Bon Dance on our temple grounds. In 2020 we did a virtual bon dance. In 2021 we are doing a partial virtual bon dance and a live drive thru bon dance. We will have 4 dancing
Read MorePlease join us on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. for our Wednesday Evening Zoom Dharma Gathering. The Dharma discussion will be “Push or Pull”. Around 7:45 p.m. Rev. Satoshi Kaʻimipono Tomioka will have the discussion in Japanese. 英語法話のすぐあとに、日本語法話もあります。 If you received the link before you can use the same link. If you need
Read MorePlease join us tonight, June 16, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. for our Wednesday Evening Zoom Dharma Gathering. The Dharma discussion will be “Resilience”. Around 7:45 p.m. Rev. Satoshi Kaʻimipono Tomioka will have the discussion in Japanese. 英語法話のすぐあとに、日本語法話もあります。 If you received the link before you can use the same link. If you need the link, please
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