Puna Hongwanji Children’s Day Sharing Joy We are currently working on planning a Puna Hongwanji Children’s Day Sharing Joy event on the temple grounds. The event will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. We will have games (purchase a punch card to be used at the game booths,
Read MoreAt Puna Hongwanji we have a newly formed Cub Scout Pack 67 that meets at the temple on Friday from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. For the month of February their Friday meeting is February 3 and February 24. Join us on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. in-person (with a mask) or online
Read MorePuna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple presents a community activity open to all participants. 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 up to
Read MorePlease join us for our weekly Sunday Service. Our services are available in-person (with a mask) and online via Zoom. The service on Sunday, September 18, 2022 will begin at 9:00 a.m. This will be our Autumn Special Service, Fall Ohigan. Rev. Satoshi Ka’imipono Tomioka will share the Dharma Message “The path is here”. If
Read MoreThe Hawaii Police Department is doing a backpack drive for our island keiki (children) in need. We have decided to answer the call for help and will be collecting backpacks at Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple until Sunday, July 24, 2022. They are looking for new and unused backpacks to distribute. We will collect the backpacks
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 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 MorePEACE DAY 2021 The International Day of Peace was established by the United Nations in 1981, and since 2001, has been celebrated on September 21. That date is also recognized as Peace Day in Hawaii, thanks in large part to members of the Hawaii Federation of Junior Young Buddhist Association who successfully advocated for the
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.
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