Happy New Year! As we enter 2021 we will have some changes to the way we do things. Effective Wednesday, January 6, 2021 the Wednesday evening service at 7:00 p.m. will be changed to a Zoom format. To request the link please email mpunahongwanji@twc.com. We will not be able to go back to temple for
Read MoreWe are taking a two week spring break for the rest of April and will resume back in May. There will be no Tuesday Buddhism Class, no Wednesday Zoom Dharma Gathering, and no Friday Book Club. Since the stay at home orders we have added more than Sunday Service and a here and there Buddhism
Read MorePlease join us for our weekly Wednesday Evening Zoom Dharma Gathering on April 14, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. The Dharma Discussion will be “Buddhism and Gender”. Around 7:45 p.m. Rev. Satoshi Kaʻimipono Tomioka will share the message in Japanese. 英語法話のすぐあとに、日本語法話もあります。 If you have previously received the link you may use the same link. If you
Read MorePlease join us on Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. for our weekly Online Sunday Service via our Puna Hongwanji Facebook and YouTube pages. Rev. Satoshi Kaʻimipono Tomioka will share the Dharma Message “We Were Born Together”. At 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon the temple doors will open in celebration of Buddha’s Birthday. Please
Read MoreAt Puna Hongwanji we will be opening our temple door for you to participate in the Walk-In Celebration of Buddha’s Birthday on Sunday, April 11, 2021 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon. You will be allowed to offer incense and pour sweet tea over the baby Buddha. The pouring of sweet tea symbolizes the sweet
Read MoreBIBF Service 9:00 a.m. Puna Hongwanji will not have a Sunday Service on Sunday, April 4, 2021. Instead we will be joining other temples for the Big Island Buddhist Federation (BIBF) Hanamatsuri (Buddha Day) Service at 9:00 a.m. Each year the BIBF temples takes turns to host services in which all temples would come together,
Read MoreOn Wednesday , March 31, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. will be our Wednesday Evening Zoom Dharma Gathering. The Dharma Message will be “Influencer”. From about 7:45 p.m. Rev. Satoshi Kaʻimipono Tomioka will deliver the message in Japanese. 英語法話のすぐあとに、日本語法話もあります。 If you have previously received the Zoom link you may continue to use that link.
Read MoreEaster Drive-By: The Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple will be hosting an Easter Drive-By on Sunday April 4, 2021 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. We will have a treat bag ready for the children to be handed out by our Easter Bunny. Some of the goodie bags will contain a “golden egg” and in the
Read MoreJoin us this Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. for our weekly Sunday online service. The Sunday service is available on our Puna Hongwanji Facebook and YouTube pages. Be sure to like our Facebook page and subscribe to our YouTube channel so that you will get a notification when we go live. Rev. Satoshi
Read MoreOn Wednesday , March 24, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. will be our Wednesday Evening Zoom Dharma Gathering. The Dharma Message will be “Help!”. From about 7:45 p.m. Rev. Satoshi Kaʻimipono Tomioka will deliver the message in Japanese. 英語法話のすぐあとに、日本語法話もあります。 If you have received the link previously you may use that same link. If you don’t have
Read MorePlease join us on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. (HST) for our weekly Sunday Online Service. The service is available via our Puna Hongwanji Facebook and YouTube pages. Rev. Satoshi Ka’imipono Tomioka will deliver the Dharma Message “Helpless”. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtQ19ePwF_lwTH0A_hwkIwg
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