Please join us on Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Service will be available in person or online via Zoom. He will share the Dharma Message “Let’s sweep it under the rug”. The Zoom link has been emailed it you are on our mailing list. If you are not on our email listing, please
Read MoreOn Sunday, July 7, 2024 we will not have any temple service. Instead everyone will gather at 9:00 a.m. to help put away and clean-up things from the previous night (our Bon Dance). If you are able to come join us in cleaning up. We will also need to clean up the parking area by
Read MoreJoin us for a Panel Discussion taking place on Sunday, June 30, 2024 starting at 9:00 a.m. Our featured panelists includes Rev. Earl Ikeda, former resident minister of Puna Hongwanji Mission and retired minister of the Buddhist Churches of America, Daichi Marquis, a Certified Minister’s Lay Assistant, and Craig Shimoda, a Certified Minister’s Lay Assistant
Read MorePuna Hongwanji will be participating in the Hawaii Police Department backpack again this year. Bags will be collected until Sunday, July 7, 2024. This will be our third year in participating to collect backpacks. They have requested new and unused backpacks. Backpacks are the most requested non-food item requested by charities in Hawaii. The backpacks
Read MoreCome join us on Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. for our Sunday Family Dharma Service. Service is available in person and online via Zoom. Rev. Satoshi Kaʻimipono Tomioka will share the Dharma Message “What is Obon?” For the Zoom link mpunahongwanji@twc.com
Read MoreJoin us on our Puna Hongwanji Facebook or Puna Hongwanji YouTube page every Wednesday starting June 12, 2024 at 6:00 pm (Hawaii time). We will learn and chant the new melody of the Shoshinge. The Shoshinge is a hymn composed by Shinran Shonin, the founder of Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji Pure Land Tradition. This year Honpa
Read MoreJoin us for our Sunday Family Dharma Service on Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Warren Tanigawa will share the message “What does Namo Amida Butsu mean to me?”
Read MoreIt’s graduation season! Join us on Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. for our Baccalaureate Service as we recognize our graduates from our affiliate groups. Service will be available in person and online via Zoom. We will have two guest speakers that will address the graduates. Mrs. Janice Ikeda, Executive Director of Vibrant Hawaii
Read MoreIt’s Bon Dance season! Get ready to gather with family, friends, and make new friends! Join us on Saturday, July 6, 2024 at Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple for one night of Bon Dance. Listing of Events (subject to change so please stay tuned to our social media pages like Facebohttps://youtu.be/YqKDUoTiGuc?si=Uv5ZHkFUkNDs37V7ok and Instagram) 3:00 p.m. –
Read MoreJoin us on Friday, June 7, 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 16-492 Old Volcano Road, Keaau, HI 96749 Have you ever wondered how the divine statues in Buddhism are created? Well, this would be a great occasion to be exposed to the art of carving Buddhist statues by professionals. Carving
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