Dear Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, Here’s to a very successful Mochitsuki event. When our temple can bring friends and families together, we are spreading the Nembutsu in practice. Everyone, young and old worked extremely hard. From rice washing, setup, boiling, grinding, pounding, cutting, shaping, brushing, packaging, distributing and tear down: all were done with extreme… Read More »
VHBT Mochitsuki 2011. Photos courtesy of Dale & Gail Noriyuki.
Thank you to those who helped with the setup this past Saturday!!!! Your dedication to the Temple is exemplary. And thank you to June Fujioka for helping me put the lunch together! Thank you very much to YABA for setting up the rice into (23) barrels and the initial washing on Wednesday evening! Schedule for… Read More »
Fabrication of the rice steamers/boilers for use in mochitsuki, by Eric Schmid, Joe Belli, and Dale Noriyuki, from August through December, 2011. Photos and video courtesy of Eric Schmid and Kristina Fukuda-Schmid.
KOMOCHI – $4.00 PKG
OKASANE – $7.00 SET
Pick up Saturday, December 10, 2011 (after 2:00 pm)
DEADLINE FOR ALL ORDERS IS NOVEMBER 27, 2011
In a letter that Shinran Shonin wrote he states: Those who feel uncertain of birth should say the nembutsu aspiring first for their own birth. Those who feel that their own birth is completely settled should, mindful of the Buddha’s benevolence, hold the nembutsu in their heart and say it to respond in gratitude to… Read More »
Adult Buddhist Association Steak Feast & Bingo Night held at the VHBT on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Photos courtesy of Gail & Dale Noriyuki
Every year in the month of November, the Venice Hongwanji holds its annual Eitaikyo service. This service is also often called the Muen Hoyo (無縁法要). Although the first phrase “Muen” can be translated to mean “without condition” or “without connection,” it is used to refer to those people who no longer have living relatives. The… Read More »
The Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple will be observing its annual Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service on Sunday, November 13, 2011, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
The Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service is observed by the temple to celebrate the lives of all of our family members and friends who have gone to the Pure Land of Amida. It is a chance to show our gratitude to all those from our past who have shared with us the teachings of the Nembutsu. It is also a time when we rededicate ourselves to passing down the teachings of the Nembutsu to future generations, as the past generations have done for us.… Read More »
The Institute of Buddhist Studies & Buddhist Churches of America Center for Buddhist Education present Winter Pacific Seminar – 21st Century “A Life of Shinjin” with Keynote Speaker Reverend Dr. David Matsumoto. Panelists include Reverend Yushi Mukojima, Reverend Patricia Usuki, Reverend Henry Adams, Reverend John Iwohara, and topics will be Chanting, Haiku Workshop with Reverend Lee Rosenthal, and Buddhist Etiquette.… Read More »
