Announcements

We will need the help from all temple organizations for our annual Fall Cleanup on Saturday, October 5, 8AM. Bring your glove, brooms, old towels, etc.… Read More »

The Buddhist Church of Santa Barbara will be having its first obon festival in 24 years on Saturday, July 20, from 1:00PM – 6:30 PM. We are trying to gauge how much interest there would be in chartering a bus through Nada Bus. The bus would leave the Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple at 12:00 noon.… Read More »

The 2013 Obon t-shirts can be purchased through the Venice Jr. YBA. Cost is $15 per shirt (XXL is $17). Shirts are white and 100% cotton. Please download and fill out the form below, print it, and drop it off or mail it with your payment (info on the form). Proceeds benefit the Southern District… Read More »

Please join us for a special seminar featuring Rev. Julie Hanada, former resident minister of the Oregon Buddhist Temple (1992-2001) and currently the Director of Spiritual Care for the Harborview Medical Center at the University of Washington. The seminar will take place on Saturday, July 6, from 1PM-3PM at the Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. “Everyday… Read More »

The VHBT Obon Festival will take place over the weekend of July 27-28. Odori practice at the temple will be held on Mondays & Wednesdays from 7:00-8:30PM, beginning Monday, June 24 and running until Monday, July 22 (nine practices). Following is the 2013 Obon schedule for the Southern District temples. Note that this year there… Read More »

Living with Mental Illness On Saturday, May 18 at 2:00 p.m. the Buddhist Church of Santa Barbara welcomes you to join us for an enlightening seminar on the subject of Living with Mental Illness. Mental Illness is often misunderstood and stigmatized in our society, and our hope is that this seminar will provide an opportunity… Read More »

The 2012 picnic was fun! VHBT members and their guests are invited to a joint picnic with the West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple on Sunday, June 9, from 11am-3pm. Location: Blanco Park 5801 Sawtelle Blvd (just east of Sepulveda) (map) Culver City CA 90232 Please contact Jayme Heyl via Evite and let her know if… Read More »

The Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple had an opportunity to take part in an episode of East of Main Street, an HBO documentary series that has been produced for the past three years to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This year’s episode, Milestones, focuses on how different groups of Asian Americans mark the milestones throughout… Read More »

The theme for the 2013 Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Film Festival is “The Social Face of Buddhism.” We will be screening documentary films that address the topics of the environment, war, tolerance, and economic responsibility, and talk about the Shin Buddhist response to these issues. The Film Festival will run on four consecutive Saturdays, May 4… Read More »

Congratulations to our first class of Wisteria Award students, who were presented with their certificates of completion on March 24, 2013. The participants of this first class were Rob Coe, Jayme Heyl, Emily Kariya, Scot Kawano, Milnes Kurashige, Richard Modiano, David Nishina, Janis Ozaki, and Ethel Sato. The next session begins this Sunday, April 14.… Read More »