2024 Kauai District Nembutsu Seminar

“Sharing Nembutsu Moments”
with Rev. Blayne Higa

Sunday, October 6, 2024
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (HST)
Coffee Hour at 9 a.m.
West Kauai Hongwanji Hanapepe Temple & Zoom
(see registration link below)

About the Seminar

The community has always been a strength of Shin Buddhism in America. Innovative and responsive community building grounded in the Dharma has enabled temples to thrive in Hawaii for the past 135 years. However, the traditional ways of building Sangha have been less effective as we face new challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the post-pandemic world. Let’s explore what it means to be Sangha today. How do we journey together as spiritual friends, nurturing an authentic community of fellow travelers guided by the Buddha’s teachings?

Registration

Registration is free. Deadline: September 22, 2024

Register here: https://forms.gle/yEeEFP2VWYqP9raP6

When you complete the seminar registration, you will receive an automatic confirmation email from Google Forms.

Donations

Donations can be made to the Kauai Hongwanji Council. Please make a check payable to “Kauai Hongwanji Council” and send it to Kapaa Hongwanji Mission 4-1170 Kuhio Hwy, Kapaa, HI 96746.

For further information, please contact:
Kapaa Hongwanji at (808) 822-4667, West Kauai Hongwanji at (808) 335-3195 or Lihue Hongwanji at (808) 245-6262.

限りなき愛と慈悲

Kagirinaki Ai to Jihi:
Toward LGBTQ+ Equity & Inclusion in
Hawai‘i’s Japanese Communities

This event serves as a Nembutsu Seminar of Honolulu and Oahu Hongwanji Districts

Friday, October 25 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
2454 S Beretania St., Honolulu, HI 96826

Sharing Stories & Interactive Panel Discussion with:

Marsha & Aiden Aizumi
Marsha is an author (Two Spirits, One Heart), educator, & LGBTQ+ activist. She co-founded the first PFLAG chapter for Asian-Pacific islanders and founded Okaeri – a Nikkei LGBTQ+ community. Aiden, her transgender son and co-author of the book, lived as a female for the first 20 years of his life. In 2008 he came out as transgender & transitioned from female to male. He is the President of PFLAG, Pasadena Chapter.

Dharma-Centered Living 101:
Reflect and Respect

3rd Session on November 9, 2024
10:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
(lunch from 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.)
registration details below

In person at Wailuku Hongwanji and via Zoom at one site per Hongwanji district

Learn how to:

• Nurture spiritual development through character building
• Cultivate compassionate and resilient human beings
• Communicate your values through the mindful use of technology

Please join us for an engaging and hands-on workshop with D. Trinidad Hunt, international trainer, author, public speaker & contributor to 3 “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books, granddaughter of Rev. Dorothy Hunt, author of “The Golden Chain of Love.”

The workshop series is designed to empower parents, grandparents, and educators with tools and strategies to share life lessons and skills based on Shin Buddhist values.

Session will include “Reflect and Respect” for the lower grades, and “Self-Reflection” for the upper grades.

Registration

Please register by October 19. Visit the registration form at
https://forms.gle/A8Wcgg4Xcj2bmSeQ6
or using the QR code:

Please contact Debbie Kubota, Chair, Commission on Buddhist Education if any questions arise (dekub88@gmail.com)

Sponsored by the Commission on Buddhist Education