NICHIREN MISSION OF HAWAII

NICHIREN MISSION OF HAWAII

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Contents
1. Nichiren Buddhism
            * Nichiren Shu
            * the Lotus Sutra
            * Our Practice
            * Major Temples
   2. The Buddha & Nichiren
        Shonin
            * Life of the Buddha
            * Life of Nichiren Shonin
            * History of Nichiren Buddhism
   3. History of Nichiren Mission
        of Hawaii
            * Part I (When the Nichiren
              Buddhism came to Hawaii)
            * Part II (Before the World War
              II)
            * Part III (After the World War
              II)
4. Sunday Service
            * Morning Service
            * First Sunday - Kito Service
            * Second Sunday - Combined
              Service
            * Third Sunday - Special
              Service
            * Forth Sunday - Shodaigyo
              Service
            * Fifth Sunday - Activity Day
            * This Year's Calendar of
              Services and Events
5. Memorial Service
            * About Memorial Service
            * How to hold Memorial
              Service
   6. Funeral Service
            * About Funeral Service
            * About other Services related
              to Funeral Service
            * How to hold Funeral Service
   7. Kito (Blessing) Service
            * About Kito Service
            * How to hold Kito Service
   8. Wedding Ceremony
            * About Wedding Ceremony
            * How to hold Wedding
              Ceremony
    9. Other Activities
            * Columbarium (Niches)
            * Eitaikyo (Perpetual Memorial
              Service) Program
            * Eitaikuyoto (Eternal Peace
              Tower)
            * Visitation
            * Class
            * Counseling
            * Sunday School
            * Fujinkai (Women's Auxiliary)
            * Rainbow Conference
            * Fundraise
10. Newsletter
            * This Month's Newsletter
            * Archive
11. This Month's Sermon
            * This Month's Sermon
            * Archive
12. Facilities and Map
            * Facilities and Pictures
            * Map
   13. Links
    14. Contact us
    15. Copyright

NICHIREN SHONIN'S WORDS
Plants fully grow up and can have harvest through rain. Also, it will always become a full life that if a person does good deeds and can accumulates the merits.
'Uenodono-gohenji"

HELLO EVERYONE!
How are you? We had some cold days in January. Please be careful of your health and do not catch a cold.
Here are some announcements.

BUDDHA'S NIRVANA & NICHIREN SHONIN'S BIRTHDAY SERVICE ON FEBRUARY 11
We will hold Buddha's Nirvana & Nichiren Shonin's Birthday Service on Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. This is a commemorative service for the historical Buddha's Death. Let us vow to uphold the teaching of the Buddha.
Nichiren Shonin was born on Feb. 16, 1222. We will celebrate our founder's birthday and vow to follow His spirit of the Lotus Sutra.
This is a special service in Nichiren Buddhism so, if you have a Gyoe, please wear it at the service. If you do not have a Gyoe, we have it for a $50 donation.

SETSUBUN KITO SERVICE ON FEBRUARY 4
This is a traditional ceremony of exorcism that is held at the end of the year according to the Chinese calendar. We will be performing a special Kito Service on February 4, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. for members who are "Toshi-Otoko and Toshi-Onna" (men and women of the year). At the service, a Toshi-Otoko and Toshi-Onna will throw beans at supposedly present devils, crying "Fuku wa uchi, Oni wa soto", which means, "Fortune in, evil out!" The Toshi-Otoko and Toshi-Onna for this year are those who were born in the Year of the Boar: 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995 or 2007. Please attend the service!

FUJINKAI MEETING ON FEBRUARY 4
Fujinkai meeting will be held on Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 9:00 a.m.

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS ON FEBRUARY 4
Sunday School Class will be held on Sunday, February 4, 2007 during Setsubun Kito Service. Please attend the service with your children and grandchildren!

GENERAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 11
General meeting will be held on Sunday, February 11, 2007 after the 10:00 a.m. service; therefore, all active members are asked to remain after the service to attend. Your participation will be greatly appreciated.

DIRECTORS' MEETING ON FEBRUARY 11
Directors' meting will be held on Sunday, February 11, 2007 after the General Meeting.

SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 25
Sunday School meeting will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 9:00 a.m.

WELCOME, REV. NAGAYOSHI!
Rev. Junsei Nagayoshi finished his training on November 30, 2006. Now, he is officially appointed as a certified overseas minister and an associate minister of our Temple. Welcome, Rev. Nagayoshi!

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES
The annual membership dues are $12.00 per month or $144.00 per year. Our Temple is maintained by your membership fee so we would appreciate your kokua in this matter. Thank you.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We are still in need of more members who can give their time once a week for a month to keep our Temple clean. It only takes a few hours to do this. You may make your own group if you wish. Please see the ministers to sign up. Mahalo!

ANNOUNCEMENTS
NONA (Nichiren Buddhist Order of North America) Dharma Conference will be held at the Nichiren Buddhist International Center on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007 beginning at 9:30 a.m. to Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. They have invited a special guest, Professor Kenyo Mitomo of Rissho University. He will talk about the relationship between the Lotus Sutra, Hellenism and Christianity. Deadline is on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007. For more details, please ask the office.

CORRECTION
Nichiren Mission of Hawaii's homepage address on this years calender is mistyped. The collect address is http://www.nichiren-shu.org/hawaii/.

NEW ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES FOR 2007
We write to inform you about an increase of the membership dues for the Mission. This past year has experienced increases in utilities, HMSA rates, insurance rates, as well as other operational costs for the Mission. Therefore, the Board of Directors of our Mission has approved the following increase of the membership dues for our temple to be effective as of January 1, 2007. Annual membership dues will become $144.00 annually (actual increase of $24.00 over the 2001 rate) which breaks down to $12.00 per month.
Membership dues represent your commitment and support of our Mission but they are only ten percent of the monies which financially support our Mission. We rely on monetary donations as well as the property rental revenues from our Barron Lane apartments.
We respectfully ask for your continued membership and support of our Mission. Thank you.

PLEASE SEND YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS TO US.
Nichiren Mission of Hawaii is planning to share various informations with members via e-mail. If you have an e-mail address, please send it to nichiren@hawaiiantel.net

NICHIREN SHU NEWS
Enclosed with this newsletter are the Nichiren Shu News published by Nichiren Shu Headquarters in Japan. Please read those articles.