Practicing in the Jodo Shinshu Tradition
It will be here sooner than you think: Bon Odori # 87.
Mark your calendars for July 20 and 21, 4-10 pm on Saturday and 3-8 pm on Sunday.
Everything you loved in the first 87 Bon Odori festivals, from dancing to eating to looking at displays to watching martial arts and enjoying taiko will be back.
The Seattle Betsuin will be holding its third annual Sangha Appreciation Day to thank our members for everything they do throughout the year! Workshops will be held in place of Dharma Exchange and will be hosted by our own talented Sangha members
by Rimban Katsuya Kusunoki
Gomonshu (the head priest and leader of Hongwanji) Kojun Ohtani is visiting the Northwest District in September, 2019. He is going to visit the Seattle Betsuin and conduct the Kikyoshiki Confirmation Ceremony. “Kikyoshiki” is the important ceremony for Buddhists to receive their Buddhist name and affirm the Buddhist path as their path to walk. It is a once in a life chance opportunity to receive your Buddhist Name directly from Gomonshu here in Seattle. On this very special occasion, please receive your Buddhist Name.
There are different ways to live as a Buddhist. Today, I would like to introduce four ways to live as a Buddhist. These are: becoming a member of Buddhist temple, receiving a Buddhist name, receiving a Tokudo ordination, and receiving a Kyoshi certification. Continue reading “Receiving Buddhist Name”
by Rimban Katsuya Kusunoki
In Japan March is the end of the school year and fiscal year. Everything restarts in April. So, spring is the season when people experience parting from friends and meeting with new friends. Parting with and meeting with people are conditions of Love. Don’t you think so? Do you still remember the feeling of love, or are you still in love? I remember I made a lot of mistakes in Love. Love is blind! I was so nervous when I told about my love to a lady who I deeply loved.
Let’s think about a general love story where one person tells their feelings to another.
Continue reading “Let’s shout our love (Nembutsu) in the center of the Hondo!!”