The crew at Midwest Buddhist Temple made and delivered 385 sandwich bags to unhoused neighbours in Chicago today!

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Praying for their captor: April 14, 1945, five Japanese American monks pray for the deceased President FDR at the Minidoka concentration camp in Hunt, Idaho. They were imprisoned, along with 120,000 other legal residents and citizens, for more than 3 years due to FDR's Executive Order 9066.

The 5 are Gibun Kimura (Nishi), Yohaku Arakawa (Nichiren), Eiyu Terao (Nishi), Hojun Sugimoto (Nishi), and Gikan Nishinaga (Nishi)

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Sat, Oct 11, 2pm: "Buddhist Values and the Problem of the Environment," at Oregon Buddhist Temple (Portland).

This seminar will consider the basic ethical values that Buddhist thinking and practices bring to the world in transforming our current deluded environmental practice by transforming ourselves to benefit all life that is around us. Dr. Bidisha Mallik will lead the seminar.

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Hawai'i Pride is approaching!

Sunday, October 5: 9:30am LGBTQ+ Service at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin in Honolulu. Guest speaker is Aiden Aizumi, with a talk story session afterwards.

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"Letters to Home book panel": Oct 4, 1-3pm at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin Social Hall

“Letters to Home” is a new anthology by LGBTQ+ individuals and allies. Through sharing lived experiences contributors explore themes of identity, community, acceptance and home. Book author panelists are Aiden Aizumi, Keith Nishida, Jill Guillermo-Tagawa and Jessica Kawamura and moderator, Camaron Miyamoto.
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The Buddhist Peace Fellowship is preparing a 6-month mentorship program for trans and other gender expansive Buddhist leaders. During a time of intense persecution, this will be a healing, supportive program building resilience for our most-endangered sangha kinfolk.

No details on how to apply yet. There are no Pure Land teachers involved.

You can donate to the program at
https://givebutter.com/iWtX26

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Here it is (courtesy of the July 1934 "The Buddhist Child"), your moment of Zen.

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Dec 28, 1932: funeral for bishop Yemyo Imamura, the 1st major American engaged Buddhist, at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin. Soto Zen, Nichiren, Shingon, Jodo Shu, Higashi Honganji, Shinto, and Christian reps all honoured Imamura.

He was a major player in labour negotiations for Japanese plantation workers, ordained the 1st female Buddhist minister in the USA, and oversaw the 1st American Buddhist prison and hospital chaplaincies.

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In April 1929 Taixu, the founder of Humanistic Buddhism (the largest type of socially active Buddhism, and the direct forerunner of Thich Nhat's Hanh's Engaged Buddhism), opened a branch of the International Buddhist Institute at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin. Gathered leaders included Jodo Shinshu bishop Yemyo Imamura and Revs. Dorothy and Ernest Hunt.
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Engaged Buddhism 100 years ago: the Fukugawa free medical clinic for the poor was founded by Kujo Takeko, daughter of Jodo Shinshu monshu Otani Myonyo, in the 1920s. It became Asoka Hospital, one of the 1st modern hospitals in Japan. Kujo was also the cofounder of the Buddhist Women's Association, the landmark Jodo Shinshu organization that pioneered Buddhist women's collective leadership in contemporary Japanese society
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The Shining Spirit Award for engaged Buddhist youth in Hawaii is accepting applications until Nov 15. Awarded by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, it recognizes youth for their outstanding community service and embodying the spirit of selfless giving. It aims to inspire the next generation to understand and embrace the importance of serving and contributing to the greater good of society. Contact admin@honpahi.org for more info
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The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii English Teaching Division in 1925: Bishop Yemyo Imamura and Revs. Dorothy Hunt, Ernest Hunt, and M.T. Kirby. Their pioneering efforts continue to impact Buddhism in Hawai'i over 100 years later.
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A milestone in Buddhist history: the announcement of the ordination of Dorothy Hunt, the first woman ordained as a Buddhist nun in the United States. The ordination was performed at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin by Jodo Shinshu bishop Yemyo Imamura on July 24, 1924.

The announcement is from the August 1924 issue of Kyōdan Jihō, the monthly newsletter of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii.

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"Grow Our Souls," an Oct 30-Nov 1 Buddhist Peace Fellowship retreat in Philadelphia, is taking applications until Sept 15. This is a non-residential event of Buddhist meditation and art-making. It will be led by and lift up the voices and priorities of BIPOC, trans, queer, disabled, and/or immigrant spiritual/political/creative practitioners. There is no Pure Land component. Apply here:
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Berkeley Zen Center will hold a memorial celebration for Alan Senauke, one of the great engaged Buddhist leaders, on Sunday Aug 10, 10am-2pm. The venue is The Freight, in downtown Berkeley. Senauke passed away just before Christmas, as he was preparing to co-teach a graduate course on Engaged Buddhism at the Institute for Buddhist Studies. The event will include a service, live music, snacks, and many stories from friends and students. It will be livestreamed
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