Rev. Marcos Sawada

Buddha Day Service (Hanamatsuri)

Rev. Rev. Barbara Brennan, Rev. Marcos Sawada, & Rev. Dr. Bert Sumikawa

Buddha Day Service (Hanamatsuri) for Sunday, April 9, 2023 with a Dharma Talk by Rev. Marcos Sawada of Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji Mission, at Windward Buddhist Temple. We welcomed our friends from Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji for today's joint Buddha Day Service.

Buddha Day (Hanamatsuri) is held to commemorate the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni, in Lumbini Garden.

  • 00:00 - Opening Remarks & Program

    01:15 - Ringing of the kansho (temple bell)

    04:31 - Meditation

    05:19 - Vandana & Ti-Sarana (page 7 in the red service book)

    07:42 - San Bu Jo (page 9 in the red service book)

    11:01 - Buddha Day Aspiration

    12:30 - Kanmoku-ge & Pouring of sweet tea

    27:49 - Gatha: Happy Buddha Day (page 56 in Praises of the Buddha)

    30:20 - Dharma Talk: Rev. Marcos Sawada

    58:23 - Gatha: Softly Blew the Breezes (page 151 in Praises of the Buddha)

    01:00:18 - The Nembutsu (page 135 in Praises of the Buddha)

    01:03:24 - Announcements

    01:09:35 - April Birthdays

    01:12:13 - Words of Thanksgiving (page 126 in the red service book)

    01:12:59 - April Schedule

    01:13:11 - How to Donate to WBT

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Members of the Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji Mission

Birthdays, Bingo, & Socializing AFter Service

Online Fall Ohigan & Remembrance Day Service

Rev. Marcos Sawada & Rev. Dr. Bert Sumikawa

Rev. Marcos Sawada & Rev. Dr. Bert Sumikawa

Online Fall Ohigan & Remembrance Day Service for Sunday, September 26, 2021 with a Dharma Talk by guest speaker Rev. Marcos Sawada of Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji at Windward Buddhist Temple. We celebrate Ohigan in the spring and fall during the equinoxes, when the lengths of day and night are equal.

  • 00:00 - Ringing of the kansho (temple bell)

  • 01:59 - Opening Remarks & Program

  • 02:48 - Vandana & Ti-Sarana (page 7 in the red service book)

  • 04:35 - San Bu Jo (page 8 in the red service book)

  • 08:45 - Recitation: Six Paramitas

  • 09:43 - Remembrance Day for September

  • 11:59 - Sutra: Sanbutsuge (page 46 in the red service book)

  • 19:21 - Dharma Talk: Rev. Marcos Sawada

  • 49:12 - Gatha: Higan I

  • 51:13 - Nembutsu (page 107 in Praises of the Buddha)

  • 52:11 - Closing Aspiration

  • 52:56 - October Schedule

  • 53:06 - Announcements

  • 53:16 - How to Donate to WBT Online