Our annual, albeit belated, Earth Day Kuulei Road Clean Up took place on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Members of the WBT sangha picked up rubbish along both sides of Kuulei Road in Kailua, where our temple is located.
Mahalo to Stephen Ochikubo (not pictured) who took the bags of rubbish to the dump.
Karen Radius & Rev. Barbara Brennan
Dharma Service for Sunday, March 12, 2023 with a Dharma Talk by Rev. Barbara Brennan and a special guest speaker, Karen Radius, at Windward Buddhist Temple. Karen leads the Kailua Service Care program, a collaboration between Daybreak Church, Windward YMCA, and numerous Windward area churches, community and government partners, and individuals.
00:00 - Opening Remarks & Program
00:13 - Ringing of the kansho (temple bell)
02:57 - Meditation
03:50 - Vandana & Ti-Sarana (page 7 in the red service book)
06:21 - Sutra: Praises of the Buddha (page 112 in the red service book)
16:40 - Recitation: Shinshu Pledge - II (page 6 in the red service book)
17:37 - Gatha: Hotokesama II (page 74 in Praises of the Buddha)
20:18 - Dharma Talk: Rev. Barbara Brennan
30:43 - Guest Speaker: Karen Radius, Kailua Service Care
46:29 - Gatha: Namu Amida Butsu (page 104 in Praises of the Buddha)
48:59 - The Nembutsu (page 135 in Praises of the Buddha)
50:58 - Announcements
01:03:13 - Words of Thanksgiving (page 126 in the red service book)
01:04:01 - March Schedule
01:04:13 - How to Donate to WBT
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On Saturday, February 25, 2023, Windward Buddhist Temple joined other churches for a Windward Interfaith clean-up activity at the Hamakua Marsh State Wildlife Sanctuary in Kailua.
Bishop Eric and Tamayo Matsumoto enjoying the Bon dance and WBT’s takuan
Watch highlights of the Bon Dance by PhotoLukeHawaii Travels and Bon Dance
Mahalo to Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji Mission for welcoming us to visit their temple and to attend the Sunday Dharma Service today. Thank you Rev. Sawada and the Kaneohe Higashi sangha!
Look for more information about our joint Bon Dance at Windward Mall soon. It is scheduled for Saturday, October 1, 2022 from 4 to 8 pm. More details to follow.
Happy Earth Day! On Saturday, April 23, 2022, WBT members and families cleaned up Kuulei Road in Kailua, which is the street fronting the temple.
In collaboration with Windward Buddhist Temple, Windward Mall in Kaneohe hosted their first ever indoor Bon Dance Festival on Saturday, October 5, 2019. Attendees danced in air conditioned comfort around our yagura, repainted for the Bon Dance and relocated to the mall’s air conditioned Center Court.
WBT’s Keiji Kukino served as the emcee for the Bon Dance, which took place from 2 pm to 4 pm and featured members of the Ko’olau Sakura Odori Kai and Aiea Taiheiji Yagura Gumi.
At the Windward Buddhist Temple booth, our famous andagi, as well as homemade takuan, boiled peanuts, and Bon Dance towels were available for purchase. The food items sold out before the end of the Bon Dance! White paper fans were the perfect canvas for creative keiki (and adults), who stopped by to customize them with their own personalized artwork.
The 2019 Windward Buddhist Temple Bon Dance was held on Saturday, July 13, 2019. We were fortunate to have great weather!
The food concession was a success with andagi selling out by 8:30. Mahalo to the United Jr. YBA of Honolulu for running their shave ice booth and to Mats and Betty Okamoto for donating and manning the plant sale desk.
This year we had a Country Store inside the hall that sold the in demand WBT’s takuan and several varieties of manju, chutney, bittermelon namasu, etc. Minature plants called Kokedama sold well. Gently used books and creative photo cards were also available.
Once again, beautiful, creative ikebana (flower arrangement) were on display by the Ohara School of Ikebana. Members John & Joy Nishida (JT Nish) provided the sound system and set up huge outside speakers. Live music from the Okinawan group, Aiea Taiheiji and Iwakuni groups highlighted the evening’s festivities.
Bon Dance is a large undertaking – Mahalo everyone who helped with this year's Bon Dance and also mahalo to our guests that came to patronize our concession and enjoy the music and danced the night away. See you again next year!
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