Soba Demonstration

We welcomed accomplished soba makers from the Fukui Prefecture of Japan, who demonstrated the art of making the noodles from scratch.

Sunday Family Service

In his Dharma Talk today, Dr. Michael Jaffe, a lifelong car enthusiast, shared the many parallels he’s found between studying Buddhism and his latest automotive adventure, owning an all-electric vehicle.

Wyatt and Emma shared highlights from YESS (Young Enthusiastic Shinshu Seekers) Camp, which was held from February 16 to 18, 2019

Founders Day Service

We celebrated our 5th Annual Founders Day, a day to remember Windward Buddhist Temple’s past lay leaders since the founding of our temple in 1968.

AED & First Aid Workshop

Mahalo to John Ching of Hawaii Educational Life Support Programs, who conducted an AED and first aid workshop after our Sunday service.

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Dana Day Service with Guest Speaker Cyndi Osajima

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Our Dana (Sanskrit meaning "selfless giving") Day Service featured a guest speaker, Cyndi Osajima, Executive Director of Project Dana. Project Dana is a program that provides a multitude of services to the elderly and disabled through a corps of volunteers. Our M.C. for today, Jean Fukumoto, is Windward Buddhist Temple's Project Dana site coordinator.

Watch Cyndi’s Dharma Talk below.

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First Sunday Family Service

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For today’s Dharma Talk, Dennis discussed symbolism in both everyday situations, such as emojis, and in national icons, such as the Statue of Liberty. Did you notice that the Statue of Liberty is taking a step forward?

One of today’s First Sunday’s activities had to do with Indra’s net, and Dennis shared the symbolism around the interconnected jewels that we attached to the image of the world as we entered the temple. Our second activity was a Valentine’s Day craft, which both the kids and the adults enjoyed.

Celebrating February Birthdays

First Sunday Activities

Five Wishes Workshop: Advance Care Planning

When the Aging with Dignity founder Jim Towey visited Mother Teresa’s home for the dying in India he was impressed with how people were treated with compassion and love. It inspired him to develop and present Five Wishes to individuals and groups who wanted to communicate their wishes to their families and caregivers of how they wanted to be handled during time when they could not speak for themselves.

The Hongwanji Compassionate Care Committee has engaged Kokua Mau to present this program at each temple as a service to its members, families and friends.

The Five Wishes are wishes for:

  1. The person I want to make care decisions for me when I cannot.

  2. The kind of medical treatment I want or don’t want.

  3. How comfortable I want to be.

  4. How I want people to treat me.

  5. What I want my loved ones to know.

Hope Young, Advance Care Planning Coordinator with Kokua Mau, presented the Five Wishes workshop to Windward Buddhist Temple members, family, and friends after our service on January 27.