Kouin ya no gotoshi(translation: Time flies like an arrow)Meaning: Life is fleeting, making our memoriesAnd time with loved ones precious Each year around May through July, many Buddhist temple/churches observea special service called Hatsubon. ‘Hatsu” means first and symbolizes the firstObon festival since the passing of the loved one(s) from this earthly realm. In other […]

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FR – 3 Downtown Friday night, McClelland Street between SM Public Library andBoone St 5:00 pmSA – 4 Fourth of July, Have fun and please be safeSU – 5 Sunday Service, 10:00 AM, followed by Board MeetingMO – 6 Obon Dance Practice, Santa Maria Veterans Memorial Center, 6:30 to 8:00 PMSA – 11 D&D, 1:00 […]

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FR – 3 Downtown Friday night, McClelland Street between SM Public Library andBoone St 5:00 pmSA – 4 Fourth of July, Have fun and please be safeSU – 5 Sunday Service, 10:00 AM, followed by Board MeetingMO – 6 Obon Dance Practice, Santa Maria Veterans Memorial Center, 6:30 to 8:00 PMSA – 11 D&D, 1:00 […]

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“…Think, speak and act, then,Always in the eternal nowWith compassion and understandingFor your own enlightenment And for the enlightenment of all sentient beings.”~Poem, “Eternal Now” by Rev. Kenryu T. Tsuji Cats are interesting beings. They are independent, sometimes arrogant and just live life withtheir own agenda. Pretty much, they leave other creatures alone, unless they […]

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SU – 7 No Sunday Service, National Board Meeting, Social Sunday 9:30 AMFR – 12 9:00 AM Yard Sale PreparationSA – 13 Yard Sale, 8:00 AM to 2:00 PMSU – 14 Obon otoki, 11:00 AM pick-up tickets (chicken and raffle) for Obon festivalSA – 20 D&D, 1:00 PMSU – 21 No Shotsuki, Social Sunday 9:30 […]

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