Minister’s August 2016 Message  Saichi, what is your joy? The world of delusion is my joy. It contains the seeds of relishing the Dharma. Namu Amida Butsu is blooming everywhere. Verse of Myokonin Saichi from the book, Great Compassion In the Japanese culture, we are not prone to a display of emotions. However there are […]

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FAMILIES OBSERVING MEMORIALS IN AUGUST Aoyama, Kisayo Azama, Hatsuko Hamada, Tomeno Hattori, Frank Henmi, George Hirata, Toshiko Honda, Joe Kashiwagi, Santaro Maenaga, Chisato Matsuura, Itsukiyo Morishima, Jack Morishima, Kaiichi Nakano, Shigeji Nishimori, Tsunetaro Nishimura, Yoshiro Oishi, Akiko Oishi, Kito Oka, Misao Oye, Shizuye Sahara, Eiichi Shimomi, Mitsuo Shinomiya, Hideko Tomooka, Yoshito Yasutomi, Miyoji Yoshioka, Robert […]

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Services every third Sunday of the month at 10:00 am Study class every third Wednesday of the month at  6:00 pm – 7:00  pm in the Social Hall Minister’s July 2016 Message  Each wondrous day is special in sunshine or in rain. In living we will know pleasure, fulfillment, loss, and pain. This is the truth of […]

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The Santa Maria Vertans Hall was packed this year (2016) for the Annual Guadalupe Buddhist Temple Obon Festival. The festival seems to grow every year. We love reconncting with our old friends and making new ones. Next year, please join us for some great family fun in the heart of Santa Maria, California. If you […]

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The Guadalupe Buddhist Festival is put together strickly by volunteers. Every year, the gracious church congregation teams up to put together the annual festival. Keith Shiroma one of the festival volunteers, sent over these photos to give us a sneek peek into how the festival is put together. Every year as the festival grows in […]

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