WE – 4 Office 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM WE – 11 Office, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM SU – 15 Gotan-e (Shinran Shonin’s Birthday)/Shotsuki, 10:00 AM, Obon Meeting for everyone after otoki, please stay. WE – 18 Office, 3:00 to 6:00 PM, Study Class 6:00 to 7:00 PM SA – 21 SLOBC invited us […]

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Minister’s April 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 everywhrere. Verse of Myokonin Saichi from the book, Great Compassion In the Japanese culture, we are not prone to display emotions. However, there are certain gestures […]

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Hanamatsuri celebrated at the Guadalupe Buddhist Church Buddha’s Birthday: The birthday of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama, is a holiday traditionally celebrated in Mahayana Buddhism. According to the Theravada Tripitaka scriptures[which?] (from Pali, meaning “three baskets”), Gautama was born in Lumbini in modern-day Nepal, around the year 563 BCE, and raised in Kapilavastu. According to this […]

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Members of Guadalupe’s Japanese community, both past and present, gathered in front of the Guadalupe Buddhist Church Saturday morning for a group photo commemorating the congregation’s centennial anniversary. Throughout the church’s 100 years of existence, its members have assembled in a similar fashion to mark significant milestones. Aging black-and-white photos show them posing in front […]

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