Santa Maria Central Coast Church - Guadalupe Buddhist Church
 Guadalupe is a small, picturesque farm town along Highway 1 on the Central Coast, at the northwest corner of Santa Barbara County. Its history goes back to the Mission period, but it came into prominence with the arrival of the standard-gauge Southern Pacific Railroad and the sugar beet plant in Betteravia around the turn of the […]  Tanaka family photo at the altar dedication (nyubutsu shiki) for the Guadalupe Buddhist Church. Mr. Umekichi Tanaka, a widower, was the first to bring his children to the Guadalupe Children’s Home, bringing two of his oldest daughters, Toshiko and Akiko. As Akiko Tanaka Iwata writes, “Many parents thought it was a good idea to take […] 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 […] 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 […]  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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