Shinran Shonin’s Memorial Service (Ho-onko 報恩講): January 19, 2024 at 10:15am This is the memorial service for Shinran Shonin, the founder of our sect of Buddhism, Jodo Shinshu. As with all of our memorial services, this is a time for us to contemplate the truth of impermanence. It is also an occasion for us to […]
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December 15, 2024: Bodhi Day (Jodo-e 成道会) Family Service at 9:30am; Adult Service at 10:15am December 31, 2024: New Year’s Eve (Joya-e 除夜会) Combined Service at 7:00pm Bodhi Day (Jodo-e 成道会)Bodhi is the Sanskrit word for ‘enlightenment’. This service commemorates the day when Prince Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became Shakyamuni Buddha. Having spent most of
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Meditative Listening Sessions are held on the 2nd Sunday of each month, following Adult Service. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “meditation” means “the continuous application of the mind to the contemplation of some religious truth.” The historical Buddha Sakyamuni realized enlightenment by awakening to the truth of interconnectedness, that everyone and everything
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