日本語部分訳記事は、文書末に添付されています。 JANUARY 2016 法のともしび LIGHT OF THE DHARMA New Year’s Greeting REGULAR EVENTS: At the beginning of the new year, I would like to extend my greeting to you. On June 6, 2014, receiving the Jodo Shinshu tradition from Monshu Emeritus, I was inaugurated as the Hongwanji Resident SEIZA MEDITATION: Head Priest and Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha 25th Monshu. To Thursdays @ 7:30 pm commemorate the occasion together with all of you in front of & Fridays @10:30 am Amida Buddha and the Founder Shinran Shonin, Dento Hokoku Hoyo, or the Commemoration on the Accession of the Jodo Shinshu TRIPLE SUTRA CHANTING Tradition will be observed at Hongwanji, Kyoto, Japan from this Fridays @ 11:00 am -12:00 pm coming October 1. With this observance as an opportunity, it is my hope that the Jodo Shinshu teaching will spread to as many as possible. YOGA with Alanna The Jodo Shinshu teaching was set forth by Shinran Shonin nearly eight Mon & Thur at 5:30 PM; Sat at 9:30 AM hundred years ago and it has been carefully transmitted to us today. Be it Shinran Shonin’s time or the present day, the Jodo Shinshu teaching remains unchanged and continues to serve as our spiritual foundation. This is because in this world of impermanence we live our lives never knowing when it may end. No one can guarantee that tomorrow I will not be involved in an incident or Sundays 10:30 AM accident that will bring about the end of my life. Regular Service unless noted: In closing, let us continue our journey along the Nembutsu path by going to the temple to hear more of Amida Buddha’s constant working for our benefit. Sun Jan 3, 10:30 AM In doing so, throughout this year, let us reflect on our true selves, come to appreciate all the encounters of our everyday lives, and in gratitude, recite the Shotsuki Monthly Service Nembutsu. Mon Jan 11, 7:30 PM Namo Amida Butsu. OHTANI Kojun Board Meeting January 1, 2016 Monshu Tues Jan 12, 7:30 PM Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Mutually Sustaining Life Seminar Thur Jan 14, 2:30 PM 年頭の辞 Maples Service Sat Jan 16, 新しい年のはじめにあたり、ご挨拶申し上げます。 5:00 PM - Hoonko Potluck 私は、2014年6月6日に、前門主の跡を承けて法統を継承 7:00 PM - Hoonko Eve Service し、本願寺住職ならびに浄土真宗本願寺派第二十五代門 Sun Jan 17, 主に就任いたしました。この法統継承を仏祖の御前に奉 10:00 AM Dharma School 告する「伝灯奉告法要」を本年10月1日より、京都の本 10:30 AM Hoonko Service 願寺にてお勤めいたします。この法要を機縁として、多 JANUARY Team 5 Sun Jan 24 11:30 AM くの人々に浄土真宗のみ教えが伝わることを期待してい Lead: Hirose, Ted Fujinkai AGM ます。 604-275-8315 Tue Jan 26, 7:30 PM Mutually Sustaining Life Seminar 浄土真宗のみ教えは、今から約800年前に親鸞聖人によっ Members: て説かれました。そして、今日の私たちにまで受け継が Ang Sun Feb. 7, 10:30 AM Francis &Joyce れてきています。親鸞聖人の時代においても現代におい Beresford, Terry Shotsuki Memorial Service ても浄土真宗のみ教えは、変わることなく、私たちの生 Fukakusa, Shinobu; & Nirvana Day Service きる依りどころとなります。なぜなら、私たちは、いつ Hirano, Naoki 会長からの挨拶終わるか誰にも分からない命を生きているからです。明 Hirose, Mary 日、私が事件や事故にあわないという保証は誰も出来ま Hirota, Kyoko Ikuta, Kuni & June 仏教会の会員の皆様、せん。 Sakamoto, Chikako 並びにそのご家族、ご本年もお寺へお参りし、阿弥陀さまのおはたらきを聞か Stewart, Dan BINGO: Wednesdays @ 6:30pm COMING UP: MONTHLY TOBAN GROUPS 友人の皆様、明けましておめでとうございます。新年に伴い、皆様の２０１６年のご健康とご多幸をお祈り申し上げます。合掌坂本バッド、スティーブストン仏教会会長せていただきましょう。そして、そのことによって、自分自身の姿を省みて、日々のご縁を大切にしながら、南無阿弥陀仏とお念仏申す一年を過ごさせていただきましょう。 2016年1月1日浄土真宗本願寺派門主　大谷光淳 1 FUJINKAI TOBAN #3 Contact: Itoko Akune 604-244-7710 DHARMA LIGHT HOONKO 2016 Your Donations are needed and appreciated! Hoonko January 16th ~ 17th, 2016 Guest Minister: Rev. Yasuo Izumi of the Buddhist Temple of Southern Alberta in Lethbridge, AB. The Steveston Buddhist Temple sincerely appreciates and thanks everyone for their donations. Donations are the single largest source of income for the temple so we thank your contribution. Saturday, January 16th, 5:30 pm Hoonko Eve Potluck Dinner Saturday, January 16th, 2016, 7:00 pm Hoonko Eve Service followed by “An Evening with Rev. Izumi” Due to Temple office closures, donations from November 18 to mid January will be listed in the February Newsletter. We thank you for your understanding. Tax receipts for donations in 2015 will be issued some time in February. Sunday, January 17th, 2016 10:00 am Hoonko Dharma School 10:30 am Hoonko Service Guest Minister: Rev. Yasuo Izumi VISION This will be a busy year for the 20/20 committee. Over the next few months we will help the Temple form the Nonprofit Housing Society for the development, finalize plans, budgets and schedules and get ready to present it for approval by our members. If membership approves of the plans at a general meeting, we will then move forward with contracts, seek approval from the City, consult our neighbors and start the project in earnest. I hope to keep you up to date in these pages. In Gassho, Rainer Mehl President’s Message 20/20 At the beginning of a new year it is an opportunity to focus on renewal and personal well-being. To all the members of the temple and their family and friends, I wish you all a happy new year and joy for all of 2016. In Gassho, Bud Sakamoto JANUARY 2016 MEMORIAL SERVICE JANUARY 3rd 10:30 a.m. (Please bring your “Homyo”.) Akune, Nariyoshi Arima, Janet Setsuko Asari, Kikue Domae, Hisajiro Domai, Nobuo Hamada, Reiji Hamade, Tsutomu Hamade, Unosuke Hamaguchi, Choichiro Harada, Akiko Harada, Eikichi Hayashi, Mitsue Hirose,Asako Hirota, Naokichi Inouye, Ray Inouye, Tomi Ishida, Chotaro Iwata, Hisaye Kawase, Tadayoshi Kimura, Hisashi Kitamura, Michiko Kobayashi, Noriyo Kojima, Tamino Koyanagi, Mitsuo Kuramoto, Kunji Kuramoto, Miyako Matsubara, Chiyoko Matsuo, Shizue Morimoto, Nobuko Morishita, Hirako Murakami, Atsushi Mukai, Sadako Murao, Kenji Nakata, Makio Nakamura, Fujie Nevins Tabata, Seiji Marcus Nishi, Minoru Nishi, Toyo Nishii, Noboru Niwatsukino, Hiroshi Nomura, Sakie Oye, Kazue Oye, Koyo Ono , Harue Otabe, Tsuyoshi Sakamoto, Mamoru Sakiyama, Kumataro Sakiyama, Mume Sameshima, Toshiharu Sameshima, Toshiyuki Sano, Shizuko Sato, Keizo Shimizu, Tamotsu Shiyoji, Mieko Takasaki, Hisako Takeuchi, Shigeyoshi Tanaka, Hitoshi Tanaka, Yoneharu Tani, Ichino Tarumoto, Hamasaburo Teraguchi, Mosaburo Uyeyama, Soichi Uyeyama, Yoshie Uyeda, Nobuye Yamamoto, Kazumi Yamashita, Teruo Yesaki, Masami Akizuki, Osamu Akune, Shizuka Beresford, June Domae, Iwao Harada, Satoru Haya, Nobby Higo, Miteru Hori, Tome Ikari, Rokumatsu Kariya, Iwao Kariya, Yasushi George Kariya, Yone Kariya, Yukio Kawabata, Hiroshi Kawabata, Yonekichi Kimura, Shinkichi Kishi, Yoichi Kokubo, Hideo Maeda, Sachiko Maruyama, Takao Miyazaki, Kiyoko Miyazaki, Takeo Mori, Rihe Morishita, Kimiyo Morizawa, Shigeo Murakami, Fumie Murao, Toshimi Nakano, Yasuno Nakata, Kiku Nishi, Hideko Nishi, Masahiko Nishi, Senkichi Nishi, Kunio Nishihama, Yoshiko Nishii, Iyo Nishii, Larry Nomura, Junichi Nomura, Tsutaye Ogawa, Etsuko Ohara, Takashi Ohara, Yoichi Okano, Haruo Oyama, Fujiyo Ozeki, Tomi Saito, Toshimi Sakamoto, Nancy Natsue Shinde, Kumiko Suzuki, Masao Takasaki, Yukihiro Takashita, Nobuo Tamaki, Sunao Tamaki, Tsurue Tanaka, Yonekichi Tasaka, Jennifer Tasaka, Kuniko Tasaka, Yukio Toyoda, Yoshinobu Tsumura, Yasue Uchida, Shiro Wakita, Saijiro Yasui , Tsuyu Yasui, Ukiyoshi FEBRUARY 2016 MEMORIAL SERVICE FEBRUARY 7th 10:30 a.m. (Please bring your “Homyo”.) 2 DHARMA LIGHT Remembering Rev. Michael Hayashi As many of you have already heard, on December 4, 2015 Rev. Michael Hayashi of the Manitoba Buddhist Temple passed away after a brief battle with stomach cancer. Michael Sensei was only 50 years old and in the prime of his life. He began his ministerial career, right here in Steveston as he a number of months doing orientation at our temple. To honour his memory, we will be holding a special memorial service for Michael Sensei on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 2:00 pm. Any Koden collected during the service will be forwarded on to Michael Sensei’s wife, Mrs. Kiyomi Hayashi, who is living in Kamloops. Also in honor of Michael Sensei, we are including an excerpt from Michael Sensei’s last Dharma message which was printed in the Manitoba Buddhist Temple Newsletter. January 2016 Amida Buddha) embraces all of us; “oneness”, a concept common to all Buddhist streams, is at the core of our experience as Jodo Shinshu Buddhists. I was serving the Toronto Buddhist Temple when the 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit. It was very heartening to see so many temple members expressing their concern and wanting to help. Even though many of us were a few generations removed from Japan, there was still a feeling of being connected to and a heart resonation with the people there. It was also quite amazing to see a similar outpouring of caring being expressed in the nonJapanese segment of our population. When people found out I was a minister at the Toronto Buddhist Temple, the first comment they made was one of condolence both to myself, and to the people I was in contact with. To me this indicated that we all indeed are one. If one of us is in pain; although we are not feeling it as intimately and directly as the persons immediately involved, we are all in pain. If one of us is worried, all of us are worried. If one of us is grieving, we are all grieving. Dear Members, In older styles of Buddhism, the idea of Higan; literally translated as the “Other Shore”, was presented as an incentive to encourage individual practice. The “Other Shore”, or the realm of enlightenment, was depicted as being far, far away. The practicer who intended to reach the realm of enlightenment acknowledged this and through having a Higan Service as a reminder was to redouble his efforts on this shore to earn the opportunity to go to the “Other Shore”. One of the things people mention to me, when they meet me outside of the temple structure, is their admiration for the people of Japan. In other places, when disaster has struck, there have been reports of looting and people lashing out in frustration and desperation. (Just to be clear, I am not judging the people who faced other disasters. Personally, I do not know how I would react if faced with utter destruction and not knowing if my children were alive, or dead.) In contrast to that, the people of Japan seemed very subdued. As the Mahayana style of Buddhist thought, became more firmly entrenched though, the concept of the Bodhisattva Ideal wound up changing the interpretation of Higan. The realm of enlightenment became much closer and the notion of “individual practice” became “individual practice for the sake of all sentient beings”. The “Other Shore” is something that we are surrounded by at all times. The distance we feel is only our own ego; keeping us from realizing the blessed state of our existence. I tried to explain to them that people in Japan are taught from day one that they are part of something larger than themselves. They certainly have individual lives, concerns and interests of course; but at the same time they are intimately connected to and a part of their society and nation. The focus is less on “me, me, me” and more on the idea of taking care of each other. The unity and bonding is there even amongst people who are not directly related to each other… When we get to Shinran Shonin and our Jodo Shinshu form of the Buddhist teaching, the realm of enlightenment is seen to be actively reaching out to us in the symbol of Amida Buddha. We acknowledge the fact that we are limited beings, constantly at the mercy our own biases and self-generated delusions. At the same time though, we know that we are integral parts of a constantly unfolding, inclusive reality that is made up of wisdom and compassion. Because this wisdom and compassion (in the form of Now, I am not deliberately trying to hold up the Japanese as being superlative people. On the whole, I am sure that most people in Japan are as inherently as self-centred as I am, it is just that their surrounding encourages them to place other people above themselves as a cultural habit. In North America, we often make similar decisions, without necessarily recognizing it. When we are doing renovations on our house and we pile the garbage neatly so neighbourhood kids don’t play, or fall on it. When we do not drive like maniacs, so that we all can arrive Email: [email protected] Page 1 DHARMA LIGHT safely at our destinations. When we keep our sidewalks clear in the winter, so other people do not slip and fall, we are deliberately choosing to fulfill our social and moral responsibilities to each other by doing our best to keep each other safe. It is just that we, in sometimes over glorifying the individual, do not have strong cultural influences that encourage us to work together and take care of each other. As Jodo Shinshu Buddhists though, we are lucky to have a very strong religious influence that encourages us to at least try to value the people around us as much as we value ourselves… Sorry Marlene for this excessively long message, but this is eventually supposed to end up being a thank-you for the Manitoba Buddhist Temple’s instant and complete acceptance of myself as your new minister. I have been to many places and have never been invited in so immediately. You people have been an inspiration and it has been an honour to partake of your special brand of Winnipeg oneness. You know, if there is such a thing as a good place to die, Winnipeg is definitely that for me; a great place to be; a great place to go to; a great place and group to represent; a clear and omnipresent feeling of acceptance and joy. Thankyou for letting me be a part of it. It really is quite beautiful. Please do not be afraid to show it off. In Gassho, M. Hayashi We hope you will join us for the memorial service honoring Rev. Michael Hayashi Home for the New Year Nothing in the world is permanent or lasting; everything is changing, momentary and unpredictable. But people are ignorant and selfish, and are concerned only with the desires and sufferings of the passing moment. They do not listen to the good teachings nor do they try to understand them; they simply give themselves up to the present interest, to wealth and lust. From time immemorial, an incalculable number of people have been born into this world of delusion and suffering, and they are still being born. It is fortunate however that the world has the Buddha’s January 2016 teachings and that men can believe in them and be helped. (From the Teaching of Buddha) Happy New Year Everyone!! It’s hard to believe that 2015 has come and gone. The other day I was talking to our son, who is living in Prince George. He said this year he was coming home for the Holidays and staying until New Year's Day. In recent years, even when he came home for the winter break he would always go back up before the New Year, but this year he said he missed “Mom’s New Year's food (Osechi Ryori) and wanted to be home to enjoy it. It brought back memories of when I was going to university, I always enjoyed the winter holidays because it was a time of great get togethers with delicious food. We would have the traditional Christmas dinner with the turkey and all the trimmings and on New Year’s Day we would have the New Year’s feast. This was the one time of year when I really appreciated being of Nikkei heritage, raised in the west, the best of both worlds. Growing up it was my mother’s cooking that I always looked forward to on New Year’s, now it’s my wife, Noriko’s. Every year she takes great pride in making Osechi Ryori. Funny thing, though, is that some of her friends in Japan are surprised that she still makes the food at home. In many households in Japan, the New Year’s feast is now catered in. In fact you can even order it from a convenience store such as Seven-Eleven. I sure am glad and thankful that Noriko still puts in the effort to make the traditional food for our New Year’s Day. When I think about why my son and I feel so strongly towards the New Year’s Day feast, it is not merely because it tastes so good. I’m sure the catered food is quite good as well, but when all is said and done, it’s the love that goes into the cooking that we receive. Coming home for the holidays makes us feel good, because it is the one place where we are truly accepted. In many ways, the temple is like going home. It is our spiritual home, where we are truly accepted completely by the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. Through sharing the joy of receiving the Nembutsu teachings with one another, we share in experiencing the oneness of all life. In a world in which there seems to be so much conflict and disharmony, isn’t it nice to have a place that we can go to receive peace of mind. Page 2 DHARMA LIGHT January 2016 As we begin the year 2016, why not start the new year on a path that will lead you to a better life, filled with joy at being part of a sangha (community). I look forward to seeing you at our temple throughout the year. In Gassho, Grant Ikuta Full details will be available at the Fujinkai AGM on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 11:30 am. Everyone is welcome to attend so please inform one of our toban contacts if you are coming! Thank you for all your continuing support in form of “hands on help”, donations and equally valued smiles and words of support. May the moments of happiness and contentment continue in 2016! Bonenkai 2015 The highlight of the party was the vaudeville duo of Ikuta Sensei and Hajime Yoshida and their slapstick performance that brought the house down. Sugoi! Piano recitals by Erin and Courtney Ikuta, Misaki AulardMacler were terrific. Special thanks to Tsuyoshi Nakatsu, Honoka Shoji and Cathy Yamamoto for their fine performances. The roast beef luncheon was excellent. Kudos to Chef Grant and the Fujinkai ladies. Many thanks to Jack Kawabata, Edo Japan, Fujiya, Takeya, Steve Sakai, Gulf Fraser Financial Group and Canfisco for their generous donations. Thanks to Doc Tomihiro for fine tuning the sound system. Thanks to all members and guests with special thanks to the volunteers for their assistance over the weekend making mochi and preparing the Bonenkai meal and the cleaning up. Everyone's support is appreciated. Any profit will be donated to the Richmond Food Bank. In Gassho Bonenkai Committee Fujinkai News One way of summarizing 2015 is looking at our treasury. Major revenue includes our Spring Food Fair ($7300 ), Garage sale including Fall Baiten and items sold on Bingo nights ($2000!), and Craft Fair ($1300). Other major revenue include generous funeral appreciation and kitchen rentals. Also Fujinkai members have sold apple pies, the popular karinto, daffodils and mochi manju made as a Open Doors demo. Major expenses were temple utilities subsidy ($2000), Keiroukai subsidy ($1000), WBWC convention subsidies to members and volunteers ($1600) WBWC travel expenses for Mrs. N. Ikuta ($1300), Calgary Buddhist Temple renovation assistance ($2000), Tokudo subsidy ($1000) and BCJSBTF convention subsidies ($550) New Lecture Series On the second Tuesday of December, we finished watching the final three episodes in the BDK DVD Series, “The Buddhist Calling to a Troubled World”. I would like to thank all those who made the effort to come out regularly to watch the DVD’s and engage in the discussions as we watched the shows. Starting on the third Tuesday and continuing on every other Tuesday evenings beginning at 7:30 pm I would like to begin a new Dharma Series in which we will be comparing the basic teachings of the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni with the Nembutsu teachings as taught by Shinran Shonin. Grant Ikuta OBITUARY We would like to express our heartfelt sympathy to the family members of the following deceased:  Hagemu “Herby” Koyanagi Dec. 5, 2015 83 Years old 林マイケル開教使を偲び去る 2015 年 12 月 4 日にマニトバ仏教会駐在開教使林マイケル先生が往生されました。原因は胃癌でした。いまだ 50 歳の若さでした。ご遺族の皆々様に仏教会よりお悔やみを申し上げます。林先生は開教使生活をやく 20 年程前にこのスティーブストン仏教会で始まりました。ここでは数ヶ月のオリエンテーションを受けたのです。マイケル先生を偲び 1 月 23 日（土）午後 2 時より当仏教会で特別追悼式を行われます。ご縁のあった方はどうぞ参加してください。よろしくお願いいたします。 Page 3 DHARMA LIGHT 信心に目覚める浄土真宗の宗教的体験は「信心」にあります。英語では｢信心」は「大信心（阿弥陀様の信心）に目覚める」と訳されています。つまり、浄土真宗の最終目標は悟りを開くことですが、この世での命の意味は大信心に目覚めることである。（辻顕隆先生の『仏法の心』より）謹賀新年。明けましておめでとうございます。昨年度はいろいろと皆様にお世話になり、有難うございました。今年もどうぞ宜しくお願い申しあげます。みなさんは、どのような休暇とお正月を迎えられたでしょうか？年末の休みに入るちょっと前の話なのですが、プリンスジョージに住んでいる息子と電話で話し、彼は今年の冬休みはお正月まで家にいると言っていました。今まで彼は帰ってきてもいつもお正月前にプリンスジョージに戻っていたのに、お母さんのおせち料理をどうしても食べたいと言って今年は少し長く残る予定です。私も大学生のころ、冬休みをいつも楽しみにしていました。実家に戻ってクリスマスにはターキーとお正月にはおふくろのおせち料理と本当にこの時期は日系に生まれて良かったなと息子としゃべりながら懐かしい思いをしました。息子と話した後になぜ正月の料理がそんなに喜べるものなのかと少し考えてみました。もちろんごちそうであるからですが、それ以上に喜べるのは愛情をこもったおふくろの味であるからでしょう。実家に帰る楽しみも愛される家族がそこに待っているから楽しみになるわけです。自分をそのまま受け入れてくれる場所があれば安心感をえられるわけです。お寺も私たちの心のふるさとであり、参られると同じお念仏を喜ぶ仲間にそのまま受け入れてくれる場所なのです。争いや災難の多い世の中に心の癒される場として存在するお寺は本当の人生のよりどころであります。人々の希望や阿弥陀如来の念仏の呼び声に応え、今年もお寺に参っていただけるよう念じ申し上げます。また皆様にとって 2016 年が良いお年でありますことを心より念じます。南無阿弥陀仏。合掌駐在開教使生田真見敬弔次の方がご逝去されましたので、生前の御苦労を偲び、謹んで敬弔の意を表します。小柳ハゲム January 2016 2015 年忘年会今年の忘年会のハイライトは生田・吉田ひげダンスコンビでした。先生があんな芸人だったのは知りませんでした。その他にピアノリサイタルを生田エリンとコートニー、そしておラード・マクレー美咲ちゃんにとても上手に演奏していただきました。また庄司蛍乃佳様のハープの演奏、中津毅様の詩吟、山本キャシー様の科学による手品ショーも素敵でした。皆様ありがとうございました。ランチにはローストビーフやエビとホタテ貝のサラダなど豪華ごちそうばかりでした。調理していただいた生田先生と婦人会の皆様にお礼を申し上げます。ドアープライズにご寄付してくださった川端ジャック様、江戸ジャパン様、不二家様、堺スティーブ様、Gulf Fraser Financial Group と Canfisco 様にお礼をもうします。最後に多くのボランティアの皆様に忘年会のために土曜日から餅つきや準備のために来ていただいて本当にありがとうございました。忘年会で集まってお金の残りはすべて Richmond Food Bank に寄付させていただきます。婦人会ニュース２０１５年のまとめを出納に基づいてご報告いたします。主な収入は、春のフードフェア（＄7300）、秋の売店とビンゴでの物品販売を含むガレージセール（＄2000！）、それからクラフトフェア（＄1300）。他の主な収入は葬儀への謝礼とキッチンレンタル料でした。また、婦人会の皆さんが作られたアップルパイや人気のあるかりんとう、OPEN DOORS のデモンストレーションで作った餅、それから水仙の販売が収入となりました。主な出費は、仏教会の光熱費への補助金（＄2000）、敬老会への補助金（＄1000）、世界婦人会カナダ大会へ参加したメンバーとボランティアへの補助金（＄1600）、世界婦人会カナダ大会へ参加した生田典子さんへの旅費（＄1300）、カルガリー仏教会の改築費用補助（＄2000）、得度補助金（＄1000）、それから BCJSBTF コンベンション補助金（＄550）でした。収支の明細は、１月２４日１１時３０分から行われる、婦人会年次総会にてご報告いたします。皆様の参加をお待ちしておりますので、参加ご希望の方は、１月の当番へご連絡ください。皆様の変わらぬ、積極的なご支援に深く感謝しております。皆様の温かいお言葉や笑顔は、ご寄付と同じようにこのお寺を支えています。２０１６年も引き続き皆様にとって幸せな年になりますよう、お祈りいたします。ハービー様 2015 年 12 月 5 日寂 83 歳 Page 4 JANUARY 2016 3 DHARMA LIGHT STEVESTON Buddhist Would you like to receive your own copy of Dharma Light? 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Join the Sangha and spread the Dharma CALENDAR OF EVENTS JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5:30 Yoga Class 10:30 am Meditation 6:30 pm Bingo 7:30 pm Meditation 11:00 am Triple Sutra Chanting 13 14 15 16 10:30 am Meditation 5:00 pm Hoonko Potluck 10:30 am Shotsuki Monthly Memorial Service 10 5:30 Yoga Class 11 5:30 Yoga Class 10:30 am Regular Service 7:30 pm Board Meeting 17 18 10:00 Dharma School 5:30 Yoga Class 12 7:30 pm DVD Seminar 19 2:30 pm Maples Service 6:30 pm Bingo 7:30 pm Meditation 20 21 10:30 am Hoonko Service 10:30 am Regular Service 11:30 am Fujinkai AGM 25 5:30 Yoga Class 31 February 1 10:00 Dharma school Cooking Lesson 5:30 Yoga Class 26 7:30 pm DVD Seminar 10:30 am Shotsuki & Nehane / Nirvana Day Service 8 5:30 Yoga Class 7:30 pm Board Meeting 14 15 10:00 am Dharma School 10:30 am Fujinkai Dana Day Service 5:30 Yoga Class 21 22 10:30 am Regular Service 5:30 Yoga Class 28 29 10:00am Dharma School 10:30 am Regular Service 1:00 pm SBT AGM 5:30 Yoga Class 7 8 10:30 am Shotsuki Service & Installation of Officers 5:30 Yoga Class 27 22 23 28 11:00 am Triple Sutra Chanting 29 5:30 Yoga Class 10:30 am Meditation 6:30 pm Bingo 7:30 pm Meditation 11:00 am Triple Sutra Chanting 3 4 5 2 2:30 pm Maples Service 10:30 am Meditation 6:30 pm Bingo 7:30 pm Meditation 11:00 am Triple Sutra Chanting 9 10 11 12 7:30 pm BDK DVD Presentation 5:30 Yoga Class 10:30 am Meditation 6:30 pm Bingo 16 17 10:30 am Regular Service 7 11:00 am Triple Sutra 7:00pm Hoonko Eve Chanting Service 10:30 am Meditation 7:30 pm Meditation 24 9:30 Chair Yoga with Alanna 7:30 pm Meditation 30 9:30 Chair Yoga with Alanna 6 9:30 Chair Yoga with Alanna 13 11:00 am Triple Sutra Chanting 18 19 5:30 Yoga Class 10:30 am Meditation 6:30 pm Bingo 7:30 pm Meditation 11:00 am Triple Sutra Chanting 23 24 25 26 27 7:30 om DVD Seminar 6:30 pm Bingo March 1 2 3 4 5 2:30 pm Maples Service 10:30 am Meditation 6:30 pm Bingo 7:30 pm Meditation 11:00 am Triple Sutra Chanting 10 11 12 9 7:30 pm DVD Seminar 6:30 pm Bingo 4 5:30 Yoga Class 10:30 am Meditation 7:30 pm Meditation 11:00 am Triple Sutra Chanting 20 13 9:30 Chair Yoga with Alanna