Welcome the Official
Tacoma Buddhist Temple Web Page
The Tacoma Buddhist Temple belongs to the Jodo Shinshu Nishi
Hongwanji tradition of Buddhism. Our national
organization is the Buddhist Churches of America, headquartered in San
Francisco, California.
We are located at: 1717 South Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402
Our minister is Rev. Kojo Kakihara. He was at Los
Angeles Betsuin for 2½ years before being assigned to the Tacoma
temple. He is originally from Onomichi in Hiroshima-ken. Onomichi
is a port town which has
many temples and slopes. His home temple is Eisho-ji temple which has a
500 year
history.
Temple celebrates our 2011 high school graduates
Read the article by Donna Sasaki
2011 Bon Odori - Japanese Folk Dance Festival
July 30, 5pm - 9pm
Follow this link for poster
Practice Schedule
July 12-14 7:30pm - 9pm
Follow this link for more information about the event
Follow this link for information about Obon Memorial Candles
Membership Committee
Annual
elections for one-third of the twenty-one member Board of Directors of
the Tacoma Buddhist Temple will be held by ballot in early
October. There are seven open positions to serve 2011-2014 (Dec
2011 – Nov 2014). Please submit nominations (either of self or of
others) to Frank Mizukami or Peter Lee by July 31. If you have
questions about the Board please ask David Yotsuuye and/or refer to the
blue binder called Information Records located in the Temple office.
Bake Sale a Success!
Thank you to everyone who made all the delicious treats for
the Bake Sale! We had fancy cupcakes, sakura mochi, tofu flan,
marshmallow bird nests, pies, brownies, and cookies, cookies, cookies -
so much and most sold quickly! All the proceeds (over
$550) were added to the Tacoma Buddhist Temple donation to the Japan
Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. Many members were very
generous in purchasing their treats - a special thank you to Mr. Tadashi
Fujioka who purchased 'all' of the items towards the end of the sale so
Lynne and I could eat! Everyone was so selfless - a true
example of dana. Thank you
June Akita
2011 Convention Pictures and videos
Follow this link for pictures of the 2011 Convention
Videos of the 2011 Convention Convention
2011 Convention Report
From the Facilities Commitee Follow this link
Taiko News
Follow this link. Updated 01/01/11
2010 Gingerbread House project photos Follow this link
2010 Bodhi Day Taiko performance by Dharma School Follow this link
Calling Former Dharma School Students
A special plea is made to all former Dharma School students of Tacoma
Buddhist Temple to submit their names, phone number and
address to the Tacoma Buddhist Temple. Also, parents or
grandparents are asked to forward the names, phone numbers and
addresses of their children or grandchildren who were former Dharma
School students. Please submit all information either to Merilee
Tanbara Alexander or to the Temple office c/o Merilee. Thank you.
Minidoka Swing Band in the Wall Street Journal 03/26/10
This is a great video and article in the Wall Street Journal about the
Minidoka Swing Band that many of us enjoyed listening and dancing to at
last year's Northwest Buddhist Convention in Portland. It's exciting
that they are getting this national publicity. This message came to me
via Ted Tamaki, who knows everybody! Here are links to see the video
and article online.
The video: http://online.wsj.com/video/from-barbed-wire-to-boogie-woogie/18EA555C-7CB0-4B05-B331-F4912904AFD9.html
The article:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704145904575112270420825664.html?KEYWORDS=minidoka+swing+band#articleTabs%3Darticle
Shinran
Shonin 750th memorial information and link to Official BCA Shinran
Shonin 750th memorial website
Follow this link
Temple
Library offers a wide range of materials for study
If you need to research a topic for your Dharma talk or just want to
learn more about Buddhism, please come to our Temple Library. The
library is located on the landing just before the Rev. Pratt room
entrance and is open to Temple members. Books are alphabetized by
author in the categories of Jodo Shinshu
Buddhism, General Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Japan.
The majority of our books have been graciously donated to us from
temple members' private libraries and we are always adding to our
inventory with the newest books on Jodo Shinshu Buddhism.
Posted in the library are instructions for checking out books.
Generally, there is no time limit for keeping books, but 4-6 weeks is a
reasonable time. There is a basket labeled, "book return" in the
library. There are multimedia (CDs, DVDs & cassettes) available for
check
out and are handled the same way as books. These items are located on
the bottom shelf of the Zen Buddhism bookcase.
Gassho,
Lynrae Hubbell
Temple Librarian
Temple’s 90th Anniversary Photos Available Online
Photo portraits of many of the attendees can now be viewed online. Follow this link
Dial up users please be patient!
This page was last updated 06/27/11 using Seamonkey 2.1 beta
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