Interview and photos by Akiko Kusunose For The North American Post Rev. Katsuya Kusunoki and the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple’s 120th Anniversary Auto-translated from Japanese (Oct. 14) by the “Soy Source” website, with further editing by David Yamaguchi The North American Post The Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple, whose summer Bon Odori is widely known in Rev. Katsuya Kusunoki was born as the second son of a temple family in Nagasaki (western Kyushu). His parents’ temple has endured there since the early Edo Period (1603-1867).
Makawao Hongwanji will hold a virtual Dharma Family Service at 9 a.m. Sunday.
The service will be livestreamed on the temple’s Facebook page and will be available on its YouTube channel later in the day.
Rev. Kerry Kiyohara will address the 2021 slogan for Hongwanji temples in Hawaii on nurturing empathy and respect. This week’s discussion will center on how respect arises from wisdom and leads to reverence, as empathy leads to compassion, gratitude and joyful faith.
Lucy the Lady Bug and Barkley the Dog are back to help sensei share the Children’s Dharma Story Time book, “You Are (Not) Small,” written by Anna Kang and illustrated by Christopher Weyant.