Interested in a fundraising activity that doesn’t involve cooking, baking or wearing a hairnet? The Seattle Buddhist Church is a registered participant in Bartell Drugs’ B’Caring Card Program. To support non-profit groups and schools, Bartell Drug has joined with eScrip to create a system that rewards customer loyalty by contributing a percentage of their purchases to their designated group. It’s easy to participate. Simply pick up a registration form that includes our group name and number (forms in temple foyer and in March newsletter), complete the registration form and bring to any Bartell Drug store. If you pick up an in-store registration form include our group name, Seattle Buddhist Church and group # 163944317. You will be given a B’Caring Card that will need to be registered by phone (800) 931-6258 or the web, eScrip.com/BCaringCard.
Please keep in mind that qualified purchases do NOT include: pharmacy prescriptions, alcohol, tobacco, postage stamps, lottery tickets, transportation passes, gift or phone cards.
On March 11, Seattle Betsuin will hold a one-year memorial service to honor the victims of Japan’s earthquake/tsunami. That day we will be collecting rice for a local foodbank and accept donations to the American Red Cross.
In a combined Nirvana Day and Pets’ Memorial service our Sangha remembered the lives of both Sakyamuni Buddha and our deceased pets. Click this link to see a video of the pets’ names which were written on cards and displayed in the hondo (main sanctuary) during the 10AM Sunday service.
Beginning Meditation: Stress Relief and Insight will be presented by Alan Ness, an authorized meditation instructor in mindfulness-awareness technique, on Saturday, March 3 from 9:30 a.m. to noon
This seminar will introduce you to the practice of sitting meditation. Meditation allows us to be more fully present in the here and now. This can open us up to a feeling of gratitude to our world, as well as a state of humility about our place in the universe.
Since the time of the Buddha, this simple practice has enriched the lives of many people around the world. You will learn the three key points of meditation: sitting posture; breathing practice; and working with your mind and emotions.
Optional reading: Ordinary Struggles by Socho Ogui (in Tricycle Magazine)
Please contact Leonora Clarke (clarkel@uw.edu) with questions.
No experience needed! Interested Sangha members please e-mail your name, phone number and the date of the Sunday(s) you are available to the temple at religiousdepartment@seattlebetsuin.com.
Service chairs are asked to arrive at the temple by 9:35AM for a quick consultation with the ministerial staff to determine who is doing what (a generic script is provided with blanks for you to fill in).
Last minute registration still possible. E-mail the following ASAP to the temple at office@seattlebetsuin.com:
1) Name
2) Phone number (include area code)
3) Dietary restrictions (if any)
Please make out your $200 check to: “Seattle Betsuin Religious Department”.
Rev. Dr. Kenji Akahoshi is leading a retreat this weekend titled “Practicing No Practice” at the beautiful Bastyr University Campus at 14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98028. The retreat starts at 7pm Friday, September 23, and runs through 1pm Sunday, September 25. Registration is $200 and includes Saturday meals, Sunday breakfast and lunch and lodging (dorm room*). Discover, clarify and share our experience of Shin Buddhism. Introspection, discussion and insightful activities will bring alive the relevancy and depth of Shin “practice”. In a supportive and light-hearted
environment, we move from a conceptual understanding to a personal experience.
Dr. Akahoshi holds a Master’s degree in transpersonal psychology and has a background in wilderness vision quests and personal growth disciplines. He is affiliated with the San Jose Betsuin Church.
• Delicious vegetarian meals will be from Bastyr’s own cafeteria.
• Donations for this workshop are gratefully accepted.
• Questions? Contact the temple office at 206.329-0800 or office@seattlebetsuin Attn – retreat.
*some single rooms available at an additional rate
Sunday service Dharma talks from prior weeks in both English and Japanese are available by pointing your mouse at “Minister’s Messages” and clicking on either the English or the Japanese link in the pull down menu.
Rev. Kiyonobu Kuwahara will present a half day Japanese language seminar on Saturday, September 17th, 1:30P – 5PM, titled “Message from Shinran Shonin – His thoughts in the Shoshinge”. Rev. Kuwahara is a staff member of our mother temple, the Nishi Hongwanji in Kyoto Japan, who is currently assigned to the Center for Buddhist Education (CBE) at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley, CA. There he serves as the coordinator for the CBE’s Jodo Shinshu Correspondence Course.
February’s 3rd Tuesday study group meeting has been cancelled. The group’s next meeting is March 20th.
The third Tuesday study group meets in the Memorial Hall Chapel between 7 and 9 PM on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. There is no registration fee for the study group sessions. However, donations are always welcome. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Rinban Don Castro by calling the temple office at (206) 329-0800.
Reverend Koshin Ogui, Socho (Bishop) of the Buddhist Churches of America, was in Seattle this past week and delivered the Dharma talk during the temple’s annual Atomic Bomb Memorial Service on Sunday, August 7th. Video of both his English and Japanese language messages are linked on the Minister’s Messages pages of this site.
