A Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temple
Cozy up with an authentic bowl of Ramen from the Spokane Buddhist Temple’s “RAMEN FEST” on Oct. 22nd – Take-Out-Only. Chefs Jun & Dave are cooking up Ramen again with their recipe for tasty broth, noodles and chicken or tofu ($15). Add some Mochi Desserts ($7) and Inari Sushi ($7). Cash Preferred – Accepting Cards – Come early before we sell out. See the Temple at the Open House 11am-2pm. All proceeds support the Temple.
Come to the 10th Annual Buddhist Obon Festival on 8/6 – 11a-6:30p. This Japanese cultural event honors our ancestors. Free entrance~free kids games~charge for food. Our building has Air Conditioning.
Obon Schedule
11 am – 4 pm
Japanese Artist Displays & Sales
Kids games
Japanese Bento Boxes, Sushi & Dessert
Brief Buddhist Service 4 pm
Bon Odori dancing 5 pm in the park
Featuring Japanese Peanut Butter Noodle Salad with Sunomono (Pork or Tofu) $15 & Inari Sushi & Mochi Desserts $7
Come dance for joy for your ancestors. These dances are easy to follow and led by Izumi and the Spokane Buddhist Temple Bon Odori Dancers.
A Two-Day Japanese New Year’s Celebration & Sale
Dec 31st & Jan 1st
Spokane Buddhist Temple – 927 S Perry, Spokane
Proceeds support our Minister’s Education & the Temple
Sunday Jan 1st – 10 am—2 pm
10 am New Year’s Day Buddhist Service
10 am-12pm Sales of dessert mochi, ozoni soup with mochi, Taiyaki fish-shaped pancakes with sweet filling & Japanese items and antiques.
Japanese New Year (Oshogatsu お正月)is one of the most important holidays in Japan, celebrated with time off of work, family reunions & traditional rituals. In Japan, New Years Day is celebrated on Jan. 1st, which is different than in China, which celebrate the New Year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar. It is said that one must eat mochi on New Years or face a year of bad luck.
A Two-Day Japanese New Year’s Celebration & Sale
Dec 31st & Jan 1st
Spokane Buddhist Temple – 927 S Perry, Spokane
Proceeds support our Minister’s Education & the Temple
Saturday Dec 31st – 5:30-7:30 pm
Sales of traditional mochi, dessert mochi & Japanese items and antiques, such as Vintage Japanese dolls, prints & dishes. Pre-orders required for the traditional mochi.
7 pm Joya-E Buddhist Service – Ring out 2022! Ring in 2023!
Japanese New Year (Oshogatsu お正月)is one of the most important holidays in Japan, celebrated with time off of work, family reunions & traditional rituals. In Japan, New Years Day is celebrated on Jan. 1st, which is different than in China, which celebrate the New Year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar. It is said that one must eat mochi on New Years or face a year of bad luck.
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JOYA-E NEW YEAR’S EVE SERVICE
“Bell of the Last Night”
SATURDAY – DECEMBER 31st – 7:00 pm
A Family-Friendly Service
Everyone gets to ring the Kansho bell
Ring out 2022! Ring in 2023! with the “Bell of the Last Night Service,” a cultural, spiritual Buddhist observance called Joya-E.
There will be a short service, followed by everyone participating in the ringing of the “calling bell” a portion of 108 times. This symbolically rings out the 108 delusions of people and rings in our aspiration to overcome ignorance, greed and anger in the coming year. It’s a way to reflect on the events of 2022 and move away from our selfish and ego-centered ways.
The temple’s Kansho bell was dedicated in 1965. The Kansho, or summoning bell, calls people to the temple and marks the beginning of each service.
Holiday Potluck
Sunday 12/25 after service approx. 11:15 am
You are invited to bring food to share in the Temple basement after a short service at 10:30am.
Come join your Sangha for a holiday feast. You are welcome to bring a friend and/or family members. Please make a card with your potluck offering’s ingredients for those who have allergies. Food can be stored in the frig during the service.
BODHI DAY SERVICE
SUNDAY DEC 11th – 10:30 AM
With guest Reverend Katsuya Kusunoki
from the Seattle Betsuin (Temple)
Our Supervising Minister & Rinban of the NW Shin Buddhist Temples
Bodhi Day is the day Buddhists celebrate the Buddha’s Enlightenment. According to tradition, Buddha (Siddhartha) had forsaken years of extreme ascetic practices and he resolved to sit under a Pipul tree and simply meditate until he found the root of all suffering, and how to liberate one’s self from it.
Reverend Katsuya Kusunoki is the Head Minister of the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple. Sensei was born in Nagasaki, Japan, the second son of a temple family. Today his older brother Naoya is the 17th generation of their family to serve their family temple. Sensei is a graduate of Miyazaki University where he majored in primary education and his hobby is to watch and play baseball and softball. While a college student he took a break and spent almost two and a half years in a Japanese volunteer program similar to the Peace Corps in America coaching baseball in Zimbabwe before returning to Japan to complete his studies. After graduating he spent three years teaching 3rd and 6th grade classes before deciding to become a minister.
Sensei’s advanced training includes the Hongwanji-ha Rituals course for leaders (Gonshiki). He is a Hongwanji-ha certified Special Rituals Minister, a certificate only he and our former minister Rev. Sala Sekiya hold within the Buddhist Churches of America. Sensei’s first assignment in America was to the Lodi Buddhist Temple in 2010 and he was transferred to Seattle in April of 2017. Sensei and his wife Ayano have a son, Yuiya, who was born in September 2016.