Services

Family Dharma Service

Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin Family Dharma services are held weekly on Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m.  Dharma School follows immediately after the Family Dharma Service. 

We now have hybrid in-person and Zoom Sunday Services!

Below is the Zoom information for our regular Sunday Services:

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93470607158?pwd=NTdqRDBaUmhSQ2VXZHM5ZzdGOEZGUT09

Meeting ID: 934 7060 7158

Passcode: HHHB 

Please contact c.gervais@hilobetsuin.org for more information.

HHHB’S IN-PERSON AND ZOOM SERVICES


SUNDAY SERVICE SCHEDULE

April 2024


4/07 10:00 a.m. BIBF Hanamatsuri Service at Hilo Meishoin

• In-Person service only

• No Sunday Service at Hilo Betsuin


4/14 9:00 a.m. HHHB Hanamatsuri Service

(Speaker: Ms. Trinidad Hunt)


4/21 9:00 a.m. Volunteer Appreciation Service and Monthly Memorial

(Speaker: Mr. Dean Kubo)


4/28 9:00 a.m. Eshinni and Kakushinni Appreciation Day Service

(Speaker: Ms. Linda Nagai, Minister Assistant at Kona Hongwanji Mission)  



The monthly memorial service for April will be held on Sunday, April 21, 2024. If you would like the

minister to call the name of your deceased family member(s) who passed away in the month of February,

please let our office know.


Zoom Link, ID, and Passcode (Hilo Betsuin Services)

https://zoom.us/j/93470607158?pwd=NTdqRDBaUmhSQ2VXZHM5ZzdGOEZGUT09

Meeting ID: 934 7060 7158

Passcode: HHHB



4/13 10:00 a.m. Kyogyoshinsho: Teaching

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Mutsumi Wondra, Minister of Orange County Buddhist Church

Registration: https://forms.gle/fDZmLGBZuW1AHata8


For more information about the Online Buddhist Education Series, please visit:

https://hongwanjihawaii.com/blog/2023/11/19/triple-celebration-buddhist-ed/

Hongwanji Major Services:

Hoonko (Founder Shinran Shonin’s Memorial Service/January)

Spring Higan (at Spring Equinox/March)

Gotan-e (Founder Shinran Shonin’s Birthday Service/May)

Obon (Gathering of Joy/July)

Autumn Higan (at Autumn Equinox/September)

Eitaikyo (Sangha Memorial Service/October)


Other Special Services:

Hanamatsuri (Birthday celebration for Shakyamuni Buddha/April)

Eshinni/Kakushinni Day service (Memorial service for Shiran Shonin’s wife and

daughter/April)

Bodhi Day (Celebration of Prince Siddhartha’ attainment of enlightenment as

Shakyamuni Buddha/December)


Monthly Memorial service

Scout Sunday service

Gakuen (Japanese school) service

Dharma School Awards service

Honor the Graduates service

Mother’s Day Appreciation service

Father’s Day Appreciation service

Keirokai &Intergenerational service

4-H Sunday service

Pet Memorial service

Veterans Appreciation service


BIBF (Big Island Buddhist Federation) joint service

Hanamatsuri (1 st Sunday in April)

Bodhi Day (1 st Sunday in December)


New Year’s Eve Service: December 31, 2024 at 9pm

New Year’s Day Service: January 1, 2025 at 9am