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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
January, February Schedule ........ 2
Shintokai General Meeting ......... 3
Faith Enrichment Study Tour ...... 3
Teaching from Konkokyo Kyoten 4
I Think ......................................... 4
Teaching of Rev. Kodama ........... 4
Teaching from Konkokyo Kyoten 4
Airshio*e’rshio+ MAIL
I check the mail box after the 10 a.m. prayer session everyday. I bring the letters to the okkekkai toritsugi mediation to show appreciation for delivering letters to this address. There are a few misdelivered let-ters a year, but for he most part we receive letters to the correct ad-dress every day. I assume each letter gets delivered to the right ad-dress and expect this in my daily life. However, as I thought about this fact, I realized this was a wonderful thing. If only 50% of the letters were delivered to the right place I have to be nervous every single time I sent letters. I had to expect I didn’t receive half of very impor-tant letters. I cannot live with this.
Recently I sent the documents to the US immigration for my wife. This is the first step for her to get a permanent visa to move to Hawaii. I wanted to make sure this very important letter for us to be received by the US immigration. I didn’t worry too much, but I paid extra to cer-tify my letter just in case. So I received the mailing receipt for proof I sent it to the US Immigration.
What will happen to my letter if I didn’t deliver it correctly to the US Immigration? It would be a big problem for us because we cannot go to the next step. The check was enclosed, too. I also had to worry about identify theft. The process for the permanent visa would be late. I would have to collect all the documents even from Japan again. I would need to ask my parents to get the original documents from the city hall of my home town. I would needed to ask my wife to put her signature on some documents that will be enclosed in the letter from me. There would be a lot of mail exchange to get the same documents
KONKO MISSION OF HONOLULU
Edited by Rev. Koichi Konko
January
Volume 4, Issue 1
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Maybe it is not a fair way of thinking.
FEBRUARY SCHEDULE
JANUARY SCHEDULE
to send to the US immigration once more. I don’t want to have that kind of situation be-cause it would be too much for me.
I started to think I am very happy to trust the US postal service. I can presume my docu-ments for my wife will be delivered to the US immigration. I don’t need to worry. Sure enough I received a letter from the US Immi-gration notifying me they received my letter and started the process for my wife.
We assume things happen like we expect. Do we appreciate these basic blessings? I don’t know. If it is so natural for us, we don’t real-ize how happy we are. I didn’t focus on how accurate the US postal service is before. As I had to send very important documents to the
US immigration, I felt how happy I am be-cause I can expect the letter to reach the US Immigration. I try to appreciate the delivery of letters to the right address and it reminds me of the basic daily blessing I am receiving. All of a sudden we complain and become up-set for natural incidents because it doesn’t happen as we expect. We don’t care when it happens naturally. Maybe it is not a fair way of thinking.
We don’t like to experience irregular things. Are we appreciating regular things enough? We could live with appreciation for the daily basic blessings we have. As a result we can keep a good heart everyday.
Short Teachings from Various Material
-Kami-sama backs up whoever sits at the Toritsugi mediation seat.
-Let us look to the un-conditional love of the universe.
-Kami-sama never gives us fruitless inci-dents.
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6th 9:00a.m. Sunday Service
13th 10:00a.m. Monthly Service for the Founder and Successive Spiritual Leaders & New Year’s Pot Luck Party
20th 9:00a.m. Sunday Service & Family Sunday
27th 9:00a.m. Monthly Service for our Parent Kami and our Ancestors
& Board of Directors’ Meeting
Note: All church services will be held on Sunday, unless specified.
1st 9:00a.m. New Year’s Day Service (Sat.)
2nd 9:00a.m. Sunday Service
9th 9:00a.m. Monthly Service for the Founder and Successive Spiritual Leaders
16th 9:00a.m. Sunday Service & Shintokai Meeting, Birthday Sunday
23rd 9:00a.m. Monthly Service for our Parent Kami and our Ancestors
30th 9:00a.m. Sunday Service & Family Sunday
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Short Teachings from Various Material
-Value each and every day.
-People don’t know Kami-sama’s heart.
-Practicing faith through praying for others before for you. Both others and you will receive divine blessings.
-Good news happens to people who express gratitude everyday.
-Faith is the power to find something good, something apprecia-tive, and something joyful near us in daily life.
-Don’t forget the root of blessings, who you are, and the beginning of what you are granted.
-Do you know how oth-ers feel about you? You need to reflect your-self.
-Do you have faith with Kami or without Kami? Your faith is Kami-centered or self-centered?
GENERAL MEETING OF SHINTOKAI (MEMBERS’ ASSOCIATION)
& NEW YEAR’S POT LUCK PARTY
DATE: FEBRUARY 13, 2011
TIME: AFTER THE MONTHLY SERVICE AT 10 AM (APPROXIMATELY 11A.M.)
WHO: MEMBERS OF KONKO MISSION OF HONOLULU & THEIR FRIENDS
NOTE: PLEASE NOTIFY US OF THE FOOD YOU ARE BRINGING ([email protected] OR 533-7173)
The 2010 Financial report, 2011 budget report will be done by the treasurer of the Shintokai before the pot luck party. We will recite Grace before meal and enjoy food. There will be door prizes and bingo game. As Ohana of the Konko Mission of Honolulu lets get together and talk story!
FAITH ENRICHMENT STUDY TOUR TO KONKO TOWN
PLACE: KONKOKYO HEADQUARTERS, OKAYAMA, JAPAN
DATE: JUNE 9 – JUNE 17, 2011
The Konko Missions in Hawaii will hold the Faith Enrichment Study Tour to Konko, Japan. Konko Town is the place Ikigami Konko Daijin lived af-ter he was adopted until he passed away. He initiated the Konko Faith in Konko town. It is the birthplace for Konkokyo and is always a good ex-perience to visit the root to feel the Founder’s life and faith. All mem-bers of the Konko Missions in Hawaii are welcomed. Room and board at Konko Town, transportation between the Kansai Airport in Osaka and Konko town are prepared by the Konko Missions in Hawaii.
We will experience below:
Toritusgi medation of Konko-sama, the principal mediatior, the KMH young ministers’ presentation, Young believers gathering in Japan, Mu-sic festival, Konkokyo Independence Service, Lecture by Rev. Hiroshi Ta-kebe, director of Konkokyo research institution with English interpreta-tion and visitation of Konkokyo facilities and places such as Konkokyo Seminary, Konkokyo research institution, and Founder’s birth place. For more information please call Konkokyo Hawaii Center at 808-536-9078 or [email protected]. Please apply by March 31, 2011.
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Short Teachings from Various Material
-Try not to have too much “Thinking about only me”, “I am always right”, and self-assertive act.
-We may depend on and believe in people, but we must depend on and believe in Kami-sama.
-Use past experience to grow for the future.
-We have to request, pray and do your best for it. We need to re-form our heart to fulfill the prayer.
-Solving the problem is not divine blessings, but the process of getting over the problems is the blessing.
-It is important for peo-ple who have faith to have a joyful heart as others are happy.
-When we are based on human emotion for life, we may make wrong decisions since our heart is not pure and dulled because of emotion. Kami-sama’s blessings and favors cannot be reflected in our heart. Be based on faith in-stead.
TEACHING FROM KONKOKYO KYOTEN
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When an older person meddles or pokes his nose too much or too
often into what a younger person is doing, the younger person will
say that he is not a baby.
Let us see what kind of a life a baby lives.
A baby does not do any work; he is fed; he is clothed; he is put to
TEACHING OF REV. MASAYUKI KODAMA
I have heard Jesus Christ said something like, “If someone hits your right cheek, show him your left cheek.” This is telling us fighting back is not good. It doesn’t make sense; I think it just make worse. Ikigami Konko Daijin said the similar words and told us to try to understand the feeling of the person.
A person hitting you represents opponents or incidents that hurt us. Ikigami Konko Daijin said don’t have negative feelings against them. Instead accept and pray for them. Forgiveness and pa-tience are the element to solve the problems.
Hatoya, Koichi expressed his feeling, it is very difficult. I totally agree with him. In my case I tend to focus on finding or making reasons to complain, in the process my negative feeling multi-ples. So I try not to increase the feeling and understand the situation and the reasons why it happened objectively.
Accepting and doing something for them without negative feel-ing is forgiveness. To accept as is and try to understand reasons we need patience. One senior minister told me, “Your enemy now can be your best friend in the future.” I think not only the person but also incidents that could benefit us all with the Konko Faith.
I THINK...
Someone told me that Konko-Sama said, “If someone hits you, ask him if he hurt his hand. Then he won’t hit you again and there won’t be a fight. To be forgiving and patient is most impor-tant.”
If I practice faith, this is how patient I have to be. I think practic-ing true faith is very difficult. It’s easier said than done.
[Konkokyo Kyoten Gorika I Teachings of Konko Daijin, Hataya Koichi # 5 page
19, Konkokyo Honbu 1987]
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bed; he is awakened; he is cared for and loved; he is kept amused;
he is played with; and he is allowed a life of ease and comfort. Such
is a life of a baby, a life of having things done for him.
If we look around carefully we can see people who are 60 years old
or even 70 years old who are living this baby’s life.
These people want to live a life of ease and comfort and have Kami-
sama do things for them; have the church do things for them; have
children do things for them; have brothers and sisters do things for
them; have the spouse do things for them; have friends do things
for them; do as they please; and they want good luck or good for-
tune to come their way. These are still a life of a baby.
Such people want Kami-sama to be the greatest Kami-sama; Budda
to be the greatest Budda; the church to be the best (biggest)
church; the minister to be the most famous minister; and want to
marry the very best person.
Why? Because to have things done for them the other party must
be the most powerful. This is a life desired by those who have me-
guri.
Opposed to this life of meguri is a life of an adult, a life of a parent.
Such a life wants to feed; and to clothe; to care and love; to amuse;
to play with; and to help Kami-sama; to help the church; to help
minister; to help parents; to help children; to help brothers and
sisters; to help the spouse; to help friends; and to help improve
one’s heart, one’s body, and one’s finances. This is the life of an
adult, a life of a parent. This is a life with toku or virtue, the Konko
Founder, Ikigami Konko Daijin’s life.
By living this adult life, this life of a parent, our Founder was able to
see and understand Parent Kami, called Tenchi Kane No Kami-
sama.
This Kami-sama is different from the Kami-sama who is considered
“arigatai” by those who live a life of a baby.
Therefore, we can only say we are really saved or have found salva-
tion when we can help improve each and everything.
November 22, 1965
Translated by Mr. Norman Kobayashi
Reverend
Masayuki Kodama
(1903-1973)
Founding minister of Konko Mis-sion of Honolulu.
Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1903. Ordained Konkokyo minister in 1926, and moved to Honolulu for missionary work in 1928. Estab-lished Konko Mission of Honolulu in 1929. Interned for 2 years and sent back to Japan. Served at the Headquarters of Konko-kyo while staying in Japan. Re-turned to Honolulu in 1950 and devoted himself to missionary work until passing away in 1973. He fostered disciples such as Rev. Haruko Takahashi (Established Konko Mission of Wahiawa), Rev. Santaro Sonoda (Established Konko Mission of Waipahu), Rev. Kiku Horibe (Established Lihue Propagation Hall), and Rev. Takiyo Nakai (Established Konko Mission of Wailuku).
[In Memory of The Late Rever-end Masayuki Kodama Konko Mission of Honolulu 1988]
By living this adult life, this life of a parent, our Founder was able to see and understand Parent
Kami, called Tenchi Kane No Kami-sama.
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KONKO MISSION OF HONO-
LULU
Daily Prayers:
Weekdays
5:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
Sunday
5:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
(Subject to Change)
7:30 p.m.
Reverend Koichi Konko will visit Japan from January 30, 2011 to February 6, 2011 to attend the 60-year Memorial Service of the Reverend Matsutaro Yasutake, the founding minister of the Konko Church of Amagi held on February 4, 2011.
KONKO MISSION OF HONOLULU
1728 Liliha Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Phone: 808-533-7173
Fax: 808-521-7423
KONKOKYO
Konko Missions in Hawaii Church Directory
Konkokyo Hawaii Center
Administrative Office
1744 Liliha Street Suite 304
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
(808) 536-9078
E-mail: [email protected]
Konko Mission of Hilo
58 Huapala Lane
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 935-3239
Konko Mission of Waipahu
94-106 Mokukaua Street
Waipahu, Hawaii 96797
(808) 677-3716
E-mail: [email protected]
Konko Mission of Wahiawa
207 Muliwai Avenue
Wahiawa, Hawaii 96786
(808) 621-6667
E-mail: [email protected]
Konko Mission of Hanapepe
c/o Rev. Setsuko Okuno
1544 Molehu Drive
Honolulu, Hawaii 96818
(808) 423-7707
Konko Mission of Wailuku
2267 Mokuhau Road
Wailuku, Hawaii 96793
(808) 244-4738 7 (808) 242-7603
E-mail: [email protected]