Siddhartha and our open-ended universe

Interludes on Mindfulness
concert at MBT on April 26
“It’s seesaw season, yin and yang. It’s stripping off old skin,
it’s starting over. It’s tender and it’s green, beginning green.
Everything feels tender all over. Even us, some days. Be
kind to your tender spots—they just might be where essential
truths seep in.”
—Barbara Mahany on springtime from “Slowing Time:
Seeing the Sacred Outside Your Kitchen Door”
Author Barbara Mahany (left) will join Fused Muse pianist Soo Young
Lee and cellist Sophie Webber at the April 26 concert. Story on page 7.
Bulletin
Midwest Buddhist Temple
April 2015
Volume 70
Number 3
The monthly newsletter of the Midwest Buddhist Temple
435 W. Menomonee St., Chicago, IL 60614 • 312.943.7801 • mbtchicago.org • Resident minister: Rev. Ron Miyamura
Ask Rev. Ron
Tradition behind
number of times
we say Nembutsu
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him? Here’s your chance—our
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By Rev. Ron Miyamura
How many times is
“Namu/namo Amida
Butsu” supposed to be
repeated? It seems like,
years back, we repeated it
three times. Now, it’s one
time? What are the reasons
for the number of times it is
recited?
Q
The tradition of repeating
A
the Nembutsu (Namo
Amida Butsu) three times
seems to be an American
tradition coming sometime in
the 1920s or 1930s. No one
knows exactly when nor why.
Continued on page 9
Siddhartha and
our open-ended
universe
“Once Upon a Time” from “Buddhism
of the Heart: Reflections on Shin
Buddhism and Inner Togetherness” by
Jeff Wilson (Wisdom Publications)
By Jeff Wilson
L
et me tell you a story about a
great man who lived about 2,500
years ago. This man was born to
a loving mother and father in a family
of considerable power and wealth, who
named him Siddhartha.
His mother passed away soon after his
birth, but his stepmother continued to
care for him as if he were her own son.
He grew up with all his needs taken
care of: people fed him, clothed him,
stimulated his mind, encouraged him to
seek righteousness and truth (as they
understood it, of course), and gave
him lots of love. Eventually, a marriage
was arranged for him to a beautiful
and loving woman, and she bore him a
son. As a member of the royal family,
he existed literally on the work and
generosity and love of the entire
MBT report from 2015 BCA National Council Meeting. Page 11
Continued on page 6
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happenings
By Carol Baba
A
fter our snow hiatus last month,
Happenings is back in hopefully warmer
confines.
Our movers this month include:
Rich Taura, who on a recent Sunday, a day
after moving into a new apartment in the city,
was moving a little stiffly himself. He had to
help his new roommate too. The roommate?
Son Jacob!
After two years of part-time consulting work,
Gary Tsuchiyama has moved on too. He
writes that he “has re-entered the land of the
working stiffs with a full-time job with the City
of Chicago as IT project manager.” His first
assignment is to project manage the upgrade
of the city’s huge data warehouse. Gary
says he “works on the 27th floor of the Daley
Building and has to look forward to walking
through the metal detectors at least twice a
day. And you thought flying out of O’Hare is
a pain.”
Mike and Yvonne Harada went to Hawaii
in March—Mike for 6 days and Yvonne
for 9 days. Yvonne was there to help
her dad while her brother and his wife
are in California. They also got see their
daughter, Emily, now in graduate school
at the University of Hawaii, as well as other
relatives. Their other daughter Dana, who is
in Austin, will be flying to the Tampa area to
visit with her friends from Chicago, who are
all going to one of her friend’s family vacation
home.
Mary Doi and Jac Cerney went on a
weeklong sailing trip, stopping in on a variety
of the British Virgin Islands—including
Norman Island, which is located at the
southern tip of the British Virgin Islands
archipelago and is one of a number of
islands reputed to be the inspiration for
Robert Louis Stevenson’s pirate novel
“Treasure Island.”
Harumi and Carl Ichikawa enjoyed the
sunshine and azaleas during a trip to
Savannah, GA, in March. Harumi was
drawn by John Berendt’s book, “Midnight
in the Garden of Good and Evil,” while Carl
was in pursuit of cold, briny oysters. Their
dog Spike enjoyed vacationing, too, at the
doggie spa (otherwise known as Rev. Ron
and Elaine’s house) with his doggie cousin,
Julie.
Kaye Shinozaki is on the move too, going
for a week-and-a-half visit to Virginia to see
son Michael Miyamoto, his wife, Sandy,
and Kaye’s grandchildren Kaitlyn, Joshua
and Bethany.
Albert Sora returned to his native Hawaii for
a monthlong visit in mid-March. Recharging
his batteries, perhaps, before diving deep
into preparation for our 60th Ginza Holiday
Festival in August?
And never one to sit still is May Nakano,
who reports that “for a week in March, I am
going to visit my mom, Hisako Kawamoto,
in Burnaby, B.C. She’s 97 years old. She
was just transferred from assisted living at
Nikkei Home to an extended care facility.
Hisako had been at Nikkei Home since 2002
(which May has only high praise for). It’s a
big change for her but it also affects family
as much, or more.”
Amanda (Miyata) Marcus and family will
be heading on a road trip down to the Gulf
Shores for spring break. They’ll be spending
a few nights in Memphis and New Orleans.
“This will be our last trip as a family of five,”
says mom Amanda, who is expecting a
new baby brother for Dylan, Ava and Cory
on Memorial Day, “so we are just looking
forward to enjoying quality time together!”
Our man of perpetual motion, Rick
Morimoto, was recently elected to the Board
of Trustees for the Japanese American
National Museum in Los Angeles. Rick
was also selected for the 2015 Class of the
Japanese American Leadership Delegation
by the Foreign Ministry of Japan through the
US consulates and the US-Japan Council
(see page 4). He will meet with corporate
and governmental agencies in Hiroshima
and Tokyo in March.
Great to see Dorothy Yahiro back at the
temple. She suffered a fall last month
and fractured her left knee cap as well as
breaking a tooth, but is now doing well.
On Sunday, March 8, there was a lovely
celebration after service with cakes and song
to mark the 88th birthday of Kaz Fujishima.
Congratulations, Kaz! It was fun to watch the
Dharma School students wish you a happy
birthday, too!
Get well wishes for Alice Yamamoto. She
was hospitalized at Good Samaritan Hospital
in Downers Grove recently and we are
wishing her a speedy recovery.
And it is with great sadness that we learned
that Teruo Yamashita passed away in
Vancouver, WA, on March 10.
Mr. Yamashita and his wife, the late Terry,
were active members of MBT before moving
to Vancouver over 15 years ago to be by
his younger son, the late Steven; his older
son, Tom, is in the area. Mr. Yamashita was
instrumental in starting the Mochi-Tsuki here
at MBT. He was 94 years old.
There will be a Sogi Memorial Service at 1
pm on Sunday, May 3.
president’s message
If you can’t say anything nice, come sit by me
hope I got your attention with the title
President Matsuda hosted a Presidents’ Breakfast at
Imany
to this article. This was one of the
which the Board presidents of all the member temples
learnings I took away from my first
could network. This event—and the entire four-day
experience at the BCA National Council
Meeting.
This year’s meeting took place from Feb.
26 to March 1 in San Diego and was hosted by the Southern
District Council. The BCA tested a new format—reducing the
Council Meeting time from what used to be days of nonstop
meetings to a total six hours over two days—in order to
make time for workshops and activities.
The meetings were well-run, and I was impressed by the
efficiency of President Kent Matsuda and the BCA Executive
Committee, as well as the good input from many of the 160
delegates from member temples.
Back to this article’s title. This came from the symposium
sponsored by the IBS/CBE (Institute for Buddhist Studies/
Center for Buddhist Education). Titled “Buddhism and
Counseling,” the symposium was held the first day and
featured talks from three different perspectives.
My quote comes from Dr. Carmela Hirano of Salt Lake City,
who has integrated the principles of Jodo Shinshu into the
creation of SHIN (Sanctuary for Healing and Integration). She
opened her talk with Amida Buddha’s Invitation that starts with
complaining (our familiar “monku, monku, monku’).
In this way, the patient begins the journey toward the trust
necessary to confront his/her suffering.
MBT Committees and Groups
MBT BOARD COMMITTEES
Religious Committee
Sunday service, classes
and seminars
Roger Suekama, chair
Buddhist Churches of America
(BCA) and Eastern District
Council (EDC) representatives
Kiku Taura, MBT Board
president
Roger Suekama,
representative
Joy Zavala, chair / events
Albert Sora, chair /
mochi-tsuki
Outreach Committee
Connection with members,
friends and community
Dan Peterson, chair
Technology Committee
Current and new technology
maintenance, policies, strategy
Dan Peterson, chair
Investment Committee
Management of MBT investments
TEMPLE (NON-BOARD)
COMMITTEES & AFFILIATED
GROUPS
Pledge/Revenue Committee
Annual membership pledge,
donations
Maintenance Committee
Temple infrastructure, operations
Rick Morimoto, chair
Rick Morimoto, chair
Sharon Harada, co-chair
Legacy Garden Committee
Maintenance, education, events
Terry Cichocki, co-chair
Donna Kobayashi, co-chair
Gary Tsuchiyama, project
manager
Events Committee
Yard Sale, Book Sale, Cooking
Classes, Mochi-Tsuki
Vic Miyata, chair
Ginza Committee
Annual MBT fundraising event
Al Sora, chair
Rich Taura, deputy dhair
Joy Zavala, publicity
Bon Odori Committee
Annual festival celebrating Obon
commemoration of ancestors
Jim Chikaraishi, chair
Council Meeting—offered a tremendous opportunity to
meet counterparts from throughout the country. I learned
how much other temples share the same challenges and
changes we are experiencing at MBT: meeting the needs
of a diversified Sangha, engaging younger generations,
remaining relevant in a changing world.
Back here at MBT, we have had a busy and productive
month in February despite the cold, and look forward to
a wealth of activities in the coming months, including the
Slowing Time concert on April 26, featuring the Fused Muse
Ensemble and author Barbara Mahany (see page 1). To
provide insight to our many activities, we are publishing a list
of temple committees and affiliated groups and their leaders.
If you have questions and want to be more involved, please
see any of these folks.
Looking down the road a bit, the Eastern Buddhist
League Conference will take place in Cleveland on Labor
Day weekend (Sept. 4–6). We hope to have enough
representatives from Chicago to charter a bus, so please
look for the signup sheet or contact the office.
As I learned from the San Diego experience, a few days
together is a great way to share experiences and deepen
friendships.
­In Gassho, Kiku Taura
President, MBT Board of Trustees
Women’s Association
Toban (meals for special
services), New Life for Old
Bags and other special projects,
conferences
Jeanne Toguri, president
Joy Zavala, vice president
May Nakano, recording
secretary
Kathy Sakata, corresponding
secretary
Helen Ideno, treasurer
Elaine Miyamura,adviser
MBT Bulletin
Monthly temple newsletter
Elaine Matsushita, editor
Alvin Hayashi, photographer
Rich Taura & Fumi Matsushita,
proofreaders
Jerry Matsumoto, treasurer
Dharma School
Services and activities for
children and parents
Elaine Miyamura, teacher
Jennifer Toguri, teacher
MBT Minyo Group
Preservation and performance of
traditional folk dance
Elaine Miyamura, instructor
Joanne Tohei, secretary and
treasurer
Yvonne Harada, music
MBT Taiko
Japanese drum performance
group
Elaine Miyamura, business
manager
Ho Etsu Taiko
Japanese drum performance
group
Jason Matsumoto, musical
director
Zen Shin Sangha
Zen meditation practices
Dr. Susan Gilkey
Terry Cichocki
Golden Agers Club
Outings and events for seniors
Joanne Tohei, treasurer
June Aragaki, corresponding
secretary
Kono Fund
Grants provided to eligible
religious educational endeavors
Carl Ichikawa, chair
Rev. Ron Miyamura, adviser
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Morimoto named to
Japanese American
Leadership group
Excerpted from the Rafu Shimpo
Feb. 16, 2015
T
en distinguished Japanese
Americans, including Richard I.
Morimoto [past president of the Midwest
Buddhist Temple Board of Trustees],
were selected to participate in the
2015 Japanese American Leadership
Delegation.
The group met for an orientation Jan.
30–31 at the Japanese American
National Museum in Little Tokyo. From
March 6–10, they will travel to Japan
and visit Tokyo and Hiroshima.
The JALD program provides the
opportunity for a select group of
Japanese American leaders from across
the U.S. to travel to Japan to engage
with Japanese leaders in the business,
government, academic, non-profit and
cultural sectors. The trip also allows
Japanese leaders to gain a greater
understanding of multicultural America
through the experiences of a diverse
group of Japanese Americans.
Upon their return, delegates collaborate
with program alumni, the local
consulates, the U.S.-Japan Council
and local and national community
organizations to continue strengthening
ties between the U.S. and Japan.
The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
represented in the U.S. by the Embassy
of Japan in Washington, D.C. and 17
consulate general offices, sponsors
the program. The U.S.-Japan Council
provides administration and organization
for the program. A total of 166 delegates
have participated to date.
Richard I. Morimoto (Chicago) is
among the 10 2015 delegates. He is the
Bill & Gayle Cook professor of biology,
Department of Molecular Biosciences,
Northwestern University, and director
of the Rice Institute for Biomedical
Japanese American Leadership Delegation: (front row, from left) Sach Takayasu, Lynn
Hashimoto, Yoshie Ito, Linda Taira; (second row, from left) Kaz Maniwa, U.S.-Japan
Council senior vice president, Priscilla Ouchida, Tracy Tsuetaki, Irene Hirano Inouye,
U.S.-Japan Council president; (third row, from left) Toshiki Masaki, Robin Yasui, Richard
Morimoto, Tyler Tokioka
Research at Northwestern University in
Evanston, Ill. He has been continuously
supported by grants from the National
Institutes of Health and is a member
of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences.
He has been a visiting professor at several
international universities, including Osaka
University and Kyoto University, and is a
founder of Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc.
in Cambridge, Mass., a biotech company
developing small molecule therapeutics for
age-associated degenerative diseases.
As a faculty member, Morimoto helped
found the Asian American Studies
Program at Northwestern University in
1995. In 2010, he was selected by the
Japanese American Citizens League as
recipient of its Japanese American of the
Biennium Award. He holds a B.S. from
the University of Illinois at Chicago and
a Ph.D. in biology from the University
of Chicago, and trained at Harvard
University.
The other 2015 delegates include:
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• Lynn Hashimoto (Seattle), senior
attorney, Worldwide Sales Group Microsoft
Corporation.
• Yoshie Ito (New York City), assistant
director of Global Initiatives at the Asia
Society.
• Toshiki Masaki (Detroit) government
affairs manager, Ford Motor Co.
• Priscilla Ouchida (San Francisco),
executive director, Japanese American
Citizens League.
• Linda Taira (Los Angeles),
senior manager, internal and CEO
communications, Boeing Defense, Space
& Security Unit.
• Sach Takayasu (Washington, D.C.),
president and CEO, Asian/Pacific Islander
American Chamber of Commerce and
Entrepreneurship.
• Tyler Tokioka (Honolulu), vice president
for external affairs, Island Insurance
Companies.
• Dr. Tracy Tsuetaki (Chapel Hill, N.C.),
senior vice president of PAREXEL
International, a global life sciences
services and technology organization.
• Dr. Robin Yasui (Denver), director of
geriatrics at Denver Health and Hospitals.
Women’s Association making mats, reorganizing MBT kitchen
By Jeanne Toguri
ishing for spring and hoping we
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are seeing the end of the snow/
ice...our February Board meeting was
blizzarded out although a few die-hards
did make it to church. So we held a
very informal meeting, discussing
the tobans and the need for new
participants.
We are open to anyone wishing to
learn and help out. You do not need to
commit to a particular toban group; if
you can just help on the day of otoki,
your assistance would be welcomed.
We will be working on the toban
rotation for 2016 and will have it for the
annual meeting in October.
NLOB: The New Life for Old Bags
(NLOB) work sessions are going quite
well.To date, folks participating in
NLOB at the temple have completed 28
sleeping mats for the homeless.
Elaine Matsushita and I went to the
5th Anniversary party for NLOB at
the United in Faith Lutheran Church
in February. There were about 100
or more participants in attendance
working together while listening to
various musical groups playing during
the day. It is amazing how so many
individuals—young and old—gather
together and enjoy themselves and
each other while contributing to such a
worthwhile cause.
We were given statistics of the numbers
of homeless in Chicago: 138,575—
from young children to adults—are
listed as homeless with 22,144 of these
being students are enrolled in the
Chicago Public School system. I will
post the stats on the bulletin board in
the Social Hall for those interested. It is
truly eye-opening information.
We will continue to have NLOB work
sessions at the temple every second
Sunday of the month after service with
a few exceptions. We will not have
an NLOB work session in April, due
Photo by Jennifer Toguri
Boys just wanna have fun: Dr. Ben Chikaraishi and David Toguri were working hard at the
March New Life for Old Bags session. To date, MBT has completed 28 sleeping mats for
the homeless.
to Hanamatsuri, nor in August, due to
Ginza, nor October if the marathon falls
on the second Sunday of the month.
Kitchen reorganization: The kitchen
at MBT has been decluttered and
reorganized. We have been working
with the MBT Board on this project and
hope that everyone will find not only it
a better working area but also will help
us keep it organized and tidy. We have
posted some simple quidelines to assist
everyone regarding its usage.
Acknowledgements: We would like to
thank the following for donations:
•
Michi Hirota and May Nakano
•
Refreshments for NLOB: Golden
Agers, Nancy Nishimura and Kiyo
Chikaraishi, Elaine Matsushita,
Elaine Miyamura and Jeanne
Toguri. We would also like to thank
the Morton Grove Knitting Group at
the Morton Grove Library for their
donation of plastic bags, as well as
many employees of the Creative
Department at Crate and Barrel.
•
Volunteers needed: The following
committees are in need of volunteers:
1. Nominating Committee: Establishes
slate of officers for coming 2016-2017 year.
2. Annual Luncheon Committee:
Plans and organizes annual Women’s
Association Luncheon and meeting for
the fall.
Kaz Fujishima in memory of Mits
Fujishima
We welcome any suggestions,
concerns or interest in any of our
activities. Feel free to contact the
Women’s Association at:
mbt.womens.assoc@gmail.com.
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Siddhartha
Continued from page 1
nation. Everything he had
and was, he received from
others.
As an adult, he wished to
understand life beyond the
simple fulfillment of his own
desires. Venturing forth from
the rarefied environment of
palace life, he learned from
the life of commoners the
truths of old age, sickness,
and death, and from a
wandering holy man he
learned of the age-old path
of spiritual pursuit.
Siddhartha’s mind was
opened to the suffering of
other people, and suddenly
all he could think of was his
wish to end this suffering,
for himself and all others.
He left the palace, and was
borne away by his faithful
steed and horseman, till he
crossed the Anoma River
and left the world he knew
behind.
For six years, he wandered
from place to place, learning
from others. He learned how
to fast, how to meditate, how
to mortify the flesh. Siddhartha
strove mightily to achieve
his own enlightenment for
himself, to understand the
Self, which was the highest
spiritual pursuit in ancient
India and believed by many to
be the path to release.
Finally, as his body wasted
away nearly to nothing and his
efforts to quell suffering once
and for all proved fruitless,
he gave up his attachment to
asceticism and the idea that
his own efforts alone could
free him.
Siddhartha went down to the
stream and bathed. Its flowing
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waters cleansed and supported
him, and as he bathed, a
young outcast girl offered him a
meal. The food nourished and
restored him, and with a mind
of gratitude he walked through
the forest. A young outcast boy
appeared and offered him fresh
grass for a meditation seat,
and sitting down beneath the
sheltering branches of a tree,
he relaxed back into an easy
and natural state of reflection.
Now that he had stopped trying
to win enlightenment through
his own extreme effort, his mind
was clear and he began to see
into the nature of all things.
He saw how in innumerable
past existences he had
traveled toward this moment,
supported by the work and
kindness of others, and
learned to perfect the virtues
by helping them in turn. He
saw into the emptiness of all
things, their interdependent
and mutual co-arising, and
saw that there was in fact no
essential Self after all.
A rainstorm arose, and the
giant Serpent King spread
his cobra’s hood to protect
the seated man. The evil god
Mara appeared to frighten
and tempt Siddhartha. When
this failed, he challenged
the young man’s right to
liberation. Siddhartha simply
bent and touched the earth
with his hand. Mother Earth
trembled and sprang up,
wringing the ocean from her
hair and washing Mara away.
Siddhartha sat serenely, his
eye on the rising morning
star, and he came ever after
to be known as the Buddha,
the One Who Awakened.
The Buddha became the
Buddha because of his father
and mother, because of his
courtiers and the peasants
in the fields, because of
the horse that he rode to
the forest, the sages who
encouraged his pursuits,
the ascetics who taught
him mortification and also
ultimately let him see that
mortification isn’t the answer,
the stream that bathed him,
the girl who fed him and the
food, the boy and the grass,
the tree, the Serpent King,
and the earth, because of
the star that rose and shone
just-as-it-was, because of the
air that Siddhartha breathed
in as he sat, because of the
sun that provided him heat
and nourished the plants he
ate—everything everywhere
came together to produce the
Buddha. And most of all, the
Buddha became the Buddha
because he was already held
by the liberated nature of
reality to begin with—he only
discovered what had been
the true state of himself and
all things, all beings all along:
vast emptiness, nothing
set aside and holy, nothing
outside of the inter-connected
embrace of reality.
The Buddha did not discover
something unique and
special about himself. He
did not become something
different from other things
or people. He awakened
to the true nature of all
things (himself included)
as liberated suchness.
This awakening came after
he had been supported
in innumerable ways by
countless beings and
conditions, and after he
had ceased to strive after
enlightenment and relaxed
back into his natural state.
As a much later Japanese
Zen thinker named Dogen
said, “To study the Buddha
way is to study the self. To
study the self is to forget the
‘self.’ To forget the ‘self’ is to
be enlightened by all things.”
I’m not saying that the
Buddha put out no effort.
But effort too is empty of
independent-nature and
arises interdependently
from the contingency of all
things. Siddhartha could only
put out “his” effort after and
while being supported by the
entire universe. Likewise, our
own efforts toward deeper
insight and understanding
can only take place within an
infinite matrix of supportive
actions by others.
How lucky we are to live
in such an open-ended
universe, where we can
receive what we need
from others and contribute
toward the happiness and
awakening of one another.
Interludes on
Mindfulness
Concert April 26
By Elaine Matsushita
There’s something
undeniably magical about
reading insightful looks at life
in words full of rhythm and
soul. There’s something even
more magical hearing those
words spoken in the writer’s
own voice.
We will be able to experience
that magic when Wilmette
author Barbara Mahany
reads from her recently
published book “Slowing
Time: Seeing the Sacred
Outside Your Kitchen Door” at
MBT on April 26.
But the magic will go even
further when Mahany is joined
by Fused Muse Ensemble
members Sophie Webber
and Soo Young Lee, who
will combine the poetry and
emotion of cello and piano with
Mahany’s spoken words.
The Fused Muse Ensemble,
led by cellist/musical director
Sophie Webber, is made up
of “innovative and top-ranking
international musicians...
interested in increasing
classical music’s engagement
with the public and with
important global issues.”
The Fused Muse Ensemble, led by cellist Sophie Webber (right), will share the MBT stage with
Barbara Mahany at 1 pm April 26.
Each year, Fused Muse
themes its performances to a
different global concern and
partners with local charities
that represent that concern.
This year, the group is
dedicated to working to help
the homeless. Because of
MBT’s involvement with New
Life for Old Bags and our
Clothes and Food Donation
programs, Fused Muse is
especially excited to bring
this program to the temple,
says Webber, cellist and
Fused Muse musical director.
Their work integrates
classical music with other
media such as film, science,
dance and, now, spoken
word.
Save the date
APRIL 4 Tempura Cooking Class:
Learn how to make the delicately fried
shrimp and vegetables with May Nakano.
Maximum of 10 participants.
Hours: 10 am–noon. Cost: $25 for MBT
members, $30 for non-members. For
more information or to register, contact the
office at 312.943.7801 or sign up on the
bulletin board at the temple.
APRIL 12 Hanamatsuri, literally flower
festival, is a day commemorating the
birth of Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha
became Enlightened as Shakyamuni
Buddha and this marks the release of
sentient beings from suffering and sorrow.
Service is at 10:30 am, followed by otoki
lunch in the Social Hall.
APRIL 18 An MBT Creative Writing
Workshop will be led by Eduardo Cruz
Eusebio, novelist and former publishereditor of magazines and newspapers. He
will teach participants how to write a story,
script or screenplay.
Lee, who earned her doctoral
degree from Northwestern
University after studying
with Dr. David Kaiserman,
has taught and performed
piano across the United
States and currently teaches
piano, chamber music and
theory at The Music Institute
of Chicago and at the MIC
Academy. She also is on the
piano faculty at Lake Forest.
While Barb’s perspective is
from a Catholic background
and her blended family with
her Jewish husband, Chicago
Tribune architecture critic
and Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist Blair Kamin, what
comes through in her essays
are some fundamental
Mr. Eusebio also has taught fiction writing
and small-press publishing at Columbia
College.
Hours: 9:30 am–noon. Cost: $25 for
non-members, $20 for members. Class
capacity is 10 students. Please contact the
office at 312.943.7801 or sign up on the
bulletin board at the temple.
APRIL 25 Ginza Food Service
Seminar: Receive your food service
certification from the City of Chicago to
work at Ginza 2015.
Hours: 10 am–noon. Where: MBT
Conference Room. Free for Ginza Staff;
$30 for non-staff. Contact Albert Sora or
call the office at 312.943.7801.
APRIL 26 Interludes on Mindfulness
concert with author Barbara Mahany
and members of the Fused Muse
Ensemble (see above). Hours: 1–2 pm
in the Social Hall.
MAY 10 The Women’s Association and
Golden Agers hope you’ll come to cut
plastic bags, make plarn or crochet mats
at their next New Life for Old Bags
Buddhist teachings—mainly
about mindfulness.
This Interludes on
Mindfulness concert will
be held in the Social Hall
from 1 to 2 pm. While there
is no admission fee, a $5
donation and a canned
good for donation to MBT’s
Food Donation program and
Cornerstone Community
Outreach, which distributes
the sleeping mats made by
New Life for Old Bags, will be
welcomed.
Refreshments will be available.
For more information,
call 312.943.7801 or visit
mbtchicago.org.
gathering after service on Sunday,
May 10. (There will not be a session in
April due to the Hanamatsuri celebration.)
NLOB collaborates with other nonprofits to
make sleeping mats for the homeless. So
far, MBT has produced 28 mats.
You don’t have to bring anything—all
materials will be provided. But if you
have plastic bags you would like to
recycle, all are welcome.
Cornerstone Community Outreach, which
runs shelters and provides services for the
homeless, distributes the mats we make.
MAY 16 A Hawaiian Party featuring
Pesi Mauga and his Royal Polynesian
Revue will be held at the temple on May
16, from 5–8 pm.
Food will include a whole roasted pig,
luau style, with plenty of other food for
children and vegetarians. It will definitely
be kid-friendly with games and activities
for children.
Tickets are $30 for adults; $15 for
children under 12. For more information,
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Start the year off right and make your pledge by simply sending
Help us get to our goal.
Don’t forget to pledge!
THE 2015
MIDWEST BUDDHIST
TEMPLE
PLEDGE YEAR HAS BEGUN
Start the year off right and make your pledge by simply sending or
bringing in your check with “Pledge 2015” on the memo line.
Or donate online at midwestbuddhisttemple.org.
Those wishing to support the temple without becoming a member
may specify their donations under the “Friend” category, which,
for the minimum annual donation of $50, provides all membership privileges except voting rights.
2015 Pledge Drive
Goal: $90,000
$4650
As of
2/28/15
Special Funds
When you donate to the Flower Fund, you help pay for the
fresh flowers that are delivered to the temple every week,
twice a week, for the altar. People who have hojis or memorial services do not necessarily need to buy flowers. They
can buy their own, use the flowers provided or donate to the
Floral Fund.
Money donated to the Nokotsudo or Columbarium Fund
helps maintain the room and purchase new shelves in which
the urns of loved ones are kept.
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Midwest Buddhist Temple
Membership Pledge
Dear Members and Friends:
The Midwest Buddhist Temple appreciates your participation
in our temple activities. It is at this time of year we ask for your
annual pledge of financial support to continue these activities.
Your financial commitment enables us to hear the Buddha
Dharma at weekly services, monthly memorial services, Dharma
School, Zen Shin Sangha, Buddhist education classes and
seminars. It allows us to gather for major Buddhist holidays,
remember loved ones at Bon Odori, work together at Ginza
Holiday and enjoy traditions like mochi-tsuki. We can reach
others through our monthly Bulletin newsletter and via the
internet, where we post the Sunday Dharma talks that are
approaching 300 downloads a month. And, we can enjoy
the fellowship that comes from the Golden Agers, Womens
Association, Taiko and Minyo Groups. Scroll to the bottom of this
page to see some of activities and programs that your Pledge
helps support each year.
Our 2015 Pledge Goal
In 2014, we achieved 84% of our goal of $90,000. Given the
many calls for donation from many organizations and causes,
we are grateful for this achievement and sincerely thank our
Sangha. We will maintain $90,000 as our goal for 2015.
At MBT, we have a system of pledges rather than set dues. We
do not publish donor amounts and regardless of amount, every
expression of Dana is accepted with the same deep sense of
appreciation. Thanks to the efforts of our temple staff and many
volunteers we have been able to keep operating costs to a
minimum. Despite these efforts, costs continue to rise.
For 2015, an average pledge of $400 per member will be
needed to meet our pledge goal. Not all are able to contribute
at this level so any who are able and willing to pay more are
encouraged to do so. Our Board of Trustees has set a minimum
$150 pledge per person for voting membership. Non-voting
membership applies for pledges under the minimum. All MBT
supporters are asked to give what they can financially, as well as
your much-appreciated non-financial contributions.
How to Make Your Pledge
Please complete our Pledge Form (see opposite page) with
the requested information—this is an important step to help us
maintain our membership records. Please mail in your completed
Pledge Form with a check payable to Midwest Buddhist Temple
(please put “2015 Pledge” on the memo line) to:
Midwest Buddhist Temple Pledge
435 W. Menomonee St.
Chicago IL 60614
Alternatively, you can go to our website, mbtchicago.org and
make your pledge and payment online.
Thank you for considering a pledge of support to MBT. Of
course, if you are not ready to pledge a financial commitment
at this time, we welcome and encourage your continued
participation. Be assured that you will be welcome at all times.
If you have any questions or would like more information about
the pledge process, feel free to contact Jesse Zavala by email
at office@midwestbuddhisttemple.org or call 312.943.7801. Or
contact our 2015 Pledge Co-Chairs Rick Morimoto or Sharon
Harada.
Gassho,
Kiku Taura, president, Board of Trustees
Rick Morimoto & Sharon Harada, Pledge co-chairs
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MBT Bulletin 9
domo
Garden Fund
In Memory of Mits
Fujishima
Sharon Harada
In Memory of James
Inouye
Mrs. Jean Inouye
In Memory of Janina
Bikulcs and Eugenia
Tomasulo
Mr. John Bikulcs
Ms. Theresa Cichocki
Nokotsudo
April memorials
The Midwest Buddhist Temple gratefully acknowledges the following donations
received between Feb. 8, 2015 and March 1, 2015.
Please notify the Bulletin staff or the MBT Office of any omissions or corrections.
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Nakaoka
Zen Shin Meditation
Ms. Theresa Cichocki
January Memorial
Ms. Emiko Morimoto
February Memorial
Mrs. Yayeko Adachi
Mrs. Sachi Kato
Mrs. Fumiko Matsushita
Mr. Masao Miyata
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Miyata
Dr. & Mrs. Rick Morimoto
Mr. & Mrs. Takashi Murakami
On the first Sunday of each month, the Midwest Buddhist Temple
holds a collective Monthly Memorial Service during the regular
Sunday Family Service, when loved ones can be remembered and
honored.
Although memorial services are held in memory of a loved one
who has passed away, the purpose of the memorial service is for
1922
1930
1931
1935
1941
1943
1946
1957
1959
1960
1964
1966
1970
1972
1973
1974
1976
1977
1981
Hikoichi Miyata
Kine Masai
Suekichi Tsuji
Shigetaro Fujii
Sato Chikaraishi
Kuhei Nakamoto
Toichi Shishida
Hidokachi Kunisada
Teiichi Ono
Isao Fukui
Hagino Mizuki
Yoshi Nishioka
Kiyoshi Tsusaki
Fujie Kanameishi
Rev. Kenji Itahara
Chizuru Oda
Nai Isono
Harry Hideo Miyake
Itoyo Onishi
Tomoyuki Saida
Sato Matsumoto
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1982
1983
1985
1986
1987
1988
1991
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Ms. Tsune Nakagawa
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Nakamoto
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Nakaoka
Mrs. Yasuko Okigawa
Mr. & Mrs. Teruki Okubo
Mrs. Kaye Shinozaki
Mrs. Lucille Tokuno
Mr. & Mrs. Chiyeko Tsuji
March Memorial
Mr. Roy Hashimoto
Mrs. Jean Inouye
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Naito
Ms. Tsune Nakagawa
Mr. & Mrs. Mario Paguirigan
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Suekama
Mr. & Mrs. David Toguri
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Umeki
Mrs. Dorothy Watanuki
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Yamashita
Special
In Memory of
Mits Fujishima
Mrs. Marilynn Alsdorf
Mrs. Kazuko Fujishima
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Kanemoto
Ms. Tsune Nakagawa
Toronto Buddhist Temple
Ms. Pamela Yoshida
us, the living, the ones who remain behind. The memorial service
provides an opportunity to express appreciation and gratitude for
the many benefits we have received from the person who passed
away.
These are the names of temple friends who have passed away in
the month of April and whom we will be remembering.
Charles H.Takeshita
Katsu Higashigawa
Tomiyo Morita
Ayako Taniguchi
Masao Bill Koyanagi
Kimi Umeko
Tamiko Matsushita
Koso Matsushima
Suzanne K. Weiss
Roy T. Sakaye
Shizue Wakasa
Jerry Okazaki
Sumio Ikoma
Coolidge Tanino
Asao Frank Minato
Tom Kazuo Nakagawa
Setsuko Kobayashi
Hayano Oda
Jeff Masaru Sonoda
Masaru Isshiki
Gerald C. Miyata
2000
2004
2006
2007
2008
2011
2012
2013
2014
Mickey (Miuki) Fujii
Evalyn T. Cromwell
Rose T. Mukai
Shigeyo Mizuno
Doris Patton
Sue Shizuko Fujisawa
Yoshiwo Fujita
Masaki Mizuki
Sumio Gray Nakamoto
Toshi Hieshima
Ayako Hamamoto
Janice Maekawa
Shunso Sera
Alexander Wybrow
Kazuichi Okigawa
Jewel Miyoko Kanai
Mitsuo Kodama
Grace Fusako Motooka
Akiko Toba
Hiram Maekawa
Ask
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In Japan, the tradition
has been that saying
the Nembutsu should
be natural and
spontaneous. But
in America, it is not
spontaneous, so it
was thought that the
ministers would “force”
the habit to have the
members repeat after
the minister; if once was
good, then, three times was better.
Interludes on Mindfulness
Words and Music for Slowing Time
Sunday, April 26 | 1 – 2 pm
Midwest Buddhist Temple | 435 W. Menomonee St.
Join us for a special concert of music and words.
Words by Barbara Mahany, author of
“Slowing Time: Seeing the Sacred Outside Your Kitchen”
Music by Fused Muse Ensemble
Sophie Webber, cello | Soo Lee, piano
No admission fee / $5 donation and a canned good will be welcomed.
Refreshments available. Handicapped accessible. Parking in the temple lot is free.
For more information, call 312.943.7801 or visit mbtchicago.org.
Is there something you’ve been wondering
about and would love to have some oneon-one time with Rev. Ron Miyamura to
ask him? Here’s your chance—our new
column: Ask Rev. Ron. Drop your questions
off in the temple office or email them to
bulletin.mbtchicago@gmail.com.
The Way of the Boddhisattva
May I be a medicine for the sick
and weary, nursing them until their
afflictions are gone forever. I would be
a protector of the helpless, a guide for
travelers and their means for crossing
a stream, a lamp for those who need a
lamp, a bed for those who need a bed,
a slave for those who need a slave.
May all find happiness through my
actions and let no one suffer because
of me. Whether they love or hate me,
may those feelings be the source of
their fulfillment. Those who mock,
accuse or wrong me, may they all
attain enlightenment.
Yes, please include my donation in support of the Midwest Buddhist Temple
Japanese Garden
Name / Company (optional) _______________________________________
Address ________________________ City. State ZIP Code _____________
Phone (optional) _________________ Email (optional) ________________
Donation Amount _______________________________________________
(Make checks payable to Midwest Buddhist Temple, with Japanese Garden in the memo field)
Mail to:
Midwest Buddhist Temple
435 W. Menomonee St.
Chicago, IL 60614-5244
Attn: MBT Japanese Garden
Donation In Memory or In Honor of (optional/circle one)
Your contact information is requested to mail a receipt for your donation. We will
not call, or send email or USPS mail to you without your permission. We will not sell
or distribute your information to other organizations.The Midwest Buddhist Temple
Garden is a 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible. Consult your tax
professional. Your canceled check will serve as your receipt for tax purposes.
Thank you for joining us in this beautiful endeavor!
MBT Bulletin 11
There’s more
to learn than
cooking in May’s
tonkatsu class
By Sandra M. Adams
M
ore than a dozen MBT sangha
members and friends gathered in the
MBT kitchen on Saturday morning, March
7, to learn how to make tonkatsu and kare
rice with May Nakano.
After hand-washing and receiving recipe
handouts, we gathered in front of cutting
boards piled with potatoes, carrots and
onions. Packages of pork and chicken from
Mitsuwa Market in Arlington Heights stood
ready—along with panko bread crumbs,
eggs, flour, salt and golden curry mix.
Photos by Sandra M. Adams
“Chop those potatoes into cubes the size
of your thumbnail,” May instructed.
Tsune Nakagawa, Myrna Hogan and
Kathy Sakata watch as May Nakano
teaches how to tenderize pork loin for
tonkatsu.
“Saute those chopped onions until they
are opaque!”
As the tonkatsu browned and the rice
cooked, students helped set the lunch
table and chatted about favorite Chicago
restaurants—Sunshine, Cho Sun Ok,
Hema’s Kitchen, Mizu. There was
friendly controversy about Chicago’s best
tonkatsu: Renga-tei? Sunshine!.
Making tonkatsu for 18 people challenges
the cook to try to serve it while hot so the
breading remains crispy! Tonkatsu and
tempura should always be crisp, said May.
“Don’t make those carrot slices too fat.
They’ll take too long to cook!”
“More vegetables add more texture to the
kare [curry] sauce,” said May.
To the sounds of chopping, May also
offered Japanese cultural wisdom:
· Always slice apples and bananas before
eating them so you do not eat like a
monkey!
· Slurping your food is important. Do not
cut your life short by cutting your noodles!
As May pounded the pork loin and chicken
tenders with a wooden mallet to tenderize
them, she told us about an NHK Hawaii
video that describes making tonkatsu and
even how to raise the pigs!
As the fragrance of simmering vegetables
filled the air, May gave us the lowdown on
tonkatsu:
· Adding a dash of salt in your egg
assures your tonkatsu will not taste flat!
· Before dipping meat slices into beaten
eggs, be sure to add water to the eggs so
you will not have globs of cooked egg on
your tonkatsu!
· Dip your meat into flour, egg and then
panko crumbs, in that order, before
cooking in a very hot electric frying pan.
May and Ryan Toguri began dipping the
pork and chicken slices into the hot oil.
Brandishing long cook’s chopsticks, May
told us about the circulating water system
underneath MBT’s giant gas woks that
cools them safely while preparing beans
for kintoki, and parboiling chicken for the
Ginza holiday.
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Soon a large pan was lined with golden
slices of tonkatsu ready to be placed on
each plate next to a scoop of steaming
rice. The cooks lined up at the stove with
their plates to each get a ladle of fragrant
brown sauce for the kare [curry] rice.
We carried our plates to the Social Hall,
where the table had been set nicely with
pots of green tea, chopsticks, dishes of
rakkyo [crunchy pickled pearl onions] and
kizami beni shoga [pink pickled ginger].
“You need something piquant next to the
food”, said May. “It really pumps up the
taste, along with a blob of hot mustard on
your plate.” There was also the Bulldog
sauce to season the tonkatsu, the same
as is used in Japanese restaurants. To
complement the flavors, there also were
plates of beautiful pink grapefruit-flavored
kanten made by May.
Sensei Ron Miyamura and office manager
Jesse Zavala and his wife, Joy, joined us.
We all said, “Itadakimasu!” and dug into
the crisply breaded, tender tonkatsu and
perfectly seasoned kare rice. Cups of tea
were poured and contented sighs were
heard.
“A certain magic happens when May gets
her hands on food,” one student said.
If you want to join in the magic in the MBT
kitchen, the April Japanese cooking class
with May Nakano will feature tempura. Look
for the signup sheet near the kitchen and ink
yourself on before the spaces fill up.
MBT report from 2015 BCA National Council Meeting
By Roger Suekama
T
his year’s National Council meeting
was held in sunny and warm San
Diego. It was hosted by the Southern
District temples of San Diego and Vista.
I have been to many National Council
meetings, and I was expecting the same
business meetings and workshops that
meant very little to us in the Eastern
District. But I was pleasantly surprised
that this year’s meeting had much more
relevance than in past years.
We arrived Thursday afternoon just in time
to attend a symposium on Buddhism and
counseling. The symposium was divided
into three panels. The participants all
spoke of counseling programs they were
involved in and how it related to Buddhist
teaching.
The programs can be helpful to any
community, however, they do warn that they
must be carried out by qualified practitioners
who hold their sessions in confidence.
If a temple has associations with such
personnel, the programs can be a great
asset to the temple and community.
The next morning focused on the
meeting’s main business with 160
delegates and ministers listening to reports
from the bishop, BCA president and
myriad reports from various organizations.
BCA President Kent Matsuda kept
the meeting on track by limiting the
speakers to two minutes. The budget
was presented, and it was decided that
the 2015-16 dues assessment would
not exceed $1,600,000 (the 2014-15
assessment was $1,598,942). That meant
that the BCA Board had to keep a tight rein
on their expenses.
organizations such as FBWA, Scouting,
etc. The meeting was to have gone on
until 2 pm, but we surprisingly finished the
business agenda before lunch and we had
a second Dharmathon of four ministers in
the afternoon.
This was a treat because we normally do
not get the chance to hear from different
ministers. Additionally, most of these
ministers were new to the BCA and would
not normally have the opportunity to speak
to a large group.
Speaking of other activities, the afternoon
was devoted to additional workshops on
“What Can the BCA Do for You?” and
“E-Polling.”
The budget passed. And before we knew
it, the morning session was over and we
adjourned for lunch. In past years, the
council would reconvene for more meetings.
But this year, they had the first of two
Dharmathons, where we were able to hear
15-minute dharma talks from four ministers.
That took us to the evening workshops,
which had varied topics that pertained
to the individual temples. Among the
workshops was “Archiving Temple
Documents,” “EcoSangha: Being
Ecologically Aware,” “BCA Endowment
Foundation Planned Giving” and
“Ministerial Affairs—Minister’s Health
Plan.” These workshops provided an
opportunity for temples to hear about
success stories from other temples and
organizations.
The next morning, we started again
with the council meetings, consisting
of mainly reports from the districts and
I, along with many older attendees, would
recall meetings going from 9 am–5 pm on
Friday and Saturday and even voting on
the budget Sunday afternoon. Thankfully,
the current administration is able to
condense the meeting time so we could
have more time for workshops and other
activities.
One final surprise was the Saturday
evening banquet, which in the past was a
coat-and-tie occasion. This year, because
the hotel was designed with a Hawaiian
theme, the dress for the banquet was
much more comfortable aloha attire. We
were able to talk to many other delegates
and compare notes about our temples and
bring ideas home to try out.
I think this year’s council meeting was a
great success, and I look forward to future
council meetings to use their template to
promote more programs that can help the
individual temples.
Gassho,
RS
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8:30 am Zen Shin Meditation
10:30 am Monthly Memorial
Service / Dharma
Talk by Rev. Ron Miyamura
15
Zen Shin Meditation
Board of Trustees
Hanamatsuri
Service / Dharma
Talk by Rev. Ron
Miyamura
Otoki
6 pm Zen Shin Meditation
8:30 am
9 am
10:30 am
11:30 am
6 pm Zen Shin Meditation
wednesday
sunday
08
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wednesday
05
sunday
29
10 am Sanitation Seminar
for Ginza workers
–1 pm
6 pm Zen Shin Meditation
8:30 am Zen Shin Meditation
10:30 am Family & Dharma
School Service /
Dharma Talk by
Rev. Ron Miyamura
wednesday
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sunday
saturday
6 pm Zen Shin Meditation
8:30 am Zen Shin Meditation
Events Committee
Afternoon
91am
pm Saturday
& Dharma
10:30 am Family
Movie
Japanese
School Service /
Dharma Talk by
Susan Gilkey
wednesday
22
25
19
sunday
april 2015