Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii has organized a Triple Celebration Buddhist Education Series to be held online throughout the year of 2024.

The first two sessions are on Saturday, January 13 & Saturday, January 20 from 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (Hawaii Standard Time). The featured speaker will be Dr. David Matsumoto of the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley. His lectures are “What is Mahayana Buddhism?” and “What is Pure Land Buddhism?”

About the Triple Celebration

Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii will commemorate the Triple Celebration on September 7 & 8, 2024. The year 2023 marks the 850th anniversary of the birth of Shinran Shonin, the founder of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist tradition, and 2024 will be the 800th anniversary of the establishment of the Jodo Shinshu teaching and the 135th anniversary of Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii. Accordingly, in 2024, we will observe commemorative services and workshops relating to those auspicious events.

More About the Education Series

More information about this education series is available at the event posting at Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii’s website.