BCO Home Page Archive Files
Archive: 2020 2021 2022
4/8/2021 – Hanamatsuri Video from BCO
“Happy Birthday Shakyamuni Buddha” featuring Miharu and Rev Harry Bridge
“Happy Hanamatsuri” for the In Lumbini’s Garden
4/4/2021 – BCO Hanamatsuri Service – 10am on YouTube
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Special Hanamatsuri Service presented on YouTube – 10am April 4, 2021
3/28/2021 – Dharma Family Service
3/28/2021 – Life Enrichment Program – Chenxing Han “Be the Refuge” Book Talk/Discussion
Saturday May 15, 2021 – 2pm to 4pm pdt – Online Zoom Presentation
Join us on Saturday, May 15th, 2021 for a BCO Life Enrichment Program Featuring Chenxing Han, Author of Be The Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian in American Buddhists. Please pre-register for this program.
3/28/2021 – Retreat: HUMAN NATURE within BUDDHA NATURE
WAKING UP TO A PATH OF HARMONY – June 25-27, 2021 – (near Palm Springs CA)
FlyerRetreat Packet – Word Document Link
3/21/2021 – Spring Ohigan Service
3/21/2021 – Celebrating Women Making History in Buddhism
Link3/20/2021 – Racism Against Asians
Below, you’ll find information and resources to help you understand the Atlanta shootings and other recent acts of violence against Asian-Americans, and the practice self-care. We hope these resources are helpful when having conversations with your family and friends.
- Article on the Atlanta spa shootings (NY Times)
- Self-Care (Asian American Organizing Project)
- Self-Care Tips for Asian-Americans Dealing with Racism (Huffpost)
- Teaching about Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia (Educators 4 Social Change)
Source: Charles Armstrong School, March 19, 2021
3/14/2021 – Dharma Family Service
YouTube Video
Discussion Subjects
- Good Trouble – Rick Stambul (Video Link)
3/12/2021 – Busshin Newsletter April 2021
3/11/2020 – Pets Memorial Service – Sunday April 18th
4/22/2021 – Introduction to Shojin Ryori Cooking with Michael Endo – Buddhist Vegetarian Cuisine – Thursday Night Medical Series
Please Sign-up at: BetsuinPrograms@BuddhistChurch.org
Featuring BCO’s Michael Endo
3/7/2021 – Dharma Family Service
3/07/2021 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – March
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2/28/2021 – BCA Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service
Guest Speaker Reverend Kodo Umezu
YouTube Video of the Event
The Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service is held in appreciation and respect for all those departed members who supported and assisted our temples and who wished to ensure the continuation of Shinran Shonin’s teachings. This annual event will have participants from all BCA temples throughout the United States. We welcome you to join us for this important event. This online service is open to the public and is being held in conjunction with the Ministers’ Association & National Council Meeting 2021 (NCM).
Note: There will be no Dharma Family Service at BCO on Feb 28th. We encourage all to attend online the BCA Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service.
2/28/2021 – BCA National Council Closing Program
Immeasurable Encounterings: BCA Past, Present, and Future
YouTube Video of the Event
First we will honor the career of Rev. Kodo Umezu, recently retired minister and Past BCA Bishop.
Next we will hear from Regina Boone, Virginia photojournalist and granddaughter of Tsuruju Miyazaki, a Japanese immigrant and incarceree who never returned home after World War II. Carrying little more than a portrait and a name, Boone’s journey to discover what happened to her grandfather leads her to a faraway family butsudan.
The final segment will focus on the future with a message from our current BCA Bishop, Rev. Marvin Harada. We will share our vision to build the future of Buddhism in America through the Dharma Forward campaign and premiere a special video.
Musical Performances by the Cherry Blossomz
2/28/2021 – Regina Boone – Journalist Unravels Mysteries of her Japanese grandfather
YouTube Video
Regina Boone was featured at the 2021 BCA National Council Meeting Closing Program (Event Link).
NHK video on Regina Boone discovery of her Japanese Grandfather’s story (Video posted by NHK till March 31, 2021)
2/26/2021 – BCA Dharma Forward – Campaign
OUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT IF WE’RE READY FOR THE CHALLENGE
Interest in Buddhism is growing in America as people seek a better way to live in a self-centered, divisive culture. Our temples offer sangha: a community, a shared experience of the teachings, and a place to call home as we listen to the dharma together. The Institute of Buddhist Studies also offers sangha: a graduate school community of engaged scholars, practitioners, and future ministers.
These communities exist because of dedicated efforts over many generations to carry the dharma forward to us. In gratitude for the Buddha’s wisdom and compassion, now we carry the dharma forward with entrusting hearts. Our opportunity to grow is greater than ever, and the pathway to a bright future includes YOU!
Dharma Forward Video
2/28/2021 – 10am – BCA Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service
Guest Speaker Reverend Kodo Umezu
The Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service is held in appreciation and respect for all those departed members who supported and assisted our temples and who wished to ensure the continuation of Shinran Shonin’s teachings. This annual event will have participants from all BCA temples throughout the United States. We welcome you to join us for this important event. This online service is open to the public and is being held in conjunction with the Ministers’ Association & National Council Meeting 2021 (NCM).
Service Link – Sunday February 28th – 10 am
Note: There will be no Dharma Family Service at BCO on Feb 28th. We encourage all to participate in the BCA Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service.
2/21/2021 – Dharma Family Service
Video
Members please look in your email for service links.
Note: Members, if you are not receiving the email notice for Dharma Family Services, Shotsuki Services and monthly Busshin, please check your email’s SPAM or JUNK folder. If you have changed your email address, please contact the Church Office with any updates. Contact Link
2/18/2021 – NCM – Virtual Dharma Theme Workshops – Open To All Church Members
@ Ministers’ Association & National Council Meeting 2021 – Living in the Nembutsu. February 19 — 28, 2021
- Sat Feb 20 – 10:30am – BCA Town Hall Meeting
Turning Our Membership Decline Around: Ways We Can Do It
Recording will be posted - Sat Feb 20 – 1:30pm – BCA Ministerial Affairs Committee
Featuring Glenn Kitasoe
Recording will be posted - Sat Feb 20 – 2:45pm – Providing a Needed Service to the Community: Pre-School and Adult Senior Day Care Programs
Featuring Claire Tamamoto, Aiea Hongwanji Mission
Recording will be posted - Sat Feb 20 – 4:00pm – BCA Endowment Foundation
Featuring Koichi Sayano, Endowment Board and Anna McGibbons, Angeles Investments
Recording will be posted - Sat Feb 20 – 5:25pm – Young Buddhist Editorial
Featuring Devon Matsumoto and YBE Members
Recording will be posted -
Saturday Feb 27 – 3:30pm – Experience the Nembutsu: Dharmathon and Recognition of Retiring Ministers
Featuring Reverends Ronald Kobata, Fumiaki Usuki. Yukiko Motoyoshi, and Patricia Usuki
3:30 PM PST - Sun Feb 28 – 10am – BCA Eitaikyo Perpetual Memorial Service
Guest Speaker Reverend Kodo Umezu
10:00 AM PST - Sun Feb 28 – 1:30pm – BCA National Council Closing Program: Dharma Forward
Celebrate those who have brought us to this moment as we carry the dharma forward together
1:3o PM PST
2/14/2021 – Dharma Family Service
YouTube Video Link
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2/14/2021 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – February
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2/14/2021 – Jewels (Book) – An Introduction to American Buddhism for Youth….
Jewels: An Introduction to American Buddhism for Youth, Scouts and the Young at Heart, introduces Buddhism to youth and young and other interested adults to Buddhism in America today. The book is dedicated to Buddhist youth and young adults on whose shoulders the future of American Buddhism rests
2/2/2021 – Busshin Newsletter March 2021
2/7/2021 – Dharma Family Service
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1/31/2021- Dharma Family Service
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1/24/2021 Dharma Family Service
Video
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1/24/2021 Dharma Family Service Announcements and Discussion
January 28, 2021 – Be the Refuge — Book Launch: A Conversation with Chenxing Han
REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Link: https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/refuge2021
Letter asking for your help: Link: Hope4Paul
- Asian American Donor Program: Link: aadp.org/HomeKit
- Making a Featured Film Through Chemotheropy: Link: https://youtu.be/WpyDQkTZLZQ
Movie: Only the Brave – 442nd Story, 2006, Directed by Lane Nishikawa: Link Wikipedia
Ministers’ Association & National Council Meeting 2021 – Living in the Nembutsu.
February 19 – 28, 2021
Regina Boone – Journalist Unravels Mysteries of her Japanese grandfather
Regina Boone will be featured at the 2021 BCA National Council Meeting.
1/17/2021 – Ho-onko Dharma Family Service
Observance of Shinran Shonin Memorial.
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1/10/2021 – Sunday Dharma Family Service
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1/9/2021 – BCA J.A.M Online Event – Sunday Jan 10th @ 1pm
Jodo Shinshu Artists and Musician Showcase
Sunday January 10, 2021 @ 1:00pm
1/9/2021 – 2021 BCA Digital Calendar
1/6/2021 – Busshin February 2021
February 2021 Online PDF Version
1/3/2021 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – January
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