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12/31/2024 New Year’s Eve Service


12/12/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – January 2025 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)


 

12/8/2024 – Bodhi Day and December Shotsuki Service


11/24/2024 Dharma Family Service


9/7/2024posted – Topaz Stories Exhibits and Events

September 22 – December 13, 2024 @ J-Sei

BCO Community Page


Dharma Forward Campaign

DHARMA FORWARD IS OUR VISION TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA

  • Dharma Forward Fundraising Campaign
  • BCA – Dharma Forward Information (LINK)


11/18/2024posted – Movie – And Then They Came For Us 

Screening and Discussion Sunday December 8, 2024
Berkeley CA – 2pm to 4pm


11/17/2024 – Dharma Family Service


11/16/2024 – BCA Connect – November 2024

PDF File


11/14/2024posted – OBWA Craft 

  • Flyer

11/8/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – December 2024 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)


11/6/2024posted –  BCO Mochitsuki 

BCO Mochitsuki – Sunday December 15, 2024 – 7am…

Click on Mochi Image to order…

Ordering Link

MOCHITSUKI

Buddhist Church of Oakland
December 15, 2024 – 7am Start…

 Please mark your calendars and plan to come out to support BCO.  Volunteers needed for this cultural and community tradition.  Volunteers needed throughout the day.

Please look for details in the coming weeks (i.e., mochi menu, pricing, times for volunteers, etc.).

Thank you for supporting BCO!

(LINK)


11/6/2024posted – Final Home Court Movie Screening

Wednesday November 13, 2024


11/6/2024posted –  BCO Mochitsuki 

BCO Mochitsuki – Sunday December 15, 2024 – 7am…

Click on Mochi Image to order…

Ordering Link

MOCHITSUKI

Buddhist Church of Oakland
December 15, 2024 – 7am Start…

 Please mark your calendars and plan to come out to support BCO.  Volunteers needed for this cultural and community tradition.  Volunteers needed throughout the day.

Please look for details in the coming weeks (i.e., mochi menu, pricing, times for volunteers, etc.).

Thank you for supporting BCO!

(LINK)


11/3/2024 – Dharma Family and Shotsuki Service


10/27/2024 – Dharma Halloween Service


10/20/2024 – Keirokai Service (Senior Appreciation Service)


10/13/2024 – Dharma Family & OBWA Eshinni/Kakushinni/Lady Ohtani Memorial Service


10/11/2024 – BCA Connect Newsletter – October 2024

PDF Link


10/10/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – November 2024 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)


10/4/2024posted –  BCO Mochitsuki / December 15, 2024

MOCHITSUKI

Buddhist Church of Oakland
December 15, 2024

 Please mark your calendars and plan to come out to support BCO.  Volunteers needed for this cultural and community tradition.  Volunteers needed throughout the day.

Please look for details in the coming weeks (i.e., mochi menu, pricing, times for volunteers, etc.).

Thank you for supporting BCO!

(LINK)


9/7/2024posted – Topaz Stories Exhibits and Events

September 22 – December 13, 2024 @ J-Sei

BCO Community Page


10/10/2024posted – Family Treasurers Market Place

– Buddhist Church San Francisco

More Info


10/10/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – November 2024 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)


10/6/2024 Dhama Family and Shotsuki Service


10/4/2024posted –  BCO Mochitsuki / December 15, 2024

MOCHITSUKI

Buddhist Church of Oakland
December 15, 2024

 Please mark your calendars and plan to come out to support BCO.  Volunteers needed for this cultural and community tradition.  Volunteers needed throughout the day.

Please look for details in the coming weeks (i.e., mochi menu, pricing, times for volunteers, etc.).

Thank you for supporting BCO!

(LINK)


9/27/2024 – Dharma Family Service


9/22/2024 – Fall Ohigan Service


9/18/2024 – BCA Connect Newsletter – September 2024

PDF Link


9/15/2024 – Dharma Family Service

Guest Speaker: Rev. Brian Nagata


* Sorry for the “sound” issues in the recording. BCO

9/8/2024 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – September 2024


9/8/2024 – Dharma Family Service


9/7/2024posted – Topaz Stories Exhibits and Events

September 22 – December 13, 2024 @ J-Sei

BCO Community Page


9/5/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – October 2024 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)


8/4/2024posted – Good Carma Car Show – Palo Alto

Saturday September 21, 2024

Flyer Link


8/27/2024posted – Meeting The Moment

Live & Online
Saturday September 14, 2024

Flyer

  • Live and Online
  • Held at the Buddhist Church of Oakland – RSVP Requested
  • Streamed on Zoom – RSVP Requested

Presented by:

  • BCO’s Dharma School
  • Berkeley Buddhist Temple’s Blend Committee
  • Mountain View Buddhist Temple’s Engaged Sangha Committee

8/19/2024posted – American Bon Event

American Bon Dancing

Sunday September 8, 2024 – San Francisco

  • Contact Church Office for information on “Members and Friends” Bus transportation to the event.

  • Sunday, September 1st – 10am – BCA Founder’s Day (125th Anniversary Celebration) (Link)PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO SERVICES HELD AT BCO ON SUN 9/1/2024.

   https://YouTube.com/@BuddhistChurchofAmerica/streams

  • Monday, September 2nd – Labor Day HOLIDAY – BCO Office Closed

8/16/2024 – BCA Connect – Newsletter – August 2024


8/12/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – September 2024 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)


8/11/2024 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – August 2024


8/5/2024posted – Kintsukuroi – Movie Premier

Thursday August 22nd 6:30 El Cerrito Performing Arts Cente

Movie Preview (Link)

KINTSUKUROI – Movie Premier….

n.

1. the Japanese art of repairing pottery using gold

2. the strength and beauty found in something that has been broken

The philosophy of KINTSUKUROI shows us that something shattered can be restored and made stronger and more beautiful. The term is an apt metaphor for the Japanese American experience of WWII. 

Forced from their homes, farms and businesses, more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned simply because of their race. Our new feature-length film KINTSUKUROI follows the Ito family from pre-war San Francisco to the concentration camps of the American West to the battlefields of Europe as it endures one of the most shameful periods in American History.

Please join J-SEI and Ikeibi Films in presenting at 6:30pm August 22 at the El Cerrito Performing Arts Center for the East Bay Premiere of KINTSUKUROI. The film features Ryan Takemiya, Kealani Kitaura, Ken Takeda, Ron Munekawa, Kiyomi Koide, Timothy Hsu, Sarah Lee, David Kiyoshi Tom and Chizu Omori. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the cast and crew. 

  • Movie Preview (Link)
  • More Information (Link)

8/4/2024 – Hatsubon Service


8/4/2024 – Obon Service


7/15/2024 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – July 2024


7/14/2024 – Obon Festival – Mountain View Buddhist Church

2024 Mountain View Obon Poster MVBTObon2024


7/14/2024 – Youth Club Basketball Signup Now Open !

Signup Link


7/10/2024posted – American Bon Event

American Bon Dancing

Sunday September 8, 2024 – San Francisco


7/1/2024 (posted) – BCO Golf Fun Day Tournament

Monday September 23, 2024 – 11:00am
Berkeley Country Club

REGISTRATION is NOW OPEN!

 

Registration (Link)


7/1/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – August 2024 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)


6/22/2024 – Bazaar Time – Alameda & San Mateo

   

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6/10/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – July 2024 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)


6/2/2024 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – June 2024


5/19/2024 – Dharma Family Service


5/12/2024 – Gotan-e/Fujimatsuri 850th/800th Combined Service


5/5/2024 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – May 2024


 


4/21/2024 – Pets Memorial Service


4/21/2024 – Lantern Song – Bonbu Stories

Dear BCO Members, Community, & Friends,
This is Rev. Harry Bridge – I wanted to let you know about a new song/video that was just released this past weekend. It is called Lantern Song, and it is by Bonbu Stories, a group which includes BCO Jr. YBA alum Miharu Okamura!

Please check out the video on YouTube – I was not involved in the making of the song but I really want this video to go viral! And remember to hit the like button!

Lantern Song official music video

There is also an Obon Dance to go along with the song – click on the link in the video description.

Thank you!

Rev. Harry


4/14/2024 One Wish Live


3/16/2024 (posted) – BCO Golf Fun Day Tournament

Monday September 23, 2024 – 11:00am
Berkeley Country Club


Dharma Forward Campaign

DHARMA FORWARD IS OUR VISION TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA

  • Dharma Forward Fundraising Campaign
  • BCA – Dharma Forward Information (LINK)


4/14/2024 – Dharma Family Service


4/14/2024 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – April 2024


4/7/2024 – Hanamatsuri Service


4/7/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – May 2024 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)


4/28/2024 – Eden JACL Bento Sale

Please support the Eden Township JACL Bento Sale….

Online Ordering (LINK)

Printable Order Form (LINK)

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3/31/2024 – Dharma Family Service


3/25/2024 – Higan 1 Instrumental


3/24/2024 – Spring Ohioan and Dharma Family Service


Spring Bento Fundraiser Information (LINK)


3/18/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – April 2024 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)

 


3/17/2024 – Dharma Family Service

Online Only Service due to the Oakland Marathon.


3/16/2024 (posted) – BCO Golf Fun Day Tournament

Monday September 23, 2024 – 11:00am
Berkeley Country Club


3/10/2024 – Dharma Family Service

 


3/3/2024 – Dharma Family Service


3/3/2024 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – March 2024


3/2/2024 – Why Balance Is a Predictor of Longevity
Speaker: Karen Owoc, ACSM-CEP, ACSM/CEP-CET

Saturday March 2 – Hybrid Meeting
(In Person and on Zoom)

In-person: Meet at 9:30 AM. Program 10:00-11:30 AM
Zoom room will open at 10:00 AM. Click here to join us.

Why Balance Is a Predictor of Longevity

Speaker: Karen Owoc, ACSM-CEP, ACSM/CEP-CET In-person: Meet at 9:30 AM. Program 10:00-11:30 AM
Zoom room will open at 10:00 AM. Click here to join us.For our March 2, 2024 hybrid meeting, you are cordially invited to attend an exclusive in-person (Kaiser LL-B) and Zoom session with Karen Owoc, a certified Cardiopulmonary Rehab Clinical Exercise Physiologist. Karen will introduce the seven key elements of an effective balance training program, and one lucky person will be evaluated. All in-person attendees will have the opportunity to try a few exercises with Karen’s expert guidance and modifications tailored to your ability.On Karen’s website (link), she reports, “Researchers in a 2014 study of 841 women and 546 men found that the inability to balance on one leg for longer than 20 seconds is associated with diminishing brain health.” (link)
 
Don’t curtail the hobbies and sports that you love because you think the aging process has now limited your physical abilities. YOUR BODY CAN CHANGE – and it’s never too late to start. Please don’t postpone being proactive! Your mobility will change how you age.

In Person details
Kaiser Hospital Building at 3600 Broadway, Lower Level, Conference Rm B (LL-Rm B) in Oakland, CA. Room is open at 9:30am for set-up, and will remain open until 12noon.

Zoom Room details
Zoom room will open at 10:00 AM. Click here to join us.

Karen Owoc is an active member of the Buddhist Church of Oakland.


 

2/29/2024 – Lantern Song – Bonbu Stories

Dear BCO Members, Community, & Friends,
This is Rev. Harry Bridge – I wanted to let you know about a new song/video that was just released this past weekend. It is called Lantern Song, and it is by Bonbu Stories, a group which includes BCO Jr. YBA alum Miharu Okamura!

Please check out the video on YouTube – I was not involved in the making of the song but I really want this video to go viral! And remember to hit the like button!

Lantern Song official music video

There is also an Obon Dance to go along with the song – click on the link in the video description.

Thank you!

Rev. Harry


2/11/2024 – Dharma Family Service


2/11/2024 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – February 2024


2/11/2024 (posted) – Japanese Heritage Night

Giants vs Dodgers Game – Friday May 17, 2024


More Information (LINK)


2/8/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – March 2024 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)


2/4/2023 – Dharma Family Service – Godzilla !!!


2/1/2024 (posted)- KQED Interview:

4/6/2023 – Bay Area Teacher on Growing Up ‘Multiracial Japanese American’ — and Why Ethnic Studies Matters – Joemy Ito-Gates

“Woman. Daughter Adoptee. AIDS Orphan. Hapa. Japanese-American. Asian. Asian-American. Queer Musician. Writer. Martial Artist. Alive.” Those are the words a 21-year-old Joemy Ito-Gates wrote below a photograph of her taken by artist Kip Fulbeck as part of his photography project documenting mixed-race people…. (KQED LINK)

Note: Joemy is an active member of the BCO community.


1/28/2023posted – Tule Lake Pilgrimage 2024

– July 5-8 2024

More Information (Link)


1/28/2024 – Dharma Family Service


1/27/2024 – Youth Club Basketball Schedule 2023-24


1/21/2023 – Dharma School Service


1/20/2023 – Funeral Services for Rev Dr Seigen H Yamaoka

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Click here to download a copy of the Funeral Program

Presented by the BCO Media Team 2024



1/8/2023 posted – Haruku Obata: A Life of Flowers

– Lecture & Ikebana Display

Event Flyer (Link)


1/8/2024 – Busshin Newsletter – February 2024 Issue

Past issues of BCO Busshin (Link)


1/8/2023 posted – BCA Youth Events – Summer Retreat

Event Flyer (jpeg)


1/8/2024 posted – J-Sei Crab Feed – Sunday, Feb 4, 2024


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