Beware of Email Phishing Scams from Ministers

Posted on by Connor McKinney
It has been brought to our attention by several BCA ministers that their emails were recently hacked or their members received emails from fake email addresses appearing as BCA Ministers. Please do not respond to these emails or send any information or money to these scammers.
You may have received an email that looked very authentic as if it came from one of our ministers.  The email was asking others to purchase gift cards.
PLEASE INFORM YOUR MEMBERS OF THIS LATEST EMAIL HACK/SCAM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT OUR MINISTERS WOULD NO ASK FOR SUCH A THING FROM THEIR MEMBERS.

The 75th Anniversary of the A-Bomb, Part 3

Posted on by Tyler Moriguchi

“The basis for peace is for people to understand the pain of others.”
An atomic bomb victim, Mr. Katsuji Yoshida, left this message for us before he passed away in 2010. He was a member of my family temple, Kougenji and also a good friend of my father. He was thirteen years old when the A-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945. He was badly burned because he was close to ground zero. Later, he made a big effort to tell his experience to younger generations. He also came to the U.S.A. to convey his experience and wish for peace. I truly appreciate his words, which are related to the Buddha’s great compassion. I would like to introduce his article written in 2005 and think about “Peace” with you.

Transfer to the Omura Naval Hospital

Kounji temple was in front of our house. People cremated the bodies at the temple’s grounds. The smells of cremation flowed into our house. Pus and maggots were oozing out all over my body. These nasty odors blended and filled our house. I was so relieved to be able to go home and meet my parents. After a while, I became unconscious. Later, I was told that I kept talking in delirium. Continue reading “The 75th Anniversary of the A-Bomb, Part 3”