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  • SBBWA Annual Memorial Service

    The Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Women’s’ Association Annual Memorial Service honors and pays tribute to our organization’s 840+ past members. This organization continues to persevere because of the many strong women who have come before us. Please join us in paying tribute to your grandmothers, your mothers, your aunts, sisters, and many friends that have left us with their legacy, their teachings and many fond memories. 

    Service will be on Sunday, October 19th, at 10:00am, in the Temple Gym. Rimban Katsuya Kusunoki will deliver the Dharma Talk at this special service to remember and honor our departed SBBWA members. The service will also be streamed on the Seattle Betsuin YouTube channel.

    Both the Covid-19 pandemic and the arson fire at the temple prevented us from holding our annual SBBWA memorial services in the Hondo during these years. Because of these unprecedented circumstances, we will pay special tribute to our members who passed away between 2020 and 2024, as well as those who passed away this year.

    We extend a cordial invitation to you, your family, and friends to join the families of our deceased members in honoring the memory of their loved ones. The photos and/or names of these women will be presented during the service.

    With Gassho,

    Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Women’s Association

  • Wheel of Sangha – October 2025

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  • Register now: Connecting the World Through Music with Rev. Peter Hata

    Rev. Peter Hata will be giving a seminar Saturday, Nov. 22nd on astronaut and musician Sarah Gillis’ violin performance while in orbit. Rev. Hata has a long background as a professional musician. He was an original member of the group Hiroshima, and later became an adjunct professor of music at Cal State University Los Angeles. After he retired from his full-time Minister position at Higashi’s Los Angeles Betsuin in 2021, Rev. Hata has also become an active amateur astronomer.

    Registration information can be found below.

    Connecting the World Through Music

  • Reverend Ryosuke Fukami Solo Hichiriki Performance | 2025-08-31

    Thank you to Reverend Ryosuke Fukami for his two music performances and Dharma Messages in late August and early September, as well as providing a hichiriki workshop for Seattle Betsuin members.

    Please enjoy the recording of Reverend Fukami’s modern hichiriki music performance. English translation provided by Rimban Katsuya Kusunoki. Held at Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple, 8/31/2025. Edited for copyright compliance.