2021 Dhammacakka Festival

Rev. Yoshida will be sharing his dharma at this year’s HAIB Dhammacakka Celebration. This is the celebration that roots in Shakyamuni Buddha delivering his first sermon about Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path to his first disciples at Sarnath, India.

2021 HAIB Dhammacakka Celebration
(Hawaii Association of International Buddhists)

Date: July 24th (Saturday)

Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM (Hawaii time)
on Zoom: Link will be mailed to you when you sign up

Dhammacakka (Pali) or Dharmachakra (Skt.) means Dharma Wheel. The traditional Dhammacakka celebration commemorates the first discourse by the Buddha to the five ascetics he had practiced with previous to his enlightenment. It is said that one of the five ascetics, awakened immediately upon hearing the teaching of the Middle Way and the Four Noble Truths that the Buddha set forth in this first turning of the Dharma Wheel.

Welcome:

Michael Kieran, HAIB President

Opening chants:

Reverend Takamasa Yamamura (Honolulu Myohoji) 

Lama Karma Rinchen (Kagyu Thegchen Ling)

Venerable Dhammamuni  (Wat Dhammavihara Hawaii)

Keynote Speaker:

Bishop Kosen Ishikawa
of Jodo Mission of Hawaii:

"Rediscovery of Important Messages from our Past" 

Respondents:

Prof. Thomas Chung , University of Alaska – Vajrayana

Ms. Sunny Bolin – Theravada

Rev. Hirosato Yoshida, Soto Mission of Hawaii – Mahayana

Guided Meditation:

led by Dr. Thanh Huynh