San Mateo Buddhist Temple

It's been a busy few days with Halloween and the elections, but we hope you can join us on Wednesday evening for a special session with Rev. Matt Hamasaki of the Buddhist Church of Sacramento to discuss racial justice from a Jodo Shinshu perspective. More details below: https://sanmateobuddhisttemple.org/considering-racial-just/

Happy Halloween, everyone! Please join us tomorrow at 9:30am for a Halloween family Dharma service. Don’t forget to wear your costumes! More details here: ... https://sanmateobuddhisttemple.org/smbt-110th-anniversary-/ See more

We’re celebrating our 110th anniversary at tomorrow’s 9:30am service! Please join us for video greetings by Bishop Harada and past resident ministers Rev. Kujo and Rev. Furumoto, along with a special slideshow of memories and messages from the sangha. Hope you can join us for this celebration! More details here: https://sanmateobuddhisttemple.org/smbt-110th-anniversary-/

The U.S. Army featured SMBT member Miyuki Kamada as a modern day Rosie the Riveter for her dana of making face masks for soldiers deployed to the Middle East. Thank you for all you do, Miyukiwe are so grateful for you and are thankful to have you in our sangha! https://www.army.mil/ar/236209/modern_day_rosie_the_riveter

Reminder that today is the deadline to submit content for the 110th anniversary! Please send any photos, videos, or messages to [email protected]. Thank you!

This Sunday, we'll honor the influential women in our traditionEshinni, Kakushinni, Lady Takeko Kujo, Lady Yoshiko Ohtaniat the Buddhist Women's Association memorial service at 9:30am. Check out the link below for more information. Please join us! https://sanmateobuddhisttemple.org/eshinni-kakushinni-lady/

Share your memories of SMBT! Did you know that SMBT is 110 years young? We'll be celebrating the 110th anniversary of the temple since its founding at a very special service on October 25, and we'd like your help! Send us your messages, photos, and videos to [email protected] by October 17 so that we can include it in our service!

Tomorrow night starting at 6pm, we'll have another Dharma Study class of the Shoshinge: Hymn of True Shinjin and the Nembutsu. Join us for an evening of chanting, reading, and discussion! More information here: https://sanmateobuddhisttemple.org/shoshinge-hymn-of-true-/

Join us tomorrow for our Sunday service at 9:30am on the First Noble Truth: the Truth of Suffering. The Buddha encouraged us to recognize that aging is an unavoidable part of our lives, and Rev. Adams will speak about our elders in the Nembutsu who show us how to age with peace of mind and kindness for others. See you there! More information below: 8:30 a.m. Shoshinge Sofu Chanting 9:00 a.m. Taiso Morning Exercise with instructor Juliet Bost... 9:30 a.m. Dharma Service 10:30 a.m. Dharma Discussion https://sanmateobuddhisttemple.org/the-first-noble-truth-t/

Please join us on Wednesday at 7pm for our October Dharma session with John Mullins, Ministerial aspirant at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. He'll speak on the topic of "What is essential? Finding the Nembutsu in COVID-19" based on his experience. Learn more here and to get the Zoom details for the event: https://sanmateobuddhisttemple.org/what-is-essential-findi/

Wearing masks as an expression of Buddhist awareness. Another timely and insightful episode of No Doubt: A Shin Buddhist Approach from Rev. Takashi Miyaji. https://rdtakam.podbean.com/e/the-voice-of-great-compassion/

Please join us for our services tomorrow morningwe will have our Pet and Plant Memorial Service at 9:30 am, where we appreciate our animal friends and plants who have brightened our lives. Following that service, we will have our monthly Shotsuki service at 10:30 am to honor those who have passed. For more information on the services tomorrow and to submit your pet and plant information to be included in the service, please check out: https://sanmateobuddhisttemple.org/pet-plant-memorial-serv/

Let's support this wonderful event organized by our good Dharma friends at Buddhist Global Relief!