Hōonkō Seminar

Name: Hōonkō Seminar
Start: 2026-01-10T13:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-01-10T14:30:00-08:00
Location: 1427 South Main Street, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98144

Schedule

Sat Jan 10 2026 at 01:00 pm to 02:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

1427 South Main Street, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98144 | Seattle, WA

Please join us for our Ho-onko seminar with guest speaker, Rev. Tadao Koyama, from the Tacoma Buddhist Temple. The subject of the seminar is "The Goeiden, Godensho, and Shinran Shonin: A Close Look at Hōonkō"
Register at: https://seattlebetsuin.org/event/ho-onko-seminar-2026/
About Hōonkō:
Shinran Shonin (1173-1262), the founder of our Jōdo Shinshū tradition, passed away on January 16, 1262. For Jōdo Shin Buddhists, Hōonkō (報恩講) is the most important observance of the year. “Hōon” means to “repay or return one’s gratitude” and “kō” refers to “a gathering.”