[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1769875239863{margin-top: 40px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/live/3maC53LHo-w?si=zYthiQQhsnkKHT-w&t=1892" align="center" css=".vc_custom_1772555913146{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=""]Good Morning! Welcome to our Shotsuki Monthly Memorial Service for the Month of March. It is always special to welcome our Shotsuki Families who come to honor Family Members they have lost in the month of March of any year. Today, we will look back again at the happenings from the recent BCA National Council meetings two weeks ago, and look forward to events of our Temple 110th Anniversary. They tie together, just as the Shotsuki Service always reminds us, as we look back and forward together.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1769875239863{margin-top: 40px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/live/3feQd2eYahg?si=NXx2LPyWFEbbux9n&t=931" align="center" css=".vc_custom_1771820690565{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=""]Welcome to our Family Service today. Last week we had a break from the Temple Service to watch the BCA National Council Eitaikyo Service provided virtually from Renton, Washington. It is nice to be back together here in Alameda. Our talk today will be on Indra’s Net, and how it connects to the interactions we were surrounded by while attending the meetings, workshops, and services at the national meetings last week.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1769875239863{margin-top: 40px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/live/6bJ0VGxOl4k?si=3IVpABf6YlSys1qS&t=1183" align="center" css=".vc_custom_1770705442337{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=""]Welcome to our Annual Eitaikyo and Nirvana Day Family Service. We will be able to share explanation of Eitaikyo and stories of Nirvana Day, the passing of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1769875239863{margin-top: 40px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/live/lRPl_-czQrQ?si=mWHH8Jw6tQaitQZ8&t=1895" align="center" css=".vc_custom_1770008686894{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=""]Today we will reflect upon the tragic violent in Minnesota and around the country, and the Peace Walk of the Theravada Monks from Texas.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1769875239863{margin-top: 40px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/live/L2JeQ-p8YXo?si=jw69ps78QMeaNgfH&t=1265" align="center" css=".vc_custom_1769875741543{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=""]Today we willk talk about the contributions of Rennyo Shonin to our Shin buddhist services. Rennyo Shonin was the 8th Monshu of the Hongwanji Tradition, direct descendants of Shinran Shonin. He influenced the design of our altar settings and the chants we use even to this day.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1769875239863{margin-top: 40px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/live/y8SoffpfyF8?si=XYKkwz-ES3axcvv-&t=1096" align="center" css=".vc_custom_1769876335150{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=""]Our service talk will be on finding a place here at the temple. We each have different reasons, connections, and encouragements to come to the temple and seek our path. We find a place that fits with the help of our temple friends here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1769875239863{margin-top: 40px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/live/WWlAkikm9KA?si=_SpdFybIJ-7-LN8Z&t=1216" align="center" css=".vc_custom_1769876529715{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=""]In our annual All Beings Memorial Service we reflect upon the pets, animals, and all forms of life that may have shared time, energy, and love while they were with us. They often have shorter life spans. Their cycle of life-death becomes compressed. They, too, become our teachers in showing us the preciousness of each moment and sharing them with us. Our Special Guest Speaker is Yumi Yasuda![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1769875239863{margin-top: 40px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/live/jfWddZSgWIo?si=TZnTk2ru8LL2p5rG&t=1834" align="center" css=".vc_custom_1769882207919{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=""]Welcome to our January Shotsuki Service, the monthly memorial service for the month of January. We are happy to have you join us today for this first Sunday Service for 2026. We begin another cycle of temple services, festivals, and events as we move through the annual calendar.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...