July 22, 2021   Welcome to Hometown Buddhism!  This is the blog of Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple in Ontario, Oregon.  In 2022 our temple will be celebrating 75 years in Ontario, Oregon.  We are proud of our history and are grateful for the Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans who founded our temple and helped it flourish by sharing the Buddhist teachings, supporting each other, and connecting with the larger community.  We hope to keep their legacy alive by continuing to share what they taught us.     Up until last year, we did most...

ASSISTANT MINISTER (TOKUDO) Rev. Kathy was born in Nyssa, Oregon and grew up in Nampa, Idaho. She has been a part of the Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple Sangha from a very young age. She was a Dharma School teacher, a lay speaker, and has conducted an adult study class since 1976. After retiring from a 32-year career as an elementary school teacher, she was certified as a minister’s assistant in 2007. In 2010 she received Tokudo ordination at Nishi Hongwanji in Kyoto, Japan. In 2021 she received the status of assistant minister from Nishi Hongwanji."'My parents stressed the teaching of ‘living...

ASSISTANT MINISTER (KYOSHI) Rev. Anne began attending Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple in the fall of 2002. At that point in her life she was working in the medical field and helping families make difficult medical decisions and cope with grief and loss. She found that the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist teachings, along with her relationship with the community of people at IOBT, helped her find meaning in her work and a new perspective to help face life's challenges. Her desire to learn more about Buddhism led her to volunteer at the temple as well as pursue academic study in Buddhism. In 2010 she received...

MINISTER (KAIKYOSHI MINISTER) Hirano Sensei was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in the year of the fire rooster. He attended the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple as a child and is now the resident minister. He graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S. in Speech Communication, followed by an M.A. in Buddhist Studies from the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, California. He continued his studies at Chuo Bukkyo Gakuin (Central Buddhist Institute) in Kyoto, Japan from 1983 - 1987. After receiving Kyoshi ordination from Nishi Hongwanji in Kyoto, he returned to the United States as a Buddhist...

Directions to the Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple From the West Start out going East on SW 4TH AVE toward N OREGON STREET.Continue on N. OREGON STREET by turning left.Turn right to go onto E IDAHO AVE.Turn right to go South on SE Fourth Street for a couple of blocks. Temple is on your left. From the East Take I-84W towards Ontario.Take the US-30 Business Route exit 376A towards Ontario/US-26.Merge onto the US-30 Business Route, heading West.Turn left to go South on SE Fourth Street for a couple of blocks. Temple is on your left.