Family Discovery Nights – All are welcome to attend two upcoming events partnered with the Hanapepe Public Library
A program supported and funded by the County of Kauai
Mahalo for supporting our Charity Walk 2026!
Meditation Group – Every Sunday
Your hosts: Kim Shokan, Cam Shinzen, Todd Donin
Call Cam on 808-855-8300 with any questions.
Weekday evening sits: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30-7:30pm, hosted by Cam and Todd.
Sunday Schedule:
8:45 am: Arrive, slow down and settle in. If you are a beginner or newcomer, please ensure you arrive by 8:45am so we can welcome you and ensure you are comfortable in the Zendo, located at the back of the social hall.
9:05-9:25 am: First sitting period
9:25-9:35 am: Kinhin (walking meditation)
9:35-9:55 am: Second sitting period
10-10:20am: Service and short Dharma talk in the Hondo (main temple)
* On the 3rd Sunday of every month we do our Kannon-ko service, outside in front of the Kannon statue (Boddhisattva of Compassion and Peace).
10:30 am: Matcha, snacks, talk story and fellowship in the social hall.
All are welcome, come as you are.
“Where you stand, where you are, that’s what your life is right there, regardless of how painful it is or how enjoyable it is. That’s what it is.”
— Taizan Maezumi Roshi
July 10-11 – Soto Zen Temple OBON Festival – save the date!
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS
Kitchen helpers (plating and serving food): Friday and Saturday 4 – 8pm
Parking volunteers: Friday and Saturday 3 – 7:30pm
Additional tasks: set up tents, cleaning up, take down
Hospitality Booth volunteers welcome & register guests
This is our biggest and most important event of the year
and it’s fun to be part of it! If you are available to volunteer
in any capacity, please call our number and leave a message for Ed
Mahalo for contributing your time, energy and spirit. 🙏
May-June-July 2026 Newsletter
ALOHA! E komo mai!
Come and Visit our Temple!
If we are not there to greet you, please do a self-guided
tour to learn more about:
our famous Bodhi tree
one of kind World Peace statue,
the first Zen Buddhist temple in the U.S.
our old replicated Bell Tower
Please enjoy your visit and sign our Guest Book
MAHALO!
“Once upon a time, in a land far away…” so goes the story of our temple. It may be an ordinary story of ordinary people and that’s what makes it so extraordinary!
Take a tour of our temple grounds on your own time. Discover some remarkable facts about our temple, an interesting bodhi tree, an impressive World Peace Kannon, and an iconic bell tower. Find out what makes our temple unique.
