Pasadena Buddhist Temple

Welcome to the Pasadena Buddhist Temple

Shinran Shonin, Founder of Jodo Shinshu

The Pasadena Buddhist Temple belongs to the Jodo Shinshu tradition of Buddhism. Our national organization is the Buddhist Churches of America, headquartered in San Francisco, California. Our temple was established in 1948, and incorporated in 1956. The temple and classrooms were completed in 1958. The annex (Sakai Hall), which is used by the PJAA Bruins organization to conduct basketball practices, was constructed in 1962. We celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2008. We welcome all to come and learn about the Buddha Dharma.
Rev. Gibbs has been our resident minister since January 1, 2014. We are grateful for the presence of Reverend Tetsuo Unno, who has been with us for over 40-years. He conducts service and gives the dharma talk the second Sunday of each month.
Family services are held each Sunday. Service begins at 10:00 am and is followed by a separate English speaking Discussion Group. Reverend Tetsuo Unno conducts service on the 2nd Sunday of each month. Dharma School meets on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month following Sunday Service. Sangha Teens and Jr. YBA meet monthly. Monthly Memorial service is conducted the first Sunday of each month in conjunction with the family service.

The Temple is located at 1993 Glen Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103.
Phone: (626) 798-4781

2020 Opportunity Drawing Tickets

The temple will only sell 300 tickets at $100 each. A ticket will be selected at the monthly board meetings and the monthly winner (from January - November) will win $500! Not only do they get the money, their ticket will be tossed back into the ticket bin and this same ticket can be selected another month! In December, the 2-winners will get $1000! Board members have tickets to sell for $100 each. Contact Jeannie Toshima, Gerry Ito or Shelley Shinmoto to support our Temple!
See a list of all the winners on the Fundraising Page.

PBT New Year Luncheon
January 19, 2020

Please join us to ring in the New Year at our annual New Year Luncheon on January 19th at 11:30 am. We will be pre-ordering obento and suggested donation is $15/obento. We will accept donation by cash, check or credit card at the luncheon.
No more orders are being accepted.

Reverend Unno Retirement Dharma Message

Thank you to all who attended the Retirement Luncheon for Rev. Tetsuo Unno. Thank you to the Luncheon planning committee: Gerry Ito, Shinobu Kiriyama (invitations), Shelly Shinmoto (emcee and entertainment), Corky Ishikawa (calligraphy and decorations), Jennifer Ito (cake), SOGs (welcome table), Marvin Inouye (photographer).

Rev. Unno delivered a wonderful 20 minute Dharma talk at the temple service earlier in the day. Here's a link to his talk:

Rev. Unno Dharma Talk

BWA 2020 Super Bowl Chirashi Sale - Feb. 2nd

Order Online by Jan 26th

TEMPLE Clean-up and
Pot Luck Lunch
Dec. 7th - 9 am - Noon

THANK YOU, SANGHA, FOR YOUR HELP!
THANK YOU, SOGs, FOR THE TRI-TIP BBQ MAIN COURSE FOR OUR POTLUCK

ANNUAL FALL DINNER
Pasadena ArtNight

THANK YOU!

Happy and grateful today. It was an honor last night to host Side Street Projects and our artist-in-residence Alan Hiroshi presenting our community and history through #theinvisibleteahouse for ArtNight Pasadena. Thank you to our artist families for sharing their works with us, including, Mitsuko Hays, Jared Yamahata, Lisa Omori, Ernest Nagamatsu, Tak Kiriyama and Fuzzy Fujimoto. Special thanks to Jose Salcedo and the family of the late Mrs. Sakahara for sharing your memories and photos. Thank you to donors and sponsors: Pasadena Art Alliance, California Arts Council, Otafuku, and Alan Goto. Thank to our temple volunteers, temple groups (Buddhist Women’s Association, Sons of Gardeners, youth groups, Sumirekai) and Bruin basketball volunteers for working so long and hard on our Fall Dinner/Food Court. Special thanks to Carol Oyama for her recipes and Rev. and Mrs. Gibbs for their above and beyond help and support. Many kudos to Emily Hopkins and the Side Street Project staff and volunteers. We enjoyed meeting the hundreds of visitors, including neighborhood folks! Please share your photos of the night! Click on button below to see photos that have been submitted so far.

ArtNight Photos

Calendar Reminders

Jan 1	Happy New Year!
5	Shotsuki Monthly Memorial and Family Service 10am
8	PBT Board Meeting, 7:30 PM
12	Family Service 10am
19	Hoonko Service 10am and NY Luncheon following service. Order Obento by Jan 13th.
25	Winter Pacific Seminar @ LA Betsuin Contact Sensei for more information
26	Family Service 10am Pasadena Nikkei Senior Annual NY Lunch by reservation only

Temple classes will be on vacation from Dec. 17 until Jan. 2. Classes will resume on Jan. 7, 2020 (Tai Chi for Exercise, Topics in Buddhism, Forms of Meditation).

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Photos of the Gomonshu's visit are now posted.

Gomonshu Photos