Welcome to the
Shin Dharma Net Cyber Sangha,
initiated by
the Honpa Hongwanji Betsuin in Honolulu!

We're here to provide a focal point on the Internet, where anyone studying Shin Buddhism, or wishing to identify with it, can get information and nurture their spiritual lives. By talking with ministers and others, you can seek answers to your questions and gain insight into the various aspects of Shin Buddhism. Essentially, it is for those who don't have access to a temple community. Where there is a temple, we encourage you get to know the Shin Buddhist community by participating in that temple's life -- but we welcome you as a member of the Shin Dharma Net Cyber Sangha as well.  

Shin Dharma Net Cyber Sangha dues is $30 per year, and includes:

Through both publications, members will be able to get a sense of the life of the Shin community in Hawaii, and be a part of that community.

In addition to the publications, members receive a 10% discount from the Honpa Hongwanji Bookstore and also have access, by e-mail, to ministers and knowledgeable laypersons located at the Honolulu temple or other temples in the Hawaiian islands.

At present the following individuals are available for dialogue: 

If you wish to make contact with another member minister or layperson, please e-mail Rev. Bloom for a referral.

We hope people throughout the world who are linked together through their trust in Nembutsu will become one in a spiritual fellowship that will develop online through the teaching of Shinran.

Though he lived in the 13th century, Shinran's spiritual insight remains relevant and vital today. If you share this conviction, please join us here as part of the Shin Dharma Net Cyber Sangha so we can establish a true network that transcends all boundaries and limitations.

To join, please send your dues to: 

Alfred Bloom
204 Kuuhoa Pl.
Kailua HI, 96734