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Namo Amida Butsu

2018 Memorial Day Services in Imperial Valley

BTSD at the San Diego Pride Parade

2019 - Full Contingent, taiko group and Sangha Members

2019 PRIDE PARADE

2018 - Full Contingent, Taiko Group and Sangha Members

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In the photo above, you see our Temple Taiko Group and other members from the LGBT Pride Parade in 2018. Resident Minister Kenji Sensei drove the truck! Among  others you'll see see our Minister Assistants Laverne Imori, Noriko Kawai, and Maribeth Smith. Thanks everyone for representing! 


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Congratulations Sangha Members

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The Hanamido, or Flower Altar, April 2018.

The Hanamido, or Flower Altar, April 2018.

BTSD Dancers at the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Japanese Friendship Garden. March 2018.

BTSD Dancers at the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Japanese Friendship Garden. March 2018.

College Day: Buddhists from Local Colleges, April 2018.

College Day: Buddhists from Local Colleges, April 2018.

Women's March, Embarcadero, San Diego. January 2018.

Women's March, Embarcadero, San Diego. January 2018.

Bon Odori at the Japanese Friendship Garden, 2017.

Bon Odori at the Japanese Friendship Garden, 2017.


Our roots reach back 2600 years to the historical Buddha in India,
800 years to our founder, Shinran Shonin, in Japan
124 years to
our U.S. national organization,
and 97 years to our start in San Diego. 

We are grateful to all teachers, past, present, and future.