Sunday, February 26, 2012

Saito Homa in Africa Webcast Information

Webcast Information: Kenya Events, March 2, 4
First, please follow our twitter accounts to get latest notice about the webcasts for the conference at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 2nd, as well as the Shinnyo-en Saito Homa Ceremony and Lantern Floating in Laikipia, Kenya, on March 4.

www.twitter.com/firewaterkenya
www.twitter.com/shinnyonews


March 2nd, UNEP Conference in Nairobi
(GPIW Celebration at the UN Headquarters in Nairobi)

Ceremony and webcast will start at 9am Kenya time. (GMT+3)

URL for live streaming:
http://dcs.unon.org/global-peace-initiative-of-women

Please note that this page is not yet created, and will be available only shortly before the event. Format will be in Flash video and Mpeg2.

The video will be archived and shall be available online (Video on demand) for up to 6 months @ the following URL:
http://dcs.unon.org/webcast/global-peace-initiative-of-women.php


March 4th, Saito Homa Ceremony and Lantern Floating in Africa
(Shinnyo-en Fire & Water Ceremony in Laikipia)

Ceremony will start from 6pm Kenya time (GMT+3), the webcast may be available 20 minutes prior to that. The ceremony will end around 7:30pm.

URL for live streaming:
http://www.media-server.com/m/p/8nhtau2u

This page is already online and provides a guestbook, where you can register beforehand.
Please register now to allow us an estimation of the total number of users that intend to follow the live stream. Note: Upon registering in the guestbook a "hold" page will display and play some nice and cool music. Mute your speakers beforehand in case you are accessing from a "silent environment".

The live streaming might not be visible through mobile devices (Android smartphones, iPhones, etc.) since it will be delivered in Flash format. You will need Flash player 9 or later on a PC or MAC computer in order to watch the webcast live.

An archive video of the event will be available later @ the same URL:
http://www.media-server.com/m/p/8nhtau2u
And that format will also be adapted to portable device (HTML5).

UNEP国際会議・アフリカ斉燈護摩法要併せて灯籠流し
ライブ・ストリーミング(動画)配信について

 アフリカでおこなわれる上記式典に関しまして、下記の通りライブ・ストリーミング配信をさせていただくこととなりました。ご参加のほどよろしくお願い申し上げます。

1.UNEP(国連環境計画)における国際会議(ケニア・ナイロビ)
(1)現地名称: “Responding to the Cry of the Earth and the Human Community”
(2)配信開始時間: 現地時間)3月2日(金)  9:00~
           日本時間)3月2日(金) 15:00~
(3)当日配信URL: http://dcs.unon.org/global-peace-initiative-of-women
           ※2月中はまだサイトが開設されていない場合があります。
(4)後日配信URL: http://dcs.unon.org/webcast/global-peace-initiative-of-women.php
           ※約半年間、動画が保管されます。
(5)動画配信形式 (Format) : Mpeg2, Flash*

2.霊祖生誕百年 アフリカ斉燈護摩法要併せて灯籠流し(ケニア・ライキピア地方)
(1)現地名称: “Fire and Water Ceremony in Laikipia”
(2)配信開始時間: 現地時間)3月4日(日) 17:40頃~19:30頃まで
           日本時間)3月4日(日) 23:40頃~翌1:30頃まで
(3)当日配信URL: www.media-server.com/m/p/8nhtau2u
  ※1)上記URLにインターネットで接続していただくと、まず登録のためのページに入ります。このページは既に開設しておりますのでお早めの事前登録をお願い申し上げます。(当日のアクセス数を予測する上での参考とさせていただきます)
※2)上記と同じサイトで一定期間、保管された動画をご覧いただけます。
  ※3)後日全国の各依所にて設けられるVTR拝聴日には、上記の動画とは別に、構成や映像に編集を加えたものを放映させていただきます。
(4)動画配信形式 (Format) : Flash*
*動画を再生するにはPCまたはMAC上にAdobe Flash Player (version 9 以降) が必要になりますが、インターネットから無料でダウンロードすることができます。ただしiPhone等、一部のモバイル端末ではFlash形式の動画を再生できないことがあります。

(以下、併せてご利用ください)
3.ツイッター(英語): 即時性のある現地最新情報や写真をご覧いただけます。
(1)アフリカ斉燈護摩情報: www.twitter.com/firewaterkenya
(2)真如苑公式アカウント: www.twitter.com/shinnyonews

4.真如苑信徒サイト: 上記リンク先を掲載いたしますので、逐一URLを打ち込む必要がなく便利です。また、現地最新情報を随時アップさせていただきますのでどうぞ頻繁にご活用ください。

Monday, February 13, 2012

regarding the Mar 18 2012 Reino Bodai-E

We have been informed that the upcoming REINO HATSUDO- Bodai-e/Special Bodai-e scheduled on SUN MAR 18 at the NY temple will be towards qualifying to sit at the HON-EZA scheduled on Sun May 27 at the Hawaii Temple only.

(For those who passed the Bodai-e/Special Bodai-e in Nov 2011, the tickets you received then give you a chance to attend the HON EZA for a period of one year…at either Ogen Center in Japan or in Hawaii on May 27.)

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Additional info on the "Africa Saito Homa"

As mentioned in the February 2012 NIRVANA (as well as in the Winter Training guidance), there will be a special ceremony of FIRE AND WATER, held in 
Kenya by Her Holiness Keishu Shinso on March 4.  Within Shinnyo-en, we are calling it the "Africa Saito Homa." 

Regarding this ceremony, Her Holiness says:
"This fire and water ceremony-the first Shinnyo-en rite conducted on the African continent- will be performed with aims to advancing world peace and conservation of ecological systems and to offering spiritual healing to the origin of humanity. The ceremony will be conducted in a new style reflecting a deep collaboration among Shinnyo-en representatives, local Kenyan communities, and international leaders from many different faith traditions."

Homa requests can be made towards this ceremony by members as well as non-members.

We will be observing this ceremony through video on the following dates:
Sun April 15 White Plains temple
Sat April 21 Manhattan Training Center


Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Special Ceremony of Fire and Water in Kenya, Africa

As you may have read in the February 2012 Nirvana, Her Holiness Keishu Shinso will head to Kenya, Africa, where she will participate in a conference and religious ceremonies in Kenya in March 2012.  She mentions that the religious ceremony will consist of the elements of both "fire" and "water," and thus we are calling it the Saito Homa in Africa.
Homa forms towards this ceremony will be made available shortly.  
We are scheduling an early April date to show the video ceremony from Africa.  Stay tuned for details.

(more info on this event can also be found online on the main Shinnyo-en website)


Friday, February 3, 2012

March schdeule as of 2-3-2012



Addition:
Sesshin by Reservation on (Sat) 3/10
GDM Make-up@MTC on (Sun) 3/4