Memorial Day: Light the Way

In a break from traditional offerings, this Memorial Day we present a beautiful video of The Annual Lantern Floating Ceremony. This celebration brings people together from all over the world, from all types of religion, to one place to remember those who have fallen in conflict, and to reflect and send prayers and thoughts to loved ones.

The ceremony is led by Her Holiness Keishu Shinso Ito who is the spiritual head of Shinnyo-en, a school of esoteric Buddhism founded by Master Shinjo Ito in Japan in the 1930s.

Live streaming of this year’s ceremony will be available on May 26, 2014, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Hawai‘i-Aleutian Standard Time.