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This Memorial Day I received a meaningful epiphany. I, like many others, had been offended by the popularity of the Shinnyo-en floating lantern ceremony at Ala Moana Regional Park, believing it was disrespectful. I just found out that the founder of Shinnyo-en visited the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor and was inspired to have a lantern ceremony to honor the dead entombed there. Humility is a great blessing.
Claude Kutaka
Kaneohe
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