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On Aug. 16 the Spokane Buddhist Temple will have a lecture and discussion titled “Samsara & Nirvana: The Same, But Different?” led by the Rev. Harry Bridge. Bridge will be visiting from The Buddhist Church of Oakland.
The lecture, which includes a pizza dinner, will be from 2-5 p.m. Suggested donations range from $20-$50, although no one will be turned away due to lack of funds, according to an announcement from Spokane Buddhist Temple.
Then, on Aug.17, Bridge will lead a dharma talk during an Obon (Remembrance) Service at 10:30 a.m. at the Lower Terrace at Greenwood Terrace Memorial Cemetery.
Obon is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one’s ancestors and all who have come before us and made our lives possible, according to the temple. This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors’ graves, and when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
