Tag: buddhist

Nathan Conover left Spokane with a full head of hair, a stubbly beard and a wardrobe common to most 23 years old.

Now, just more than a month later, he’s donning white robes and shaved head at Wat Marp Jan , a monastery in a Thailand forest, where he’s serving as a pakow (or anagarika) and preparing to for Buddhist ordination.

On the books the Aki Matsuri Fall Food Festival has been a tradition for the Spokane Buddhist Temple for 22 years. Long-time members say, however, it goes back even farther — to the 1960s when the church moved from a rented apartment to its current location on Perry Street.

Either way, it's been happening long enough to keep Spokanites coming back year after year for Yakisoba Bento Boxes, Fotomaki Sushi, Senbei (Japanese crackers) and other traditional Japanese menu items.

Buddhist nuns from Sravasti Abbey will begin a 6-week meditation class series at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane beginning Oct. 1.

Classes will be Mondays through Nov. 5, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

On July 29 The Rev. Grant Ikuta, bishop of Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples of Canada, will celebrate obon at the Spokane Buddhist Temple.

Obon is is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.

"Everything must change; nothing stays the same."  Many artists have recorded this popular song, and most people accept this.

From May 25-28 Sravasti Abbey will offer a retreat called "Precious Life, Facing Death."

Venerable Tenzin Kacho, who has been a Tibetan nun for 25 years, will lead the class.