Tag: new year

It is said that time seems to move faster as we get older. In some ways, I think that has been true for me. I wake up on a Jan. 1 and the next thing I know we are celebrating New Year’s Eve. But 2022 has not moved so quickly. It has seemed interminable.

Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike are welcomed to the Joya-E New Year’s Eve service at 7 p.m. Dec. 31 at the temple, 927 S. Perry St., Spokane.

While I know that the new year will be similar to the last – full of incredible highs and deep lows, I have decided to be more intentional in my gratitude and appreciation in 2019.

s we move into a new year, let's consider what peace means to ourselves, to our friends and families, and our neighbors near and far.

Let go of the old exploitive, unjust ways, repent and transform. And keep dancing with Shiva. Admit the joy to your pain, of the death of every instance and speaking poetically, every hope of rebirth.

I listened to a sermon recently, though, where the pastor reminded us that interruption can sometimes be a good thing.

The Spokane Buddhist Temple invites the community to its New Year's Eve Joya-E Service, also known as "Bell of the Last night."