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I picture a really big funnel, open side up. Above it are the numberless faces of the ancestors, fading upward into invisibility. Infinite in number and variety.
Read More »Genetic ancestors, DNA and the soul
Buddhist temple celebrates ancestors with Obon Festival
he sound of Taiko drums echoed through the Perry District this weekend, each beat sending a message of thanksgiving to those who have gone before us.
For the first time in two decades the Spokane Buddhist Temple hosted an Oban Festival
Read More »BRIEF: Oban Festival to honor ancestors coming to Spokane
For the first time in at least 25 years the Buddhist Temple of Spokane will be putting on an Oban Festival later this month.
The festival is a Japanese Buddhist custom designed to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.
Read More »Shaped by our ancestor’s stories
The pastor took a wrong step. I read about his accident in a yellowing El Paso Times blurb. The road was busy. He was a school master and retired pastor and was going home and then he was gone in the speed of a car. A screech, pain, blood and he was sent home to the God he followed throughout his life.
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