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Paul Vielle was raised Catholic, by a Catholic family who assumed he was going to become a Catholic priest. Vielle joined the military and upon his return, he left his Catholic faith and found Buddhism.

“I just couldn’t buy it anymore,” Vielle said.

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.

For more than 20 years members of The Spokane Buddhist Temple have been making Bento Boxes, a traditional Japanese dish, as part of Spokane Japanese Week.