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Join Sensei Melissa Opel & Sangha Members for a “Zoom” DHARMA DISCUSSION WEBINAR Thursdays 6:30 pm It’s been a joy to see Sangha members & hear how they are doing. Join in by emailing Sensei Opel at Melissajoshinopel@gmail.com You’ll be notified of the Dharma Discussion login by email.

Recent current events have shown me how easy it is to lose our sense of humanity, our sense of being a human being. First, we saw the appalling video of the policeman in Minnesota sitting on George Floyd, to the point that he suffocated. If you have a sense of humanity, you cannot sit on […]

PATIENCE, PATIENCERev. Marvin Harada, Bishop In Buddhism we have the teaching of the Six Paramitas, the six bodhisattva practices that carry us from this shore of samsara, to the other shore of truth or enlightenment. Today I would like to reflect on the second paramita, which is “patience.” In Buddhism, we have to have patience […]

Hi everyone!    We are looking for volunteers to help with weeding and yard cleanup at the temple.   If anyone is interested please let me know.  We will practice social distancing and there will only be a few people working at a time.  Just email me at alwaysalotus@gmail.com or text 509-294-1461. Thanks. —In gratitude – Becca OpelBoard President

Are you spending your quarantine time de-cluttering your home and getting rid of attachments? The temple has scheduled a RUMMAGE SALE sometime this summer, so if you find items you’d like to donate, we will be happy to store them for you once the quarantine is over.  

Transcending Worldly Wishes We often chant the Juseige in our services. I love the first line of the Juseige. It goes, GA GON CHO SE GAN. Let me explain this one line from the Juseige. To begin with, we have to know the context of the Juseige. The Juseige is a short song, or poem, […]