Our Sangha has a blast getting together to make senbei crackers for our food bazaars! We spend a Saturday rolling, cutting, and frying dough; coating the crackers with sauce and baking them; and bagging it all up for sale. It's such a great time to chat with and get to know other members of the sangha better, have some free lunch, and at the end of the day you can even munch on the reject sebei.
A Hatsumairi Presentation at the Yakima Buddhist Temple
The Yakima Buddhist Temple, and parents Gabriella and Jovan, welcome 7 month old Camila to the Sangha. This was her "Hatsu-Mairi" (Infant Presentation Ceremony)
Occassionally we host a Sangha Movie Night where we show a Buddhism-related film for the Sangha. Past screenings have included Departures and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring at The Magic Lantern, and Secondhand Lions at The Shop. Keep an eye on our news page for information about the next Sangha Movie Night!
Two of our ministers assistants, Sensei Paul Vielle and Sensei Christine Marr, recently took it to the next level, earning their Tokudo ordinations in Japan. The temple congratulates them on all of the hard work and studying it took to earn this honor!
On Wednesday, Jan. 18th, we will have our first Temple Movie Night showing the 2011 version of "True Grit" in the temple basement. By donation, popcorn provided, bring your own drink. Thanks to Jun Yugawa & Jim Bennett for our spectacular new DVD player, screen & sound system. We plan on making this a monthly fun activity.
