OBON HATSUBON SERVICE Held at the Lower Terrace @ Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery

211 N Government Way, Spokane / 10:30 AM Service 

Special guest Rev. Diana Thompson will be giving our Dharma Talk

This special memorial service is held to re-dedicate ourselves to the Buddhist way of life by reflecting upon the love, affection, compassion, and virtues that those who have passed on before us have given to us while they were still alive.  This service is also in dedication and gratitude for all members of our Sangha who have died over the previous year. This is a beautiful site for our regular Sunday service.

Rev. Thompson serves as assistant minister at the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple, the  temple she has attended since the age of six. She earned a degree in Religious Studies  from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2007 and a Master of Arts from the Institute  of Buddhist Studies/Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA in 2012. She received  her Tokudo ordination in 2010 and her Kyoshi ordination in 2012.  Rev. Thompson is a native of Colorado but has also lived in New Orleans, LA,  Albuquerque, NM and Berkeley, CA. She is the proud mother of 10yr. old Serenity, and  the two of them share a house with a fish named Oswald who likes ukulele music and a  hamster named Giblets who enjoys long strolls through the house in his hamster ball.

****Note there is no service at the temple on July12th – please join us at the cemetery.  We will have maps to hand out on Sunday and “guides” at the entrances to the cemetery****