It is exciting times at Amitabha Buddhist Library/Temple in Chicago. On Thursday June 25, 2009 we had about 20 seventh and eighth grader students. These students study for two years for their Lutheran Confirmation. Part of their curriculum is to visit other religions of the world.

Bert gave an enthusiastic talk. Bert’s talk included discussion on some items from our Sunday practice: flowers, incense, the water in a glass. There was also talk about the Wisdom Mind and attachments that keep us from attaining it. Bert’s example of peeling off t scotch tape, glue, and epoxy from the arm was a wonderful comparison to how we hold on to our own attachments and how hard/ painful it is to remove them.

The students seemed content to have fulfilled their requirement.