This temple is a spiritual reality that exists within the confines of a busy and intimidating city. Once one walks in the doors of the Midwest Buddhist Temple, they experience the fulfilling nature of what is modern day Buddhism. This temple provides services for people from all walks of life to come and meditate, listen, enjoy food, folk music, dancing, participate in service groups, or whatever they wish. On the phone I had a quick conversation with Doug, a friend of friend who lives in Chicago and is a member of the temple. Doug is a young man who has been a devoted Buddhist his adult life and mentioned to me that he plays drums in the Ginza Holiday festival. The conversation was short but he was excited about my experience I had and reassured
