Message from ccrawford

Hsi Lai Temple in Hacinda Heights, CA
Our E Asia Institute class with Clay Dube from UCLA visited the Buddhist Temple Aug., 2006. It has a great website, easy to access; Google type: Shi Lai Temple and a couple of sites from these peaceful people are informative, inspirational and attractive.
Currently I teach world History in high school, but hope to bring back world religions as a social science elective. What with LNCB and all the testing, etc. electives are on a back burner. We have 3,000 students and have cut back on computer classes, of all things.
You can imagine how far down the priority list are subjects like religious studies. However, the plualism project link to Hsi Lai demonstrates that many college students and graduates are VERY interested in just that. I was inspired with their web pages, both because of teaching world peace and because I am learning about computers, web pages, etc.
If you live in S. California or visit here, a tour of this magnificent Temple is well worth a few hours.
Cathy, Chapparal High, Temecula