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Join us on August 10-12 for our annual Ginza Holiday Festival! Follow this link for all the information about our 63rd Ginza. LEARN MORE
Our temple, affiliated with the Buddhist Churches of America and the Nishi Hongwanji in Kyoto, Japan, follows the teachings of the Jodo Shinshu, or The Pure Land School. LEARN MORE
Join us at our Sunday services and recite the Nembutsu to become one with Amida Buddha and transcend the petty selfishness of the individual. LEARN MORE
Meet some of the faces you might see when you visit the Midwest Buddhist Temple by watching our short video "We Are MBT." Like them, you, too, are MBT. LEARN MORE
Bring your children to learn the basics of Buddhism and how life experiences and our religion relate. LEARN MORE
Visit our MBT Legacy Garden, which honors the Japanese-Americans who founded the temple in 1944 after their release from the U.S. internment camps of World War II. LEARN MORE
What’s happening at MBT
The first Sunday of each month is the Monthly Memorial Service. As a part of our regular Shin (Jodo Shinshu) Family Service we take a moment to remember and express gratitude to loved ones who have passed away. During Service, children’s classes are also available. Everyone is welcome to attend and for more information please visit our 
The Women’s Association and Golden Agers hope you’ll come to our next New Life for Old Bags gathering. Join us as we recycle old plastic bags and turn them into something useful – sleeping mats for the homeless. NLOB is open to all ages – women, men, girls and boys. Come out to cut, make plarn (plastic yarn), crochet mats and chat. Meet others and visit with friends while volunteering for a worthwhile cause. 
What kind of temple are we?
The Midwest Buddhist Temple is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism, with roots in the Pure Land Buddhist tradition. Jodo Shinshu, also referred to as Shin Buddhism, was founded in Japan by Shinran Shonin (1173-12 [...]
Legacy Garden Update 2018
It has been four years since the dedication of our Legacy Garden and we have just posted an update. Please visit our refreshed Legacy Garden page to see the latest photos and learn how we maintain this beautiful addition to [...]
Ginza Holiday – Aug 10 – 12
Join MBT on the weekend of August 10-12 for our 63nd annual Ginza Holiday Festival. Come for your favorite Ginza offerings: our Chicken Teriyaki and other menu favorites, our exciting stage presentations featuring Taiko, Ma [...]
MBT Going ‘Green’
Over the next months you will see us phasing out our supply of styrofoam coffee cups, plastic drink cups and other non-environmentally friendly items. We are also committed to purchasing ‘green’ supplies for our Ginza Holiday [...]
Sign Up to HELP at Ginza!
Calling on Volunteers We need volunteers all 3 days to work at our Ginza Holiday Festival. If you are interested in helping, please send an email to: volunteer@mbtchicago.org or office@mbtchicago.org. You will be contacted b [...]
Message on the separation of Parents and Children at the U.S. Border
The Midwest Buddhist Temple, a member temple of Buddhist Churches of America, strongly agrees with the statements of our Bishop, Rev. Kodo Umezu, and BCA President, Richard A. Stambul. The memory of the WWII incarceration of [...]
2018 EBL Conference – Aug 31-Sep 2
EBL CONFERENCE AUG 31 - SEP 2 HOSTED BY TORONTO BUDDHIST CHURCH Special note from the Toronto Buddhist Church to MBT Members: We are delighted to invite you to attend the 2018 Eastern Buddhist League Conference hosted by th [...]
No-No Boy brings show to MBT – Sep 29
(UPDATE: Get Tickets by clicking this link) No-No Boy’s work might best be described as an audiovisual soundtrack of the Asian American experience. This multimedia project of music and archival images, spearheaded by former i [...]
2018 MBT Membership Pledge Drive
Help us keep the many programs at MBT going by supporting our Annual Pledge Drive.
Ask Reverend Ron
Is there something about Shin Buddhism or our temple that you’ve been wondering about and would love to have some one-on-one time with Rev. Ron Miyamura to ask him? Now you can by following his blog: Ask Rev. Ron. Each month [...]
Acknowledgements
Thank you for visiting the Midwest Buddhist Temple website. Whether you are just beginning on your journey seeking knowledge about Buddhism and Jodo Shinshu Buddhism or you have long been a friend of the Midwest Buddhist Temple, we hope that you find the site to be an engaging, informative resource. That is our goal.
We are grateful for the support of our Sangha (the temple members), many of whom contributed thoughtful suggestions, articles and photography. We are also grateful to the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA), with which our temple is affiliated and from whose publications we have drawn.