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Article: BUDDHISM GARY GROUP FINDS PEACE WITH THIS EASTERN RELIGION

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August 15, 1987
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PHOTO - 3 A Buddhist monk performs the funeral service of late Gary Councilwoman Barbara Leek Wesson. (Post-Tribune file photo) Jack Trass of Gary keeps a Buddhist altar at his home. (Post-Tribune photos by Frederick Walton) Eukiko Cox became Buddhist after moving to Gary. (Post-Tribune photos by Frederick Walton)

THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. RELIGION

Fourteen people kneel in front of the altar, chanting "Nam-Myoho-Renge- Ko' ' over and over until it becomes melodious, then lulling and finally until it vibrates throughout the body. Maybe Jack Trass' living room isn't in Japan, but with its altar, incense, and atonal bells, it seems a world apart ...

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