Isle priest calls for change in attitude to ease turmoil

An authority on Shin Buddhism, Alfred Bloom says the faith has brought him calm

By Pat Gee

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 12, 2012

~~<p>During his 33 years of teaching religion, recalled Alfred Bloom, the first question always asked by his students was, "What's going to happen to me after I die?"</p>
<p>"People want permanence, they want continuation in their life. But life is a passing thing; it changes all the time, and that creates anxieties like frustration, dissatisfaction, emptiness. They get to feeling: Is this all there is?" said Bloom, professor emeritus of religion at the University of Hawaii.</p>
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During his 33 years of teaching religion, recalled Alfred Bloom, the first question always asked by his students was, "What's going to happen to me after I die?"

"People want permanence, they want continuation in their life. But life is a passing thing; it changes all the time, and that creates anxieties like frustration, dissatisfaction, emptiness. They get to feeling: Is this all there is?" said Bloom, professor emeritus of religion at the University of Hawaii. Login for more...