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“Our temples have traditionally been against it—for the past one hundred years or so—in L.A. in particular. Prayer in classrooms is like telling the children that there is only one form of communication with the supreme reality. The implication is that the ultimate reality is separate from us, which is problematic from a Buddhist point of view. Why not make prayer mandatory for postal workers instead? Why mandate prayer only for children, who do not have a choice? For generations Japanese-American Buddhists have had to contend with such language as ‘One nation under God.’ ‘Let us pray’ was a refrain commonly accepted, but not something that we felt included in.” - Masao Kakuryo Kodani
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