Both what is architecture and what is architectural education are similar issues. Kahn's unique proposal that architecture does not exist/architecture really has no presence, emphasizes the permanence of architecture as a spirit. Architecture has nothing to do with traditions, comtemporaries, methods or styles. It is truth-pursuing. Architecture stem: from a room, a sophiscated arrangement of space and light. The essence of architectural education is spiritual inspiration. Kahn's allegories of a university chapel and people talking under a tree symbolize the personal ritual of inspiration. This paper tries to establish a systematic description of the maestro's inner world from the scattered materials of Kahn’s speech. Main issues includes:1. Architecture as a spirit2. The permanence of architecture3. A room, the first step of architecture4. The allegoric meanings of a university chapel5. Inspirational architecture teaching