Chua Buu Mon -- Port Arthur TX
N 29° 53.341 W 093° 55.115
15R E 411304 N 3306842
The Chua Buu Mon Buddhist temple occupies a former Baptist church turned Catholic church near downtown Port Arthur. It is a unique landmark in Port Arthur, serving a growing Vietnamese Buddhist local community.
Waymark Code: WMG4NN
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2013
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The Chua Buu Mon Buddhist Temple is a growing and vibrant part of modern multi-cultural Port Arthur TX.
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Chua Buu Mon is a Buddhist Temple located on Proctor Street in Port Arthur, Texas.
Leader/Title: Most Venerable Huyen Viet Ethnic Composition: Mostly Vietnamese, with a growing non-Vietnamese population.
Resident Monks: Rev. Huyen Viet, Abbot, Rev. Bui Thanh Nhan (Thich Tri Quang), and Bhante Kassapa Bhikkhu, Assistant Abbot.
Tradition: Theravada
The temple holds regular services in Vietnamese at 11 a.m. on Sundays and English on Sundays at 2 p.m. with a Pali chanting class that follows the service at 3 p.m. Also, there is a weekly meditation class every Wednesday at 7 p.m. There are many festivals held throughout the year including the very popular and well visited Lotus Blossom Festival, which also is part of the Vesak celebration. During this celebration, the temple's well-known water gardens are visited by upwards of several thousand people over one weekend in early June.
The congregation consists of Vietnamese immigrants and their children. Since the meditation classes have started in February 2007, a medium-sized group of non-Vietnamese Americans have started attending regularly. This temple has the largest amount of non-Vietnamese speaking people in a Theravada Vietnamese Temple in the United States." [end]
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Photos of the shrine are strongly encouraged when permitted otherwise please refrain from taking pictures inside and in any case, generally have respect for the religious nature of the site.