Buddhist Temple Experience Paper

Prior to the class began, I made a brief visit to the Buddhist Temple; and it was my privileged to have my second visit the Buddhist Temple of Van Hanh in the East of New Orleans on July 3rd of 2016. It is located on 13152 Chef Menteur Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70129. The temple building faces Chef Mentur Highway. The prayer service began at 11:00 am and end at 11:55 am and lunch was served after the service. The Van Hanh Temple is small Vietnamese community Buddhist Temple since Vietnamese immigrants began to settle in New Orleans, Louisiana. It does not belong to any main Buddha Church like they have back home in Vietnam, but more likely independence because it’s so small and mainly supported by Buddhists. It was a fascinating experience. I would like to share that based on my observation and also a long conversation with the Buddha nun until 2:30 p.m. That will be included in basic Vietnamese Buddha Tradition, practice./worship, activity, teaching, sociology and

I saw shoes and sandals left outside the chapel’s door. People take off their shoes before entering the chapel. As I stepped to their Chapel, I saw some wear long grey robes/ Ao Dai-traditional gown and some people had their white cloth band wrapped around their heads, which I atomically knew that someone in the community must just died. Yes, that Sunday prayer service was praying for Buddhist man died at the aged of 75. The chapel looked so empty because most of them were on their 4th of July vacation. I learned that Sundays are not obligated. Normally, on Sundays about fifty to sixty members attend the regular worship service. The service is directed in Vietnamese and is led by Thich Hue-Huong, a nun. The Vietnamese Buddhist tradition is known as Mahayana