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Article: BUDDHA BOOM PROLIFERATION OF IMAGES SHOWS EAGERNESS OF IMMIGRANTS TO ESTABLISH RELIGIOUS TIES.(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- July 25, 2000
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IT'S NOT exactly a battle for the biggest Buddha.
Competition and conflict don't really flow with Buddhist philosophy. But area Buddhist congregations beam with pride about the religious statues they're importing from southeast Asia.
And Buddhas have been bursting out all over.
In Virginia Beach, the Buddhist Education Center of America just installed a monumental image of a sitting Buddha that's so tall it needs support from a basketball backboard.
In Isle of Wight, the Forest Temple has built a new shrine around a hollow metal Buddha that weighs at least 500 pounds.
And in Chesapeake, the Giac Hoa Tu temple has dedicated ...