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Article: OF HEART AND HARVEST N.C. PRODUCE FARM EXISTS IN HARMONY WITH FAMILY'S BUDDHIST BELIEFS.(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 28, 2000
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WHEN A SLITHERING serpent invaded the sanctity of his Elizabeth City, N.C., holy room this summer, Ching Yu Wang sat down and had a talk with the fellow.
``This is not your home,'' he said. ``You do not belong here.''
Friendly words of persuasion worked on that snake. It hasn't come back.
But Wang doesn't always have such luck with pests.
As a farmer and a follower of Tao, his religious convictions often conflict with his survival.
Wang (pronounced Wong) came to the United States in 1981 to settle in New York and work with his brother, a roofing contractor. But the big city was no place for a man who longed to be close to ...
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