Karen Tan on 千佛寺 Thousand Buddha ...

Karen Tan on 千佛寺 Thousand Buddha Temple and First-Generation Asian Immigrant Experience

Cha-Tea Circle: A Podcast Series on Asian American Spiritual... por Chanhee Heo, Elaine Lai, Chenxing Han, and Xianfeng Shi

Notas del episodio

Xianfeng interviews Karen Tan, a refugee from Vietnam, shares the story of building a Chinese Buddhist temple in Quincy, Massachusetts in the 90s. The Thousand Buddha Temple 千佛寺 of the Tiantai school of Chinese Buddhism has been a haven for Cantonese- and Chinese-speaking immigrants from several Asian countries. She also talks about the experience of first-generation immigrants in the 80s and 90s in Boston.

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Asian Americanspiritualitybuddhismtemple