KENNY WHITE: “It’s inspired me. He’s a very faithful Muslim and very devout and that’s inspired me to be even more devout in my faith.”
I’m Christopher Cruise.
MARIO RITTER: You are listening to Explorations in VOA Special English.
More than two thousand years ago, a prince in the area of India began a life of spiritual teaching. His teachings became the Buddhist religion. Today, Buddhism is practiced all over the world. Listen as we visit a religious center in California that prepares boys for Buddhist training.
American Buddhism
MARIO RITTER: Boys have their hair removed at the start of a five-day retreat. This gathering gives them a chance to learn about Buddhism’s teachings and the life of a Buddhist monk. Many Chinese Americans go to the Hsi Lai Temple in Los Angeles. Miao Hsi, director of outreach, says American Buddhism is divided largely along ethnic lines.
MIAO HSI: “This is why there is Chinese Buddhism, there is Tibetan Buddhism, there is Japanese Buddhism, and so on. So I think that right now, we have some form of American Buddhism as well.”
MARIO RITTER: Kusala Bhikshu is an American-born clergyman. He says Buddhism has a long history in the United States.
KUSALA BHIKSHU: “And it now has dug its roots into the soil of America, so there are people, myself being born in Iowa, people who were born in America who are coming as a convert to Buddhism, some becoming ordained as Buddhist monks or nuns, and … and bringing those teachings to everyday Americans.”
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