Chua Buu Mon
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Chua Buu Mon is a Buddhist Temple located on Procter Street in Port Arthur, Texas.
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[edit] Quick Stats
Leader/Title: Rev. Huyen Viet Ethnic Composition: Mostly Vietnamese, with a growing non-Vietnamese population. Resident Monks: Rev. Huyen Viet, Abbot; Rev. Tri Quang, Resident Monk; Rev. Kassapa, Resident Monk. Tradition: Theravada
[edit] Activities and Schedule
The temple holds regular services in English and Vietnamese on Sundays at 2 p.m. with a Pali chanting class that follows the service at 3 p.m. Also, there is a weekly meditation class every Wednesday at 7 p.m. There are many festivals held throughout the year including the very popular and well visited Lotus Blossom Festival, which also is part of the Vesak celebration. During this celebration, the temple's well-known water gardens are visited by upwards of several thousand people over one weekend in early June.
[edit] Demographics
The congregation consists of Vietnamese immigrants and their children. Since the meditation classes have started in February of 2007, a medium-sized group of non-Vietnamese Americans have started attending regularly. This temple has the largest amount of non-Vietnamese speaking people in a Theravada Vietnamese Temple in the United States.
