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When Choi first visited, he was pleasantly surprised to find a statue of Kuan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of compassion who is a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism commonly practiced in Tibet ...

When Choi first visited, he was pleasantly surprised to find a statue of Kuan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of compassion who is a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism commonly practiced in Tibet ...

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12, 2024. (AP photo/Luis Andres Henao) Daniel Choi stands in front of a statue of Kuan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of compassion, at the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center in Franklin ...

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard. It rises 30 ...

But it’s welcoming of all Buddhist traditions and other faiths. When Choi first visited, he was pleasantly surprised to find a statue of Kuan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of compassion who is a prominent ...