• Dhamma

    Buddha Org

    Knowing Buddha Organization Many Buddhists do not believe in supernatural concepts, such as hungry ghosts, demons and angels…etc. However, in the traditional Buddhist worldview, the universe is inhabited not only by the gross physical beings that comprise the human and animal worlds but also by various classes of nonphysical, divine beings, called devas, that exist in a hierarchy of increasing subtlety and refinement, and by numerous classes of lower beings living in the sub-human realms of existence. Many venerable teachers of our time have acknowledged that these other beings dwell in a spiritual dimension that exists outside the range of…

  • Wat Carolina

    The Sun News1997

    A place to worship, a time to celebrate. Buddhists gather to mark holiday By Colin Burch THE SUN NEWS February 24, 1997 BOLIVIA, N.C. –  Wat Carolina Buddhajakra Vanaram, a Buddhist temple, is not the kind of place you’d expect to see in the Bible Belt. And the Buddhist holiday Magha Pucha is not the kind of holiday you’d expect to be celebrated in the area either, as church lawns begin to display Easter crosses. But Wat Carolina, a Buddhist temple under construction outside of Bolivia, is bringing together a population of worshipers – most of whom are Asian American…

  • Wat Carolina

    Star News1988

    Strange beliefs, good neighbors The old hymn anys God moves in a mysterious. way, and some Brunswick County Christians are saying Amen to that. How else to explain a Buddhist temple and retreat that’g being established near Bolivia? Most Brunswick Countians are native-born Americans of a Protestant Christian denomination. Their new neighbors will be mostly Asians who practice one of the world’s other major religions – but one that is practically unknown here. Becauge we human beings tend to be apprehensive about things we know little about, the potential for misunderstanding is obvious. Fortunately, Brunswick County Baptists are approaching the…