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…

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…