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Carol Kruhen lifts up her pressed palms as she chanted sutras in Pli language at the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center in Franklin Township, N.J. on Sunday Nov. 30, 2024. Daniel Choi meditates at the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center in Franklin Township, N.J. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024.
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 Township, N.J. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. “It definitely feels like a public shrine,” he said, adding that it’s hard to find such places. Most Buddhist centers in the U.S. are run by private organizations, “where you wouldn’t be able to go in for open practice," he said."So that’s what’s unique.”“You hear traffic; you hear cars rushing by; you hear airplanes flying above … You hear the construction work going on," he said.
The center’s trees are covered in colorful Tibetan prayer flags that flutter in the wind near an interfaith peace mural painted by local students. It’s decorated with symbols representing different world religions – from Baha’i and Christianity to Sikhism and Zoroastrianism – all practiced in the Garden State.
“And obviously, the statue of the Buddha in this temple,” he said. “Anybody who comes to that temple, feels so calm and collected once they see that big Buddha. There’s no magic to it. But you have to be there to feel it.”
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