We celebrated the 31st Anniversary Celebration of Wat Greensboro Buddhist Center in Greensboro, North Carolina last Sunday, March 19, 2017. Back in the 80s, we had a very small Buddhist community in this area. We fled from our war-torn countries, some immigrated from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. The Thai community was small in the 80s.… Continue reading 31st Anniversary Celebration of Wat Greensboro Buddhist Center
We celebrated 1st Sart Thai Festival at Wat Greensboro on Sunday, September 18, 2016. The temple called it small Sart day, and the big Sart day will be in 2 weeks. Sart day is a Buddhist tradition where it's a memorial day for the dead, it is a time to remember dead relatives and merit… Continue reading 1st Sart Festival (Kanben) or Merit Making Transference at Wat Greensboro
This is our tenth year attending the July 4th celebration at Wat Lao Buddhavong in Catlett Virginia. This year's celebration was held on Saturday, July 2nd, and Sunday, July 3rd. Every year I look forward to the event but this year I was so burnt out from work that I got sick on my vacation. This… Continue reading Wat Lao Buddhavong July 2nd and 3rd, 2016
Sunday, July 17, 2016 was the Buddhist Lent Day at our local temple Wat Greensboro. On the day we also observed Asalha Puja Day, the day of the announcement of the first sermon of the Buddha also known as the Sangha Day. The Buddhist Lent Day is the annual three-month Rains Retreat known in Laos… Continue reading The Buddhist Lent Day 2016
We celebrated a Southeast Asian New Year at our local temple Wat Greensboro last Sunday April 19, 2015. It rained in our area, traveling to the temple was difficult and by the time we got there it amazed us that there's not a drop of rain and the temple is only 1 hour and 30… Continue reading Songkran Festival 2015 at Wat Greensboro
We went to Tum Boun (merit making) at our local temple Wat Greensboro on New Year's Day. It has been our family tradition to visit the temple on New Year's Day, and also for many families that were there. I always feel at peace when visiting the temple, the incense aroma filled the Buddha room.… Continue reading New Year’s Day Celebration at Wat Greensboro
One of the most memorable events I attended was attending Wat Lang or evening temple and Lai Heur Fai Nam or Loy Krathong Festival at our local temple Wat Greensboro. I used to think that Lai Heur Fai Nam and Loy Krathong Festival were the same event, and that Lai Heur Fai Nam is a… Continue reading Evening Temple, Lai Heur Fai Nam and Loy Krathong Festival
I hope everyone had a good New Year celebration, like every year we went to our local temple Wat Greensboro on New Year’s Day. The service was held in the Buddha room. It's low lighting, so photographing was a challenge. Lee and my oldest sister gave morning alms. We offered meal to Phramaha Somsak after… Continue reading New Year 2014 at Wat Greensboro
Our local temple Wat Greensboro held Thot Kathin on Sunday October 27th. It is one of the biggest events at our local temple where Buddhist worshipers offered gifts, foods and yellow ropes to the monks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxggUJXgKHg In order for our temple to Thot Kathin there has to be a minimal of 5 monks and Wat… Continue reading Kathin Ceremony 2013 at Wat Greensboro
We celebrated the End of Buddhist Lent Day on Sunday, October 20th this year. It was the day that marks the end of the three-month rains retreat.My dad offered and hung money on the money tree.It was cold early in the morning and Lee bundled up for the service.The morning Alms giving was Tuk Badt… Continue reading End of Buddhist Lent Day at Wat Greensboro
Sunday July 21, 2013 was the Buddhist Lent Day at our local temple Wat Greensboro. It is called Kao Punsa for the locals and it's the tradition of Buddhist Lent or the annual three-month Rains Retreat known in Laos and Thailand as Punsa, which dated back to the early Buddhism in ancient India, this is… Continue reading The Buddhist Lent Day at Wat Greensboro
This is our seventh year attending the July 4th celebration at Wat Lao Buddhavong in Catlett Virginia. The celebration started on July 4th, and they had a 3 days celebration. We attended Thursday July 4th, and got there early for the morning Alms giving. We also visited my mom's monument, it has been 6.5 years… Continue reading Wat Lao Buddhavong July 4, 2013
Our family went to Wat Greensboro to offer Sakatharn or merit making for our mom on Mother’s Day. This is our 7th year visiting the temple on Mother’s Day. My sisters arranged flowers for the Buddha's Room. The flowers in this vase came from my sister Bee's garden. My dad offering Kun 5, which is… Continue reading Sungkra Tarn at Wat Greensboro on Mother’s Day
Click here to watch this video on YouTube We celebrated a Lao Pee Mai, Khmer, and Thai New Year at our local temple Wat Greensboro on Sunday April 14, 2013. We had a good turnout, surprisingly more so than the previous years. The weather was exceptionally nice, good weather to celebrate the water festival, but… Continue reading Songkran Day at Wat Greensboro
It is not easy to photograph a Laotian funeral service especially if you don't understand the custom. The gathering at the family's home could be as long as 1 week or longer, and in Portou Ny's case I was able to attend the last day of the gathering only since I had to work and… Continue reading Laotian Funeral Service
