Su currently serves as the sole monk at Phat-An. He delivers the Dharma talk, leads the Eight Prohibitory Commandment sessions and other services, and is developing several additional programs at the Temple.
Around a thousand people attend Phat-An for the celebration of Buddha's birth. Here, practitioners line up to bathe a statue of Buddha in water as a sign of respect.
Since 1979, the Hindu Society of MinnesotaÕs only mandir, or temple, was located in a refurbished church in north Minneapolis, a location far too small to support the needs of the growing Hindu community. The story of the Maple Grove temple is a long…