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Distribution of Minnesota's Vietnamese population.

Phat-An today, with monks quarters and a more spacious main hall

Phat-An in 2011, before its most recent renovation

Photos and models at Phat-An track the Temple's development since its founding in 1976.

Billowing beside the American and Buddhist flags outside Phat-An Temple, the flag of the now fallen Republic of Vietnam (not the official flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam today) serves as a powerful reminder of the political forces that have…

Here she reveals the gender tension caused by pandit authority, and how she views herself in the larger organizational structure of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha.

Mrs. Balroop, in following with Swami Maharaj