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Chùa Bồ Đề, also known as the Bồ Đề Buddhist Temple is a Vietnamese Buddhist temple located in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The temple was established Christmas Day in 1994 after Vietnamese immigrants of the Asian American Buddhist Association of Philadelphia raised to $130,000 to purchase the abandoned Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz. It is the first Vietnamese Buddhist temple in Philadelphia.
In 1995, a resident monk was murdered. The incident delayed renovations to the building until the end of 1997.
References
- Nonnemaker, Grace; Gilbride, Joseph. "South Philadelphia: Vietnamese Community United in Prayer". Philadelphia Neighborhoods. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- Newhouse, Samuel (Fall 2019). "The Buddhist Traveler in Philadelphia". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- Carlisle, Dennis (10 September 2012). "Immigrants, Schoolkids, Buddhists and All That Jazz". Hidden City Philadelphia. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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