Virgin Mary
On the grounds of the Long Beach Sagely Monastery is this statue of the Virgin Mary. It always seems a bit odd to me that a Buddhist Monastery has a statue of the Virgin Mary. Fresh flowers are placed on or around the statue every day. We've even seen people kneeling in front of the statue saying prayers.
posted by Jonathan @ 7:30 AM
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This is on my route.
I remember people from Sagely coming downtown to speak on the Sunday following 9/11. As a matter of fact, I recorded it (they blessed every single country)and have played it on TPSradio every September.
We have ChaseFrank.com to thank for that gathering. (JustinRudd.com gathered people the Friday following 9/11, that was awesome too!)
KaRi
the reason for the statue of st.mary...
before it was a buddhist monastery, it was a catholic nunnery.
i'm not really surprised... lots of Buddhists (the Dalai Lama included) think of Mary as a "Bodhisattva" (an enlightened saint who stays around the world helping people)... i'm Buddhist and i have some pics of Mother Mary of Guadalupe around my house... she reminds me of Tara, the Mother of all the Buddhas :D
When I was a child 1956 to 1966, we lived down the street from the Catholic Nunnery. The Nuns were so kind to me. I'm so pleased they have kept the statue. Also, that the building still exists.
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