CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 25, 1995 | JOHN DART
If Buddhism is ever to gain a national voice on social and ethical issues, it will have to look to U.S.-born converts and a younger generation of Asian immigrants, say leaders of a movement for an American version of the 2,500-year-old religion. "There is a generation gap," said the Venerable Havanpola Ratanasara of Los Angeles, who was reelected executive president of the American Buddhist Congress at the group's convention last weekend in Koreatown.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 21, 1988
A multiethnic service observing Buddha's birthday will be celebrated next Saturday in Los Angeles, part of the first step by American Buddhist leaders to pick a common date for the annual observance. The holiday, also known as Wesak, will begin at the Los Angeles Vietnamese Temple at 10 a.m. with a procession of priests and monks of varied traditions in Buddhism.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 25, 1996
Multiethnic Vesak ceremonies commemorating the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha will be held at a Rosemead monastery Sunday with chanting, offerings of food and incense and discussions of Buddhism's future. The 16th annual celebration organized by the Buddhist Sangha Council of Southern California and open to the public will begin at 9 a.m. at the new Rosemead Buddhist Monastery, 7833 Emerson Place, where the Venerable Chao Chu is abbot.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 21, 1997 | HOPE HAMASHIGE
Some residents apparently are not satisfied by reassurances from members of the Myanmar Buddhist Society that a meditation center and monastery proposed for their community would be a place of quiet. A community group says it will appeal a Planning Commission decision giving the group permission to build the 5-acre retreat. "It is all those cars coming and going that concern me," said Georgia Campbell, who lives on the hilltop above the site.