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Feb 22, 2011

Noise, traffic, animal sacrifice (yes, really). These are the objections put up to block Buddhist groups

Here at Wildmind we’ve reported on several Buddhist organizations that have faced strenuous opposition to establishing or expanding Buddhist centers. Usually the objections are supposedly about traffic, noise (meditation being a notoriously noisy activity), and in one case, the perceived nuisance of animal sacrifice.

John Pappas, a blogger at Elephant Journal, has collated a handy list of groups that have faced such planning objections:

  • Berkeley Thai Buddhist temple ~ Asian Pacific Americans for Progress
  • Vietnamese Buddhist Temple (Lansing, MI) ~ The State News
  • Bat Nha Meditation Institute (Los Angeles, CA) ~ LA Times
  • Yuan Yung Retreat Center (Rowland Hieghts, CA) ~ Buddhist Channel
  • Dau Trang Minh Dang Quang Temple (Utica, NY)