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“Come kneel in front of the statue,” the kindly old monk says to me as he grabs some implements from inside a small cabinet. I follow him over to the main altar, curious about what’s coming next. I’m visiting a small Vietnamese temple in downtown Philadelphia, on a mission to photograph Buddhist institutions across the city. Having just recovered from a severe cold, I ask him how someone in his community might deal with an illness using Buddhist principles and practices. Instead of explaining, he invites me to see for myself.
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