Wat Boston Buddha Vararam
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Wat Boston Buddha Vararam (Abbreviated BBVT) is a Thai
Theravada Buddhist Temple or Wat located in Bedford, Massachusetts
. It is one of two Thai Buddhist Temples in Massachusetts, the other being Wat Nawamintararachutis
.
The main community at Wat Boston includes Thai
and Laos
.
Wat Boston Buddha Vararam was started as a small house in Malden, Massachusetts
by Phra Ajan Kitti, and now is expanded to 125 North Road, Bedford Massachusetts. Phra Ajan Maha Kamolpetch Pinijkarn is the Abbot.
Unlike Wat Nawamintararachutis, Wat Boston is famous for the lack of an Executive Buddhist Panel to decide all affairs of the temple.
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
Theravada Buddhist Temple or Wat located in Bedford, Massachusetts
Bedford, Massachusetts
Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is within the Greater Boston area, north-west of the city of Boston. The population of Bedford was 13,320 at the 2010 census.- History :...
. It is one of two Thai Buddhist Temples in Massachusetts, the other being Wat Nawamintararachutis
Wat Nawamintararachutis
Wat Nawamintararachutis is a working Thai Theravada Buddhist temple or "wat" in Raynham, Massachusetts, which is about an hour south of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is one of only a handful of Thai Buddhist temples in the United States with actual Thai Buddhist monks in residence. Constructed...
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The main community at Wat Boston includes Thai
Thai people
The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...
and Laos
Lao people
The Lao are an ethnic subgroup of Tai/Dai in Southeast Asia.-Names:The etymology of the word Lao is uncertain, although it may be related to tribes known as the Ai Lao who appear in Han Dynasty records in China and Vietnam as a people of what is now Yunan Province...
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Wat Boston Buddha Vararam was started as a small house in Malden, Massachusetts
Malden, Massachusetts
Malden is a suburban city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,450 at the 2010 census. In 2009 Malden was ranked as the "Best Place to Raise Your Kids" in Massachusetts by Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine.-History:...
by Phra Ajan Kitti, and now is expanded to 125 North Road, Bedford Massachusetts. Phra Ajan Maha Kamolpetch Pinijkarn is the Abbot.
Unlike Wat Nawamintararachutis, Wat Boston is famous for the lack of an Executive Buddhist Panel to decide all affairs of the temple.