Further Resources and Works Cited

For more information on Buddhism, Watt Munisotaram, and Cambodia, check out these sources:

• Watt Munisotaram website
• Theravada Buddhism page or the general Buddhism page on The Pluralism Project website's page on Buddhism.
• Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America by Wendy Cadge
• How the Swans Came to the Lake by Rick Fields
• The Faces of Buddhism in America edited by Charles Prebish and Kenneth Tanaka
• American Buddhism by Charles Prebish
• For information in immigration in Minnesota, visit the Immigration Library at Energy of a Nation
• For specific information in Cambodian immigration, click here.

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