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While there is a hierarchy of gurus who all have different teaching styles and areas of emphasis, Mrs. Balroop explains that there is also a hierarchy among students depending on their level of spiritual development.

Mrs. Balroop, in following with Swami Maharaj

Here she reveals the gender tension caused by pandit authority, and how she views herself in the larger organizational structure of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha.

The Minnesota Buddhist Vihara in Minneapolis on a snowy winter day.

An Aerial View of Onondaga Lake and neighboring Syracuse, New York

Trail of Tears sign at New Echota Historic Site

Billowing beside the American and Buddhist flags outside Phat-An Temple, the flag of the now fallen Republic of Vietnam (not the official flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam today) serves as a powerful reminder of the political forces that have…

Photos and models at Phat-An track the Temple's development since its founding in 1976.

Phat-An in 2011, before its most recent renovation