Wat Vajiradhammapadip
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Wat Vajiradhammapadip
110 RUSTIC RD. CENTEREACH NY 11720
Mt.Vernon
NY
United States
11720
Theravada, Wat
Theravada
English
offline
.Vajiradhammapadip Temple situated in the West Bronx, New York City, was filed as a Not-for-Profit Organization under the Religious Corporation Law of the State of New York on July 22, 1975 (B.E. 2518). This founding date was both De facto and De jure. It now claims to be the first Thai Buddhist temple in the United States to be a full-fledged temple both legally and ecclesiastically.
My practice originally started with basic samatha from online sources. I then joined the local Tibetan Buddhist organisation and took refuge eventually. In the back of my mind I always found the original teachings of the Buddha more appealing and seemed more straight forward. I found some teachings in vajrayana a bit to esoteric for my liking. Through listening to the Guru viking podcast I learnt about Dhammarato and made contact. Around the same time I made friends with the local Thai monks and visit the temple regularly.
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