Open to the public daily 9-4. Established in 1993, named after Rising Sun Ave., on which it is located. Affiliated with other temples of same name in Cambodia. Three monks currently in residence. Interviewees stressed the role of mindfulness cultivated through meditation for maintaining physical health. The practice of a vegetarian diet, temperance, monogamy, and maintaining the five precepts were also mentioned, as were spreading compassion and gratitude. Bathhouses are utilized to heal, as is the undertaking of a period of abstinence from food and shelter while receiving prayers and blessings from monks. Holy water blessed by monks is also used to purify or heal the body.Soryarangsey Khmer Buddhist Temple
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5415 Rising Sun Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120, USA
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April 16, 2016
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