Sundays 11–1 Korean Mahayana temple, est. "several decades ago," affiliated with Jogye order. One monk in residence. Located in a Korean neighborhood in the Cheltenham suburbs of Philadelphia, the temple’s attendees are all of Korean descent. There are, on average, ten people per session, who are mostly elderly. The interviewee explains that bowing and eating vegetarian meals are "physical" healing, mediation is "mental" healing, and chanting is "social" healing. The weekly ceremony session involves full-body prostrations for the duration of forty-five minutes to an hour. These cleanse the body and mind as people acknowledge their wrongdoings with humility and devotion. Vegetarian meals cleanse the body and prevent illness.Wongaksa
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