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Distro - Buddhism in Vietnam 

A. Abbas 

Revered through the rituals of the Mahayana sect, in Vietnam the Buddha mingles happily with Confucian deities from China. Their love for materialism as vivid as ever, Vietnamese pay frequent visits to temples, more often to ask for luck and prosperity than to pray. The cult of the ancestors spreads through all classes of the society, including the few remaining diehard communists. Esoteric cults such as the Cao Dai flourish. 

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VIETNAM. Saigon. Emperor JADE pagoda where Buddha and Chinese... 

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VIETNAM. Saigon. Emperor JADE pagoda where Buddha and Chinese... 

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VIETNAM. Saigon. Emperor JADE pagoda where Buddha and Chinese... 

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VIETNAM. Saigon. Emperor JADE pagoda where Buddha and Chinese... 

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VIETNAM. Saigon. QUOC TU pagoda. Buddha is venerated here as... 

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VIETNAM. Tay Ninh. The BADEN pagoda on the mountains above the... 

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VIETNAM. Tay Ninh. The BADEN pagoda on the mountains above the... 

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VIETNAM. Tay Ninh. The BADEN pagoda on the mountains above the... 

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VIETNAM. Tay Ninh. The BADEN pagoda on the mountains above the... 

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VIETNAM. Tay Ninh. The BADEN pagoda on the mountains above the... 

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VIETNAM. Tay Ninh. The BADEN pagoda on the mountains above the... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. BACH MA pagoda. Cans of Coca Cola are offered... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. BACH MA pagoda. Woman prays to Chinese deities.... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. TAY HO pagoda. Vietnamese flock to the pagoda... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. TU HIEU pagoda, run my monks of the Mahayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. TU HIEU pagoda, run my monks of the Mahayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. TU HIEU pagoda, run my monks of the Mahayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. TU HIEU pagoda, run my monks of the Mahayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. TU HIEU pagoda, run my monks of the Mahayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Flora under rain. 

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VIETNAM. Hue. TU HIEU pagoda, run my monks of the Mahayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. DIEU DE NATIONAL pagoda. Lunch is prepared and... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. HUYEN KHONG pagoda is run by monks of the Theraveda... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. HUYEN KHONG pagoda is run by monks of the Theraveda... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. HUYEN KHONG SON THUONG pagoda run by monks of the... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. BAO QUOC pagoda run by monks of the Hamayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. THIEN MU Pagoda. Young monks and novices (with... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. THIEN MU Pagoda. Young monks and novices (with... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. THIEN MU Pagoda. Young monks and novices (with... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. THIEN MU Pagoda. A novice (with tuffs of hair on... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. THIEN MU Pagoda. A young monk of the Hamayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. THIEN MU Pagoda. A novice (with tuffs of hair... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. The DIEN DIN pagoda, run by nuns of the Mahayana... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. The DIEN DIN pagoda, run by nuns of the Mahayana... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. The DIEN DIN pagoda, run by nuns of the Mahayana... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. The DIEN DIN pagoda, run by nuns of the Mahayana... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. The DIEN DIN pagoda, run by nuns of the Mahayana... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. Buddhist monks of the Mahayana sect on bicycle.... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. TRAN QUOC pagoda. Lay women in brown robes read... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. TRAN QUOC pagoda. Lay women in brown robes read... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. DIN QUAN pagoda run by nuns of the Hamayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. DIN QUAN pagoda run by nuns of the Hamayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. DIN QUAN pagoda run by nuns of the Hamayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. DIN QUAN pagoda run by nuns of the Hamayana Buddhist... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. DIEN NGHIEM pagoda run by nuns of the Mahayana... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. PHUC KHANH pagoda. A Chinese deity with many... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. TAY HO pagoda. A portrait of HO CHI MINH the... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. TU HIEU pagoda. A colonel, in the uniform of the... 

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VIETNAM. Hanoi. TRAN QUOC pagoda. A woman burns paper American... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. Buddhist monks of the Mahayana sect perform funeral... 

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VIETNAM. Saigon. Buddhist monks of the Mahayana sect perform... 

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VIETNAM. Saigon. Buddhist monks of the Mahayana sect perform... 

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VIETNAM. Saigon. Buddhist monks of the Mahayana sect perform... 

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VIETNAM. Saigon. Buddhist monks of the Mahayana sect perform... 

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VIETNAM. Tay Ninh. The main temple of the CAO DAI religion, a... 

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VIETNAM. Tay Ninh. The main temple of the CAO DAI religion, a... 

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VIETNAM. Tay Ninh. The main temple of the CAO DAI religion, a... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. A woman shaman performs pagan rituals in a home... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. A woman shaman performs pagan rituals in a home... 

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VIETNAM. Hue. A woman shaman performs pagan rituals in a home... 
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