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San Jose City Council gives go-ahead for temple project / Mar 28 2023
Plans for what will become the largest Buddhist temple in the Bay Area for ethnic Cambodians were approved by San Jose council members, clearing the final hurdle for a $25 million project that has been in the works for more than four years.
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A Khmer Buddhist Foundation Provides $1 Million in Grants to Digitize and Preserve the Largest Surviving Collection of Cambodian Buddhist Palm Leaf Manuscripts / Feb 9 2022
Rare 500-year-old collection of Buddhist literature on culture, science, medicine, history and religion is made available free to the global community online.
Message of Support to Local Synagogue / Jan 24 2022
A Khmer Buddhist Foundation is pleased to have extended its support to our brothers and sisters at local synagogue, Chabad-Lubavitch of Almaden Valley, which went up in flames in December. “We send our sincere blessings to all those hurting from this senseless tragedy,” said Lyna Lam, founder and executive director of A Khmer Buddhist Foundation, in announcing the organization's intent to help financially. “We all need a safe place to worship and hope we can join together to help this wonderful community recover quickly.” She urges others to support the GoFundMe account that has been organized to support this vital renewal effort.
Cambodia’s Wat Phum Thmei Palm Leaf Library and the Resilience of Buddhist Texts / Nov 18 2021
No other library emerged from the Khmer Rouge regime as unscathed.
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A Khmer Buddhist Foundation is Launched
Nonprofit donates nearly half a million dollars towards COVID-19 relief in Cambodia; urges other organizations and individuals to join its efforts
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