What in the world is the brown thing in the middle of this picture of shells on a beach? Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com — and remember to include your name, home city and contact information.
Last week’s mystery showed an image from the Spartanburg Buddhist Center. Congratulations to these eagle eyes who correctly identified it: Kevin Mertens of Greenville; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Henry Eldridge of Tega Cay; Dale Rhodes of Richmond, Va.; Jay Altman of Columbia; Jacie Godfrey of Florence; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; and Frank Bouknight of Summerville.
Peel noted that there appear to be nine Buddhist temples or monasteries in South Carolina. “The Buddhist temple and meditation center in today’s mystery photo was founded in Spartanburg in 2010 by Cambodian-American Buddhists. This center incorporates Theravāda Buddhist traditions. Theravāda, which means ‘School of the Elders,’ is the name of the oldest existing school of Buddhism that continues to be practiced today and focuses on experiences and thoughtful analysis rather than pure faith. It teaches the Four Noble Truths: the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and truth of the path that ends suffering.”
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