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Duncan Williams, a half-Japanese, ordained Buddhist monk who is co-editing "American Buddhists" with Queen, says Asian circumspection about Buddhism stems in part from the religion's traditional roots. He says some see it as an impediment to assimilating into "mainstream, Christian, American culture...
According to Williams, the Asian temples for Asians in America link religious identity with cultural identity. He points out that ethnic Buddhist temples often offer culture and language classes as well as services...
...Being a Buddhist in America is like being a hyphenated America...The question is, how does one be a Buddhist and a regular American?" Williams says. "Buddhism is a minority religion...
...Asian-Buddhist students at the College, many say that they tend to take being Buddhist for granted as just another part of their heritage...
...probably as Buddhist as you'd get, but I'm not that Buddhist," Chung says. "I have a Buddha [figure] around my neck...[but] no one knows [Buddhism] enough to know what exactly it is to say they're practicing...