[Buddha-l] Question for academic teachers of Buddhism

[Christopher Fynn]

Richard Hayes wrote:

...

> The temple attracts Buddhists and Hindus from Southeast Asia, China,
> Korea and India---Albuquerque has a pretty small Asian population. Their
> usual practice is to chant and do prostrations and pin $20 and $50 bills
> to the money trees prominently placed on the altar next to the statues
> of the Buddha, Avalokiteshvara, Guan Yin, Krishna, Brahma and a buxom
> mermaid. The non-Asian meditators put $1 and sometimes $5 bills into a
> Mexican basket, completely ignore all the statues, and never chant or
> even do so much as recite the three refuges. Between the Asians and the
> non-Asians you could just about put together a complete Buddhist
> practice at this temple.
> 

Where does the buxom mermaid fit into the practice?

- C
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