{"id":18479,"date":"2026-03-24T12:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=18479"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:11:44","slug":"scenic-route-buddhist-catechism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2026\/scenic-route-buddhist-catechism\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenic Route"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Buddhist Catechism<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Four monks in red robes kneel in prayer before a large golden Buddha statue inside an ornate temple, framed by intricately carved gold architecture and a patterned red backdrop.\" class=\"wp-image-18506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-364x455.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-500x625.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-1000x1250.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-1280x1600.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-2000x2500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/sp26_network_scenicroute-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jorge Serpa \u201983, M.S. \u201986<\/strong>, is a photographer who has traveled around the world, often with his wife, who recently retired from her diplomatic post. He captured this image in March 2024 at the Wat Sensoukharem temple in the small town of Luang Prabang, Laos. The historic 18th-century Buddhist temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Find more of Serpa\u2019s photos on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jserpaphotography\/\">@jserpaphotography<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Buddhist Catechism&#8221; by Jorge Serpa \u201983, M.S. \u201986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":18506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[360],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spring-2026","architecture-network","architecture-scenic-route"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18479"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19047,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18479\/revisions\/19047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}