• The Buddhist Temple of Chicago (BTC) was founded in October 1944 by Gyomay Kubose, a minister of the Higashi Honganji branch of the Jōdo Shinshū ("True...
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    This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in the United States for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location....
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  • oldest one still standing. Buddhist Temple of Chicago, was founded in October 1944 of the Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") of Higashi Hongan-ji ("Shin...
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  • In the early hours of August 10, 1991, a mass shooting occurred at Thai Buddhist temple Wat Promkunaram (Thai: วัดพรหมคุณาราม; RTGS: Wat Phrom Khunaram)...
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    established the Chicago Buddhist Temple in 1949. Matsuoka-roshi also served as superintendent and abbot of the Long Beach Zen Buddhist Temple and Zen Center...
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    Gyomay Kubose (category American Buddhist spiritual teachers)
    non-sectarian Buddhist temples in America, he also established the American Buddhist Association, the Buddhist Educational Centre in Chicago, Scouting Clubs...
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    Buddhist Temple of Chicago Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Centre Union of Vietnamese Buddhist Churches in the United States of America Universal Buddhist...
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  • Daiyuzenji (category Buddhist temple stubs)
    Buddhist temple located on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Daiyuzenji began in 1982 as the Illinois betsuin (branch temple)...
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    province, China is a Qing dynasty era Buddhist temple complex built between 1767 and 1771, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796). It is...
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  • Midwest Buddhist Temple Taiko group is a self-taught taiko group based in Chicago, Illinois, at the Midwest Buddhist Temple (Buddhist Churches of America)...
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  • in Chicago and Korinji in Wisconsin. Soyu Matsuoka-roshi established the Chicago Buddhist Temple in 1949 (now the Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago) and...
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    practice, such as vajras, bells, stupas and Buddhist temple architecture. Buddhist art originated in the north of the Indian subcontinent, in modern India...
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    The Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois (or Chicago Baháʼí Temple) is a Baháʼí temple. It is the second Baháʼí House of Worship ever constructed...
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  • Theravada (redirect from Theravada Buddhist)
    building of new temples, patronized scholarship, monastic ordinations and missionary works as well as attempted to eliminate certain non-Buddhist practices...
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  • pre-World War II era. The Buddhist Temple of Chicago was founded in 1944. The Midwest Buddhist Temple, a Japanese Buddhist temple, opened in 1972. In the...
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  • Midwest Buddhist Temple Ginza Holiday Festival is an annual Japanese cultural festival that occurs on the second weekend, Friday to Sunday, of August at...
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    Buddhism (redirect from Buddhist)
    articles Jewish Buddhist List of Buddhist temples List of Buddhists List of converts to Buddhism Outline of Buddhism Persecution of Buddhists Shinbutsu-shūgō...
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    Kataragama, Sri Lanka, is a temple complex dedicated to Buddhist guardian deity Kataragama deviyo and Hindu War God Murugan. It is one of the few religious sites...
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  • destruction of property, temples, monasteries, centers of learning, meditation centers, historical sites, or the incitement of hatred towards Buddhists.[citation...
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    The Shwethalyaung Temple (Burmese: ရွှေသာလျှောင်းဘုရား [ʃwèθàljáʊɰ̃ pʰəjá] is a Buddhist temple in the west side of Bago (Pegu), Myanmar. The Shwethalyaung...
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    Jokhang (redirect from Jokhang Temple)
    Tsuklakang), is considered the "heart of Lhasa". The Jokhang consists of a Tibetan Buddhist temple, its temple complex, and a Gelug school monastery....
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    enforcement. In 1984 the Chicago congregation bought a building from Buddhist monks in Ukrainian Village, which continues to be used for Temple No. 9. Demographic...
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    founded the Zen Buddhist Temple in Ann Arbor in 1981, the Zen Buddhist Temple in Chicago founded in 1992, and the Zen Buddhist Temple in New York City...
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    Guanyin (redirect from Kwun Yum Temple)
    through 33 temples with Guanyin shrines. Guanyin is beloved by most Buddhist traditions in a nondenominational way and is found in most Tibetan temples under...
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  • Buddhist studies, also known as Buddhology, is the academic study of Buddhism. The term Buddhology was coined in the early 20th century by the Unitarian...
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    established in Japan in the 6th century CE. Most of the Japanese Buddhists belong to new schools of Buddhism which were established in the Kamakura period...
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    The Buddhist caves in India. Maharashtra state Aurangabad Dist. Ellora caves form an important part of Indian rock-cut architecture, and are among the...
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    Mount Meru (category Buddhist cosmology)
    Aravali ranges. Many famous Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist temples have been built as symbolic representations of this mountain. The "Sumeru Throne" zh:须弥座 xūmízuò...
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    around the 3rd century BC. Other early cave temples are found in the western Deccan; these are mostly Buddhist shrines and monasteries, dating between 100 BC...
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    Badami cave temples are a complex of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples located in Badami, a town in the Bagalkot district in northern part of Karnataka...
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