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Deer Park Monastery meditation hall (Vietnamese) in Escondido, California Hsi Lai Temple (Chinese) in Hacienda Heights, California – the largest Buddhist temple in the United States See also: List of sanghas in Central Valley, California and List of sanghas in San Diego County, California
Obon or just Bon is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars.
The Japanese American Museum. Performers at the San Jose Obon Festival, held annually in Japantown. Santo Market mural inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa.. Japantown is the site of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, which moved into a new building in 2010; [4] San Jose Taiko, Shuei-do Manju Shop, [2] whose manjū were specifically requested during the 1994 visit of the Emperor of ...
Gyobutsuji Zen Monastery (行仏寺, gyōbutsu-ji) is a small Sōtō Zen Buddhist monastery near Kingston in Madison County, Arkansas in the United States.It is located in the Boston Mountains of the Ozarks.
Jokhang Temple: Lhasa Gelug 652 Severely Damaged by People's Liberation Army in March, 1959 Lhasa main temple. Said to have been built by King Songtsen Gampo in 647; a major pilgrimage site. Jonang Phuntsokling Monastery Tsang Jonang: 14th century Kardang: Lahaul: Drukpa 12th century Main monastery in Lahaul. Karma Gön Monastery: Kham Kagyu 1147
Some sources claim that a debate between Bonpos and Buddhists was held, and that a Tibetan king ruled Buddhism the winner, banishing Bon priests to border regions. [46] However, Gorvine also mentions that in some cases, Bon priests and Buddhist monks would perform rituals together, and thus there was also some collaboration during the initial ...
The Seabrook Buddhist Temple is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo Shinshū Hongwanji-ha sect in the Seabrook section of Upper Deerfield Township, New Jersey. It is an affiliate of the Buddhist Churches of America .
Gozan no Okuribi (五山送り火, roughly "The Five Mountainous Send-Off Fires"), more commonly known as Daimonji (大文字, roughly "big letter"), is a festival in Kyoto, Japan. It is the culmination of the Obon festival on August 16, in which five giant bonfires are lit on mountains surrounding the city.