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The Toronto Buddhist temple branch is located in Mississauga, Ontario, and also operates satellite Dharma centres (Buddha's Light Center) in Markham and Kitchener-Waterloo. The Mississauga facility is approximately 50,000 square feet, and provides many modern functions and services while presenting traditional Chinese temple architecture and style.
Buddhist Meditation Centre of Greater Toronto - Markam; Fo Guang Shan Temple, Toronto - Mississauga; Toronto Zen Centre - Toronto; Zen Centre of Ottawa - Ottawa; Mahadhammika Temple - Toronto - North York
Founded initially by Philip Kapleau in 1972 as the Toronto Buddhist Centre, the center went on to eventually be incorporated as the Toronto Zen Centre in 1986. [1] Currently the abbot of the Vermont Zen Center - Sensei Sunyana Graef [ 2 ] ( Dharma heir of Philip Kapleau [ 3 ] ) is directing the centre's spiritual path while Sensei Taigen ...
Wat Phra Dhammakaya (Thai: วัดพระธรรมกาย; RTGS: Wat Phra Thammakai; IPA: [wát pʰráʔ tʰam.má.kaːj]) is a Buddhist temple in Khlong Luang District, in the peri-urban Pathum Thani Province north of Bangkok, Thailand.
The first Japanese Buddhist temple in Canada was built at the Ishikawa Hotel in Vancouver in 1905. [4] Over time, the Japanese Jōdo Shinshū branch of Buddhism became the prevalent form of Buddhism in Canada [3] and established the largest Buddhist organization in Canada. [3] Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery near Kamloops, BC
He attempted to understand the dharma in view of his own existence and thus derived the Nembutsu (recitation of "Namu Amida Butsu": Amitabha Buddha's name) teaching, which he emphasized as an expression of thanks and joy in realizing the interrelated nature of human existence. Established in 1933, it is the oldest Buddhist organization in ...
The Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery (MBM) is an organisation of Buddhist monasteries of Sri Lankan origin established under the teachings of Gautama Buddha. [1] Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery Network(MBM) is one of the largest Theravada Buddhist Organizations in the world.Its main monastery is in Polgahawela, Sri Lanka .
[1] [2] The first International Meditation Centre was opened in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) in 1952, and since then five more centres were established in the UK, Western Australia, Maryland (USA), New South Wales (Australia) and Karinthia (Austria). In addition there are local groups from all over the world practising this meditation ...