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, 如來寺, in Portuguese
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, "Templo Zu Lai", lit. ''Tathāgata
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Temple'') is a Buddhist
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temple
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in Cotia
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, São Paulo
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, Brazil
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. It is the largest Buddhist
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temple in South America
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with 10,000 square meters of constructed area, inside an area of approximately 150,000 square meters.
It has a partnership with Fo Guang Shan
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, practicing the Mahāyāna
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branch of Buddhism. The Zu Lai Temple states as its main objective the cultural and religious dissemination of the Buddhist Tradition, whilst trying to reach to the general population the teachings of traditional buddhist education
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, culture
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and meditation
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.
History
In 1992, the religious Buddhist MasterHsing Yun
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had arrived in Brazil, by an invitation of a local Buddhist Temple in Sao Paulo
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, for a ceremony. An accompanying monk, Jue Cheng, decided to stay in the country and begin a new project with the objective of disseminating the Buddhist tradition
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in the predominantly Catholic
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country. It started as a relatively small temple and had grown to great proportions as time went by and local interest for Buddhism had grown.
See also
*IBPS Manila
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* Nan Hua Temple
Nan Hua Temple (南華寺, ''Nanhua Si'') is the largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa, and is situated in the Cultura Park suburb of Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. It is the African headquarters of the '' Fo Guang Shan'' (Buddha's ...
* Chung Tian Temple
Chung Tian Temple () is a Chan Buddhist temple located at 1034 Underwood Road, Priestdale, Queensland. The temple is part of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist monastic order. Construction of the temple began in January 1991 and it opened in June 1993. ...
* Hsi Lai Temple
* Buddhism in South Africa
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* Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum
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* Fo Guang Shan Temple, Auckland
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References
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