Zu Lai Temple

Zu Lai (如來寺)
The Zu Lai Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Zen, Mahāyāna
Location
Country	Brazil
Shown within Brazil
Geographic coordinates	23°35′09″S 46°52′58″W / 23.5857°S 46.8829°W / -23.5857; -46.8829Coordinates: 23°35′09″S 46°52′58″W / 23.5857°S 46.8829°W / -23.5857; -46.8829
Website
www.templozulai.org.br

The Zu Lai Temple (in Chinese, 如來寺, in Portuguese, "Templo Zu Lai", lit. Tathāgata Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Cotia, Brazil. It is the largest Buddhist temple in South America with 10,000 square meters of constructed area, inside an area of approximately 150,000 square meters.^[1] It has a partnership with Fo Guang Shan, practicing the Mahāyāna 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, culture and meditation.^[2]

History[]

In 1992, the religious Buddhist Master Hsing Yun had arrived in Brazil, by an invitation of a local Buddhist Temple in Sao Paulo, for a ceremony.^{[citation needed]} An accompanying monk, , decided to stay in the country and begin a new project with the objective of disseminating the Buddhist tradition in the predominantly Catholic 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.^{[citation needed]}

Zu Lai Temple, Buddha statue

See also[]

• IBPS Manila
• Nan Hua Temple
• Chung Tian Temple
• Hsi Lai Temple
• Buddhism in South Africa
• Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum
• Fo Guang Shan Temple, Auckland

References[]

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