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| x Kuopio Cathedral |
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Cathedral | Christianity |
The Kuopio Cathedral (Finnish Kuopion tuomiokirkko, Swedish Kuopio domkyrka) is a stone church in Kuopio, Finland and the seat of the Diocese of Kuopio. The cathedral was built between 1806 and 1816.
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| x Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church | Christian Church | African Methodist Episcopal Church | |||
| x Westminster Abbey |
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Christian Church | Anglicanism | Roman Catholicism |
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to popularly and informally as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the...
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| x Hagia Sophia |
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Basilica | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya, from the Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, "Holy Wisdom"; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia) is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous in particular for its massive...
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| x Sinheungsa |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Sinheungsa, sometimes spelled Shinheungsa, is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is situated on the slopes of Seoraksan in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, South Korea. Historical accounts vary as to whether this ancient Zen (Seon)...
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| x Htilominlo Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Htilominlo Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan (formerly Pagan), in Burma/Myanmar, built during the reign of King Htilominlo (also known as Nandaungmya) in 1211. The temple is three stories tall, with a height of 46 metres (150 feet), and...
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| x Muktinath |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Muktinath is a sacred place both for Hindus and Buddhists located in Muktinath Valley at an altitude of 3,710 meters at the foot of the Thorong La mountain pass (part of the Himalayas), Mustang district, Nepal. The site is close to the village...
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| x Byodo-In Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Byodo-In (平等院) Temple is a non-denominational Buddhist temple located on the island of O'ahu in Hawai'i at the Valley of the Temples. At 47-200 Kahekili Highway, the Byodo-In Temple is a replica of a 900-year-old Buddhist place of worship at Uji...
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| x Putuo Zongcheng Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Putuo Zongcheng Temple (Chinese: 普陀宗乘之庙; pinyin: Pǔtuó Zōngchéng) of Chengde, Hebei 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 located...
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| x Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen | Temple | Buddhism |
Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen (also written Pak Nam Phasi Charoen, Thai: วัดปากน้ำภาษีเจริญ) in Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok is a very large wat with a sizeable population of monks and nuns. Many foreigners have stayed at this temple over the years....
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| x Prasat Preah Vihear |
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Temple | Hinduism |
The Preah Vihear Temple or Prasat Preah Vihear (Khmer: ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ, Prasat Preah Vihear) is a Khmer temple situated atop a 525-metre (1,720 ft) cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear province of northern Cambodia and near the...
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| x Jingci Temple | Temple | Buddhism |
Jingci Temple (Chinese: 净慈寺) is located at the foot of Huiri Peak of Nanping Hill. It is the second prominent Buddhist temple around West Lake. Together with Lingyin Temple, it is called the jewel of the southern and northern hills. The temple was...
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| x Longxing Monastery |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Longxing Monastery or Longxing Temple (Chinese: 隆興寺; pinyin: Lóngxīng Sì) is an ancient Buddhist monastery located near the town of Zhengding in Hebei Province, China, approximately 15 kilometers north of the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang....
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| x Ruwanwelisaya |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa in Sri Lanka, considered a marvel for its architectural qualities and sacred to many Buddhists all over the world. It was built by King Dutugemunu, who became lord of all Sri Lanka after a war in which the Chola King...
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| x Three Pagodas |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Three Pagodas (崇圣寺三塔) are an ensemble of three independent pagodas arranged on the corners of a equilateral triangle, near the town of Dali, Yunnan province, China, dating from the time of the Nanzhao kingdom and Kingdom of Dali.
The Three...
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| x Wat Ratchaburana | Temple | Buddhism |
Wat Ratchaburana(Thai: วัดราชบุรณะ) is a Buddhist temple in Phitsanulok, Thailand.
Wat Ratchaburana lies in the center of Phitsanulok, on the westt bank of the Nan River, and to the south of the main temple of the province, Wat Phra Sri Rattana...
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| x Tassajara |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in the Ventana Wilderness area of the Los Padres National Forest, southeast of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, is the oldest Japanese Buddhist Sōtō Zen monastery in the United States.
The Tassajara Zen Mountain...
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| x Dhammayangyi Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
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Dhammayangyi Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Burma and was built in the 1100s. There is dispute as to the date of its construction; it may have been built by either King Narathu or King Alaungsithu. Dhammayangyi Temple is the widest...
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| x Deer Park Monastery |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Deer Park Monastery is a 400-acre (1.6 km) Buddhist sanctuary in Escondido, California. It was founded in July 2000 by monastic and lay practitioners from Plum Village in France.
The monastery is under the direction of Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of...
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| x Tam Kung |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Tam Kung (譚公, literally "Lord Tam") is a sea deity worshiped in Hong Kong and Macau.
A temple dedicated to this deity is located at the end of Shau Kei Wan Man Street East, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong, and was originally a small shrine. Local people...
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| x Buddhist Congregation Dharmaling |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Buddhist Congregation Dharmaling is a Buddhist organization, which main office is registered to the Office for religious communities of the Government of Slovenia.. Buddhist Congregation Dharmaling is also signatory of an agreement with the...
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| x Myoshin-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Myōshin-ji (妙心寺, Myōshin-ji) is a temple complex in Kyoto, Japan. The Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen Buddhism is the largest school in Rinzai Zen. This particular school contains within it more than three thousand temples throughout Japan, along...
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| x Isurumuniya |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Isurumuniya is a Buddhist temple situated near to the Tisawewa (Tisa tank).
The temple was built by King Devanampiyatissa who ruled in the ancient Sri Lanka capital of Anuradhapura. After 500 children of high-caste were ordained, Isurumuniya was...
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| x Guiyuan Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Guiyuan Temple (simplified Chinese: 归元寺; traditional Chinese: 歸元寺; pinyin: Guīyuán Sì) is a Buddhist temple located on Cuiwei Rd., Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. This part of Wuhan is the former Hanyang city.
It was built in Shunzhi 15th year...
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| x Jōchi-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Kinpōzan Jōchi-ji (金宝山浄智寺) is a Buddhist Zen temple in Kita-Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Engaku-ji school of the Rinzai sect and is ranked fourth among Kamakura's Five Mountains. The main objects of worship are the...
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| x Mampuku-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Mampuku-ji (萬福寺, Manpuku-ji) is a temple located in Uji, Kyoto. It is the head temple of the Japanese Ōbaku Zen sect.
The temple was founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Yinyuan Longqi and his disciple Muyan.
In 1664 control of the temple passed to...
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| x Sule Pagoda |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Sule Pagoda is a Burmese stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography. According to legend, it was built before the Shwe Dagon...
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| x Pohyonsa | Temple | Buddhism |
Pohyon-sa is a Korean Buddhist temple in North Pyongan Province, North Korea. It is located within the famous Myohyang-san mountains and was founded in 1024, during the Goryeo dynasty. The temple houses a copy of the Tripitaka Koreana, and is...
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| x Jetavanaramaya |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Jetavanaramaya is a stupa, located in the ruins of Jetavana Monastery in the sacred city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
King Mahasen (273-301 AD) has the honour of being the creator of the largest stupa in Sri Lanka. A part of a sash or belt tied...
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| x Nashville Mindfulness Center | Temple | Buddhism |
The Nashville Mindfulness Center] (NMC) is a Buddhist meditation center located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in March 2006 by ordained Tiếp Hiện (Order of Interbeing) member Skip Ewing, the NMC is dedicated to the practice of mindful meditation...
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| x Ananda Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Ananda Temple is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 during the reign of King Kyanzittha. It is located in Bagan, Myanmar. The name Ananda comes from the name of Buddha's cousin and personal secretary Venerable Ananda, although it was once known as...
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| x Chua Bo De | Temple | Buddhism |
The Chua Bo De is a Vietnamese Buddhist Temple in New Orleans, United States of American.
The Chua Bo De Buddhist Temple was built in 1983 by the monk Thich Thong Duc. The temple name "Bồ Đề" is a Vietnamese transcription of the Bodhi Tree's name,...
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| x Donghwasa |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Donghwasa, also Donghwa Temple, is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in northern Daegu, South Korea. The temple is located on the slopes of Palgongsan, within the boundaries of Dohak-dong, Dong-gu, near Daegu's northern border. It is the seat of...
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| x Sensō-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Sensō-ji (金龍山浅草寺, Kinryū-zan Sensō-ji) is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant. Formerly associated with the Tendai sect, it became independent after World War II....
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| x Swayambhu | Temple | Buddhism |
Swayambhu (also spelt Svayambhu) means Self-manifested or that which is created by its own accord.
Based on details in Bhagavata Purana and Matsya Purana, Narayana or Krishna is said to be the Self-manifested Swayambhu form of Brahman as the first...
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| x San Francisco Zen Center |
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Temple | Buddhism |
San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC), aka "Zen Center", is a network of affiliated Soto Zen practice and retreat centers in the San Francisco Bay area, comprising City Center or Beginner's Mind Temple, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and Green Gulch Farm....
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| x Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields | Temple | Buddhism |
Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields is a Buddhist site founded by the Sinhalese community based in the areas surrounding Kuala Lumpur to provide a place of worship in the Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist tradition. It is also commonly known as the...
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| x Ganden Monastery |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 36 kilometers ENE from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, at an...
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| x Tōdai-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Tōdai-ji (東大寺, Tōdai-ji, Eastern Great Temple), is a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden), the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest statue of the Buddha...
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| x Hazy Moon Zen Center | Temple | Buddhism |
The Hazy Moon Zen Center is a Soto Zen center in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1996 by William Nyogen Yeo Roshi through the honorary founder Taizan Maezumi, Roshi. Nyogen Roshi practiced 27 years with Taizan Maezumi and was the last of...
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| x Four-gates pagoda |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Four Gates Pagoda (Chinese: 四门塔; pinyin: Sì Mén Tǎ) is a Sui Dynasty (581-618 AD) stone Chinese pagoda located in central Shandong Province, China. It is thought to be the oldest remaining pavilion-style stone pagoda in China. The oldest extant...
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| x Mahamuni Buddha |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Mahamuni Buddha, (lit. The Great Sage) also known as the Maha Myat Muni Paya, Rakhine Paya, Payagyi, is a major Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mandalay, Myanmar. The Buddha statue was brought from Rakhine State in 1784 by King Bodawpaya as spoils...
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| x Mihwangsa |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Mihwangsa is a Buddhist temple in located at the southern-most point on the Korean peninsula, Haenam County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea.Mihwangsa is a branch temple of Daeheungsa, the head temple of the 22nd district of the Jogye Order of...
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| x Seattle Buddhist Church |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Seattle Buddhist Church (built 1940–41) is a Japanese Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple in Seattle, Washington, USA. Although it was designed by Japanese American K.A. Arai, the architect of record was Pierce A. Horrocks, because Arai lacked an...
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| x Candi Surawana | Temple | Buddhism |
Candi Surawana (sometimes called Candi Surowono) is a small temple, of the Majapahit Kingdom, located in the Canggu Village of the Kediri (near Pare) district in Java, Indonesia. It was believed to have been built in 1390 AD as a memorial to...
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| x Oseam |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Oseam or Oseam Temple is a small Korean Buddhist temple located in the area of Mangyeongdae Pavilion, Mount Seorak, Gangwon Province, South Korea. It is an annex of Baekdamsa Temple which is the head temple of the third district in the Jogye Order....
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| x Giant Wild Goose Pagoda |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Chinese: 大雁塔; pinyin: Dàyàn Tǎ), is a Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. It was built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty and originally had five stories, although the...
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| x Gawdawpalin Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Gawdawpalin Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Burma. Construction of the pagoda began during the reign of Narapatisithu (1174–1211) and completed during the reign of Htilominlo (1121-1234). Gawdawpalin Temple is the second tallest temple...
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| x Senanayake Aramaya |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Sacred Hair Relics of Buddha reside at the Senanayake Aramaya, which is situated on the Main Chilaw Road, at Madampe, Sri Lanka. These are in addition to the Tooth Relics of Buddha that reside at the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy.
This temple at...
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| x Yokoji Zen Mountain Center |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Yokoji Zen Mountain Center is a year-round Zen Buddhist training and retreat center located in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California. It is 160 acres (0.65 km) of sacred Native American land and wilderness.
Founded 1981 by Taizan Maezumi,...
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| x Great Vow Zen Monastery |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Great Vow Zen Monastery was founded in 2002 and is operated by Zen Community of Oregon (ZCO) under the leadership of abbots Chozen Bays, Roshi, and Hogen Bays. The monastery offers weekend workshops, week-long meditation retreats, and special events...
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| x Wat Pho |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhlaram Ratchaworamahawihan (Thai: วัดพระเชตุพนวิมลมังคลารามราชวรมหาวิหาร), or the former name Wat Pho (Thai: วัดโพธิ์), also known as The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, is a Buddhist temple in Phra Nakhon district,...
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| x Mahabodhi Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Mahabodhi Temple (Literally: "Great Awakening Temple") is a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, the location where Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, attained enlightenment. Bodh Gaya is located about 96 km (60 mi) from Patna, Bihar state, India. Next to...
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| x Kōfuku-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Kōfuku-ji (興福寺, Kōfuku-ji) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, in Nara prefecture, Japan. The temple is the headquarter of the Hossō school in Japan.
Kōfuku-ji has its origin as a temple that was established in 669 by Kagami-no-Ōkimi (鏡大君),...
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| x Sulamani Temple | Temple | Buddhism |
The Sulamani Temple is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Minnanthu (southwest of Bagan) in Burma. The temple is one of the most-frequently visited in Bagan. It was built in 1183 by King Narapatisithu, and is similar to the Thatbyinnyu...
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| x Ryōan-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺, The Temple of the Peaceful Dragon) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple is one of the Historic Monuments of...
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| x Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram | Temple | Buddhism |
Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram (Thai: วัดไชยมังคลาราม) is a Thai Buddhist temple in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, most notable for its Reclining Buddha statue. The statue is the 3rd largest of its kind, being 33 meters in length. In the main shrine in...
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| x Jokhang |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Jokhang, (Tibetan: ཇོ་ཁང་; Wylie: Jo-khang; Chinese: 大昭寺; pinyin: Dàzhāosì), also called the Jokang, Jokhang Temple, Jokhang Monastery or Tsuklakang (gTsug lag khang), was the first Buddhist temple in Tibet, located on Barkhor Square in Lhasa....
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| x Dorje Drak | Temple | Buddhism |
Dorje Drak (English: Indestructible Rock) monastery was one of the primary Nyingma monasteries in Tibet. It was destroyed in the Communist invasion and later partially reestablished. The current throneholder is H.H. Taglung Kyabgon Tsetrul Thupten...
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| x Plum Village |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Plum Village (Làng Mai) is a Buddhist meditation center in the Dordogne, in southern France. It was founded by Vietnamese monk Thích Nhất Hạnh, and his colleague Bhikkhuni Chân Không, in 1982.
After being refused the right to return to Vietnam,...
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