명상도서관
- 자료유형센터
- 저자명
- 학회/출판사/기관명
- 출판년도1990
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기
- 발행사항Toronto, Canada
- ISBN/ISSN
- 소개/요약In the fall of 1986, three young nuns from different temples in Taiwan got together to set out for Toronto, Canada. Filled with faith and conviction, they were determined to spread Chinese Buddhism in Canadian Chinese communities. They faced many difficulties including a language barrier, cultural differences, unfamiliar surroundings, and frigid weather. The Toronto congregation experienced limited growth in the years the nuns attempted to start a religious center. ln 1988, on a trip to the Washington DC area, local devotees noted a church for sale in Germantown, Maryland, and invited the nuns to relocate to DC. With encouragement and financial support from the greater DC Taiwan and Hong Kong Chinese Buddhist community, the church was purchased for use as a Buddhist temple, and the US Zen Institute (USZI) was born in 1990.Despite general repairs made by the community, no insurer would carry the 85-year-old temple property. In October 1992, an electrical fire ravaged the upper level of the building, and the old temple was a total loss. Miraculously, the large golden Buddha image stood firm in the ashes, untouched by flame. The Buddha image was relocated to the adjacent Abbot's dormitory, which has since served as temporary home to thc US Zen Institute. Despite the catastrophe, the USZI congregation continued to grow. Small Sunday gatherings and Weekly Dharma meetings are still held on site in the Abbott's dormitory, where the three nuns of USZI continue to live. Festival gatherings are held at Stone Mill Elementary School in North Potomac, MD. The need for a new temple is clear and pressing.
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