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The London Buddhist Centre (LBC) is a temple located on Roman Road, Bethnal Green, London, that serves as the main base for the London Triratna Buddhist Community. It opened in 1978 in an ornate, vernacular redbrick former Victorian fire station that was completed in 1888 and in use by the London Fire Brigade until 1969. The building was fire ...
The London Buddhist Vihara was founded in 1926 by Anagarika Dharmapala. [2] One of the temple's main benefactors during its early days was Mary Foster, who financed ‘Foster House’ in Ealing. [3] This was the first Sri Lankan Buddhist temple established outside Asia and was named the London Buddhist Vihara in 1926.
Jamyang London Buddhist Centre (FPMT/Tibetan) Kaygu Samye Dzong London, Bermondsey (Tibetan) London Buddhist Centre (Triratna) London Buddhist Vihara (Sri Lankan) London Fo Guang Shan Temple, Marylebone (Chinese) Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery, Watford and Billericay (Sri Lankan) Three Wheels Temple, Acton (Pure Land) Wat Buddhapadipa ...
The Black Buddha (Thai: หลวงพ่อดำ; RTGS: Luang Pho Dam), which was created from bronze in the Sukhothai period and is 650–700 years old. A wealthy woman in Bangkok presented it to King Bhumibol on 20 June 1966 so that it could be placed in the new temple in East Sheen.
Kagyu Samye Dzong London Tibetan Buddhist Centre for World Peace and Health is the London branch of Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland. Kagyu Samye Dzong London is under the direct guidance of Chöje Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Venerable Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche , the co-founder and Abbot of Samye Ling respectively.
Zen Centre, St. John's Wood, London. The Zen Centre is a Buddhist temple in London, England, and the active arm of the Zen Trust, whose object is to promote the Zen Buddhist religion for the benefit of the public. Members generally attend its meetings at the premises of the Buddhist Society. Attendance at Zen Centre premises is for select ...
Buddhism in the United Kingdom is the fifth-largest religious group in the United Kingdom. The 2021 United Kingdom census recorded just under 290,000 Buddhists, or about 0.4% of the total population, with the largest number of Buddhists residing in Greater London and South East England. [5]
The Society was originally created in 1924 in London as an offshoot of a Theosophical Lodge by Christmas Humphreys, a British judge and convert to Buddhism. [2] It became an independent body in 1926, by then Buddhist and no longer associated with Theosophy, and Humphreys remained its president until his death in 1983.