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Minnesota Buddhist Vihara is a Theravada Buddhist temple in the state of Minnesota. It was established in 2004 by Venerable Witiyala Seewalie Maha Thera, who is also the current Abbot of the Vihara and the Deputy Chief Sangha Nayaka of North America, [1] appointed by the Malwatta Chapter in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Its 10th anniversary was celebrated ...
In the early 1980s, the Midwest Buddhist Temple Taiko group helped start the Ho Daiko Group [4] group at the Seabrook Buddhist Temple, the Soh Daiko Group [5] at the New York Buddhist Church, [6] and the Twin-Cities Taiko Group which changed their name to the Kogen Taiko Group, [7] a part of the Twin-Cities Buddhist Association in Minnesota.
The Twin Cities are home to a Jewish population of approximately 64,800, with about 31% of Jewish households in Minneapolis suburbs, 24% in Minneapolis, 16% in St. Paul, 14% in the St. Paul suburbs, and 15% in outer suburbs. [60] There is also a Hindu temple in the Twin Cities suburb of Maple Grove.
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They would eventually establish temples in Sacramento (1899), Fresno (1900), Seattle (1901), Oakland (1901), San Jose (1902), Portland (1903), and Stockton (1906), under what was then called the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Mission of North America. This organization evolved into the current BCA, incorporated in 1944.
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In 2008, he was a visiting professor of Buddhism [1] at Harvard Divinity School where his studies focused on the Buddhist monk Shinran. [2] Seth Evans is a scholar and educator who specializes in the Abhidhamma Pitaka (abhidhammapiṭaka) and the Visuddhimagga. He is known for his work in the phenomenological aspects of Buddhist psychology.
The leader of Buddhist Mission of North America, later Buddhist Churches of America, held the title kantoku between 1899 and 1918. [1] [2] Kantoku has been translated to "superintendent" [3] and "director". [1] [4] In 1918, the title was changed to sochō, which has been translated as "chancellor" [5] [6] and "president". [7]