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The DRBA logo The mountain gate to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, the headquarters of DRBA.. The Dharma Realm Buddhist Association (shortened to DRBA, Chinese: 法界佛教總會, PY: Fajie Fojiao Zonghui, formerly known as the Sino-American Buddhist Association) is an international, non-profit Buddhist organization founded by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua in 1959 to bring the orthodox ...
In 1646, construction began on the Carmelite convent, [1] through a petition by King Philip IV of Spain.The Monasterio del Señor San José de la Orden de nuestra Señora del Carmen (Monastery of Our Lady Carmen of San Jose) was founded in 1651 by Doña Ana Lanzós, a wealthy widow who donated her money and her magnificent residence (a large double sloped tiled roof) in the street that since ...
The Convent of Saint Joseph is a monastery of Discalced Carmelite nuns located in the Spanish city of Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It was the first monastery founded by Saint Teresa of Jesus, who had the support of such important figures as the Bishop of Ávila, Alvaro Hurtado de Mendoza, who was later buried there. [1]
Following her example, Ana Núñez, together with Elvira Suárez and Juana Fajardo, founded a religious community dedicated to San José in 1563 in Veracruz. [1] However, because of the weather and regional insecurity, they decided to move the house to the city of Puebla. In 1601 they received a license from Don Diego Romano to found a ...
Tang Sanzang is a Buddhist monk who is a reincarnation of Golden Cicada (Chinese: 金蟬子), a disciple of the Buddha. [3] Tang Sanzang's original family name was Chen, the posthumous son of Palace Graduate Chen Guangrui and Yin Wenjiao, the daughter of chief minister Yin Kaishen.
Vedana Charterhouse (Certosa di Vedana), Sospirolo (1456–1977 as monastery; when the monks left in 1977, nuns from San Francesco moved here, and after they moved to Dego in 1998, were replaced by nuns from Riva; the nuns had left by 2018, when the premises were occupied by a community of nuns of the Perpetual Adoration of the Sacrament [160])
The chronicler of her life was Friar Diego de San José, her brother, who was also not only in charge of chronicling Cecilia's life but also of her entire family. [ 5 ] The person in charge of Cecilia's education was her mother, a Christian woman with a strong humanistic background, [ 4 ] who taught Cecilia to write and read Spanish and Latin .
In 1946, as San Jose saw growth due to the construction of an American airstrip, SMA moved to a new location, purchased from the Soldevilla family. However, in 1960, due to financial constraints, SMA was sold to the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in May of that year after 15 years of operation, with Rev. Fr. Carlos Brendel representing the ...