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2. Buddhist Temple of Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The Buddhist Temple of Chicago (BTC) was founded in October 1944 by Gyomay Kubose, [1] [2] a minister of the Higashi Honganji branch of the Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") sect, along with several laypeople who had been released from the Japanese American internment camps.

3. Puning Temple (Hebei) - Wikipedia

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   The front temple was constructed in the Chinese style, although the temple complex follows both Chinese and Tibetan architectural styles. The Puning Temple houses the world's tallest wooden sculpture of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (22.28-meter-high and 110 ton), [2] [3] hence it is often nicknamed the "Big Buddha Temple". The complex ...

4. Wenshu Temple (Chengdu) - Wikipedia

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   The Mahavira Hall in it has single-eave gable and hip roof and is 10.56-metre (34.6 ft) high. A sitting statue of Sakyamuni is placed in the middle of the hall. Statues of Ananda and Kassapa Buddha stand on the left and right sides of Sakyamuni's statue.

5. Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (National Treasure No. 83)

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   The Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation is a gilt-bronze statue of what is believed to be the Maitreya, the future Buddha, in a semi-seated contemplative pose. It is commonly referred to as the Contemplative Bodhisattva, Pensive Bodhisattva, or Gilt-Bronze Seated Maitreya in English.

6. Category:Buddha statues - Wikipedia

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   Buddha statues in Sri Lanka (1 C) T. Buddha statues in Thailand (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Buddha statues" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 ...

7. Category:Statues in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Statue of Alexander von Humboldt (Chicago) Statue of Benito Juárez (Chicago) Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Chicago) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chicago) Statue of Irv Kupcinet; Statue of Leif Erikson (Chicago) Statue of Michael Jordan; Statue of Richard J. Oglesby; Statue of Robert Cavelier de La Salle; Statue of The Republic

8. List of Buddhist architecture in China - Wikipedia

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   Grand Buddha at Ling Shan; Guanyin Statue of Hainan; Guanyin of Mount Xiqiao; Guan Yin of the South Sea; Leshan Giant Buddha; Ming bronze sculpture of Mount Sumeru in Beijing; Maitreya Buddha at Bingling Temple; Rongxian Buddha; Spring Temple Buddha; Statue of Kun Iam in Macau; Ten Directions Samantabhadra Bodhisattva; Tian Tan Buddha (The Big ...

9. Statue of Mao Zedong, Chengdu - Wikipedia

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   The Mao Zedong Statue is a marble sculpture located in Tianfu Square, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The monument stands 30 m (98.4 ft) tall and depicts Mao Zedong with an outstretched arm. Before 1967, the site was occupied by an ancient palace from the Shu Kingdom of ancient Sichuan .