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One of the peace walks passed through western Massachusetts, and the area was identified as a potential site for a peace pagoda. [1] The pagoda was completed in 1986, featuring a 100-foot-high dome and several statues of the Buddha, carved by Sri Lankan artisans. The site also contains a reflecting pool and rock garden. [2]
The town was named for John Leverett, the twentieth Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. [3] In 1985, a Buddhist monastic order called Nipponzan Myohoji erected a large monument in Leverett. This structure, known as the New England Peace Pagoda, is considered the first of its kind in North America. [4]
A Peace Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa: a monument to inspire peace, designed to provide a focus for people of all races and creeds, and to help unite them in their search for world peace. Most, though not all, peace pagodas built since World War II have been built under the guidance of Nichidatsu Fujii (1885–1985), a Buddhist monk from Japan and ...
In 1985 the first peace pagoda in the United States was completed, the New England Peace Pagoda in Leverett, Massachusetts. The second US pagoda was built in 1993. There are currently three peace pagodas in the United States, and as of April 2022 there are plans for a fourth. [9] [10] Followers of the order have also undertaken numerous peace ...
Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, Redwood Valley; Beginner's Mind Temple, San Francisco; Berkeley Zen Center, Berkeley; City Of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Talmage; Deer Park Monastery, Escondido
Although the summit is wooded, there is a fire tower, open to the public, which provides 360-degree views of Amherst and the Holyoke Range in the south; the Connecticut River and Mount Sugarloaf to the west; Mount Snow, Mount Ascutney, and Mount Monadnock in the north; and the nearby Peace Pagoda in Leverett to the east.
List of Buddhist temples in Massachusetts; C. Cambridge Zen Center; N. New England Peace Pagoda; V. Valley Zendo; W. Wat Boston Buddha Vararam; Wat Nawamintararachutis
The Moore's Corner Historic District of Leverett, Massachusetts, encompasses the historic rural mill village of Moore's Corner.Centered on the intersection of North Leverett Road with Dudleyville Road, Church Hill Road, and Rattlesnake Gutter Road, it includes 15 houses and several other buildings, mainly from the village's mid-19th century peak as a modest rural village center.