City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is an international Buddhist community and monastery founded by Hsuan Hua, an important figure in Western Buddhism. It is one of the first Chan Buddhist temples in the United States, and one of the largest Buddhist communities in the Western Hemisphere.
The mountain gate to the city
The Jeweled Hall of 10,000 Buddhas
The Five Contemplations Dining Hall, with a forty-foot-high painting of thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara
One of the city's many peacocks
Hsuan Hua, also known as An Tzu, Tu Lun and Master Hua by his Western disciples, was a Chinese monk of Chan Buddhism and a contributing figure in bringing Chinese Buddhism to the United States in the late 20th century.
Hsuan Hua in Ukiah, California
Hsuan Hua meditating in the lotus position. Hong Kong, 1953.