Beautiful Temple of Thien phai Truc Lam in Seattle. So proud of Thien Vien Truc Lam Minh Chanh…read more Please read more about this particular Meditation Center at: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trúc_Lâm Thiền phái Trúc Lâm (zh. 竹林禪派) là một tông phái của Thiền tông Việt Nam, hình thành từ thời nhà Trần, do Vua Trần Nhân Tông sáng lập. Trúc Lâm vốn là hiệu của Trần Nhân Tông từ khi xuất gia ở động Vũ Lâm (Ninh Bình), đồng thời cũng là hiệu của Thiền sư Đạo Viên, tiền bối của Trần Nhân Tông, Tổ thứ hai của dòng Thiền này. Thiền phái Trúc Lâm có ba Thiền sư kiệt xuất là Nhân Tông (Trúc Lâm Đầu Đà), Pháp Loa, và Huyền Quang (gọi chung là Trúc Lâm Tam tổ). Thiền phái này được xem là tiếp nối, nhưng cũng đồng thời là sự hợp nhất của ba dòng Thiền Việt Nam có từ trước đó là phái Thảo Đường, Vô Ngôn Thông và Tì-ni-đa-lưu-chi, cùng với sự pha trộn ảnh hưởng của tông Lâm Tế. Với việc lập ra phái Trúc Lâm, Vua Trần Nhân Tông đã thống nhất các Thiền phái tồn tại trước đó và toàn bộ giáo hội Phật Giáo đời Trần về một mối.

A very beautiful, peaceful, and calm place! Great place to…read morepractice meditation. Must visit to experience the peacefulness and calmness of this gems.

While the area is usually quiet, I live right next to the temple and there's a serious ongoing…read moreproblem that needs immediate attention. The people at the temple have large German Shepherds that have gotten out multiple times and attacked other dogs in the neighborhood. It happened again tonight. These dogs are not secured. The gate in front of the temple does absolutely nothing to contain them -- they come and go as they please. These dogs are dangerous, not just to other animals, but to people too. If something ever happened to my dogs, I promise you it would not be taken lightly. I'm angry, and I'm scared -- and I shouldn't have to feel this way in my own neighborhood. Something needs to change before someone's pet -- or worse, a child -- gets seriously hurt.

Great place for people to worship Buddha and Bodhisattvas. And also very devoted master (Thích Hnh…read moreHuy).

Fresh Ground Stories in here every 3rd Thursdays. You can find it on Meetup dot com. It was…read moresuper crowded when I went tonight. I used to go when Paul has it at Starbucks, and another Coffee Shop on Cap Hill before Cvid. Bring your own Water , Coffee, snacks. They don't have any food here to sell.

You cannot review a place of worship! Though there are many…read moretemples in the region, there are only a few where you feel the divine connection & want to come back often. The food/prasadam is always amazing! Currently, they have Ramayan depicted in miniature exhibits which are cute and well created!

Its been almost an year and a half since we first moved to Seattle. Now is when we came to this…read moreholy place. Till the moment you enter to when you leave, the presence of calmness and positivity is just unmatched. Ample of parking space available. Beautiful prayer room. With breath taking Murti of Krishna, Radharani, Ramji, Sita ma, Lakshmanji, Hanumanji & Chatanya Mahaprabhu. I have taken a picture of Krishna, but it does not do any justice to what my eyes saw and my heart felt. Down the stairs at the end of the hall is the Prasad area. Just one let down is that its an hr drive to the temple. Will be back soon Krishna.

I love this church! Awesome worship, weekly communion, and a great teaching team! Children and…read moreYouth programming is top notch, and the focus on community and community outreach is ever-growing. I'm so grateful for this church community that has seen our family through good and tough times, always with much Love. We've been attending since 2010 and have seen many changes, but one thing always remains the same: the focus is 100% on Jesus.

A wonderful and welcoming church! Our family felt comfortable here even on our first visit!!!read more

Nice & Peace full Place i love is sanatan dharm mandir kent wa…read more hindu temple kent wa

It is a great Hindu Mandir with amazing service and a very knowledgeable and friendly priest Dr…read more Sanjay Shastri Ji. If you do not speak hindi, Dr. Sanjay Shastri is able to speak, marathi, english, punjabi, and a little bit of nepali. I would highly recommend this temple to anyone. Wonderful place!

Best church ever you need to attend here everything is great you great people great pastor and the…read morebest community and the best youth groups

This is a beautiful church: culturally, physically, socially and spiritually. I have attended…read moreservices and dharma here on occasion and always been struck by the congregation's warmth and casual air. Seattle Buddhist Church practices Jodo Shinshu aka "Pure Land" aka "Shin" Buddhism. It is one of the most common branches of Buddhism in the US. Many people note that there are assimilation aspects to this branch: they have a bishop, they call their branches "churches" interchangeably with "temples", and introduced lessons to hymns. These things harken back directly to WWII and it speaks to Shin Buddhism's place in the Japanese-American story. I find the members of Seattle Buddhist Church so friendly, and definitely "teaching by doing". You will not find proselytizing - you really have to ask around to get information about practices, services, classes. One of the best times to find out about Shin Buddhism is during Bon Odori, because the church is open and they have informational lectures at that time. Speaking of Bon Odori - this is the site of Seattle's annual festival to celebrate our ancestors and has been for over 75 years! You will find me dancing there every summer. Check the Seafair calendar for each year's dates. Bon Odori is just one of the many cultural experiences the Seattle Church offers in addition to dharma, Japanese Language class, the bazaar, and cultural enrichment classes in conjunction with Nikkei Horizons Sr. Home (like hula, cooking, ikebana and crafts). Within this church they offer Camp Fire, Boy Scouts, Taiko drumming, basketball, and the YBA - Young Buddhist's Association. It 's a wonderful place for families!! My children have always been very comfortable here even though we're not regular attendees. Whether visiting for cultural or spiritual reasons, you will feel welcome at Seattle Buddhist Church!

So many good memories of this place. Dancing in line during Bon Odori. Learning flower arrangement…read more My sensei who taught me iaido. I attended this Temple/"Church" with my stepmom Lumchuan for several years. They orchestrated services very like in christian churches -- a bit of sermon, stand and sing a hymn together; it was very Americanized, and sometimes I really didn't want to go but I went anyway. My step-mom was a bikuni educated in a Thai monastery from age five on. Though I was steeped in Buddhism at the time, from her teachings and others, I never became a real believer in anything, which is okay for any good Buddhist! I love the idea that belief isn't necessary, that it can even be a goal to let go of such considerations. Rather than belief, for me it's art and literature and ceremony and culture and compassion, the most secular of religions. Even if there were a god it wouldn't matter, since he she or it no less than we are bound to this wheel of sorrows. So, I'd bow to the golden Buddha in the niche of this church and light incense and clap thrice, while Lumchuan fell prone before the Buddha in ecstatic devotion. As a kid that was a little embarrassing to me, to be standing beside my step-mom who goes flat on the floor like nobody else did. But what I'd give to spend another day with her now, gone so many years. Dunno if she achieved liberation or not. All of us seem just a little too foolish to ever achieve that.