Buddhists Welcome New Monastery

July 26, 2010

Author: Sam Cooper

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Province

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=66,9374,0,0,1,0

Struck by the light reflected from the four-metre-high, gold-plated Shakyamuni Buddha, one might think they were resting in an isolated shrine in the hills of Nepal.

Actually, it's the new Thrangu Monastery in Richmond, the first of its kind outside Asia, according to its builders.