Source: The Buddhist Channel/News & Observer
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=61,9334,0,0,1,0
Set amid cookie-cutter homes and big-box shopping centers, the modern, angular-looking temple that has emerged in the middle of suburbia looks out of place.
With its slanted wooden beams, concrete buttresses and asymmetrical geometry, it tells a story how cosmopolitan Raleigh has become.
Here, at Prince Street and Tryon Road, some people, mostly from Taiwan, have been meeting for years. In 1992, they started meditating in homes; in 2001 they built a small house on the site.
On Sunday, they officially dedicated a $4.5 million building with offerings of incense, flowers and a VIP delegation of elected officials and interfaith leaders. The daylong dedication brought hundreds of visitors from all over the world.