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What is a Buddhist Temple Like?

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What is a Buddhist Temple Like?

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It was in Nara that Buddhism first appeared in Japan. In 752 the world’s largest bronze statue of Buddha, Diabutsu, was completed in the Todai-ji Temple. The statue is fifty-two feet high and weighs 452 tons! It is housed in the largest wooden building in the world. . . . Most Buddhist temples are small. Inside the temple there will be at least one statue of the Buddha. There may be other statues of other “enlightened ones” (buddhas) called bohdisattvas. Bodhisattvas are buddhas that have not gone to Nirvana (like “heaven”), but have stayed behind on earth to help other people become enlightened. They are honored as great teachers. Often the buddha or bodhisattva will be shown sitting on a lotus flower. The lotus is a symbol of purity in Buddhism because it is a beautiful flower that grows up out of the mud. (It shows that people can grow up to achieve purity even though they come from ugly situations.) The Buddha will often have long earlobes which represent spiritual wisdom. [Some be

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