Welcome to the Toronto Buddhist Temple
Rev. Tomofumi Fujii
Welcome to the Toronto Buddhist Temple website.
Are you looking for an inner peace in this busy and stressful society? This is the place where you can find the perfect peace of Nirvana through the Amida Buddha’s Wisdom and Compassion. Shinran Shonin (1173 – 1263) the founder of our Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land) School of Buddhism, believed peace and harmony can be...
From the Ministers Blog
The Sangha is the Pure Land
“People say various things about birth in the Pure Land. But could there be any greater ‘birth in the Pure Land’ than the fact we are now sitting and learning the Dharma together? … This place where we are listening to the Dharma together is the Pure Land. Our being allowed to be part of this place, of this Sangha, is ‘birth in the Pure Land.’
Do you think you can have anything greater than...
President’s Message
Larry Wakisaka, President, Toronto Buddhist Temple
A Reminder Learned at the TBT Bazaar
We recently held our annual Toronto Buddhist Temple Bazaar. For one week prior to our bazaar, volunteers came out in force once again to rally together to prepare for our one day extravaganza. Very often the preparation days started at 6am to 7am in the morning and some members of our congregation were...
Latest News
International Hongwanji Overseas Propagation Exchange
International Hongwanji Overseas Propagation Exchange known as IHOPE was held at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley, CA from the 10th to the 13th of April. This is the...
Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples of Canada’s Annual General Meeting in Winnipeg
This year’s JSBTC AGM was hosted by the Manitoba Buddhist Temple on April 28th and 29th. The warm hospitality received from all the members in Winnipeg set the tone for a...
Spring Ohigan and Keirokai Service
On March 18th we celebrated Keirokai at the joint Ohigan service. This was our formal opportunity to express to our seniors our gratitude and appreciation for their...
TBT Buyo Group Perform At Yee Hong March 11, 2012
Seventeen dancers from the TBT Buyo group performed 11 dances in front of 100 residents and guests at the Yee Hong Scarborough Finch
location to celebrate the Girls Day...
Keirokai Celebration
Following the Spring Higan service honoring our young at heart, our honorees and congregation sat down to a bento lunch in the Social Hall.
After lunch, many of the...