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...
Lately I have been on a bit of a Clive Barker kick. He is a known writer in the horror genre, but I am more interested in the philosophical tidbits his characters drop as they travel through his narrative. He also has an interesting style. Even the most twisted and insane characters only became that way because they cared deeply about something. This makes it really hard to hate them, or simply...
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...
Do you want to learn Japanese?
We are continuing with our introductory Japanese lessons once a month. We will be practising both written (hiragana and katakana) and spoken...
The Holiday season is upon us now.
Consider giving “Gift Cards” for your friends and family members by purchasing through our Shop and Support program, as a portion of the...
Temple Closed on Sunday December 25, 2011
Please note there will be no services on Sunday December 25th as we will be closed for the Holiday.
We will be open on Sunday...
A new initiative was taken at the Toronto Buddhist Temple on Saturday October 22, 2011 when fifteen members of the temple took a full day course on safe food handling...
The JSS 12th Annual Holiday Drive is just around the corner. It is the time of
the year when members of the Japanese ethno-community embrace the holiday spirit and give to...