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Won Buddhism of Manhattan has served, for the last seventeen years, as a spiritual home for New Yorkers. The Manhattan Won Buddhist Temple, which is also the site of the Won Buddhist UN Office, was founded in 1994. It is a place of peace and restoration, and a place to learn and practice Won Buddhism and meditation. Won Buddhists follow Sotaesan's vision of living the teaching of Buddha with simplicity and commitment in our highly modern and materialistic society.

Ilwonsang Vow: WBM Study Group

Won Buddhist Study Group on Ilwonsang Vow
3 Mondays (April 30 - May 14) 6:30-8:00pm

Join us for three weeks study group on Ilwonsang Vow. The Ilwonsang (circular image, O) Sotaesan's expression of truth, symbolizes the Dharmakaya Buddha: the essence of buddhahood itself, and it is the Buddha nature of all sentient beings.

Buddha's Birthday Celebration

Buddha's Birthday Celebration
Sun, May/27/2012, 11:00 am

Join us in celebration of Buddha's Birthday. We celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha on May 27. It will be celebrated in the traditional Mahayana Buddhist way with a lotus lantern. Lotus is a symbol of enlightenment for Buddhists. Though the lotus lives in muddy water, its beauty is not tainted by the mud.

Individual Meditation Instruction

Individual Meditation Instruction

For those who cannot join our public gatherings, our Reverends offer hour-long individualized instruction on how to meditate at the temple to anyone who wants to learn meditate and the Buddha’s teachings.