Upcoming Events

Monday, March 17, 2025 / 12:00 AM : 11:59 PM

Dharma Authentication Day & Dharma Name Conferment Ceremony

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Sunday, August 17, 2025 / 12:00 AM : 11:59 PM

Fundraiser – Plant & Yard Sale

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Thursday, July 17, 2025 / Whole day

Dharma Name Conferment Ceremony

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Everyone Welcome

We are a Buddhist temple built in 1982, and we are at the service of the community. Come and pray with the monks, attend our special events or just spend a quiet moment in front of our Buddha Statue. You are going to experience an internal moment of peace and joy.

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Abbot & Monks

Several monks reside at Great Lotus. Their exact number depends on the current events or activities: Buddhist rites and Thai culture ceremonies. Occasionally, monks are invited to do the blessing outside of their temple - at private residences or businesses.

What We Offer

We gather to make our commitment to become free from suffering, help people with their spiritual growth and provide a safe and friendly space for nurturing holistic well-being.

Cleaning Process

The Center holds now the digital images of the manuscripts’ collection of Balamand, and twenty-eight other collections from monasteries, parishes and private collectors, which exceed two thousand manuscripts and sums up of more than five million digital images.

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Digitalization at beginning (2003)

In spring of 2003, a new project between the Balamand Patriarchal Monastery and the St John University of Minnesota (U.S.A) started the digitalization project of all the manuscripts

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Specially equipped storage Room

It restores and preserves the Balamand Patriarchal Monastery treasures of manuscripts, which the monks cared for them in scribing and decorating through the centuries,The “Centre” is still..

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