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| Houston Buddhist Vihara located in Houston, Texas (USA) was founded in June 1988. Houston Buddhist Vihara Inc., a religious coroporation organized under the Religious Corporation Law in the USA, maintains and promotes it for Buddhist purposes. US Federal Government and State of Texas has approved it as a non-profit religious organization. Houston Buddhist Vihara carries on the Theravada Buddhist tradition founded in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Laos and Cambodia. |
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Vihara - is a Sinhala equivalent
of a buddhist temple. In a Sri Lankan Vihara, you can find three
shrines for the buddha, bhikkus residence quarters, a hall for offering
alms and a hall to hold dhamma talks and discussions. The three shrines
for the Buddha are : A monument containing the Buddha's relics (called
dagoba or chetiya), a Bo-tree from the tree where buddha attained enlightenment,
and a shrine room containing statues representing the Buddha and his biography.