Talk:List of Buddhist temples

Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery
Is Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery somehow particularly notable? Is this self-promotion? Should we really try to list every temple in the world, or only notable ones? - Nat Krause 08:38, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

What about the Temple of the Thousand Buddhas in Kyoto, which contains 1000 cypress life-size statues of Buddha standing, arranged in rows. They were covered with gold leaf, parts of which have worn off with time. They are about 900-1000 years old, and some are black with age. What would be the Japanese name for this temple? Ancheta Wis 11:23, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Re: Japanese temples
I searched for Ryoanji and found nothing, so I started an article on the temple. Then I discovered this page...

My question is about the romanization of temple names. Why are some given with a dash before the ji (as in Ryoan-ji) and some not? I think we need to standardize this, and my vote is to leave out the dashes. We also need to be adding a link to this list on the appropriate pages. I think we could actually have a list of Japanese temples, or perhaps an article called Temples of Japan which would include a list. Comments? Exploding Boy 19:45, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)


 * See Manual_of_Style_%28Japan-related_articles%29. The correct form is -ji. Neier 05:57, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Well, I always put the dash when I write a Japanese temple's name, but I can tell you Wikipedia is the only place I know who does that, and I still haven't understood the why. Too late now to change, but I think the dash is absurd. The Manual of Style isn't gospel.

Urashimataro (talk) 23:35, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Toronto!
Why did no one add Toronto? They have a very large amount of temples, invluding BLIA's temple -- Shandristhe azylean cat 11:42, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Thean Hou temple in Malaysia
Somewhere under Malaysia, Thean Hou Temple was listed. Thean Hou Temple is not solely a Buddhist temple. It is dedicated to the Sea Goddess Ma-Chu-Po (aka. Thian Hao, or Heavenly Empress). This goddess has no Buddhist origins. The goddess is associated more with Chinese folk/popular/Taoist religion.

A list of known destroyed temples would be helpful
For example, the ones that Mahmud Ghazan destroyed. Also, a short sentence definition of what is a Buddhist temple, just in general (what's happening inside? what are the standard contents/artifacts?), at the top of the article - would be helpful. John Hyams 17:40, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Purpose of this page
I really think that this page is rather pointless, as the whole task is impossible. What is the purpose of this page anyway? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmlee369 (talk • contribs) 19:46, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Agree. A list of Buddhist temples in the world when there's an estimated 40 thousand in Japan? Urashimataro (talk) 23:37, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


 * A solution would be to restrict the list to existing articles (blue links only). Regards, High on a tree (talk) 23:43, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree that this page is impractical because it would take full-time staff to build and maintain an accurate list. Restricting the page to existing links may be practical.   Klima (talk) 13:23, 20 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I also agree with this and will start implementing it soon if there is no objection. Yworo (talk) 20:40, 7 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Why don't you simply categorize the articles appropriately. This article just serve as a category page and doesn't give any useful information. There should have been an overview of temples. Or table of temples with relevant facts specially when a temple cannot become a standalone article. But this page just gives a mere list of existing articles. අනංගයා (talk) 08:58, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Description of the term
"Buddhist temple" redirects here. What I was really looking for when I searched for that term was a description of the purposes of a Buddhist temple, what takes place in these structures, etc. Would it not make sense for there to be an article about the concept of a Buddhist temple itself, which would then link here? René van Buuren (talk) 23:46, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

16 links to Buddhist Churches of America
The Buddhist Churches of America article gives 59 temples in Arizona (1), California (41), Colorado (2), Illinois (1), New Jersey (1), New York (1), Ohio (1), Oregon (2), Utah (3), Virginia (1) and Washington (5). This article has 16 links to that article, one in a, but 15 instead of a link to an article about that specific temple. --FredTC (talk) 06:13, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

List article should be split by country
This list article is way to long. It should be split into separate articles for each country. Skyerise (talk) 15:05, 14 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Well, it's been over a year since I suggested this and there seem to be no objections, so I will start working on it... Skyerise (talk) 16:29, 10 August 2021 (UTC)


 * And done. Skyerise (talk) 22:18, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Guanyin statue (千手千眼觀音 or 千手千眼观音; Qianshou Qianyan Guanyin) in Yuantong Hall (圓通殿) of Longshan Temple ( 安海龍山寺 or 安海龙山寺) in Anhai, Jinjiang, Fujian, China 3.jpg