Jade Buddha
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The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is a polar
jade
statue of the Gautama Buddha
sourced from northern Canada
in 2000 and later carved by Thai
artisans. It stands 2.7 meters high and is valued at more than A$5 million. This four-tonne
statue was created for the Great Stupa in Bendigo, Victoria
in Australia
and was consecrated by the Dalai Lama
.
Its model is the Buddha statue of the Mahabodhi Temple
in Bodh Gaya, India
. The statue is currently touring the world.
“I want to emphasize the importance of so many people, I think it seems millions of people, who have seen the statue and have therefore have had strong imprints placed in their minds for enlightenment. … Please remember the benefits to sentient beings in what you are doing with the tour, by people even merely seeing the Jade Buddha, ultimately brings them extensive benefit.”
The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is the largest Buddha carved from gemstone quality jade in the world. The Jade Buddha sits on an alabaster throne of 1.4 meters high. The Buddha inside the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodh Gaya (India) is the model for the Jade Buddha. This Buddha was chosen because it is universally recognised by Buddhists.
The purpose of exhibiting the Jade Buddha around the world is to raise awareness of Buddhism and promote peace.
The Jade Buddha is currently on tour throughout major cities around the world before it is finally placed at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia
.
Wat Buddharangsi
15200 SW 240th St
Miami, Florida
, USA
24 April - 3 May 2010
Buddhist Community Of Memphis and Vicinity
Quan Am Monastery
3500 S. Goodlett Rd
Memphis, Tennessee
, USA
9–16 May 2010
Lien Hoa Temple
6510 Lake Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina
, USA
22 May - 5 June 2010
Linh Son Temple
16 Ruthven Avenue
Worcester, Massachusetts
, USA
12–20 June 2010
Phap Van Temple
420 Traders Boulevard
Mississauga, Ontario
, Canada
26 June - 17 July 2010
Tu Vien Tuong Van
2101 James Madison Hwy
Haymarket, Virginia
, USA
24 July - 1 August 2010
Truc Lam Monastery
11328 - 97 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
8–15 August 2010
Hoa Nghiem Monastery
2623 - 272 Street
Aldergrove, British Columbia
, Canada
21 – 29 August
Co Lam Temple
3503 S. Graham St
Seattle, Washington
, USA
2–12 September 2010
Ngoc Son Tinh Xa Buddhist Association
8318 SE Harney Street
Portland, Oregon
, USA
17–29 September 2010
Vietnamese Bhikkhuni Buddhist Congregation
TINH XA NGOC HOA
766 S. Second Street
San Jose, California
, USA
3–17 October 2010
Kim Quang Temple
3119 Alta Arden Expressway
Sacramento, California
, USA
22–31 October 2010
Bat Nha Buddhist Temple
803 S. Sullivan St.
Santa Ana, California
, USA
5–15 November 2010
Mắt Thương Nhìn Đời, Compassionate Eyes Inc.
7641 Talbert Ave
Huntington Beach, California
, USA
26 November - 5 December 2010
Chan Khong Monastery
1105 Hind Iuka Drive
Honolulu, Hawaii
18 Dec 2010 - 02 Jan 2011
Hosted by TỊNH ĐỘ TU VIỆN (Pureland Monastery)
Orleans Arena E Parking Lot
4500 West Tropicana Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103 (USA)
LA Convention Centre
14 - 23 Jan 2011
Minh Dang Quang
3010 W. Harvard Street
Santa Ana
, CA 92704, USA
30 Jan - 8 Feb 2011
Phap Vuong Monastery
Compassionate Eyes Inc.
715 Vista Ave
Escondido, California
, USA
19–28 February 2011
An Lac Mission
901 S. Saticoy Avenue, Ventura
, CA 93004, USA
5–13 March 2011
Mesa Amphitheatre, 263 N. Center St., Mesa AZ 85201, USA Courtesy of Nhu Lai Meditation
2421 West Glenrosa Ave, Phoenix, Arizona
85015, USA
19–27 March 2011
Kim Cang Monastery
4771 Browns Mill Rd, Lithonia, Georgia
30038, USA
2–10 April 2011
Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Savannah / Cat-Tuong Temple
2619 US Highway 80, Garden City, Georgia
31408, USA
12–19 April 2011
Phap Hoa Temple
4706 N. Arkansas Avenue, Wichita
, KS 67204, USA
23 April - 1 May 2011
Truc Lam Buddhist Temple
1521 W. Wilson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2–8 May 2011
Minh Dang Quang Meditation
208 S. Allentown Rd, Telford
, PA 18969, USA
4–12 June 2011
Zentrum Buddhas Weg (Pagoda Phat Dao)
Außerhalb 5 - 69483 Wald-Michelbach
, Odenwald
, Germany
18–26 June 2011
Vien Giac Temple
Karlsruher Strasse 6, Hannover, Germany
2–10 July 2011
Venue TBA
Berlin, Germany
16–24 July 2011
Venue TBA
Munich, Germany
4 Aug - 10 Aug 2011
Venue Khuong Viet Temple
(Jessheim. Norway )
13 Aug - 21 Aug 2011
Venue Chua Phat Quang
(Gothenburg , Sweden)
17 Sep - 9 Oct 2011
Venue The European Patriarcal Minh Dang Quang Meditation Center
(Paris, France)
15 – 30 October 2011
Venue Chapiteau at the Esplanade
(Grenoble, France)
13 - 26 January 2012
Venue: Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, Singapore
ref>http://www.jadebuddha.org.au/en/tour_dates/
Arctic
The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...
jade
Jade
Jade is an ornamental stone.The term jade is applied to two different metamorphic rocks that are made up of different silicate minerals:...
statue of the Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha
Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...
sourced from northern Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in 2000 and later carved by Thai
Thai people
The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...
artisans. It stands 2.7 meters high and is valued at more than A$5 million. This four-tonne
Tonne
The tonne, known as the metric ton in the US , often put pleonastically as "metric tonne" to avoid confusion with ton, is a metric system unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. The tonne is not an International System of Units unit, but is accepted for use with the SI...
statue was created for the Great Stupa in Bendigo, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and was consecrated by the Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama is the 14th and current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are the most influential figures in the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, although the 14th has consolidated control over the other lineages in recent years...
.
Its model is the Buddha statue of the Mahabodhi Temple
Mahabodhi Temple
The Mahabodhi Temple is a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, the location where Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, attained enlightenment. Bodh Gaya is located about from Patna, Bihar state, India. Next to the temple, to its western side, is the holy Bodhi tree...
in Bodh Gaya, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The statue is currently touring the world.
Mandala Lights around the Jade Buddha
Unusual lights have allegedly appeared in photographs taken of the Jade Buddha. These lights allegedly first appeared at Quán Thế Âm temple in Đà Nẵng. They have since been sighted at every showing of the Jade Buddha in Vietnam, Australia and USA. These lights appear in a wide range of conditions and are even claimed to appear inside buildings such as the Museum of Western Australia in Perth and the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The lights have been called “Mandala Lights” because of the symmetrical design which has a similarity to a Buddhist mandala. The lights appear to be semi-transparent, and when enlarged they seem to be made up of many colours.Jade Buddha Tour
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has said “ It will illuminate the world and bring inconceivable peace and happiness and help prevent the destruction that is happening so much in the world, including war.”“I want to emphasize the importance of so many people, I think it seems millions of people, who have seen the statue and have therefore have had strong imprints placed in their minds for enlightenment. … Please remember the benefits to sentient beings in what you are doing with the tour, by people even merely seeing the Jade Buddha, ultimately brings them extensive benefit.”
The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is the largest Buddha carved from gemstone quality jade in the world. The Jade Buddha sits on an alabaster throne of 1.4 meters high. The Buddha inside the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodh Gaya (India) is the model for the Jade Buddha. This Buddha was chosen because it is universally recognised by Buddhists.
The purpose of exhibiting the Jade Buddha around the world is to raise awareness of Buddhism and promote peace.
The Jade Buddha is currently on tour throughout major cities around the world before it is finally placed at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia
Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo is a major regional city in the state of Victoria, Australia, located very close to the geographical centre of the state and approximately north west of the state capital Melbourne. It is the second largest inland city and fourth most populous city in the state. The estimated urban...
.
2010
9–18 April 2010Wat Buddharangsi
15200 SW 240th St
Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, USA
24 April - 3 May 2010
Buddhist Community Of Memphis and Vicinity
Quan Am Monastery
3500 S. Goodlett Rd
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, USA
9–16 May 2010
Lien Hoa Temple
6510 Lake Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
, USA
22 May - 5 June 2010
Linh Son Temple
16 Ruthven Avenue
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
, USA
12–20 June 2010
Phap Van Temple
420 Traders Boulevard
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
26 June - 17 July 2010
Tu Vien Tuong Van
2101 James Madison Hwy
Haymarket, Virginia
Haymarket, Virginia
Haymarket is a town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. The population was 879 at the 2000 census, but the 2009 is 1,252. Haymarket is home to the Haymarket Senators of the Valley Baseball League...
, USA
24 July - 1 August 2010
Truc Lam Monastery
11328 - 97 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
8–15 August 2010
Hoa Nghiem Monastery
2623 - 272 Street
Aldergrove, British Columbia
Aldergrove, British Columbia
Aldergrove is a small town within the jurisdiction of the The Township of Langley, a municipality within Greater Vancouver. Located at the southeastern edge of both Langley and Greater Vancouver, and nearby to the metropolitan area of Abbotsford, British Columbia just east, Aldergrove has a...
, Canada
21 – 29 August
Co Lam Temple
3503 S. Graham St
Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
, USA
2–12 September 2010
Ngoc Son Tinh Xa Buddhist Association
8318 SE Harney Street
Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, USA
17–29 September 2010
Vietnamese Bhikkhuni Buddhist Congregation
TINH XA NGOC HOA
766 S. Second Street
San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, USA
- Viewing location:1980 Senter Road, San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, USA
3–17 October 2010
Kim Quang Temple
3119 Alta Arden Expressway
Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
, USA
22–31 October 2010
Bat Nha Buddhist Temple
803 S. Sullivan St.
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....
, USA
5–15 November 2010
Mắt Thương Nhìn Đời, Compassionate Eyes Inc.
7641 Talbert Ave
Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 189,992; making it the largest beach city in Orange County in terms of population...
, USA
26 November - 5 December 2010
Chan Khong Monastery
1105 Hind Iuka Drive
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
18 Dec 2010 - 02 Jan 2011
Hosted by TỊNH ĐỘ TU VIỆN (Pureland Monastery)
Orleans Arena E Parking Lot
4500 West Tropicana Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103 (USA)
2011
04 - 9 January 2011LA Convention Centre
14 - 23 Jan 2011
Minh Dang Quang
3010 W. Harvard Street
Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....
, CA 92704, USA
30 Jan - 8 Feb 2011
Phap Vuong Monastery
Compassionate Eyes Inc.
715 Vista Ave
Escondido, California
Escondido, California
Escondido is a city occupying a shallow valley ringed by rocky hills, just north of the city of San Diego, California. Founded in 1888, it is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. The city had a population of 143,911 at the 2010 census. Its municipal government set itself an operating...
, USA
19–28 February 2011
An Lac Mission
901 S. Saticoy Avenue, Ventura
Ventura, California
Ventura is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census. Ventura is accessible via U.S...
, CA 93004, USA
5–13 March 2011
Mesa Amphitheatre, 263 N. Center St., Mesa AZ 85201, USA Courtesy of Nhu Lai Meditation
2421 West Glenrosa Ave, Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
85015, USA
19–27 March 2011
Kim Cang Monastery
4771 Browns Mill Rd, Lithonia, Georgia
Lithonia, Georgia
Lithonia is a suburban town in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, incorporated as a city. Lithonia's population was 1,924 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
30038, USA
2–10 April 2011
Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Savannah / Cat-Tuong Temple
2619 US Highway 80, Garden City, Georgia
Garden City, Georgia
Garden City is a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. It lies along the Savannah River just northwest of Savannah. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 8,778...
31408, USA
12–19 April 2011
Phap Hoa Temple
4706 N. Arkansas Avenue, Wichita
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
, KS 67204, USA
23 April - 1 May 2011
Truc Lam Buddhist Temple
1521 W. Wilson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2–8 May 2011
Minh Dang Quang Meditation
208 S. Allentown Rd, Telford
Telford, Pennsylvania
Telford is a borough in Bucks and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 4,872 at the time of the 2010 census.- History :...
, PA 18969, USA
4–12 June 2011
Zentrum Buddhas Weg (Pagoda Phat Dao)
Außerhalb 5 - 69483 Wald-Michelbach
Wald-Michelbach
Wald-Michelbach is a community in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany.Through Wald-Michelbach runs the now disused Überwaldbahn .-Hardberg:...
, Odenwald
Odenwald
The Odenwald is a low mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany.- Location :The Odenwald lies between the Upper Rhine Rift Valley with the Bergstraße and the Hessisches Ried in the west, the Main and the Bauland in the east, the Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin – a subbasin of...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
18–26 June 2011
Vien Giac Temple
Karlsruher Strasse 6, Hannover, Germany
2–10 July 2011
Venue TBA
Berlin, Germany
16–24 July 2011
Venue TBA
Munich, Germany
4 Aug - 10 Aug 2011
Venue Khuong Viet Temple
(Jessheim. Norway )
13 Aug - 21 Aug 2011
Venue Chua Phat Quang
(Gothenburg , Sweden)
17 Sep - 9 Oct 2011
Venue The European Patriarcal Minh Dang Quang Meditation Center
(Paris, France)
15 – 30 October 2011
Venue Chapiteau at the Esplanade
(Grenoble, France)
13 - 26 January 2012
Venue: Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, Singapore
ref>http://www.jadebuddha.org.au/en/tour_dates/