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Names for a Buddhist temple, monastery or meditation hall in fiction, games and worldbuilding, or for a group choosing an English name. The 1,000 names run from Golden Lotus Monastery and Dharma Wheel Meditation Hall to Wat Santi Tham, Tashi Ling and the Monastery of the Cloud Ladder.

About Buddhist temple names

Buddhist temples are named in a few recognizable ways. English-language names usually pair an image from the tradition with a word for the building: the lotus that rises clean from the mud, the bodhi tree of the awakening, the three jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, or a plain feature of the place such as a peak, a spring or a bell. Golden Lotus Monastery, Three Jewels Temple and White Crane Hermitage all follow that pattern.

Other names keep the building word of their home region. Thai temples begin with Wat, Vihara is the old Pali and Sanskrit word for a monastery, Tibetan names end in Ling (place) or Gompa (monastery), Korean temples close with -sa, Japanese ones with -ji or -dera, and Chinese ones with Si. The foreign-form names here use well-known words only, many carry an English gloss, and a small share are famous temples marked "(real, place)" as reference points.

The list of 1,000 mixes city temples and community centers, forest hermitages, mountain and cave monasteries, Zen halls and nunneries with temples for fantasy worlds, such as the Monastery of the Cloud Ladder. Names like these recur among real temples and centers around the world, so treat them as patterns to borrow, and look up any name before a real group adopts it.

How to choose Buddhist temple names

  • Decide the kind of place first. A village temple, a forest hermitage, a teaching monastery and a city meditation center each take a different building word.
  • Build the name from one image and one place word. Still Water Forest Monastery says more than a stack of holy adjectives.
  • Match the form to the tradition of your setting: Wat for a Thai-style temple, Gompa or Ling for a Himalayan one, a name in -sa for a Korean one, Zendo for a Zen sitting hall.
  • For a fantasy world, keep the calm register of real names and change the geography, as in Monastery of the Frozen Waterfall or Pagoda of the Nine Winds.
  • If a real group is choosing a name, search for it first. Imagery names are shared by many temples, and a name already in use nearby will confuse visitors.

Frequently asked questions

How are Buddhist temples usually named?

Most names join an image or a teaching with a word for the building, as in Bodhi Leaf Temple, Middle Way Monastery or Dharma Wheel Meditation Hall. Others are named for their setting, such as a mountain, a cave or a forest, or for a figure such as the Medicine Buddha or Kuan Yin.

What do Wat, Vihara, Gompa, Ling, -sa, -ji and Si mean?

Each is a word for a temple or monastery in its own language. Wat is Thai, Vihara is Pali and Sanskrit, Gompa is Tibetan for a monastery and Ling for a place, -sa is Korean, -ji and -dera are Japanese, and Si is Chinese. On this list they appear in names such as Metta Vihara, Tashi Ling and Snow Lion Gompa.

Are these real temples?

Some are. The entries marked as real, such as Wat Pho (real, Bangkok) and Bulguksa (real, Gyeongju), are famous temples included as reference points. The rest follow real naming patterns, and names built from common imagery are shared by temples and centers in many countries, so any of them may be in use somewhere.

Can I use these names for a fantasy monastery?

Yes. Part of the list is written for fantasy settings, with names such as Stormcrest Monastery, Temple of the Unstruck Bell and Hermitage of the Lone Cedar. For a world modeled on a real tradition, the regional forms give a more grounded result.

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A: 15 names

  • Abode of the Mountain Sages
  • Alchi Gompa (real, Ladakh)
  • Alms Bowl Monastery
  • Alms Road Forest Monastery
  • Aloka Grove Nunnery
  • Amber Lamp Temple
  • Amida-ji
  • Amitabha Pure Land Center
  • Apple Valley Buddhist Temple
  • Apricot Valley Gompa
  • Ashoka Tree Grove
  • Autumn Moon Zendo
  • Avalokiteshvara Temple
  • Awakened Heart Sangha
  • Awakening Mind Temple

B: 68 names

  • Baegunsa (White Cloud Temple)
  • Baengnyeonsa (White Lotus Temple)
  • Bamboo Fence Zendo
  • Bamboo Grove Monastery
  • Bamboo Grove Vihara
  • Bamboo Thicket Hermitage
  • Bamboo Wind Temple
  • Banyan Root Hermitage
  • Banyan Shade Temple
  • Banyasa
  • Bare Attention Retreat
  • Barley Field Gompa
  • Bay Area Lotus Sangha

B, continued

  • Bear Creek Forest Monastery
  • Before Thinking Zen Center
  • Beginner's Mind Zen Center
  • Bell and Clapper Meditation Hall
  • Bell Stupa Temple
  • Bell Tower of the Drowned Valley
  • Bellwater Temple
  • Beomeosa (real, Busan)
  • Bhikkhuni Forest Residence
  • Birch Ridge Forest Refuge
  • Black Crane Gompa
  • Black Cushion Zendo
  • Black Rock Hermitage
  • Blue Heron Forest Refuge

B, continued

  • Blue Lotus Monastery
  • Blue Mountain Buddhist Society
  • Blue Poppy Gompa
  • Blue Ridge Zen Monastery
  • Blue Sheep Gompa
  • Bodh Gaya Pilgrims' Temple
  • Bodhi Branch Hermitage
  • Bodhi Community Temple
  • Bodhi Field Monastery
  • Bodhi Gate Temple
  • Bodhi Heart Temple
  • Bodhi Leaf Temple
  • Bodhi Light Monastery

B, continued

  • Bodhi Root Temple
  • Bodhi Sapling Temple
  • Bodhi Seed Monastery
  • Bodhi Shade Monastery
  • Bodhi Tree Shrine
  • Bodhi Vihara
  • Bodhi Wind Temple
  • Bodhisattva Vow Monastery
  • Bogwangsa (Universal Light Temple)
  • Bomunsa (Universal Gate Temple)
  • Borimsa (Jewel Forest Temple)
  • Borobudur (real, Java)
  • Boudhanath Stupa (real, Kathmandu)
  • Boulder Field Retreat

B, continued

  • Boundless Compassion Temple
  • Bridge Street Sangha
  • Bright Moon Temple
  • Bright Window Zendo
  • Bronze Bell Temple
  • Brotherhood of the Stone Lantern
  • Buddha Hall of the Western Quarter
  • Buddha Nature Temple
  • Buddha of the Crossroads Shrine
  • Buddha's Birthday Temple
  • Buddha's Footprint Monastery
  • Buddhist Community Hall of the Lakes
  • Bulguksa (real, Gyeongju)
  • Bulgwangsa (Buddha's Light Temple)

C: 51 names

  • Calm Abiding Dharma Center
  • Calm and Insight Monastery
  • Canal Street Temple
  • Canyon Rim Retreat Center
  • Cave of the Morning Sun
  • Cave of the Quiet Stream
  • Cave of the Seated Buddha
  • Cedar Grove Hermitage
  • Cessation Monastery
  • Cheonbulsa (Thousand Buddhas Temple)
  • Chinatown Buddhist Association
  • Chokhor Ling

C, continued

  • Cicada Song Forest Monastery
  • City Lights Buddhist Temple
  • Clay Buddha Temple
  • Clear Comprehension Retreat
  • Clear Mind Meditation Group
  • Clear Sky Meditation Hall
  • Clear Spring Temple
  • Cliff Face Monastery
  • Cliff Swallow Gompa
  • Cloister of the Falling Blossoms
  • Cloister of the Grey Robes
  • Cloister of the Thousand Bowls
  • Cloister of the Turning Wheel

C, continued

  • Cloister of the Windless Hour
  • Cloud Drum Temple
  • Cloud Fortress Gompa
  • Cloud Gate Monastery
  • Cloud Peak Monastery
  • Cloud Sea Monastery
  • Cloudmere Temple
  • Clouds and Water Zendo
  • Coastal Dharma Center
  • Coconut Grove Vihara
  • Cold Mountain Hermitage
  • Cold Spring Forest Monastery
  • Compassionate Heart Buddhist Temple

C, continued

  • Conch Shell Gompa
  • Copper Mountain Temple
  • Coral Buddha Temple
  • Cottonwood Creek Buddhist Center
  • Courtyard of the Bronze Lions
  • Courtyard of the Nine Lotuses
  • Cranberry Bog Kuti
  • Crane Pond Temple
  • Crossing Over Temple
  • Crystal Cave Temple
  • Crystal Mountain Gompa
  • Crystal Stupa Temple
  • Cypress in the Courtyard Zendo

D: 45 names

  • Daebisa (Great Compassion Temple)
  • Dafo Si (Great Buddha Temple)
  • Dambulla Cave Temple (real, Sri Lanka)
  • Dana Vihara
  • Dargye Ling
  • Dawn Star Temple
  • Dawnstair Monastery
  • Deathless Realm Monastery
  • Dechen Ling (Place of Great Bliss)
  • Dedication of Merit Hall
  • Deep Pool Monastery
  • Deep Woods Forest Monastery
  • Deer and Wheel Temple
  • Deer Meadow Monastery
  • Deer Trail Forest Monastery

D, continued

  • Dekyi Ling
  • Dependent Arising Monastery
  • Desert Bloom Sangha
  • Dew Drop Temple
  • Dhamma Garden Monastery
  • Dhamma Hill Hermitage
  • Dhamma Sala
  • Dhamma Vihara
  • Dharma Bridge Buddhist Center
  • Dharma Cloud Monastery
  • Dharma Flower Temple
  • Dharma Gate Center
  • Dharma Protector Shrine
  • Dharma Rain Zendo
  • Dharma River Sangha

D, continued

  • Dharma Seal Monastery
  • Dharma Treasure Monastery
  • Dharma Wheel Meditation Hall
  • Dharma Wheel Temple
  • Diamond Sutra Monastery
  • Dorje Ling (Vajra Place)
  • Downtown Dharma Collective
  • Dragon Cave Temple
  • Dragon Spring Monastery
  • Driftwood Shore Sangha
  • Drolma Ling
  • Drum Tower Monastery
  • Drum Tower of the High Plateau
  • Dry Garden Zendo
  • Dry Season Kuti

E: 26 names

  • Eagle Nest Gompa
  • Eagle Peak Monastery
  • Earth Store Bodhisattva Temple
  • Earth Witness Temple
  • Earth-Touching Buddha Shrine
  • Eastern Ridge Monastery
  • Eastside Sangha
  • Echo Cave Monastery
  • Eight Auspicious Signs Temple
  • Eight Stupas Monastery
  • Eightfold Path Temple
  • Elder's Path Monastery
  • Elders' Way Monastery

E, continued

  • Elephant Grass Kuti
  • Elephant Path Temple
  • Elm Street Sitting Group
  • Emberless Temple
  • Emberpine Monastery
  • Emerald Buddha Pavilion
  • Emptiness and Form Temple
  • Empty Hut Hermitage
  • Endless Knot Monastery
  • Equanimity Retreat
  • Evening Bell Monastery
  • Evening Star Zendo
  • Evergreen Forest Monastery

F: 34 names

  • Falling Leaf Hermitage
  • Fallow Field Zendo
  • Family Dharma Center
  • Far Shore Temple
  • Fasting Buddha Shrine
  • Fearless Mountain Monastery
  • Fellside Buddhist Priory
  • Fern Hollow Kuti
  • Ferry Landing Temple
  • Field of Merit Temple
  • Fig Tree Monastery

F, continued

  • Finger and Moon Zendo
  • Firefly Grove Retreat
  • First Snow Zen Center
  • Five Corners Dharma Center
  • Five Peaks Monastery
  • Floating Cloud Hermitage
  • Flower Sermon Zen Hall
  • Foothills Dharma House
  • Footprint Temple
  • Forest Refuge Monastery
  • Four Foundations Retreat

F, continued

  • Four Holy Places Temple
  • Four Immeasurables Retreat
  • Four Noble Truths Temple
  • Fox Hollow Refuge
  • Fragrant Hills Temple
  • Frangipani Vihara
  • Friends of the Dharma Center
  • Frog Pond Zendo
  • Frostbell Monastery
  • Full Moon Day Temple
  • Full Moon Zendo
  • Future Buddha Monastery

G: 39 names

  • Gaesimsa (Open Mind Temple)
  • Ganden Choling
  • Garden District Sangha
  • Garden of the Awakened Heart
  • Garden of the Stone Sutras
  • Gate of the Two Guardians
  • Gateless Gate Zendo
  • Gentle Rain Nunnery
  • Geumgangsa
  • Geungnaksa
  • Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (real, Xi'an)
  • Gibbon Call Aranya
  • Glacier Lake Hermitage

G, continued

  • Glacier Stream Monastery
  • Golden Fish Temple
  • Golden Lotus Monastery
  • Golden Mountain Monastery
  • Golden Rock Pagoda (real, Myanmar)
  • Golden Stupa Monastery
  • Gradual Path Monastery
  • Granite Dome Monastery
  • Grass Hut Hermitage
  • Great Awakening Temple
  • Great Bell Temple
  • Great Compassion Monastery
  • Great Doubt Zendo

G, continued

  • Great Faith Zen Hall
  • Great Mountain Zen Temple
  • Great Stupa of the East
  • Great Sun Buddha Monastery
  • Green Canopy Forest Monastery
  • Green Tara Gompa
  • Green Tara Temple
  • Grove of the Elder Nuns
  • Guanyin of the Southern Sea Temple
  • Guardian Kings Gate Temple
  • Guiding Lamp Monastery
  • Gulf Coast Buddhist Temple
  • Gwaneumsa

H: 61 names

  • Haeinsa (real, Hapcheon)
  • Half Lotus Zendo
  • Hall of Boundless Light
  • Hall of Clear Seeing
  • Hall of Great Compassion
  • Hall of Morning Sitting
  • Hall of One Taste
  • Hall of Silent Illumination
  • Hall of the Dhamma Talk
  • Hall of the Dreaming Arhat
  • Hall of the Evening Drum
  • Hall of the Five Hundred Arhats

H, continued

  • Hall of the Great Matter
  • Hall of the Jade Sutra
  • Hall of the Ordained Sisters
  • Hall of the Painted Heavens
  • Hall of the Patient Heart
  • Hall of the Quiet Mind
  • Hall of the Sevenfold Vow
  • Hall of the Silver Lotus
  • Hall of the Sixteen Arhats
  • Hall of the Unborn
  • Hall of Walking Meditation
  • Hanging Rock Monastery

H, continued

  • Harbor City Buddhist Temple
  • Harbor Light Buddhist Priory
  • Harborside Insight
  • Harmonious Sangha Temple
  • Hawk Ridge Buddhist Abbey
  • Healing Buddha Sanctuary
  • Heart of Wisdom Monastery
  • Heartwood Forest Monastery
  • Heather Moor Buddhist Abbey
  • Hemis Gompa (real, Ladakh)
  • Hemlock Shade Retreat
  • Hermitage at the Edge of Snow

H, continued

  • Hermitage of the Barefoot Sage
  • Hermitage of the Broken Staff
  • Hermitage of the Laughing Brook
  • Hermitage of the Lone Cedar
  • Hermitage of the Mountain Fox
  • Hermitage of the Winter Moon
  • Hidden Cave Retreat
  • Hidden Land Gompa
  • Hidden Valley Monastery
  • High Desert Sangha
  • High Meadow Monastery
  • High Pass Gompa

H, continued

  • High Pass Monastery
  • Highcloud Monastery
  • Hill Country Insight
  • Hillside Buddhist Vihara
  • Hilltop Buddhist Center
  • Hilltop Relic Stupa
  • Hollow Log Kuti
  • Hongluo Si (real, Beijing)
  • Hornbill Forest Monastery
  • House of the Bhikkhunis
  • Hundred Rivers Monastery
  • Hundred Steps Monastery
  • Hwaeomsa (real, Gurye)

I: 13 names

  • Impermanence Retreat
  • Incense Cloud Temple
  • Incense Mountain Monastery
  • Infinite Life Monastery
  • Infinite Light Temple
  • Insight Meditation Community of the Plains
  • International Buddhist Vihara
  • Iron Buddha Monastery
  • Iron Mountain Monastery
  • Ironwood Aranya
  • Isipatana Vihara
  • Island Buddhist Temple
  • Island of Refuge Monastery

J: 27 names

  • Jade Buddha Hall
  • Jade Peak Monastery
  • Jampa Ling (Place of Loving-Kindness)
  • Jasmine Garden Vihara
  • Jeonghyesa (Meditation and Wisdom Temple)
  • Jeta Grove Monastery
  • Jetavana Vihara
  • Jewel Crown Pagoda
  • Jewel Heap Monastery
  • Jewel Lamp Monastery
  • Jewel Net Temple
  • Jewel Ocean Monastery
  • Jewel Rain Temple

J, continued

  • Jewel Tree Monastery
  • Jeweled Parasol Temple
  • Jizo Garden Temple
  • Jizo-ji
  • Jodo-ji (Pure Land Temple)
  • Jogyesa (real, Seoul)
  • Jokhang (real, Lhasa)
  • Joyful Effort Temple
  • Jufuku-ji
  • Jungnimsa (Bamboo Grove Temple)
  • Juniper Hill Buddhist Priory
  • Juniper Ridge Monastery
  • Juniper Smoke Gompa
  • Just Sitting Zendo

K: 13 names

  • Kannon-ji (Kannon Temple)
  • Karuna Vihara
  • Kathina Robe Monastery
  • Keepers of the Thousand Sutras
  • Kettle Steam Zendo
  • Key Gompa (real, Spiti)
  • Khanti Vihara
  • Kind Mind Meditation Center
  • Kozan-ji
  • Kuan Yin Temple
  • Kunga Ling
  • Kunphen Ling
  • Kushinagar Peace Temple

L: 48 names

  • Lagoon Vihara
  • Lake Country Buddhist Vihara
  • Lakeshore Buddhist Center
  • Lakeside Buddhist Vihara
  • Lamayuru Gompa (real, Ladakh)
  • Lamp Cave Hermitage
  • Lamp House of the Marsh Pilgrims
  • Lamp of the Dharma Monastery
  • Lamp of the Three Jewels Temple
  • Lamp Transmission Temple
  • Lantern Hill Priory
  • Lantern Light Temple

L, continued

  • Lantern Street Temple
  • Lanternfall Temple
  • Lapis Buddha Temple
  • Larch Wood Buddhist Abbey
  • Late Autumn Zendo
  • Leaf Hut Retreat
  • Lhundrup Ling
  • Liberation Path Temple
  • Lichen Rock Retreat
  • Light of Asia Temple
  • Light of the Dharma Temple
  • Lighthouse Point Sangha

L, continued

  • Limestone Cave Monastery
  • Lingyin Si (real, Hangzhou)
  • Lion's Roar Temple
  • Liurong Si (real, Guangzhou)
  • Lone Peak Hermitage
  • Lotus Bud Meditation Hall
  • Lotus Buddhist Cultural Center
  • Lotus Canopy Temple
  • Lotus in the Mud Temple
  • Lotus Lake Vihara
  • Lotus Lamp Temple
  • Lotus Pond Nunnery

L, continued

  • Lotus Pond Pagoda
  • Lotus Rain Temple
  • Lotus Seat Zendo
  • Lotus Stem Monastery
  • Lotus Sutra Hall
  • Lotus Throne Temple
  • Lotusmere Sanctuary
  • Loving-Kindness Buddhist Center
  • Loving-Kindness Monastery
  • Lower Village Gompa
  • Lumbini Garden Temple
  • Lumbini Vihara

M: 74 names

  • Mahabodhi Temple (real, Bodh Gaya)
  • Maitreya Temple
  • Manbulsa (Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple)
  • Mangala Vihara
  • Mango Grove Monastery
  • Mani Jewel Monastery
  • Mani Wall Gompa
  • Manjushri Wisdom Temple
  • Maple Hill Dhamma Retreat
  • Market Street Zendo
  • Marmot Meadow Hermitage
  • Meadowbrook Vihara
  • Medicine Buddha Temple
  • Merit Field Monastery

M, continued

  • Metta Sala
  • Metta Vihara
  • Middle Way Buddhist Association
  • Middle Way Monastery
  • Midtown Meditation Center
  • Mill District Meditation Hall
  • Mind Seal Zendo
  • Mindful Path Meditation Center
  • Mindfulness of Breathing Retreat
  • Mireuksa (Maitreya Temple)
  • Mirror Lake Monastery
  • Mistgate Monastery
  • Monastery at the Roof of the World
  • Monastery at the Snow Line
  • Monastery Beneath the Aurora

M, continued

  • Monastery Beyond the Glass Desert
  • Monastery of the Cloud Ladder
  • Monastery of the Drifting Snow
  • Monastery of the Empty Throne
  • Monastery of the Frozen Waterfall
  • Monastery of the Hollow Reed
  • Monastery of the Howling Pass
  • Monastery of the Iron Lotus Gate
  • Monastery of the Kneeling Elephant
  • Monastery of the Last Step
  • Monastery of the Morning Gong
  • Monastery of the Painted Cliff
  • Monastery of the Red Maple Pass
  • Monastery of the Seven Silences
  • Monastery of the Southern Slope

M, continued

  • Monastery of the Swept Path
  • Monastery of the Thundering Gorge
  • Monastery of the Twelve Lamps
  • Monastery of the Unbroken Circle
  • Monastery of the Wandering Star
  • Monastery of the Winter Sun
  • Monastery on the Kite Winds
  • Monks' Hall of the Eastern Mountain
  • Monsoon Forest Monastery
  • Monsoon Hill Vihara
  • Moon in the Water Temple
  • Moonlit Pagoda
  • Moraine Ridge Monastery
  • Morning Bell Temple
  • Morning Chant Nunnery

M, continued

  • Morning Lotus Temple
  • Morning Mist Monastery
  • Morning Sit Community
  • Morning Star Monastery
  • Moss Garden Zen Temple
  • Mossy Stone Hermitage
  • Mother of Wisdom Nunnery
  • Mountain Echo Hermitage
  • Mountain Gate Temple
  • Mountain Lamp Monastery
  • Mountain Seat Monastery
  • Mountain Stream Hermitage
  • Mountain Valley Insight Meditation Center
  • Mudita Vihara
  • Munsusa

N: 23 names

  • Naga King Temple
  • Namgyal Ling
  • Nanhua Si (real, Guangdong)
  • Neighborhood Dharma House
  • New Moon Zen Hall
  • Nibbana Vihara
  • Night Heron Sanctuary
  • Nine Peaks Temple
  • Nine Story Pagoda
  • No Gate Zen Center
  • Noble Path Buddhist Society

N, continued

  • Noble Silence Retreat
  • Nomad Valley Gompa
  • Non-Self Hermitage
  • Norbu Ling
  • North Shore Zen Abbey
  • Northern Light Temple
  • Northgate Buddhist Society
  • Northwoods Forest Hermitage
  • Novices' Monastery of the Lower Terrace
  • Nunnery of the Compassionate Heart
  • Nunnery of the Southern Garden
  • Nuns' Hermitage of the Birch Wood

O: 28 names

  • Ocean of Wisdom Temple
  • Ochre Robe Hermitage
  • Oka-dera (real, Nara)
  • Old Oak Forest Monastery
  • Old Pond Zen Hall
  • Old Town Dharma Center
  • One Hand Zendo
  • One Moon Temple
  • One Pillar Pagoda (real, Hanoi)
  • One Vehicle Monastery
  • Only This Zendo
  • Open Door Buddhist Center
  • Open Gate Meditation Center
  • Open Hand Zendo

O, continued

  • Open Sky Monastery
  • Orchard Lane Dharma House
  • Orchid Courtyard Nunnery
  • Order of the Empty Bowl
  • Order of the Lotus Path
  • Order of the Morning Bell
  • Order of the Still Water
  • Ordination Hall of the Nine Stones
  • Original Face Zendo
  • Osel Ling (Place of Clear Light)
  • Other Shore Monastery
  • Overhanging Rock Monastery
  • Owl Wood Kuti
  • Ox Herding Zendo

P: 45 names

  • Pagoda Above the Mist
  • Pagoda of the Last Lantern
  • Pagoda of the Nine Winds
  • Pagoda of the Pale Heron
  • Pagoda of the Quiet Storm
  • Pagoda of the Sacred Relic
  • Pagoda of the Singing Sands
  • Pagoda of the Sleeping Dragon
  • Pagoda of the Starless Night
  • Pagoda of Universal Peace
  • Palm Grove Vihara
  • Panna Vihara
  • Paper Lantern Zendo
  • Park Avenue Buddhist Fellowship
  • Paro Taktsang (real, Bhutan)

P, continued

  • Path and Fruit Monastery
  • Path of Purification Monastery
  • Patient Endurance Monastery
  • Pavilion of Scattered Petals
  • Pavilion of the Autumn Sutra
  • Pavilion of the Golden Carp
  • Pavilion of the Listening Rain
  • Pavilion of the Waiting Moon
  • Peace Pagoda Community Center
  • Peaceful Dwelling Vihara
  • Peacock Garden Temple
  • Pearl Lotus Pagoda
  • Pema Ling (Lotus Place)
  • Perfect Generosity Temple
  • Perfect Wisdom Temple

P, continued

  • Phuntsok Choling
  • Pilgrims' Rest Temple
  • Pine Needle Kuti
  • Pine Wind Monastery
  • Pink Lotus Nunnery
  • Plum Blossom Temple
  • Plum Village (real, France)
  • Prairie Wind Buddhist Center
  • Prajnaparamita Temple
  • Prayer Flag Gompa
  • Prayer Wheel House of the Long Pass
  • Present Moment Sangha
  • Pure Conduct Monastery
  • Pure Dew Nunnery
  • Puti Si (Bodhi Temple)

Q: 5 names

  • Quarry Lane Buddhist Priory
  • Quiet Glade Retreat
  • Quiet Harbor Temple
  • Quiet Moon Nunnery
  • Quiet Rain Temple

R: 45 names

  • Raft and River Temple
  • Rain Forest Hermitage
  • Rain of Dharma Sangha
  • Rain of Flowers Temple
  • Rain Tree Forest Monastery
  • Rainbow Bridge Temple
  • Rains Residence Vihara
  • Rains Retreat Monastery
  • Rajgir Hill Monastery
  • Raked Gravel Zen Garden Temple
  • Ratana Vihara
  • Red Cliff Gompa
  • Red Rock Monastery
  • Redwood Forest Monastery
  • Refuge at the Pilgrim's Fork

R, continued

  • Refuge of the Mountain Bell
  • Refuge of the Open Gate
  • Refuge of the Tired Traveler
  • Refuge Tree Buddhist Center
  • Relic Chamber Temple
  • Relic House of the Old Road
  • Retreat of the Cloud Walkers
  • Retreat of the Nine Bends
  • Retreat of the Quiet Season
  • Retreat on Crane Island
  • Rhododendron Pass Monastery
  • Rice Field Vihara
  • Ridge Top Meditation Hall
  • Right Effort Retreat
  • Right Speech Sangha

R, continued

  • Right View Monastery
  • Rinchen Ling (Jewel Place)
  • Rising Sun Buddha Hall
  • River Bend Pagoda
  • River Fork Zen Community
  • River Gorge Gompa
  • River of Stars Temple
  • Riverbend Vihara
  • Riverside Buddhist Temple
  • Robe and Bowl Zen Monastery
  • Rock Ledge Kuti
  • Root of the Tree Hermitage
  • Rose Apple Grove
  • Round Cushion Zen Center
  • Ryoan-ji (real, Kyoto)

S: 128 names

  • Sacred Mountain Monastery
  • Saddha Vihara
  • Saffron Robe Monastery
  • Sagebrush Zendo
  • Saiho-ji (Temple of the Western Direction)
  • Sal Grove Temple
  • Sala Tree Forest Monastery
  • Salt Marsh Sitting Place
  • Salt Road Gompa
  • Samadhi Vihara
  • Samantabhadra Temple
  • Samdrup Ling
  • Samten Ling (Place of Meditation)
  • Samye Ling (real, Scotland)

S, continued

  • Sanctuary Beneath the Waterfall
  • Sanctuary of the Endless Circle
  • Sanctuary of the Laughing Sage
  • Sanctuary of the Still Flame
  • Sanctuary of the White Elephant King
  • Sand Mandala Temple
  • Sangha House
  • Sangha Park
  • Sangha Vihara
  • Sangye Ling
  • Santi Vihara
  • Sapphire Buddha Temple
  • Sarnath Deer Park Temple
  • Sati Vihara

S, continued

  • Scree Slope Kuti
  • Scripture Hall of the Sand Kings
  • Seaside Vihara
  • Seclusion Hermitage
  • Second Turning Monastery
  • Senso-ji (real, Tokyo)
  • Seokbulsa (Stone Buddha Temple)
  • Seongbulsa (Attaining Buddhahood Temple)
  • Serene Reflection Temple
  • Serpent Canopy Shrine
  • Setting Sun Monastery
  • Seven Tier Pagoda
  • Seven-Headed Naga Sanctuary
  • Shakyamuni Temple

S, continued

  • Shaolin Temple (real, Henan)
  • Shedrup Ling
  • Sheer Cliff Hermitage
  • Sherab Ling (Place of Wisdom)
  • Shravasti Garden Monastery
  • Shrine of the Pilgrim's Rest
  • Shrine of the Roadside Buddha
  • Shrine of the Smiling Stone
  • Shrine of the Thousand Footsteps
  • Shrine of the Wandering Bowl
  • Shuanglin Si (real, Pingyao)
  • Shwedagon Pagoda (real, Yangon)
  • Sila Vihara
  • Silent Fields Buddhist Abbey

S, continued

  • Silver Bell Nunnery
  • Silver Peak Temple
  • Singing Bowl Temple
  • Single Path Forest Monastery
  • Sisterhood of the Silver Stream
  • Sisters of the Dharma Nunnery
  • Sitting Stone Meditation Hall
  • Six Harmonies Monastery
  • Six Perfections Temple
  • Sixteen Arhats Temple
  • Skillful Means Temple
  • Sky Lake Gompa
  • Skybridge Monastery
  • Skyreach Temple
  • Slow River Practice Center

S, continued

  • Smiling Buddha Temple
  • Snow Leopard Gompa
  • Snow Lion Gompa
  • Snow Lion Temple
  • Snow Moon Monastery
  • Snow Mountain Monastery
  • Snowlamp Monastery
  • Solitude Grove
  • Songgwangsa (real, Suncheon)
  • Songnimsa (Pine Forest Temple)
  • Sound of Rain Zendo
  • South Shore Meditation Center
  • Spring Rain Temple
  • Spring Under the Cliff Monastery

S, continued

  • Standing Buddha Temple
  • Starfall Monastery
  • Still Water Forest Monastery
  • Still Water Temple
  • Stillmoon Temple
  • Stillpoint Buddhist Abbey
  • Stone Bridge Abbey of the Dharma
  • Stone Bridge Buddhist Temple
  • Stone Buddha Hermitage
  • Stone Cairn Monastery
  • Stone Hut Hermitage
  • Stone Lantern Zendo
  • Stone Seat Forest Monastery
  • Stone Stair Monastery

S, continued

  • Stoneprayer Monastery
  • Storefront Sangha
  • Stormcrest Monastery
  • Straight Spine Zendo
  • Stream Crossing Refuge
  • Stream Entry Hermitage
  • Stream Winner Sangha
  • Stupa at the World's Edge
  • Stupa of Awakening
  • Stupa of Many Doors
  • Stupa of Reconciliation
  • Stupa of the Buried Sun
  • Stupa of the First Pilgrim
  • Stupa of the Four Directions

S, continued

  • Stupa of the Nameless Sage
  • Stupa of the Turning Wheel
  • Suchness Monastery
  • Sudden Awakening Zendo
  • Sukha Vihara
  • Summit Bell Monastery
  • Sunrise Pagoda
  • Sunrise Peak Monastery
  • Sunrise Vihara
  • Sunset Ridge Hermitage
  • Sutra Library of the Western Cliff
  • Swan Lake Monastery
  • Sweet Dew Temple
  • Sword of Wisdom Monastery
  • Sympathetic Joy Sangha

T: 101 names

  • Taking Refuge Sangha
  • Tall Pines Forest Monastery
  • Tamarind Grove Monastery
  • Tashi Ling
  • Tea and Zen Hall
  • Tea Country Vihara
  • Teaching Buddha Temple
  • Teak Grove Forest Monastery
  • Temple at the River's Mouth
  • Temple Beyond the Salt Marsh
  • Temple of Great Stillness
  • Temple of Ten Thousand Lamps
  • Temple of the Amber Buddha
  • Temple of the Bodhi Tree

T, continued

  • Temple of the Calm Sea
  • Temple of the Evening Tide
  • Temple of the First Sermon
  • Temple of the Four Winds
  • Temple of the Hidden Jewel
  • Temple of the Hundred Gates
  • Temple of the Jewel in the Lotus
  • Temple of the Last Rain
  • Temple of the Lion Throne
  • Temple of the Long Bell
  • Temple of the Mended Bowl
  • Temple of the Opening Lotus
  • Temple of the Reclining Buddha
  • Temple of the Reflected Moon

T, continued

  • Temple of the Returning Crane
  • Temple of the Sacred Fig
  • Temple of the Sacred Footprint
  • Temple of the Seven Treasures
  • Temple of the Seventh Lamp
  • Temple of the Single Lamp
  • Temple of the Sunken Bell
  • Temple of the Thousand Lamps
  • Temple of the Tooth (real, Kandy)
  • Temple of the Turning Sky
  • Temple of the Uncarved Stone
  • Temple of the Unfading Lotus
  • Temple of the Unstruck Bell
  • Temple of the Wooden Fish
  • Temple of the Wordless Sutra

T, continued

  • Temple on the Drifting Isle
  • Temple Under the Banyan
  • Ten Bulls Zen Center
  • Ten Perfections Monastery
  • Ten Thousand Vows Temple
  • Terrace of the Eighteen Arhats
  • Tharpa Ling (Place of Liberation)
  • Thatched Roof Kuti
  • The Floating Monastery of Lake Sura
  • The Hanging Monastery of Varn Cliff
  • The Ice Monastery of the Northern Shelf
  • The Leaning Pagoda of Ashvale
  • The Monastery Carved from One Stone
  • The Monastery of a Thousand Stairs

T, continued

  • The Monastery of Echoing Halls
  • The Rope Bridge Monastery
  • The Sand Monastery of the Dune Sea
  • The Windworn Stupa
  • Thekchen Choling (real, Dharamsala)
  • This Very Moment Zendo
  • Thousand Bells Pagoda
  • Thousand Buddha Caves
  • Thousand Butter Lamps Gompa
  • Thousand Hands Nunnery
  • Thousand Petal Temple
  • Thousand Steps Temple
  • Thousand Trees Monastery
  • Thousand-Armed Kuan Yin Shrine
  • Three Jewels Temple

T, continued

  • Three Kutis Hermitage
  • Three Refuges Temple
  • Three Rivers Buddhist Center
  • Three Summits Monastery
  • Thunder Dragon Gompa
  • Thunderpeak Monastery
  • Tide Pool Meditation Retreat
  • Tidewater Buddhist Fellowship
  • Tiger Cave Monastery
  • Tiger Grove Forest Monastery
  • Tiger Stream Temple
  • Timberline Monastery
  • Tiratana Vihara
  • Todai-ji (real, Nara)

T, continued

  • Tongdosa (real, Yangsan)
  • Training Monastery of the Clear Stream
  • Treasure Vase Temple
  • Triple Gem Monastery
  • Triple Refuge Monastery
  • True Nature Retreat
  • Tsubosaka-dera (real, Nara)
  • Tuesday Night Sitting Group
  • Turning of the Wheel Temple
  • Turquoise Lake Gompa
  • Turtle Rock Monastery
  • Twenty-One Taras Shrine
  • Twin Cities Dharma Hall
  • Twin Deer Monastery
  • Twin Peaks Monastery

U: 8 names

  • University Avenue Buddhist Temple
  • Unmunsa (Cloud Gate Temple)
  • Upekkha Vihara
  • Uposatha Hall of the Full Moon
  • Uposatha Moon Monastery
  • Upper Valley Gompa
  • Upright Sitting Zendo
  • Uptown Mindfulness Center

V: 11 names

  • Vairocana Temple
  • Vajra Seat Gompa
  • Valley Buddhist Fellowship
  • Veluvana Vihara
  • Vesak Lantern Sangha
  • Vesak Moon Temple
  • Victory Banner Monastery
  • Village Edge Hermitage
  • Vipassana Vihara
  • Viriya Vihara
  • Vow of Great Kindness Temple

W: 80 names

  • Walking Buddha Monastery
  • Walking Path Retreat
  • Wall Gazing Zendo
  • Wat Arun (real, Bangkok)
  • Wat Ban Mai (New Village Temple)
  • Wat Chai Si
  • Wat Chedi Luang (real, Chiang Mai)
  • Wat Chedi Thong (Golden Stupa Temple)
  • Wat Doi Kham (Golden Mountain Temple)
  • Wat Doi Thong
  • Wat Don Chai
  • Wat Khao Noi (Little Hill Temple)
  • Wat Khao Thong (Golden Hill Temple)

W, continued

  • Wat Klang (Middle Temple)
  • Wat Ko Kaeo (Jewel Island Temple)
  • Wat Mai (New Temple)
  • Wat Nam Tok (Waterfall Temple)
  • Wat Nong Bua (Lotus Pond Temple)
  • Wat Nong Kaeo
  • Wat Pa Daeng (Red Forest Temple)
  • Wat Pa Phai (Bamboo Forest Temple)
  • Wat Pa Sak (Teak Forest Temple)
  • Wat Pho (real, Bangkok)
  • Wat Pho Chai
  • Wat Pho Si
  • Wat Pho Thong (Golden Bodhi Temple)

W, continued

  • Wat Phra Kaew (real, Bangkok)
  • Wat Phra Non (Reclining Buddha Temple)
  • Wat Phra Yai (Big Buddha Temple)
  • Wat Rattanaram
  • Wat Sa Kaeo (Crystal Pond Temple)
  • Wat Saket (real, Bangkok)
  • Wat Santi Tham
  • Wat Sawang Arom
  • Wat Si Mongkhon
  • Wat Suan Dok (real, Chiang Mai)
  • Wat Suan Kaeo (Jewel Garden Temple)
  • Wat Suwannaram
  • Wat Tha Chang (Elephant Landing Temple)
  • Wat Tham Chang (Elephant Cave Temple)

W, continued

  • Wat Tham Kaeo
  • Wat Tham Phra (Buddha Cave Temple)
  • Wat Umong (real, Chiang Mai)
  • Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon (real, Ayutthaya)
  • Wave and Water Temple
  • West Side Buddhist Center
  • Western Peak Temple
  • Wheat Field Meditation Retreat
  • White Cloud Monastery
  • White Conch Temple
  • White Crane Hermitage
  • White Elephant Monastery
  • White Heron Monastery

W, continued

  • White Jasmine Nunnery
  • White Pagoda Temple
  • White Rock Monastery
  • White Tara Gompa
  • White Tara Sanctuary
  • Whitewashed Stupa Monastery
  • Wholesome Roots Sangha
  • Wide Circle Sangha
  • Wide Valley Zen Priory
  • Wild Honey Grove
  • Wild Plum Hermitage
  • Willow Branch Nunnery
  • Willow Guanyin Pavilion

W, continued

  • Wind Bell Pagoda
  • Wind Horse Gompa
  • Wind Pass Refuge
  • Windfall Refuge
  • Windhome Monastery
  • Winter Branch Zendo
  • Wish-Granting Jewel Temple
  • Woljeongsa (real, Pyeongchang)
  • Wongaksa
  • Woodcutter's Path Monastery
  • Wooden Buddha Shrine
  • Woodland Dhamma Hall
  • World Peace Pagoda
  • Wuta Si (real, Beijing)

Y: 11 names

  • Yak Bell Gompa
  • Yak Pasture Monastery
  • Yaksasa (Medicine Buddha Temple)
  • Yakushi-ji (real, Nara)
  • Yamadera (real, Yamagata)
  • Yeonhwasa (Lotus Flower Temple)
  • Yeshe Ling
  • Yongcheonsa (Dragon Spring Temple)
  • Yongmunsa (Dragon Gate Temple)
  • Young Buddhist Association Hall
  • Yufo Si (real, Shanghai)

Z: 1 name

  • Zenko-ji (real, Nagano)