Na-Mu-Myo-Ho-Ren-Ge-Kyo 南無妙法蓮華經


COVID-19 Policy Updates

Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo Dear visitors to the Grafton Peace Pagoda, We pray that as you read this post, you and those you love are well. The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the interconnectedness of our world. The Grafton Peace Pagoda is a Japanese Buddhist temple of the Nipponzan Myohoji order, built on Mohican […]

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Larry Bringing Good, left, and Jun Yasuda, a Buddhist nun, use fan drums outside the Grafton Peace Pagoda on Thursday, July 30, 2015.    (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 76th Commemoration Ceremony Grafton Peace Pagoda Saturday, August 7, 2021 Forever Renounce War. Create a Nuclear-Free World. Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo There are around 30,000 nuclear warheads worldwide, 95% of which are held by the US and Russia. Nuclear weapons pose the single biggest threat to the Earth’s environment, scientists […]

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Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo Grafton Peace Pagoda Flower Festival Sunday, May 23, 2021 11AM-1PM In front of the peace pagoda Celebrating the birth of Buddha and all living things Especially in this troubled time, come to celebrate the birth of Buddha, the new life of spring and hope with flowers and prayer […]

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Na-Mu-Myo-Ho-Ren-Ge-Kyo October 2020 27th Anniversary Grafton Peace Pagoda 25th Anniversary of the Main Temple 151st Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday “Mahatma left his hands from spinning wheel and said Namaste. He saw us penetratively beyond his glass with his eyes moistening. Mahatma “Stranger whom I could not speak a single word;” Simple twenty minutes meeting ; I was […]

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Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 75th Commemoration Ceremony Na-Mu-Myo-Ho-Ren-Ge-Kyo On August 6th 2020 we remember the 75th Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, while August 9th was the day Nagasaki was also bombed.  Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19, the Grafton Peace Pagoda was not able to offer a public commemoration remembering these tragic events this year.  This is the first time in Peace Pagoda’s history […]

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