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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo The temple at The Grafton Peace Pagoda site will now be open for morning prayer from 5AM to 6:30AM. The temple entrance only will be open for viewing the rest of the day, but visitors may not go inside the main temple area.

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 […]