Buddha - Lahaina, Maui Island, HI - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

Lahaina Hongwanji Mission is a Shin Buddhist (Jodo Shinshu) temple located at 551 Wainee Street in Lahaina, Maui. The Mission is affiliated with the head temple Ryukoku-zan Hongwanji which is located in Kyoto, Japan. The Resident Minister is now Rev. Ai Hironaka who was kind enough to open the temple and gave us a guided tour inside.

The small golden Buddha statue stands in a niche behind the altar table inside the temple.

Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, was an ascetic (sramana) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.

Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the sramana movement common in his region. He later taught throughout other regions of eastern India such as Magadha and Kosala.

Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism. He is recognized by Buddhists as an enlightened or divine teacher who attained full Buddhahood, and shared his insights to help sentient beings end rebirth and suffering. Accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition and first committed to writing about 400 years later.

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Associated Religion(s): Buddhism Statue Location: Lahaina Hongwanji Mission Entrance Fee: Free Website: [Web Link] Artist: Not listed

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