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Buddhist Churches of America

San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin, 2007

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Published: July 14, 2007 Modified: Feb. 11, 2025
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The San Jose Buddhist Church now offers weekend services, a dharma school, lectures, discussions, a library, a japanese language school, boy scouts, Jr. YBA and obon festivities every year!
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San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin was founded in 1902, and is of the Jodo Shinshu Nishi Hongwanji tradition of Buddhism. The church is located in San Jose's Japantown.

For more information on this church or others like it, please visit the Buddhist Churches of America website.

Buddhism Buddhist Churches of America (organization) California churches Japanese Japanese Americans Japantowns Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha religion San Jose temples

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