Three Wheels Temple Explained

Three Wheels
Religious Affiliation:Shin Buddhism
Sect:Higashi Hongan-ji
Consecration Year:1994
Functional Status:Active
Location:Acton, London
Country:England
Website:https://threewheels.org.uk/

Three Wheels is a Shin Buddhist temple in London, England, founded in 1994.[1] It is the London branch of, a temple in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, which has affiliations with the larger Higashi Hongan-ji (Ōtani-ha) branch of Shin Buddhism.[2]

The temple was founded by Kemmyō Taira Sato, a former pupil of D. T. Suzuki, supporting both the local Japanese diaspora and non-Japanese attendees. The temple is spread across three buildings, with a main building holding the primary altar and two separate buildings used for events and hosting guests, alongside a Zen garden. The Zen garden was designed by John White, art historian and professor at University College London,[3] and it opened in 1997.[4]

Three Wheels conducts daily services, meditation sessions, twice-yearly shokai retreats (a term coined from two characters meaning "to flow" and "to open") involving communal meals, dharma talks, and chanting, and services such as funerals and weddings. The temple also hosts bi-monthly eza gatherings, which feature dharma talks in English. The term "eza" means "to meet and sit" and is a distinctive practice within the Shogyōji lineage of temples, compared with wider the Shin Buddhist movement.

Since 1997, Three Wheels has conducted a yearly Annual Ceremony to Pray for World Peace and Reconciliation between British and Japanese War Veterans.[5]

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  1. Matsunaga . Louella . Jōdo Shinshū in the UK: Impermanence, Precarity, and Change . Journal of Religion in Japan . 14 July 2021 . 10 . 1 . 1–27 . 10.1163/22118349-01002007. 237745705 .
  2. Kolata . Paulina . Navigating inclusion: 'home-making' in the UK Shin Buddhist community . Religion, State and Society . 27 May 2023 . 51 . 3 . 283–299 . 10.1080/09637494.2023.2212578. free .
  3. Watson . Sophie . Zanetti . Oliver . Religion as practices of attachment and materiality: the making of Buddhism in contemporary London . Culture and Religion . 2016 . 17 . 3 . 257–278 . 10.1080/14755610.2016.1211544. 152187733 .
  4. Web site: The Zen Garden . https://web.archive.org/web/20220811104837/https://www.threewheels.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Zen-Garden-04Jan2016.pdf . 2022-08-11 . Three Wheels . 18 March 2024.
  5. Web site: 2013 Foreign Minister's Commendation - Reverend Professor Kemmyo Taira Sato and Mr Keisaku Sano . Embassy of Japan in the UK . 11 February 2024.

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