New York Mahayana Temples
Mahayana Temple is a Chinese Buddhist temple organization headquartered within a forest in South Cairo, New York. It is the retreat of the Eastern States Buddhist Temple of America, Inc. , whose downtown branch of the Mahayana Temple is located in Chinatown, Manhattan. The original retreat land was donated by James Ying.
The temple grounds in South Cairo contain the Grand Buddha Hall, the Kuan Yin Hall, the 500 Arhat Hall, the Seven Storied Jade Pagoda, the Earth Spirit Bodhisattva Hall, a three-unit temple dedicated to the spirits of the land, and an obelisk marking the burial site of members of the Ying family.