Chempaka Buddhist Lodge

MALAYSIA, Selangor, Petaling Jaya

Chempaka means Hundreds and Thousands of Families. It is so named with the aspiration of guiding hundreds and thousands of people to learn Buddhism. The temple was established in 1985 by a lay practitioner Liu Changfa, who started it in rented facilities. Construction of the present building was completed in 2000.
The three-story temple has a double-eave hip roof with a projecting gable roof at the front. There is also a high porch with a gable roof. The different levels of the building are connected by staircases and walkways lined with balustrades, constructed in a blend of Chinese and Western architectural styles. Within the building there are the main hall, meditation hall, a clinic, and classrooms. The main hall has a high vaulted ceiling and houses a statue of Sakyamuni Buddha seated in full lotus position upon a lotus throne. On either side of the Buddha there are painted statues of Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas, standing on a lion and an elephant. The temple has also established a child care center at a nearby site.