{"id":25,"date":"2024-02-26T16:32:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T16:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-02-21T12:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:44:11","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-default has-normal-font-size\">Dinh Quang Buddhist Temple was formed by the Vietnamese community in Springfield, Missouri. They extended an invitation to our Abbot, Venerable Thay (Thich Thong Chanh), who arrived in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-4-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135\" style=\"width:481px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-4-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-4-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-4-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-4-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-4-1140x855.png 1140w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-4.png 1786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Initially, the community purchased land and held services in a converted house until the temple could be built. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129\" style=\"width:494px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image.png 402w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130\" style=\"width:493px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-1.png 402w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-1-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Construction was completed in 2012, through the effort and generosity of the Vietnamese community in Springfield and around the world. It is situated on 2.3 acres with a tree-lined drive, maintained in a spirit of mindfulness and dedicated to the well-being of all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131\" style=\"width:506px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-2.png 936w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-2-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-2-768x304.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132\" style=\"width:632px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image.jpeg 936w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-768x433.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><br><strong>Our Aspiration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Dinh Quang Temple is an&nbsp;active monastery, a home for monastics and temple attendants.&nbsp;We host services and&nbsp;activities for both&nbsp;Vietnamese- and English-speaking members, forming one temple community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">The sangha is diligent to cultivate a space in southwest Missouri where we can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-normal-font-size\">hear the Dharma, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-normal-font-size\">build a community that is devoted to practicing the Buddha\u2019s teachings, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-normal-font-size\">learn to embody compassion and wisdom.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">As Venerable Thay teaches us, \u201cWith the desire for Buddhism to become brighter and more widespread, we aspire to build a place dedicated to cultivating and nurturing the spiritual life, forming a temple in the hearts of each one of us.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-3-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/dinhquangtemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-3.png 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dinh Quang Buddhist Temple was formed by the Vietnamese community in Springfield, Missouri. 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