Holy Heavenly Lake Buddhist Town

Background

The leading force of the Buddhist Town is the World Buddhism Association Headquarters (WBAH), headquartered in Pasadena, California, with more than 30,000 members from 22 nations and all Buddhist sects. In 2014, WBAH’s search team found this beautiful piece of land in Hesperia, California, and it was blessed by the Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, who named it Holy Heavenly Lake. In 2015, the Hesperia City Council passed a resolution in support of the project. On June 24, 2018, WBAH held an initiating assembly in Hesperia and invited H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to bestow blessings and pray for world peace and prosperity. More than 2,600 people and 300 volunteers from 15 countries attended the assembly. On February 24, 2019, a City Planning Commission hearing presented the design to the public and received widespread community support.