Canada: Whether the Maitreya Great Tao Hep Kwong Temple Inc. is a Buddhist, Taoist or Tian Tao temple
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 12 November 2002 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CAN40275.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Canada: Whether the Maitreya Great Tao Hep Kwong Temple Inc. is a Buddhist, Taoist or Tian Tao temple, 12 November 2002, CAN40275.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4d6631.html [accessed 21 May 2023] |
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No information on whether the Maitreya Great Tao Hep Kwong Temple Inc. is a Buddhist, Taoist or Tian Tao temple could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
Attempts to obtain information from the Maitreya Great Tao Hep Kwong Temple Inc. were unsuccessful within the time constraints of this Response. However, several documents on the Website of the City of Toronto refer to a temple called the Hep Kwong Tien Dao Temple Ontario Inc. located at 3471 Kennedy Road in Scarborough (Scarborough Community Council 23 May 2000; ibid. 8 May 2000; City of Toronto 9-11 May 2000). As well, volume 17 of the Golden Voice of Maitreya, a publication of the Taiwan-based Providence Maitreya Buddha Missionary Institute, referred to the 13 June 1999 "groundbreaking ceremony" held for the Hep Kwong Tian Dao Temple in Toronto (Nov. 1999). Reportedly, the leader of the Maitreya Buddha Missionary Institute, His Holiness, Grand Master Wang, "personally went to the meeting site and gave instructions on all preparations" (ibid.).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
City of Toronto. 9-11 May 2000. "City of Toronto Council Minutes." Golden Voice of Maitreya [Taiwan, in English]. November 1999. Volume 17. "A Holy Benevolent Trip to the USA and Canada: The Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Providence Maitreya Buddha Missionary Institute in Los Angeles, California, USA." For further information on the Providence Maitreya Buddha Missionary Institute, please refer to the Institute's mission statement available at Scarborough Community Council. 23 May 2000. "Minutes of the Scarborough Community Council: Meeting No. 5." _____. 8 May 2000. "Hep Kwong Tien Dao Temple Ontario Inc." Additional Sources Consulted
Oral sources:
Unsuccessful attempts to obtain information from the Maitreya Great Tao Hep Kwong Temple Inc. by both phone and fax
Unsuccessful attempts to contact the Providence Maitreya Buddha Missionary Institute
Internet sites, including:
YiGuanDao.com
Search engine:
Google
