The first level of the Stupa of All Buddhas is ready

Click here to read about the project 

to build the Stupa of All Buddhas

As you might know, I built the concrete platform in May (click here to read about this). These days I started the work on the first level of the Stupa of All Buddhas. Many bricks, sacks of cement, gravel and various materials were needed as well as the help of a paid worker. The first level is very thick, as you can see in the photos bellow and features an interior space where I will place various sacred objects, statues and sutras. 

For now I placed small statues of Amida and various Buddhas (Mahakala, Tara, Ksitigarbha, Shakyamuni, Jambhala, Padmasambhava, White Tara, Namgyalma, etc), Nembutsu sheets, mantras, etc in the brick holes later filled with cement.

The concrete platform for the Stupa of All Buddhas

Click here to read about the project 

to build the Stupa of All Buddhas

I have just finished the concrete platform for the Stupa of All Buddhas. Before I poured the cement, I made a ceremony in which I chanted the Nembutsu liturgy and invited Amida and all Buddhas to bless and consecrate the land. Then I placed small statues and images of Amida Buddha, Green Tara, White Tara, Namgyalma, rolls with Nembutsu, Namgyalma mantra, the four Dharmakaya relic mantras, as well as many others (a complete list with all sacred things I place in the stupa will be available when it’s ready). Now, from time to time I recite the Nembutsu, make offerings and circumambulate the place while visualizing the stupa as already being there.

The Stupa of All Buddhas at Amidaji temple

 

Updates (click to read):

1. The concrete platform for the Stupa of All Buddhas is ready (May 2026)

2. The first level of the Stupa is now ready

(August, 2026)

General matters

After much thought, prayer, discussion and contemplation of various options, I finally decided that the Stupa of All Buddhas to be built at Amidaji will be a simple three square levels  (👈the left photo is related with the first level I built at the end of August 2026). The reasons are many, among which I mention the following, 

-       its style is better suited for a non-sectarian stupa: it is clearly not Tibetan, not Japanese, not Chinese, etc, but a simple neutral stupa to which any Buddhist can relate to  - nobody can say, “this stupa belongs to a Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese school, etc”, but simply see it as a stupa.

-       its form is simple and easier to build locally, without the sophisticated architecture of a Tibetan chorten[1] or Japanese/Chinese pagoda. In the original edition of this article I expressed my wish to make a copy of the Dhamek Stupa in India but I soon realized that I don't have the skills and capacity to do it. 

My 3rd Nembutsu pilgrimage to the Buddhist stupa in Tranisu as the starting point for the project of the Stupa of All Buddhas at Amidaji temple

Homage to Amida and all Buddhas!

Click here to read about my 1st pilgrimage to the stupa of Tranisu

Click here to read about my 2nd Pilgrimage

I dedicated this 3rd pilgrimage to all beings, including our protectors and the deities who rule over this land, to the Buddhists of this country and those who helped build and consecrate the stupa in Tranișu, to the members of FPMT, Amidaji, and to my benefactors.

May their vital energy increase, may they always be healthy in body and mind, may they receive in abundance everything they need, including water, food, clothing and shelter, may all obstacles disappear from them, may they never be reborn in the lower realms of existence, may they create indestructible connections with Amida and all Buddhas and attain supreme Enlightenment as soon as possible. 

Also, may our project with the Stupa of All Buddhas be realized without any obstacles at Amidaji temple. May all authentic lineages of transmission spread in Romania so that everyone can practice according to their specific karmic affinities and characteristics. May all Buddhists in this country always collaborate with each other in a non-sectarian spirit and for the benefit of all beings. May the wrong views that contradict the Buddha's teachings never enter these places or, if they have already entered, may they disappear permanently and have no power over the beings here. May this country become a mandala of all Buddhas and a place where human and nonhuman beings can evolve easily, without any obstacles! 

With the above aspirations in mind (as well as other personal aspirations and dedications) I recently started and finished my 3^rd pilgrimage to the Buddhist stupa of Tranisu.