Zu Lai Temple, Buddhist temple in Cotia, Brazil.

Zu Lai is a Buddhist temple in Cotia, Brazil, with 10,000 square metres built on a 150,000-square-metre site. Its main hall has two tiers of orange tiled roofs with upturned corners ending in small ornaments, dark brown columns and beams, white walls and balustrades, and a wide grey stone staircase leading to an open central entryway.

In 1992 Master Hsing Yün came to Brazil for a ceremony at a São Paulo temple; the Chang couple asked him to leave a monk behind, and nun Jue Cheng stayed, later called Master Sincerity. The couple donated a house and rural land where ceremonies were held. When followers passed one hundred, a larger temple was planned; its foundation stone was laid in 1999 and it opened on October 5, 2003.

The name Zu Lai renders the Chinese term for tathāgata, 'the one who thus came.' The temple follows Humanistic Buddhism, the Fo Guang Shan approach that spreads the teaching through education, culture, philanthropy and spiritual purification. Visitors can join public ceremonies and see monks in traditional robes.

The temple opens Tuesday through Friday at noon and on weekends at 9:30 AM, with all visitors welcome until 5 PM. Free parking is available on site and a restaurant serves vegetarian dishes.

The architecture combines elements from Tang Dynasty palaces with modern Western building techniques, creating a synthesis of Eastern and Western design. This blend appears both in the curved roofs and in the materials chosen for stability and accessibility.