Pai Yuin Temple, Buddhist temple in Centre Street NW, Calgary, Canada

Pai Yuin Temple is a Buddhist temple located on Centre Street NW in Calgary featuring traditional Asian architecture with a main hall containing numerous Buddha statues and ceremonial altars. The interior is carefully arranged to serve both meditation and worship.

A small group founded the temple in 1984 to practise and spread the Buddhism taught by Grandmaster Sheng-yen Lu, who chose the name Pai Yuin, meaning White Cloud. Private donations paid for the whole building. In 2010 the premises were renovated and the main hall and shrine enlarged, and in August 2012 Sheng-yen Lu came to perform the consecration ceremony.

The name Pai Yuin was chosen by Grandmaster Sheng-yen Lu and means White Cloud. Ceremonies include homas (fire offerings), sadhana meditations, mantra chanting, bardo deliverance for the deceased, and blessings for purification, harmony, enrichment and protection. On ceremony days the temple serves a complimentary vegan lunch, and Chinese New Year draws hundreds of visitors. Ten ordained members, three monks and seven nuns, also perform funeral services and joss stick divination.

The temple is located on Centre Street NW and provides on-site parking for visitors. It is helpful to check visiting hours ahead of time and wear appropriate clothing when entering the sacred spaces.

The lower floor houses the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Hall, a traditional Chinese ancestral shrine where family members or friends sponsor plaques inscribed with the names of deceased loved ones as a memorial.