The New England Peace Pagoda is a stupa built by Japanese nuns and monks of the Nipponzan Myohoji sect of Buddhism, whose aim is the attainment of
world peace. The stupa is a sealed dome intended for circumambulation, and it holds a relic of the Buddha inside.
The Peace Pagoda sits majestically atop a thickly wooded hill outside Amherst, Massachusetts. The pagoda reveals
itself through the trees at the summit of a steep hike, and you emerge from the woods into its meadow. It
is surrounded by several forest paths, numerous meditation spaces, and a tranquil pond. Laurel and Ben have
spent many peaceful summer days with the pond's frogs and giant goldfish and wandering the wooded trails.
