The Zu Lai Temple (, ; lit. 'TathÃÂgata Temple') is a Buddhist temple in Cotia, São Paulo state, Brazil. It is the largest Buddhist temple in South America with 10,000 square meters of constructed area, inside an area of approximately 150,000 square meters. It is a branch temple of the Fo Guang Shan order in Taiwan, practicing the MahÃÂyÃÂna branch of Buddhism.
The cornerstone was laid in 1999. and the temple was inaugurated in October 2003.