Tết
The new year welcomed with prayers, blessings and the community gathered at the temple.
Chùa Hương Lâm · Pearland, Texas
A temple guided by nuns, open to all
Huong Lam Buddhist Temple is a Vietnamese Buddhist community led by resident sư cô — nuns who blend the historic teachings with a warm, modern welcome. Everyone, of every faith, is invited for prayer, service and meditation.
2007Founded
9Resident nuns
100+Families
6am–10pmOpen every day
Life at the temple
Practice, teaching, community
Meditation & prayer · Thiền và cầu nguyện
Quiet sitting, chanting and guidance from the nuns, every day of the week.
Dharma talks · Pháp thoại
Teachings in Vietnamese and English, rooted in the Mahayana tradition and spoken to life today.
Ceremonies · Lễ hội
Phật Đản, Vu Lan, Tết and the Quan Âm festival, celebrated with the whole community.
Changemakers
Female monks in a quiet corner of Texas
In 2023 Forbes profiled Chùa Hương Lâm: a temple run entirely by Vietnamese nuns — Sư cô Ni Su Tinh Hao and eight fellow nuns — serving more than a hundred families, merging old traditions with the modern world “to make Buddhism more relatable for all.” The nuns trained in Vietnam from a young age, and they still go out across greater Houston to offer prayer in times of suffering.
On Facebook
Đại Lễ Vu Lan 2026 — watch the ceremony
The full Vu Lan ceremony of 16 August 2026 and the temple’s other videos — walking meditation, the youth summer camp, Phật Đản 2023 — are on our Facebook page. Follow the page for the latest.
Open to the public of all faiths for prayer, service and meditation.
Chùa Hương Lâm
Từ bi · Compassion›Trí tuệ · Wisdom›An lạc · Peace
Through the year
The great days
Quan Âm festival
Honouring the Bodhisattva of Compassion — the festival that marked the temple’s inauguration in 2012.
Phật Đản · Vesak
Buddha’s Birthday. In 2017 the temple also opened its nuns’ residence (Ni Xá) and marked ten years.
Vu Lan · Ullambana
The season of gratitude to parents and ancestors.
Calendar · Lịch sinh hoạt
Upcoming activities
Vui Tết Trung Thu — Mid-Autumn Festival
From 4:00 PM at Chùa Hương Lâm, Pearland.
Khóa Tu Hoa Nghiêm Bồ Tát — Avatamsaka Bodhisattva retreat
Viên Thông Tự, 17355 Groschke Road, Houston, TX 77084. Registration (832) 378-7623.
Pháp Hội Mạn Đà La Kim Cang Chủ — Vajra Mandala Dharma Assembly
Mandala altar for the release of karma and the liberation of the departed, at Viên Thông Tự, Houston.
Activities · Sinh hoạt
Vui Tết Trung Thu — Mid-Autumn Festival
Sunday 27 September 2026 from 4:00 PM at Chùa Hương Lâm, 4203 County Road 89, Pearland, TX 77584. Everyone is welcome — families and children especially. Call (832) 955-2572 for details.
Invitation · Lời mời
Pháp Hội Mạn Đà La Kim Cang Chủ — Vajra Mandala Dharma Assembly
Hội Từ Bi Phụng Sự Miền Nam (the Compassionate Service Society, South) and Thầy Hằng Trường invite you to a Mandala Dharma assembly for the release of karma and the liberation of the departed, 30 October – 1 November 2026, at Viên Thông Tự, 17355 Groschke Road, Houston, TX 77084. It is preceded by Khóa Tu Hoa Nghiêm Bồ Tát, the Avatamsaka Bodhisattva retreat “Opening the true mind, developing bodhicitta”, 27 October – 1 November 2026. Registration: (832) 378-7623.
Around the temple
The temple in pictures
Come and sit with us
4203 County Road 89 (Old Chocolate Bayou Road), Pearland, TX 77584 · open daily 6am–10pm.