The Zu Lai Temple (in Chinese, 如來寺, in Portuguese, "Templo Zu Lai") is a Buddhist temple in Cotia, Brazil. It is the biggest Buddhist temple in South America with 10,000 square meters of constructed area, inside an area of approximately 150,000 square meters.It has a partnership with Fo Guang Shan, practicing the Mahāyāna branch of Buddhism. The Zu Lai Temple states as its main objective the cultural and religious dissemination of the Buddhist Tradition, whilst trying to reach to the highest number of people possible through the teachings of traditional buddhist education, culture and meditation.