Reverend Gyosei Handa worked for world peace
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One of Britain's leading Buddhist monks has died in a freak accident cutting lawns at his temple in Milton Keynes.
Reverend Gyosei Handa was killed while using a ride-on lawnmower. Rev Handa was the chief monk at Nippon zan Miohoji Buddhist temple in Willen.
He had devoted his life to working to promote peace all over the world. His funeral will take place on Sunday.
The Nippon zan Miohoji temple, built in 1980, is home to the first Buddhist peace pagoda built in the West.
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