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Fo Guang Shan (FGS) (Chinese: 佛光山; pinyin: Fó guāng shān; lit. 'Buddha's Light Mountain') is an international Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist organization and monastic order based in Taiwan that practices Humanistic Buddhism whose roots are traced to the Linji school of Chan Buddhism.
The Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple of New Zealand is a temple and community centre of the Fo Guang Shan Chinese Buddhist movement in the East Tāmaki/Flat Bush suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The temple and complex were built over seven years. [1] It was designed in the architectural style of the Tang dynasty. The temple also includes a large ...
Unlike a traditional Mahayana Buddhist monastery, where the incumbent abbot usually selects his successor, Fo Guang Shan directly elects an abbot to head the Order and its temple branches worldwide. The abbot of Fo Guang Shan Monastery is the overall head of the order, and all Fo Guang Shan temples, and is the chairperson of the Religious ...
Fo Guang Shan He Hua Temple (Chinese: 佛光山荷華寺; pinyin: Fó Guāng Shān Hé Huá Sì; lit. 'Buddha's Light Mountain Lotus Flower Temple', or simply He Hua Temple, is a Buddhist temple located at Zeedijk 106–118, Chinatown in Amsterdam. It is the largest Buddhist temple built in the traditional Chinese palace style in Europe.
Hsi Lai Temple is a branch of Fo Guang Shan, a Buddhist organization from Taiwan. It is the order's first overseas branch temple and serves as the North American regional headquarters for Fo Guang Shan. Hsi Lai Temple was the site of the founding of Buddha's Light International Association, established in 1991.
Fo Guang Shan Mabuhay Temple (also known as Fo Guang Shan Manila) (Chinese: 佛光山萬年寺) is the Philippine branch of the Taiwan affiliated Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order in the Philippines. As do all branch temples, way-places, and organizations of Fo Guang Shan, the branch follows Humanistic Buddhism , a modernized style of Buddhist ...
Fo Guang Shan Buddha Memorial Center, Taiwan. Chung Tai Chan Monastery, Nantou, the tallest Buddhist temple in the world. Height: 136 metres (446 ft) [4] Dharma Drum Mountain, New Taipei City (Fa Gu Shan), international headquarters of Dharma Drum Mountain organization; Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Kaohsiung; Linji Huguo Chan Temple, Zhongshan ...
Accordingly, Fo Guang Shan Temple of Toronto has strived to deliver on these objectives to the GTA community. The temple is open to the public and all are welcome to participate in any of the many activities offered. Culture: The temple holds cultural events to help bring the East and West together in peace and understanding. These include ...