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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 Affairs Committee, serving a term of six years, with one reappointment by popular vote and, under exceptional circumstances, a second reappointment by two-thirds vote.
In 1975, Fo Guang Shan's iconic 36-metre tall statue of Amitābha Buddha was consecrated. In 1981, 15 years after its establishment, the Great Hero Hall was built. During these times, many other Fo Guang Shan temples outside the order's mother monastery were also built. An aerial view of Fo Guang Shan Monastery, the headquarters of the order.
Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple (Chinese: 佛光山西來寺; pinyin: Fóguāngshān Xīlái Sì) is a mountain monastery in the northern Puente Hills, Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County, California. The name Hsi Lai means "coming west". Hsi Lai Temple is a branch of Fo Guang Shan, a Buddhist organization from Taiwan. It is the order's first ...
In 2011, the monastery opened the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum (formerly called the Buddha Memorial Center), which was built with support from the Taiwanese government. [18] [19] Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum. The monastery is the largest Buddhist temple in Taiwan and is the most comprehensive of the "Four Great Mountains".
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 ...
View of the Fo Guang Big Buddha and eight pagodas from the 2nd floor of the Front Hall. The Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum (Chinese: 佛光山佛陀紀念館; pinyin: Fóguāngshān Fótuó jìniànguǎn), formerly known as the Buddha Memorial Center, is a Mahāyāna Buddhist cultural, religious, and educational museum located in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Fo Guang Shan Nan Hua Temple (佛光山南華寺, Fóguāngshān Nanhua Si) is the largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa, and is situated in the Cultura Park suburb of Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. [1] It is the African headquarters of the Fo Guang Shan (Buddha's Light Mountain) Order, covering over 600 acres (2.4 km 2).
Fo Guang Shan Monastery: 佛光山寺 Dashu: 1967 Buddhism Sakyamuni Buddha: Hong Fa Temple: 宏法寺 Sinsing: 1964 Buddhism Sakyamuni Buddha: Longshan Temple: 鳳山龍山寺 Fongshan: Qianlong era Buddhism Guanyin: Qingshui Temple: 洲仔清水宮 Zuoying: 1938 Taoism Qingshui Zushi: Spring and Autumn Pavilions: 春秋閣 Zuoying: 1953 ...