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Fo Guang Shan

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Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan
Phone:
+886 7 656 1921

Hours:
Sunday8am - 5pm
Monday8am - 5pm
Tuesday8am - 5pm
Wednesday8am - 5pm
Thursday8am - 5pm
Friday8am - 5pm
Saturday8am - 5pm


Fo Guang Shan is an international Chinese Buddhist monastic order and new religious movement based in Taiwan. The headquarters of Fo Guang Shan, located in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, is the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. The organization is also one of the largest charity organizations in Taiwan. The organization's counterpart for laypeople is known as the Buddha's Light International Association. Founded in 1967 by Hsing Yun, the order promotes Humanistic Buddhism and is known for its efforts in the modernization of Chinese Buddhism. The order is famous for its use of technology and its temples are often furnished with the latest equipment. Hsing Yun's stated position for Fo Guang Shan is that it is an amalgam of all Eight Schools of Chinese Buddhism . In Taiwan, Hsing Yun is popularly referred to as one of the Four Heavenly Kings and Fo Guang Shan is considered one of the Four Great Mountains or four major Buddhist organizations of Taiwanese Buddhism, along with Dharma Drum Mountain, Tzu Chi, and Chung Tai Shan.
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