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20081218 - Guang Shan - Vulture Peak - Polar Panorama

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:23:01 -0800

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20081218 - Guang Shan - Vulture Peak

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:13:42 -0800

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20081218 - Fo Guang Shan - Main Shrine - Panorama

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:59:37 -0800

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20081218 - Fo Guang Shan - Great Buddha Land

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:56:19 -0800

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20081218 - Fo Guang Shan - Great Buddha Land

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:54:00 -0800

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20081218 - Fo Guang Shan - Great Buddha Land

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:55:41 -0800

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Fo Guang Shan (Chinese: 佛光山; pinyin: Fóguāngshān; literally "Buddha's Light Mountain") is an international Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastic order based in the Republic of China (Taiwan), and one of the largest Buddhist organizations. The headquarters of Fo Guang Shan, located in Kaohsiung, is the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. The organization itself is also one of the largest charity organizations in Taiwan. The order also calls itself the International Buddhist Progress Society.

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fo_Guang_Shan

20081218 - Fo Guang Shan - Great Buddha Land

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:54:34 -0800

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Founded in 1967 by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, the order promotes Humanistic Buddhism, a modern Chinese Buddhist thought developed through the 20th Century and made popular by this and other modern Chinese Buddhist orders. Humanistic Buddhism aims to make Buddhism relevant in the world and in people's lives and hearts. Like most modern Chinese Buddhist organizations, the ordination lineage is from the Rinzai Zen (Chinese: 臨濟宗; pinyin: Línjìzōng) school. However, Fo Guang Shan declares clearly that it is an "amalgam of all Eight Schools of Chinese Buddhism" (八宗兼弘), including but not limited to Pureland. In this sense, it is a monastic order, and not a doctrinal school of thought per se.

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fo_Guang_Shan

20081218 - Fo Guang Shan - Great Buddha Land

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:51:26 -0800

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In 1967, Master Hsing Yun purchased more than 30 hectares in Dashu Township, Kaohsiung County as the site for the construction of a monastery. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on 16 May 1967.

Beginning in 1967, Fo Guang Shan embarked on many construction projects, including university buildings, shrines, and a cemetery. In 1975, Fo Guang Shan's 36-metre tall statue of Amitabha 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.

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fo_Guang_Shan

20081218 - Fo Guang Shan - Great Buddha Land

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:45:37 -0800

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Currently, a giant tower is being built for a tooth sharira of the Buddha, which was a gift presented by Tibetan lamas in 1998. The tower commemorates the life of the historical Gautama Buddha. No recent developments have been made since the announcement to build the tower.

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fo_Guang_Shan

20081218 - Fo Guang Shan - Padmagarbha Gate

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:16:47 -0800

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20081218 - Guang Shan - Vulture Peak

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:11:15 -0800

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20081218 - Fo Guang Shan - Great Buddha Land

nobody@flickr.com (Jeremy Tan, KL) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:52:20 -0800

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