Exploring Fo Guang Shan Monastery

The headquarters of a worldwide Humanistic Buddhism order in southern Taiwan. This guide is compiled from the place's own published information; we have not visited, and it is not a review.

Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum 佛光山佛陀紀念館
Photo: Huicheng1967, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-graded by ANEW.
Fo Kuang Shan Buddha Memorial Center (33)
Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-graded by ANEW.

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The place

Fo Guang Shan Monastery is at Dashu, Kaohsiung. Its English site lists the founder and objectives, worldwide branches, volunteers, the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum, a short-term monastic retreat and Tsung Lin University, plus pages for temple tours and a one-day life in the temple.

What it offers

Before you go

  1. Read what Mahayana is and temple etiquette.
  2. See the Taiwan directory.
  3. Check retreat details on fgs.org.tw.

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Questions people ask

Can visitors stay?

Its site lists a short-term monastic retreat.

Is there an English site?

Yes.

Where?

Dashu, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.