Fo
Guang Shan (Chinese: 佛光山; pinyin: Fóguāngshān;
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hu̍t-kong-san; 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.
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.
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