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Overview: Wu Po-hsiung (Chinese: 吳伯雄; pinyin: Wú Bóxióng; born 19 June 1939) is a Taiwanese politician who is a former chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT). He has been the Interior Minister (1984-1988), Mayor ...
Date of birth: 19 June 1939
Age: 84
Nationality: Chinese
Occupation: Politician
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Overview: Hsin Pei (Chinese: 心培和尚; pinyin: Xīnpéi Héshàng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-pôe hô siōng; born March 13, 1970) was the seventh and eighth term abbot and director of the Fo Guang Shan, a new religious movement from ...
Date of birth: 13 March 1970
Age: 53
Nationality: Taiwanese
Occupation: Religion
Gender: Male
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Overview: Hsin Ting (Chinese: 心定和尚; pinyin: Xīndìng Héshàng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-tēng hô siōng; born February 2, 1944) is a Buddhist monk from Taiwan who served as the sixth-term abbot and director of Fo Guang Shan ...
Date of birth: 2 February 1944
Age: 80
Nationality: Taiwanese
Occupation: Religion
Gender: Male
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Overview: Hsing Yun (Chinese: 星雲; pinyin: Xīng Yún) (19 August 1927 – 5 February 2023) was a Chinese Buddhist monk. He is the founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order as well as the affiliated Buddha's ...
Date of birth: 30 August 1927
Date of death: 5 February 2023
Age: 95 (age at death)
Nationality: Taiwanese
Occupation: Religion
Gender: Male
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Yifa
taiwanese writer
Overview: Yifa (Chinese: 依法, born 1959) is a Taiwanese scholar and writer and the founder of the organization, Woodenfish Foundation. She is a nun ordained in 1979 by Fo Guang Shan, a Buddhist organization in ...
Date of birth: 1959
Age: 64
Nationality: Taiwanese
Occupation: Religion
Gender: Female
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Overview: Hsin Bau (Chinese: 心保和尚; pinyin: Xīnbǎo Héshàng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-pó hô siōng; born 1964) is a Taiwanese Buddhist monk and elder of the Fo Guang Shan worldwide Buddhist organization who cu ...
Date of birth: 1964
Age: 59
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Overview: Fo Guang Shan Monastery (Chinese: 佛光山寺; pinyin: Fó Guāng Shān Sì; lit. Buddha's Light Mountain Monastery) is a Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist monastery in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the ...
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Overview: The Fo Guang Buddhist Temple of Boston (FGBTB) (Chinese: 佛光山波士頓三佛中心; pinyin: Fóguāng Shān Bōshìdùn Sān Fó Zhōngxīn) is a branch of the Fo Guang Shan international Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist order ...
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Overview: Fo Guang Shan Temple Tawau (Chinese: 佛光山寺斗湖; pinyin: Fóguāngshān Sì Dǒuhú) is a Buddhist temple located in Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia. It is one of the overseas temple for the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist ...
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Overview: The Fo Guang Shan temple is a temple and community centre of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist movement in the East Tamaki/Flat Bush suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The temple and complex were built over seven ...
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Overview: The Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum (Chinese: 佛光山佛陀紀念館; pinyin: Fóguāngshān Fótuó jìniànguǎn), previously known as the Buddha Memorial Center, is a Mahāyāna Buddhist cultural, religious and educational ...
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Overview: The Guang Ming temple (Chinese: 光明寺; pinyin: Guāngmíng Sì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kong-bîng-sī; literally: 'Bright Light Temple') in Orlando, Florida, United States is the largest Buddhist temple ...
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Overview: Nanhua University (NHU; Chinese: 南華大學) is a university located in Dalin Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan. Founded in 1996 as the Nanhua College of Management, it was elevated to university status in ...
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Overview: Chung Tian Temple (Chinese: 中天寺; pinyin: Zhōng tiān sì; literally: "Middle Heaven Temple") is a Zen Buddhist temple located at 1034 Underwood Road, Priestdale, Queensland. The temple is part ...
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Overview: 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. Completed in ...
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Overview: 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 ...
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Nan Hua Temple
The largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa, in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa
Overview: Nan Hua Temple (南華寺, Nanhua Si) is the largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa, and is situated in the Cultura Park suburb of Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. It is the African headquarters of the ...
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Overview: University of the West (UWest) is a private Buddhist-affiliated university in Rosemead, California. It was founded in 1990 by Hsing Yun, founder of the Taiwan-based Buddhist order Fo Guang Shan and Hsi ...
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Overview: Nan Tien Temple (Chinese: 南天寺; pinyin: Nántiān Sì; literally: "Southern Heaven Temple") is a Buddhist temple complex located in Berkeley, on the southern outskirts of the Australian city of ...
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Overview: Fo Guang University (FGU; Chinese: 佛光大學; pinyin: Fóguāng dàxué; lit. Buddha's Light University) is a private university in Linmei Village, Jiaoxi Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. It was founded ...
