Fo Guang Shan (English name)

Japanese: 仏光山 - ぶっこうざん（英語表記）Fó guāng shān

The center of Buddhism in Taiwan Province, China. Located in Dashu Township, Kaohsiung County, Fo Guang Shan is the collective name for the temples on one mountain, including Lei Yin Temple and Shoushan Temple. Founded in 1967 by Ajari Xing Yun, then 46 years old, the temple has constructed a series of large temple buildings, including the Hall of Compassion for Ten Thousand Buddhas, and established the Eastern Buddhist Institute, the only training institution for monks and nuns in Taiwan. It has garnered support from the province and overseas Chinese, and has quickly become the center of the province's Buddhist world. [Katsumura Tetsuya]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，台湾省における仏教の中心地。高雄県大樹郷にあり，雷音寺，寿山寺など一山の寺院を総称して仏光山という。1967年，当時46歳であった得戒阿闍黎星雲を中心に開山し，万仏大悲殿をはじめとする大伽藍の建設を次々に行い，台湾における唯一の僧尼養成機関である東方仏教学院を併設して，同省および在外華僑の支持を集め，一躍同省仏教界のセンター的役割を果たす存在となった。【勝村哲也】

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