Archive for August, 2011

 People in charge of more than 6,000 Buddhist temples and dharma centers gathered at the Asia World Expo in Hong Kong. They came from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Austria, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, and other countries and regions to participate in the “International Buddhism Sangha Association’s 2011 Conference to Commend Those Who Have Accumulated Merit by Propagating Dharma and Benefiting Living Beings & Third Ceremony in Hong Kong to Confer the ...

While attending the annual IBSA conference in Hong Kong, Sangha members visited the spectacular Big (Tian Tan) Buddha located at the Po Lin Monastery atop a mountain on Lantau Island next to the village of Ngong Ping. The majestic figure of the once tallest, outdoor, seated Buddha unveiled in December 1993 was cast in bronze in China. It is 112 feet (34 meters) tall and weighs 280 tons. Its base is a model of the Altar of Heaven or Earthly Mount of ...

WAN CHAI NORTH HONGKONG ISLAND: In April 2008 the treasure book H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was formally presented to the National Library of Congress in Washington, DC. This marked the introduction to the West of a buddha who had returned to this world and is living in America. The book explains just who Dorje Chang Buddha is, the relationship of this buddha to the historic Shakyamuni Buddha, and how many dharma kings and great rinpoches recognize this holy being as an incarnated buddha based on ...