Po Lin Monastery
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| Monastery information | |
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| Established | 1906 |
| Dedicated to | Guanyin |
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| Location | Lantau Island |
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| Website | Official website |
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Po Lin Monastery is a Chan Buddhist monastery, located on Ngong Ping Plateau, on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
The monastery was founded in 1906 by three monks visiting from Jiangsu Province and was initially known simply as "The Big Hut" (Chinese: 大茅蓬; Jyutping: daai6 maau4 pung4). It was renamed to its present name in 1924. The main temple houses three bronze statues of the Buddha – representing his past, present and future lives – as well as many Buddhist scriptures.
Tian Tan Buddha, a giant Buddha statue completed in 1993, is an extension of the monastery.
The Ngong Ping 360, consisting of the Ngong Ping village and a gondola lift running between Tung Chung and Ngong Ping, was built near to the Po Lin Monastery. The monastery boasts many prominent architectural structures, such as the Main Shrine Hall of Buddha, the Hall of Bodhisattva Skanda.[1]
This monastery is also noted for making wooden bracelets that are only sold near the Tian Tan Buddha statue.
In 1918, three nuns ordained at this monastery established a private nunnery called Chi Chuk Lam (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on Lantau's Lower Keung Hill (Script error: No such module "Lang".). The nunnery is dedicated to Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy. There were about 20 jushi and nuns residing there in the 1950s, but now only an elderly abbess remains.[2]
See also
References
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- ^ Po Lin Monastery Po Lin Monastery
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.HK Leisure and Cultural Services Dep't. "Historic Building Appraisal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2012.
External links
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- Official website Script error: No such module "webarchive".
