Places of Worship in Taiwan: Buddhist Temples in Taiwan, Church Buildings in Taiwan, Mosques in Taiwan, Places of Worship in Taipei

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Buddhist temples in Taiwan, Church buildings in Taiwan, Mosques in Taiwan, Places of worship in Taipei, Shinto shrines in Taiwan, Temples in Taiwan, Fo Guang Shan, List of Shinto shrines in Taiwan, Temples of Taichung, Dharma Drum Mountain, Taiwan Confucian Temple, Taipei Grand Mosque, Chaotian Temple, Nung Chan, Shinto in Taiwan, Kagi Shrine, Taiwan Grand Shrine, Mengjia Longshan Temple, Chi Nan Temple, Longgang Mosque, Zushi Temple, gon Shrine, Chung Tai Shan, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Taipei Confucius Temple, Karenk Shrine, Taipei Taiwan Temple, Takao Shrine, Eternal Spring Shrine, Dragon and Tiger Pagodas, Hsing Tian Kong, St. John's Cathedral, Taipei, Temple of Confucius, Changhua, Qingshui Temple, Ciyou Temple, Guandu Temple. Excerpt: Fo Guang Shan (Chinese: pinyin: Fogu ngsh n; Pe h- e-j: Hu t-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. While Hsing Yun is a Dharma heir in the Linji Chan (Chinese: pinyin: Linjiz ng) school, his stated position within Fo Guang Shan is that it is an amalgam of all Eight Schools of Chinese Buddhism (), including but not limited to Chan. In this sense, it...