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HSI LAI TEMPLE

Hacienda Heights, California

o Guang Shan is one of the world’s most influential Chinese Buddhist organizations and has branches in over 170 countries. It was founded in Taiwan in 1967 by the Chinese Chan monk Hsing Yun (b. 1927), who was instrumental in the popularization of Humanistic Buddhism, a contemporary, reform movement that advocates for the application of Buddhist doctrine and practice to everyday life. As part of this mandate, Fo Guang Shan sponsors

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