Po Lin Monastery In Ngong Ping, Hong Kong

Po Lin Monastery is a 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 on the Chinese mainland and was initially known simply as “The Big Hut” (大茅蓬 Tai Mao Pung).

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Po Lin Monastery in Ngong Ping, Hong Kong

Карта монастырь По Лин, Нгонг Пинг, Гонконг — Map of Po Lin Monastery, Ngong Ping, Hong Kong

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Po Lin Kloster in Ngong Ping, Hongkong

पो लिन मठ, हांगकांग के लिए प्रवेश — Entrance to Po Lin Monastery, Hong Kong

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The monasstery 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. The Tian Tan Buddha, a giant Buddha statue completed in 1993, is an extension of the monastery.

Monasterio Po Lin en Ngong Ping, Hong Kong

Bahagian dalam Biara Lin Po di pulau Lantau, Hong Kong — Interior of the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong

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وعاء البخور في دير لين بو على جزيرة لانتاو، وهونغ كونغ — Incense Pot in the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong

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In 1918, three nuns ordained at this monastery established a private nunnery called Chi Chuk Lam (紫竹林) on Lantau’s Lower Keung Hill (下羌山). The nunnery is dedicated to Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy. There were about 20 jushi and nuns residing there in the 1950s.