Yesterday I promised you a post about The Nan Hua Buddhist Temple, but I ran out of time, so this post is simply the background about the temple, Garth will provide you with our experiences. - Mart
About the The Nan Hua Buddhist Temple:
The temple is situated in the beautiful area of Bronkhorstspruit. It is the largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa. It serves as the headquarters in Africa for the largest monastery in Taiwan, the Fo Guang Shan Order (Buddha’s Light Mountain order). Fo Guang Shan, which is a Mahayana Chinese Buddhism monastic order, was founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun in 1967.
In March 1992, the Bronkhorstspruit City Council donated a large piece of land to the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order for the purpose of developing a Chinese Buddhist educational and cultural complex. Construction of Nan Hua Buddhist Temple began in October 1992 and cost over sixty million Rand. Since the completion of the temple a number of other building projects have been completed, including the Nan Hua Buddhist Temple Guesthouse, Nan Hua Village, African Buddhist Seminary and a Pureland Ch’an retreat centre. The funding for these projects comes from the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order as well as the large Taiwanese community in South Africa.
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