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Bimonthly Newsletter
15 May 2016 | Issue 3
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THIS MONTH'S HIGHLIGHT
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Fo Guang Shan's 50th Anniversary – Past & Future
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In commemoration of Fo Guang Shan’s 50th anniversary, a series of activities will be lined up for celebration in over 300 branch temples worldwide. These activities include Fo Guang Shan: Retrospections, A Look Back in History, Global Celebration of the Buddha’s Birthday, and the Praise the Buddha Grand Concert.
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NEW BOOK RELEASE
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Humanistic Buddhism: Holding True to the Original Intents of Buddha
Humanistic Buddhism represents a return to the principles laid down by the Buddha. Humanistic Buddhism recognizes the Buddha lived in the human world and taught the Dharma in the human world, and that Buddhism should be for human beings. Humanistic Buddhism is Buddhism that is timeless, joyful, altruistic and life affirming.
Through the comprehensive examination of Buddhism through its history, concepts, development and the Buddha’s life, we infer several principles. Buddhism is the Buddha’s original teachings for the human world. It is Humanistic Buddhism. Thus, we propose Humanistic Buddhism: Holding True to the Original Intents of Buddha.
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INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY
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See you in 100 years
─ Museum of Buddhist Underground Palaces
21th May (Sat) 2 PM @ BMC Front Hall (2F)
Venerable Ru Chang / Director of Buddha Memorial Center
Since its opening, the Buddha Memorial Center has become a top cultural landscape in Taiwan visited by people from all over the world. Under the invitation of Bureau of Cultural Heritage from the Ministry of Culture, BMC Director Venerable Ru Chang will give a speech in commemoration of International Museum Day (May 18) on the important connection between cultural landscapes and religious heritage.
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EXCLUSIVE
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Second Biannual Cross-Strait Museums Meeting
The Meeting took place at the Buddha Memorial Center for the first time in Taiwan. The first biannual meeting was held in Hubei, China, in 2014. The two-day meeting included 20 research papers and 5 keynote speeches, as well as the scholars, and directors, and members from 19 provincial museums.
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EXHIBITIONS
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Healing Minds
In commemoration of FGS’s 50th Anniversary and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital’s 30th Anniversary, this collaborative exhibition aims to heal people’s minds from afflictions through these artworks.
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Venue: Main Hall Gallery 4
Dates : 07 May - 19 Jun '16
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Venue: Main Hall Gallery 1
Dates : 16 May - 19 Jun '16
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Venue: Main Hall Gallery 2
Dates : 21 May - 21 Jun '16
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