Kwan Inn Teng Temple

MALAYSIA, Selangor, Petaling Jaya

Kwan Inn Teng means Avalokitesvara Pavilion. The temple was founded by Master Jing An in 1952. It has undergone several renovations and expansions, including the addition of buildings such as the Reclining Buddha Hall and the Medicine Buddha Hall. In 1971, the Kwan Inn Teng Foundation was established with the purpose of promoting social welfare programs. In keeping with Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s vow to save the world, the Education Center was opened in 1995 as a venue for Dharma propagation and social welfare.
The major buildings include the Great Hero Hall, Reclining Buddha Hall, Medicine Buddha Hall, Education Center, lecture hall, sutra repository, library, and dining hall. They are all two stories high with a hip roof with green glazed tiles and are connected to form one huge structure.
The Great Hero Hall contains a statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, while the Medicine Buddha Hall houses a jade Medicine Buddha statue from Dalian, China. The Reclining Buddha Hall can hold hundreds of people, and it includes a two-story library. The Educational Center is a modern, three-story building. The top level of that building houses the Relic Shrine, where the Buddha relics, donated by the Sangharaja of Thailand in 1991, are enshrined within a reliquary stupa.