Yuan Tung Temple
Yuan Tung Temple: Avalokitesvara Hall (interior)
Yuan Tung Temple
PHILIPPINES, Manila
Yuan Tung means Perfect Understanding. The temple was founded in 1890 to house a statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva brought to the Philippines from Putuoshan in China by a local Chinese devotee. The management of the temple was transferred to the monk Ruinian in 1979. When the old site became inadequate, the abbot Ruijin built a new temple at its present location in 1981.
The temple occupies 450 sq m and consists of a four-story building. The Avalokitesvara Hall on the first story houses the statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva that originated in Putuoshan. The main hall is on the third story and contains a statue of Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara.
Since its founding, the temple has been conducting various Dharma functions and relief efforts, and has played an important role in the development of Buddhism in the Philippines.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture T-Z, page 1368.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Lancaster, Lewis,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture T-Z},
pages = 1368,
title = {{Yuan Tung Temple}},
volume = 4,
year = {2016}}