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Nan Tien Temple
The main entrance to the Nan Tien Temple complex, with the Great Mercy Shrine at centre.
Religion
AffiliationBuddhist
SectFo Guang Shan
StatusActive
Location
LocationBerkeley, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Nan Tien Temple is located in New South Wales
Nan Tien Temple
Shown within New South Wales
Nan Tien Temple is located in Australia
Nan Tien Temple
Nan Tien Temple (Australia)
Geographic coordinates34°28′00″S 150°50′55″E / 34.46667°S 150.84861°E / -34.46667; 150.84861
Architecture
Architect(s)Brewster Hjorth
FounderHsing Yun
Groundbreaking1992
Completed1995
Website
https://www.nantien.org.au/en/

Fo Guang Shan Nan Tien Temple (Chinese: 佛光山南天寺; pinyin: Fóguāngshān Nántiān Sì; lit. 'Southern Heaven Temple') is a Buddhist temple complex located in Berkeley, on the southern outskirts of the Australian city of Wollongong, approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Sydney.[1]

Nan Tien is one of the branch temples of the Taiwanese Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order, founded in 1967 by Hsing Yun,[2] which has over 120 branches worldwide. The temple is one of the largest Buddhist temples in the southern hemisphere.[3]

  1. ^ "Home". Nan Tien Temple. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  2. ^ "About--Introduction of Fo Guang Shan". Nan Tien Temple. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  3. ^ "About". Nan Tien Temple. Retrieved 3 March 2009.

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