September 19 marks the International Coastal Clean-up Day and the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM) has been stepping up its ‘Loving the Earth’ campaign by adding a further dimension of dedicating an hour every month to cleaning up the beach for the last three years running. Along the stretch of the beach, however, litters like plastic waste, cigarette butts, and broken glasses, still lie washed up the shore or half buried in the sand. The LJM beach-cleaning task force and voluntary net

Sparing no efforts on his part in promoting the ‘Loving the Earth, Loving Peace’ ideal long-term to help safeguard the ecology of land and ocean, Dharma Master Hsin Tao as the Founding Abbot of Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM) says that the future of the Earth is also mankind's future. It is therefore our conviction that a seemingly insignificant action in cleaning up a short stretch of the beach will contribute to the Earth's self-healing mechanism as long as we keep at it over time wi

2020 marks the 37th anniversary of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM) and celebratory activities have been conducted in observations of the COVID-19 pandemic and relevant government regulations. Efforts in so doing turned out fruitful, as scale-backs of the physical implementation of celebrations have been more than made up for by online participation of avid followers. On the anniversary day, LJM followers arrived to take part in the uphill pilgrimage to pay homage to Buddhas follow

The land area designated as the future campus of the University for Life & Peace in Yangon, Myanmar, was graced by the occasion of the arrival of the Jade Buddha of Peace. The auspicious ceremony of setting the seat in place was jointly held by the Provincial authorities of the Bago Region and Maha Kusala Yama Monastery, Yangon, Myanmar. Bago Region Chief Minister U Win Thein, Bhikkhus of the Sanga Commission, and follower representatives of Ling Jiou Mountain (LJM) led by LJM residential master