March 12 saw the completion of the 2023 Spring Meditation Retreat of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM), when monastics and the laity received Ven. Talagala Sumanaratana Thero, a distinguished guest from Sri Lanka and an old friend of LJM Abbot Master Hsin Tao. The Venerable gave his kind instructions to the LJM followers on how to live a life with practice of Buddha dharma and mindfulness and stay away from “harmful habits” to accumulate virtues and blessings...

A stereotype is being toppled: medical treatment is no longer just taking medicine and getting injections. The positive outcome of visiting museums for healing-via-art has surpassed people’s imagination, and its popularity has begun to take root in Taiwan. Ling Jiou Mountain’s Museum of World Religions (MWR), often endearingly dubbed the ‘Museum of Mind', secured a seat on the bandwagon of riding on the WHO’s ‘Museum ...

The memorial mass in honor of Archbishop Joseph Ti Kang, Archbishop emeritus of the Taiwanese capital, was held at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Taipei, on February 4, 2023. Archbishop Thomas Chung An-Zu presided over the service, with Msgr. Stefano Mazzotti, the Holy See’s Charge d’Affaires in Taiwan, and Dharma Master Hsin Tao

The Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM) kicked off its annual Spring Meditation Retreat on February 13, when overseas followers were finally able to endorse the event in person in the beginning of a new year that the COVID-19 pandemic has gradually faded away.

Master Hsin Tao, Founding Abbot of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM), attended the Memorial Service of Venerable Master Hsing Yun, 48th Generation of the Linji School and Founding Master of Fo Guang Shan (FGS), on the morning of February 13, 2023, to bid his final farewell to the Ven. Master who enlightened his journey of Dharma practice. Monastics and followers from around the world also crowded the site at the Yun Ju Hall of the FGS Monastery to render their last tribute to the lat

Master Hsin Tao, Founding Abbot of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM), visits the Fo Guang Shan Monastery (FGS) on February 6th to render his condolence to Venerable Master Hsing Yun, Founder of the Fo Guang Shan Order who passed away on February 5th at age 97. Admiring the Venerable’s effort on promoting the Humanistic Buddhism in order to create a Buddha’s land in the mundane world to benefit both the nation and its people, guiding them to the path of Dharma and mindfulness

An Interfaith concert that combines sacred music and faith as a spiritual bonanza was curated by the Museum of World Religions Foundation. The concert titled “Talk about Love with Music” took center stage at the Immaculate Conception Chapel of Fu-Jen Catholic University in the evening of February 8. Master Hsin Tao, Founding Abbot of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM) and Founder of the Museum of World Religions (MWR), met with elders and representatives of different religions to cele

Master Hsin Tao, Founding Abbot of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM), was born in Myanmar and took it upon himself to safeguard the precious legacy and culture tracing back to the days of Buddha. The Master took the route of education to achieve the goal by operating the school of sramaneras in Naung Mon to cultivate future sanghas with an open mind and a broad perspective to promote Buddha’s teachings in a more dynamic world and become a pillar of local society.

The 2022 FGS Transmission of the Three Platforms of Precepts took place from Oct. 15 to November 1, with 208 monastics coming from home and abroad gathering to receive the precepts. The FGS invited Master Hsin Tao, Founding Abbot of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM), to serve as the ācārya, or senior teacher, to instruct the monastics on learning from precepts. Master Hsin Tao encouraged the preceptees to follow the conduct of outstanding Buddhist predecessors and uphold the Buddhis

A Buddhist memorial service in honor of late Bhikkhuni Liao Yi, the Principal Disciple of Master Hsin Tao at the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM), was held at the LJM Sheng Shan Temple on January 15, 2023. Family members, friends, and associates of interreligious circles gathered for a solemn send-off of the Master, wishing her to continue her Dharma practice journey and return to the mundane world with great vow. Bidding his farewell to the disciple, Master Hsin Tao rendered his gratit