United Airlines offers connecting flights from Washington Dulles to Taipei with fares starting at about $1,300 round-trip. Once in Taipei, take a high-speed train to Kaohsiung for about $45 per ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Every Lunar New Year, Fo Guang Shan (佛光山), one of Taiwan’s largest Buddhist organizations and a major cultural and religious landmark in Kaohsiung, hosts a “Festival of Light ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Master Hsing Yun (星雲), the founding patriarch of Fo Guang Shan, passed away on Sunday (Feb. 5) at age 95. Fo Guang Shan issued an announcement early on Monday morning (Feb. 6) ...

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — Even if one is not Buddhist, the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum in Dashu District in Kaohsiung is welcoming visitors and provides a glimpse into Buddhism. As a traveler that ...

Two years later, he moved to Taiwan, where he taught and was editor-in-chief of the Buddhist publication Humanity Magazine. In 1967, Hsing Yun founded Fo Guang Shan in Kaohsiung as a monastery with ...

Photo taken on Aug 4, 2016 shows the Main Shrine of the Fo Guang Shan in Kaohsiung, Southeast China's Taiwan. Founded by Master Hsing Yun in 1967, Fo Guang Shan has been a famous Buddhist ...

The Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order, which was founded by the late Venerable Master Hsing Yun, has more than 300 temples worldwide. The headquarters is in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and the Hacienda Heights ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Hsing Yun, a Buddhist abbot who established a thriving religious community in southern Taiwan and built universities overseas, has died. He was 95. He established Fo Guang ...

A delegation of Vatican officials is to visit Taiwan later this month for a joint seminar with Fo Guang Shan, the largest buddhist monastery in the nation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The ...

Hsing Yun, founder of Fo Guang Shan Monastery in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and an influential monk who died at the age of 95 on Sunday, had played an irreplaceable role in promoting peace and ...