Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple

2011 | Biggest Chinese Buddhist Temple in the West

If you've always wanted to visit a Chinese Buddhist temple, but you don't feel like going all the way to China, the Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple is better than next-best -- it's the real deal, and much closer to home. The massive complex is a traditional Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastery on 15 acres in the foothills of Hacienda Heights. The temple's name, "Hsi Lai," literally means "coming west," and it's a satellite of Taiwan's Fo Guang Shan order, whose name translates as "Buddha's... More »