Hsi Lai Temple

Hsi Lai Temple
The mountain gate of Hsi Lai Temple
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
SectHumanistic Buddhism
Location
Location3456 South Glenmark Drive, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745
CountryUnited States
Hsi Lai Temple is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Hsi Lai Temple
Shown within the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Hsi Lai Temple is located in California
Hsi Lai Temple
Hsi Lai Temple (California)
Hsi Lai Temple is located in the United States
Hsi Lai Temple
Hsi Lai Temple (the United States)
Geographic coordinates33°58′33″N 117°58′04″W / 33.9757°N 117.9679°W / 33.9757; -117.9679
Architecture
FounderHsing Yun
Completed1988
Website
www.hsilai.org
Hsi Lai Temple
Traditional Chinese西
Literal meaningBuddha's Light Mountain Coming-West Temple
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFóguāngshānxīláisì
Wade–GilesFo2-kuang1-shan1-hsi1-lai2-ssŭ4
IPA[fwǒ.kwáŋ.ʂán.ɕí.lǎɪ.sî]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJHu̍t-kong-san-sai-lâi-sī

Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple (Chinese: 佛光山西來寺; pinyin: Fóguāngshān Xīlái Sì) is a mountain monastery in the northern Puente Hills, Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County, California. The name Hsi Lai means "coming west".

Hsi Lai Temple is a branch of Fo Guang Shan, a Buddhist organization from Taiwan. It is the order's first overseas branch temple and serves as the North American regional headquarters for Fo Guang Shan. Hsi Lai Temple was the site of the founding of Buddha's Light International Association, established in 1991. The temple, like its mother temple in Taiwan, practices Humanistic Buddhism.