Goals

The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is a sanctuary for the followers of all the world's religions.

The goal of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is to develop an international religious community where the followers of all religions unite together regardless of age, wealth or poverty, nationality, ethnicity, or religious denomination. Everyone can uphold the six great principles of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, sincerely investigate the truth, honestly practice, and diligently carry out the sacred task of purifying the hearts of people and benefitting mankind. So the Venerable Master said,

The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is not a private institution. Rather, it belongs to all the Buddhists of the world, and even to the followers of all religions in the world.

The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is a place where outstanding people of genuine virtue and wisdom gather together. As it is said, "From a thousand miles around, dragons come here to take up residence." At the City there are no distinctions between religious denominations. Communication is established between Northern and Southern traditions and the various teachings. Chinese and Western cultures are integrated. Whether in the country or abroad, people all think of this place as their refuge. As it is said, "Of all the wisdom in the world, none does not flow forth from the Dharma Realm. Of all the ingenuity in the world, none does not return to the Dharma Realm." The spiritual state of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is the Flower Adornment state, which exhaustively fills empty space and pervades the Dharma Realm!

The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas proclaims the Proper Dharma.

Now and in the future, never stopping.

Sweet dew water flows from the spring of Bodhi.

Dragon-tree Forest is covered with clouds of Prajna.

White cranes and deer are influenced by example.

Blackbirds and kalavinkas sing in harmony.

This is the refuge for the living beings of the Dharma Realm.

The Great Means Expansive Buddha Flower Adornment Sutra.

Composed by Venerable Master Hua on May 12, 1978