Directory of Buddhist Organizations and Temples in the Philippines

   

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Bacolod Fo Guang Yuan

Address: 2nd Floor, Lopues East Center Burgos Cor, Hilado National Highway, Bacolod City, Philippines  
Tradition: Chinese Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan
Phone: 63 (34) 433-5131
E-mail: fgsasph3y@fgs.org.tw
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun  

Chu Un Temple

Address: 246 V. Rama Avenue Cebu City 6000 Philippines  
Tradition: Chinese Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan
E-mail: fgsasph3y@fgs.org.tw
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun  

Harrison Fo Guang Yuan

Address: Stall #. Q-16 2nd Floor Harrison Plaza Complex Adriatico St., Malate, Manila, Philippines 
Tradition: Chinese Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan
Phone: 63 (912) 340-7621
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun  

Iloilo Fo Guang Yuan

Address: 13-A Fuentes Street, Iloilo City, Philippines  
Tradition: Chinese Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan
E-mail: fgy-ilo@skyinet.net
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun  

International Buddhist Progress Society - Manila, Philippines

Address: 656 P. Ocampo Street  Malate, Manila 1004 (former USSR Embassy)
Tradition: Chinese Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan Temple, Chinese Mahayana
Phone: 63 (2) 523-4909, 63 (2) 525-3680
Fax: 63 (2) 522-1475, 63 (2) 521-6926
E-mail: info@fgsphilippines.org
Website: http://fgsphilippines.org
Head Abbess: Ven. Master Yung Jau  
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun  
Notes and Events:

Fo Guang Shan belongs to the Lingi School of Chinese Chan Buddhism.

Humanistic Buddhism (Chinese: 人間佛教; Pinyin: Rénjiān Fójiào) is a popular modern philosophy practiced mainly in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. It is the integration of people's spiritual practice into all aspects of their daily lives. Buddhist monastics such as Venerable Masters Yin Shun (印順導師) and Hsing Yun (星雲大師) pioneered the start of the propagation of Humanistic Buddhism.

Humanistic Buddhism encompasses all of the Buddhist teachings from the time of Gautama Buddha to the present. The goal of Humanistic Buddhism is the bodhisattva way, which means to be an energetic, enlightened, and endearing person who strives to help all sentient beings liberate themselves.

Humanistic Buddhism focuses more on issues of the world rather than on how to leave the world behind; on caring for the living, rather than the dead; on benefiting others, rather than benefiting oneself and on universal salvation, rather than cultivation for only oneself.

The essence of Fo Guang Shan's Humanistic Buddhism:

• Nurturing talents through education.
• Propagating the Dharma through culture.
• Benefiting society through charity.
  Purifying people's minds through cultivation.

The International Buddhist Progress Society - Manila, Philippines (Fo Guang Shan Manila) was founded on August 8, 1993.

Ongpin Fo Guang Yuen

Address: 634 Nueva Street Binondo, Manila, Philippines 
Tradition: Chinese Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan
Phone: 63 (2) 241-5797~8
Fax: 63(2)242-4957
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun  

Philippine Palyul Chang Chub Dhargye Ling Dharma Center

Address: #73 Biak-Na-Bato Street cor. Don Manuel Street Sto. Domingo, Quezon City, Philippines  
Tradition: Vajrayana, Tibetan Buddhism, Nyingmapa, Palyul Lineage
Affiliation: Namdroling Monastery
Phone: (632) 712-1022
Fax: (632) 731-8746
Website: http://www.palyul.org                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                E-group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palyul_philippines
Teacher: His Holiness Kyabje Pema Norbu "Penor" Rinpoche.
Spiritual Director: Ven. Samten Phuntsok Rinpoche  

Phu Shian Temple

Address: 25 Beverly Hills Lahug, Cebu 6000 Philippines.
Tradition: Chinese Mahayana
Contact: Josie Chang  

Soka Gakkai International of the Philippines (SGI-Philippines)

Address: 66 Timog Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Tradition:Nichiren Buddhism; Japanese Mahayana Mahayana                                                                                                                                                                                                       Affiliation: Dr. Daisaku Ikeda
Phone: (632) 921-28-79; 929-71-34;
Website: http://www.sgi.org.ph/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  E-mail: sgiphil@philonline.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Soka Gakkai International (SGI) has six other culture centers throughout the Philippines:                                                                                                                                                                    Address: (1) Manila Culture Center in Escolta, Manila (2) Cebu Culture Center (3) Davao Culture Center (4) Cagayan Culture Center (5) Youth Culture Center in Silang, Cavite and (6) the Grand Culture Center in Tagaytay City.

SGI is also currently the largest Buddhist lay organization in the world with cultural centers in more than two dozen countries, educational institutions, and more than four million members—including celebrities such as Orlando Bloom and Tina Turner.

Universal Wisdom Foundation Inc.

Address: 2/F, 700 Aurora Blvd., Corner Gilmore Ave. New Manila, Quezon City, Phillippines  
Tradition: Mahayana
EMail: universal@netasia.net

Van Phat Temple

Address: PO Box 100- 5300 Palawan, Phillippines.
Tradition: Vietnamese Mahayana
Contact: Ms. Le Thi Khoe  

World Fellowship of Buddhists

Address: Philippines Regional Centre 1176 Nara Street, Manila, Philippines 

Yuan Thong Temple

Address: 2876 Burgos Street, 6th Road Bacolod City, Philippines  
Tradition: Chinese Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan
Phone: 63 (34) 24-991, 63 (34) 433-6992
Fax: 63 (34) 433-1725
E-mail: fgsasph3y@fgs.org.tw
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun  

Ocean Sky Chan Monastery

Address: 716 Jose Abad Santos St., Little Baguio, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines  
Tradition: Chinese Mahayana, Linji (Rinzai)
Affiliation: Chung Tai Chan
Phone: (632)723-6132
Fax: (632)722-4400
E-mail: oceansky@mail.ctcm.org.tw
Website: http://www.ctworld.org/108/oceansky/index.htm
Main Contact: Lolita Lutanco  (Phone: 639205718222)
Teacher: Ven. Abbess Jian Yong  
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Wei Chueh  
Notes and Events:

The only Chan monastery in the Philippines, it regularly holds classes on Chan and the fundamentals of Buddhism. It is the only temple with regular Dharma services (Sutra recitation, Chan meditation, etc) with English and Phonetic translations. All services and activities conducted in both English and Chinese.

Chan is the parent of Japanese Zen Buddhism and Zen and Chan practices are therefore the same.