The Lotus Buddhist Monastery

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The Lotus Buddhist Monastery (LBM) is the headquarters of the Yun Hwa Sangha. It was founded by the Supreme Matriarch Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim in 1993 and is located on Big Island, Hawaii. From there, Dae Poep Sa Nim teaches the practitioners in many ways. Three times a year (winter, May and summer) retreats of several weeks take place at the LBM, to which students travel mainly from Europe.

The LBM is located at a place of excellent energy, situated between the Mauna Kea and the ocean. It offers the purest air, clearest water and healthiest food.  Visitors to the monastery therefore benefit from their stay in terms of health. Above all, however, in the monastery it is possible to penetrate extraordinarily deeply into Buddhist practice under the guidance of Dae Poep Sa Nim.

Wisdom and Prosperity Buddha

Sitting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Wisdom Prosperity Buddha, measuring 108 feet (33 meters) tall and 80 feet (24 meters) wide, is the largest sitting Buddha in the Western world.

Dae Poep Sa Nim explained that energy-wise (feng shui-wise), the Big Island and, in particular, the Mauna Kea Mountain, is this globe’s most important energy point. Therefore, it is the perfect location for the Wisdom Prosperity Buddha to protect our globe and maintain the correct universal balance.

Dae Poep Sa Nim teaches that prosperity comes from virtue, and virtue, in turn, originates from wisdom and action. That is why Dae Poep Sa Nim decided to erect this one-hundred-eight-foot tall statue of a magnificent, peaceful, and powerful sitting Buddha here in the Lotus Buddhist Monastery, which emanates wisdom and prosperity from the middle of the Pacific Ocean, reaching the entire globe and beyond.

Bang San Ho Temple

Since ancient times, whenever a master builds a temple, or a pagoda, or when he creates a statue of Buddha or a bodhisattva, he never neglects them after they are finished because it is of the utmost importance for the temple or the statues to always receive the continual blessings and energy of the Master who built them. 

If it is a Master who realizes the Buddha (the absolute, truth), and who also knows what is between the sky and the land energy, He is not greedy for himself but greedy to save all sentient beings, then this Master’s true, sincere blessings and energy will ensure that the temple lasts thousands of years and benefits everyone. 

Particularly people who come and practice in that temple, even for thousands of years, will receive the blessings from the master who pioneered that temple. That is why whoever goes to this kind of temple becomes clear and receives many benefits. 

 

The World Peace Bell

The Supreme Matriarch inaugurated the World Peace Bell in its Bell House on August 15, 2001. It is rung four times every day, resonating throughout our globe to awaken our minds to continually strive for world peace.

With each ring of the bell, Dae Poep Sa Nim blesses the entire world to help eliminate all our negativity so that we can come out of difficulties and live in peace and comfort with relaxed minds.

The bell will continue to reverberate until all sentient beings become Buddha and Bodhisattvas and until this planet is continually adorned with true beauty.

The World Peace Bell is rung four times a day – at 5h45, 9h45, 13h45 and 17h25 (Hawaii time). Please remain aware of these daily times when blessings go to you, your family and country.

A teaching about the World Peace Bell

3355 August 15, 2001 Lotus Buddhist Monastery

With the first strike of the World Peace Bell, the Dharma of Buddha (the Absolute, the Truth) is spread throughout the entire world, awakening all sentient beings out of ignorance so we may see this present beautiful world clearly and correctly in order benefit one another.

With the second strike of the bell, whoever receives Buddha’s teachings is helped to follow them accordingly, in order to bring happiness to humankind.

With the third strike of the bell, everyone is full of joy and with our beautiful minds, each one of us carries out bodhisattva actions, forever adorning the whole world with beauty.

Dong, dong, dong!

Whenever the bell is rung, our ignorance diminishes until peace comes to the whole world. We will all live very well with great prosperity in this present world, which no one will defile. The entire globe will become a live paradise.

Dong, dong, dong!

What I am teaching you is not new. You heard about it before in either this or a past life. This daily teaching is simply to remind us so that we can be clear and live correctly in this and future lives. Believing this teaching is entirely the decision of the one who reads it. In addition, applying one’s own concept to this teaching is the choice of the reader himself or herself. © Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim

World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal

The meaning of Kwan Se Um Bo Sal is World Perceive Sound of All Sentient Beings, and the purpose of Kwan Se Um Bo Sal is to help all sentient beings accomplish their wishes. This is the Kwan Se Um Bo Sal.

No matter what kind of difficulty the sentient being has, if he sincerely thinks about Kwan Se Um Bo Sal and repeats the name of Kwan Se Um Bo Sal, then Kwan Se Um Bo Sal will hear that sound and help that person with his difficulty.

 As you know, our mantra contains Kwan Se Um Bo Sal within its 21 syllables.

 The world of sentient beings is the world of sentient beings living in desire, thus Kwan Se Um Bo Sal first wants to help make the wishes of sentient beings come true. Kwan Se Um Bo Sal first rescues the sentient beings, and afterwards helps them on the correct path, which is the path of Buddha, bringing them infinite prosperity and happiness.

Now, in this world of mankind, one of the biggest Kwan Se Um Bo Sal statues on this whole globe (open the image gallery) is here in our monastery, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean; this Kwan Se Um Bo Sal, which is carved out of solid granite, is here in order to save all sentient beings and to help us accomplish world peace. Thus, anyone who practices in front of this Kwan Se Um Bo Sal will be helped in making his wishes come true and will always be led onto the path of Buddha.

The most important part of this Kwan Se Um Bo Sal is the sarira of Shakyamuni Buddha, which we will place in this World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal. These sarira are the most revered and important of all the sarira from Shakyamuni Buddha.

I received these sarira from My master many, many years ago and have kept them safely for a very long time. For 2500 years these sarira have been handed down from master to master, and now I am most happy to place them in the World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal. This World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal is actually our good luck Kwan Se Um Bo Sal.

The reason I say this is because in our lives, when everyone is comfortable, we will have the mind of space. In this mind of space, which every human being has, we will automatically have the beautiful mind of the bodhisattva, which means instead of taking things from others, we will have the mind of offering to others. At the same time, with that offering mind we will always connect with each other just like family. That will help eliminate our human suffering and help us to bring peace to this world.

A teaching about World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal

5994 November 6, 2008 Lotus Buddhist Monastery

In our monastery, the World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal stands here without saying anything, always smiling and showing us the most beautiful countenance. It stands here to save all sentient beings and to bring peace into this world.

It has been already two years since the World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal came to our monastery. During that time, many people have received help. Whenever people are in front of the World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal, they will realize:

1.   That their minds become comfortable and peaceful.
2.   That their wishes are accomplished in the correct manner.
3.   That they lead themselves in the correct direction, so that they are
helped to build up virtue and to eliminate their negative karma.

It is difficult to put into words the supernatural penetration power of this World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal. Only the people who come here and give their respect have experienced and realized that. Many people already have reported to us how much the World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal has helped them.

I received Buddha’s (which means the absolute, the truth) message, which is why this World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal came to us as a great omen. Especially in this new millennium, the World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal came here in order to solve our problems and to save us and the entire world. This World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal is our great protector and the great master in our minds.

Even the sutra says that Kwan Se Um Bo Sal’s supernatural penetration power is full with great love and compassion. This century especially, if we revere, respect, trust, follow and practice accordingly, we can all be
saved. Let us always have the mind to revere and respect this World Peace Kwan Se Um Bo Sal, which is standing in the middle of the Pacific to take care of all us and of this entire planet.

What I am teaching you is not new. You heard about it before in either this or a past life. This daily teaching is simply to remind us so that we can be clear and live correctly in this and future lives. Believing this teaching is entirely the decision of the one who reads it. In addition, applying one’s own concept to this teaching is the choice of the reader himself or herself. © Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim