Home›Buddhist Teachers & Monks›Member OfBrowse ByMember OfThis page groups historical figures by the religious order or organization they belonged to, connecting a person to the institution that trained or housed them. Wikipedia describes a religious order as "a subgroup within a larger confessional community that has members who lead a contemplative lifestyle devoted to prayer and service." Browsing this way lets a visitor find every notable member of one order or society gathered in a single list.FactsMember OfConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1Member OfFilter Results1 entryBasis of the Wealth FigureAllRegulator Filing (1)Current StatusAllFo Guang Shan remains active today as one of Taiwan's largest Buddhist organisations, with temples and cultural and educational branches in dozens of countries and an affiliated lay association, the Buddha's Light International Association. (1)Financial Disclosure RegimeAllFo Guang Shan publishes an annual "Our Report" record of its activities across five sections (Dharma Propagation, Culture, Education, Philanthropy, Spiritual Cultivation), read directly on the order's own reference site, but it is an achievements record rather than a financial statement: it names no audited figure, accounting firm or balance sheet. No consolidated financial account for the global monastic order is publicly available anywhere this axis has found; the only documented figures are the separately filed accounts of individual national branches and affiliates, among them Buddha's Light International Association USA's Form 990 and International Buddhist Progress Society (UK)'s Charity Commission return, both recorded above. (1)FoundedAllFounded in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, as a Humanistic Buddhist monastic order that went on to build temples and cultural centers worldwide. (1)FounderAllFounded by the Taiwanese Buddhist monk Hsing Yun (Master Xingyun). (1)Institutional Wealth or FinancesAllBuddha's Light International Association (BLIA USA), Fo Guang Shan's US-registered lay association headquartered in Hacienda Heights, California, reported total assets of 5,218,796 US dollars and total revenue of 781,837 US dollars for the fiscal year ending 31 December 2024, in a voluntarily filed IRS Form 990, as reproduced by ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. This covers only the US lay association, not Fo Guang Shan's global monastic order, its Taiwan headquarters, or its temples and branches in the other 172 countries where it operates. (1)International Buddhist Progress Society (UK), Fo Guang Shan's registered English branch, reported total gross income of 660,081 pounds sterling and total expenditure of 277,562 pounds sterling to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 December 2024, with income in the three preceding years ranging between roughly 598,000 and 856,000 pounds. This covers only the UK branch, distinct from the US lay association recorded separately and from Fo Guang Shan's global monastic order. (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1967 (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll2024 (1)Fo Guang ShanMember Of1 entryConnectionsAssociated WithAsia, Continents Well-attested This source names Asia directly: "forest monks of Theravada Southeast Asia to the Seon and Pure Land masters of Korea and China and the hierarchs and treasure revealers of Tibet."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1China, Countries Well-attested This source names China directly: "and Pure Land masters of Korea and China and the hierarchs and treasure revealers of Tibet."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Pure Land, Denominations Well-attested This source names Pure Land directly: "Southeast Asia to the Seon and Pure Land masters of Korea and China and the hierarchs and treasure revealers of Tibet."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Theravada, Denominations Well-attested This source names Theravada directly: "and history, from the forest monks of Theravada Southeast Asia to the Seon and Pure Land masters of Korea and China and the hierarchs and treasure revealers of Tibet."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.