EPANDING THE CONTENT OF AN OUTLINE using notes.pptx
Effective public communication
1. Effective Public
Communication
Final project – Individual
Foundation In Nature and Built
Environment (2015 March Intake)
Name : Lee Fei Syen
Student ID : 0323008
Topic : Religious Building
2. Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
Monastery 光明三普觉禅寺
Located along Bright Hill Road, Singapore
Opposite Kallang River
75,470 sq. metres
KMSPKS is the largest monastery in Singapore.
Cost : Over SGD50 millions
3. Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
Monastery 光明三普觉禅寺
It was meant to be a place for practice, to propagate the Dharma.
To provide lodging for monks, as many who came to Singapore did not have
lodging at that time. (early 20th century)
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5. Historical Background
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery (KMSPKS) is the largest Mahayana
Buddhist temple in Singapore.
Was founded in 1921 by Venerable Sik Zhuan Dao as the Phor Kark See Temple.
It was built in the midst of a rubber plantation situated at Kong Meng San, thus
came the name of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery (KMSPKS)
First traditional Chinese forest monastery in Singapore.
6. This 1960s photo shows a
stupa, probably at Bright
Hill Temple, also known as
Kong Meng San Phor Kark
See Monastery.
7. Historical Background
(Timeline)
1920 : Phor Kark See Monastery was founded by Venerable Zhuan Dao.
1943 : Venerable Zhuan Dao passes away at 72.
1947 : Venerable Seck Hong Choon becomes the new Chief Abbot.
1980 : Work begins on the Evergreen Bright Hill Home.
November 1986 : Piling works for the Pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas begin.
25 December 1990 : Venerable Seck Hong Choon passes away.
1991 : Venerable Yen Pei appointed as Chief Abbot.
December 1993 : Pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas is completed.
27 March 1994 : Opening ceremony for the Pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas is held.
15 January 2002 : Compassion Fund with higher income ceiling is announced.
5 June 2004: Venerable Kwang Sheng takes on the role of Chief Abbot.
13 September 2006 : Buddhist College of Singapore is opened.
October 2007 : Temple is one of seven religious groups ordered by the Commissioner of Charities
to open their books to auditors.
21 June 2008 : Temple raised over $1 million for the victims of the May 12 Sichuan earthquake.
April 2009 : ‘Gum’, an English-language magazine, is launched.
September 2009 : “Little Note”, a Mandarin short film, premieres, the result of a collaboration
between the temple and Chuan Pictures, a new production house set up by filmmaker Royston Tan.
8. Structure & Layout
Southern Chinese style of architecture
An interesting and unique combination of Chinese art aesthetics, and Southeast
Asian architectural styles.
9. Structure & Layout
Prayer halls
Crematoriums and columbariums
Library
Outdoor statue of Buddhist deity Guanyin Bodhisattva
Bell and drum towers
Four-storey Venerable Hong Choon Memorial Hall with an exterior that
resembles a ship
10. Pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas
Integrates the various aspects of
Mahayana and Theravada building
architecture
Five-storeys high and has a bell-
shaped stupa that is covered with
gold-coloured mosaic tiles on
A large Medicine Buddha on the
second level, and 9,999 small
Buddha images on the inner
circumference of the building’s
main stupa.
11. Venerable Hong Choon Memorial
Hall
Four-storeys
1st floor : houses offices
2nd floor : kitchen and
the dining hall
3rd floor : meditation hall
4th floor : Hall of No Form
12. Hall of No Form
Giant Buddha that
stands at 13.8 metres
from the lotus base
The hall, which
measures 3,290 square
metres can
accommodate up to
2,000 persons.
13. Hall of No Form
Despite its size, there are
absolutely no inner pillars
in the hall
The Giant Buddha statue
is made of bronze and
weighs a hefty 55 tons.
22. School of Buddhism
– The Teachings realised by the Buddha are called the Dharma, literally meaning
“the truth nature of all things”.
– The basic teachings of Buddhism are the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold
Path, Dependent Origination and the Three Characteristics of Existence.
– The two major schools are Theravada and Mahayana
