Auspicious Greetings
星雲大師
" 這個世界一半好，一半壞。雖然好的那一半看起來是輸了，但從長遠來看，它會贏。邪惡雖然佔據了最初的優勢，但最終還是會失敗."
Upcoming Events
A Letter to dharma protectors & friends 2025
Keep Going, The Future is Bright!
- I, Hsin Bau, extend Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s New Year blessings: “Keep Going, the Future is Bright.”
May you have the courage to step forward, make diligent efforts, and find brightness ahead. - Click to Read the Full Article
2025 North America Guest Administrator Training Seminar
DATE: Friday June 13 to Sunday June 15
北美洲知賓培訓啟動 十一位講師將於6/12抵聖路易即將於6/13-15 展開密集課程
North American guest administrator training seminar. Eleven lecturers will arrive in St Louis on June 12 to start intensive courses from June 13-15.
2025北美洲知賓培訓的第四塲於6/13起在聖路易禪淨中心展開，開營典禮在會長王詩寧主持，貴賓有監寺覺聖法師、美洲秘書處主任覺仲法師、中華總會副秘書長有容法師及來自台灣的10位講師等。共有達拉斯、科州、堪薩斯、聖路易等十個協會的幹部及會员六十餘位參與培訓。展開為期二天半的課程。
中華總會副秘書長有容法師則勉勵大家珍惜一期一會的因緣，認真學習。知賓總召吳淑貞致詞：我一起努力，透過修行美學、行住坐臥、接待引導與頒獎儀態，建立我們的佛光品牌。
The fourth session of the 2025 North America Guest Administrator Training Seminar held at the St. Louis Buddhist Center on June 13 - 15. The opening ceremony was presided over by President Wang Shi Ning. The distinguished guests included Venerable Chueh Sheng, the director of St Louis Temple Director, Venerable Chueh Zhong, the Committee secretary of BLIA America, Venerable You Rong, the secretary of BLIA Asia and 10 lecturers from Taiwan. A total of more than 60 staffs and members from ten associations including Dallas, Colorado, Kansas, and St. Louis participated in the training. A two-and-a-half-day course was launched. Venerable You Rong, the secretary of BLIA Asia, encouraged everyone to cherish the opportunity of a once-in-a-lifetime meeting and study hard. Guest Administrator Key Speaker Wu Shu Zhen gave a speech: Let us work together to establish our Fo Guang brand through the aesthetics of practice: walking, sitting, lying, and standing, and award ceremony etiquettes.
2025 NORTH AMERICA SANGHA DAY CELEBRATION
Ullambana Festival is also called the Sangha Day, or the Buddha's joyful day. It is the day when the Sangha community had completed their summer retreat. As Buddhists, we should uphold the Buddha's teaching of filial piety by supporting the Sangha. This is a very meaningful and meritorious act as it allows the Sangha to practice without obstructions and cultivate merits for ourselves and our ancestors.
The Origin and Meaning of Ullambana and Making Offerings to Sangha Ullambana Sangha Offering Ceremony is for Buddhist laity to offer a meal to the Buddha and the Sangha as an act of reverence.
According to the Ullambanapatra Sutra, when Maudgalyayana, a chief disciple of Sakyamuni Buddha, was unable to alleviate the suffering if his mother in the realm of hungry ghosts, the World-Honored One told him that the only way to deliver his mother from the pains of suffering is to rely upon the strength of monastics of all directions in their cultivation of meritorious virtues. The Buddha instructed his disciples to dedicate an elaborate offering of food and fruits to all Sangha members in the names of his parents from the past seven lifetimes as well as the present lifetime because the practice of Sangha offering has the power to transform and deliver all sentient beings.
The merits thus acquired could liberate the deceased from the three suffering realms and allow the living to enjoy a life of abundance, good fortune and longevity. Therefore, by observing the practice of Ullambana Sangha Offering, all Buddhists can deliver their parents from the miseries of the three suffering realms.
- Fee: Free, but a donation of any amount is appreciated. Donation may be made with Paypal Giving Fund.
Sunday Chanting Services
Chinese Mandarin is the language used for current Sunday Chanting Services.
Chinese Services: 10:00~11:00 am
What's New
BLIA Kansas celebrates Buddha's Birthday
BLIA Kansas celebrates Buddha's Birthday on May 17th, 2025
Go Veggie With Vege Plan A
FGS and BLIA is now initiating a "drive" for those who practice vegetarianism. Even just once in your life time! Click on the Vege Plan A and Endorse yourself to be part of us to stop starvation, global warming, environmental damage and animal abuse.
《蔬食A计划》 不仅仅是基于宗教、信仰或健康养生的理由， 而是一项攸关人类存亡的工程， 这里的"A"，有三个意涵，
一、最佳策略:蔬食是减缓地球暖化、解决粮食危机的最佳策略。
二、Action:蔬食必须是具体行动不是口号。
三、选择蔬食，就是支持五个具体的保护行动：1、反饥饿2、反全球暖化 3、反生态浩劫4、反环境破坏5、反虐待动物
Meals For A Million 食物包裝消除饑餓
Members of BLIA, St Louis and students from Wash U did a good turn on August 26. As a support team to pack the food to feed the hungry, we successfully boosted up 900,000 meal packs for families in St Louis community. Thanks to the members who joined and the organizer of this event for us to create a better world.
為了與社區連結並終結饑餓，國際佛光會聖路易協會參與社區的食物包裝慈善活動。在會長房明與理事關靈靈的召集下，三十餘名會員與華聖頓大學學生於八月二十六日至Family Arena體育館，參加聖路易「第二屆百萬份餐」活動。佛光人與兩千名義工，共同包裝能給五百四十萬人、近九十萬份通心粉餐點。
On May 1st, 2025, Culver-Stockton College students came to visit Fo Guang Shan St. Louis Buddhist Temple
Meet the Venerables
Venerable Jue Sheng
Venerable Jue Sheng
Venerable Jue Sheng
Language used: Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese
Venerable Rugong
Venerable Jue Sheng
Venerable Jue Sheng
Language Used: Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Hakka, English, Malay