The above statue is in the grounds of the Chung Tian Temple (中天寺, meaning Middle Heaven Temple) a Zen Buddhist temple located at 1034 Underwood Road, Priestdale, Queensland. The temple is part of theFo Guang Shan Buddhist monastic order. Construction of the temple began in January 1991 and it opened in June 1993.
Chung Tian Temple was founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, who is also the founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order.
This is part of Theme Day of the City Daily Blog Group
He certainly looks round and jolly, Bill. All the best for the trip down tomorrow and for the next coupla weeks. Keep me in the loop when you can, hey?
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