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The Nei Xue Tang Museum ("Hall of Inner Learning") (Chinese: 内学堂) is a private museum of Buddhist art in Singapore.It is the first home museum in Singapore. The museum was created by collector Woon Wee Teng under a program enacted by the Singapore government to allow collectors to show their collections in their own homes. [1]
Wat Ananda, prominent Thai Buddhist temple in Singapore Modern architecture of the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum in Singapore Main article: Buddhism in Singapore This is a list of Buddhist temples , monasteries , stupas , centres and pagodas in Singapore for which there are Wikipedia articles.
In 1978, Bhante started his Buddhist education service in Singapore in a garage at 85A Marine Parade Road. He founded the Buddhist Research Society (BRS) in 1981 and The Buddhist Library in 1982. On his inspiration on starting a non-profit library, Bhante said: To start a Buddhist library in Singapore is better than to start ten temples.
Nagapuspa Buddhist Culture Museum (Chinese: 龍華文物館; pinyin: Lónghuá Wénwù Guǎn): This museum, in contrast to the rest of the temple, is designed as a less overtly religious environment. It has a total of 278 exhibits, ranging from modern expressionistic works to 2nd and 3rd century Gandharan statuary.
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery opened the Buddhist College of Singapore on 13 September 2006. [25] As the country's Buddhist college, it offers a four-year bachelor's degree in Buddhism. [25] Lessons were held on temple grounds until a new S$35 million five-storey building is completed.
In January 1959, he was invited to be the honorary abbot of Poh Ern Shih, thus becoming the first Westerner to be the abbot of a Buddhist temple in Singapore. [7] While in Singapore, he assisted Pitt Chin Hui in her translation of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra from Chinese to English. He returned to Malaya and spent his later years at ...
Founded in the 1920s, Wat Ananda Metyarama Thai Buddhist Temple is one of the oldest Thai Theravada Buddhist temples in Singapore. [1] [2] Originally situated at 83 Silat Road, it was renovated in 1953 under the then-abbot Venerable Phra Rajayankavee, with further renovations as well as new construction between 1975 and 1997 under present-day abbot Venerable Chao Khun Phra Tepsiddhivides.
In late 2013, after undergoing a rebranding exercise, the Museum launched its new logo with a new slogan Singapore's Museum of Asia. [3] On 16 September 2014, the Museum was named the top museum in Singapore and ranked ninth in Asia by TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice awards. The Museum was the only Singapore museum ranked among Asia's top ...