The Avatamsaka Dharma Assembly in celebration of Monastery 120th Anniversary
Our first holding of the Avatamsaka Dharma Assembly in celebration the monastery’s 120 years old in Singapore. May all be well and happy in Singapore, home.08 - 28
July 2018
Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival 2017
Shuang Lin Monastery has a long history in organising Mid-Autumn festivities. This year, the monastery was glad to celebrate the with lantern sets symbolic of bountiful harvests and happy children. Event highlights began on 30th September with light-up and official opening by Mr. Saktiandi Supaat, MP for Bishan Toa Payoh GRC, lion and dragon dance, folk songs, lantern riddels and many more cultural performances. Come join in celebrating this special Chinese culture with us.30 - 04
September 2017
Ngee Ann Polytechnic Students’ Study Visit
On 4 January 2017, a total of 50 students and 1 lecturer, Chen Xuewei, from Chinese Studies at Singapore Ngee Ann Polytechnic visited the monastery. Among many concrete ways of enhancing students’ interest in Chinese studies and cultures, one best way is bringing them to a field abundant with Chinese epigraphic materials or evidences, explaining to them the meaning and purpose of those couplets and inscriptions found there. In support of Singapore Chinese studies and Read More...04
January 2017
Kunju Opera – Grievance from a former birth
In conjunction with the opening ceremony of Dharma Hall and Sutra Hall of Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery, the renowned Zhejiang Kunju Opera was invited to perform the “Grievance from a Former Birth” between 12th and 13th November 2017 for the first time in Singapore. The Kunju Opera “Grievance from a Former Birth” was written, in collaboration with the Zhejiang Kunju Opera Troupe, at the Chi Lin Nunnery in Hong Kong in order to pass Read More...12 - 13
November 2016
Mr. George Yeo‘s Visit
Mr. George Yeo, former Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs visited the monastery on 18 September 2015. Our abbot, Venerable Wai Yim specially showed him around with a few advisors of the monastry, explaining to him the progress of the restoration work undertaken recently. It was a no doubt a pleasant experience to meet up with Mr. Yeo.18
September 2015
Land blessing ceremony for the Bell and Drum Tower
Today, Sunday 19 July 2015 is a very auspicious day for our Bell and Drum Tower as plan is made to restore them to their original 1907 state. To celebrate the start of construction for the two towers, a traditional Mahayana Buddhist ground-breaking ceremony is held and respectable Master Yong Lin from Hong Kong invited to conduct the blessing ceremony.19
July 2015
10th anniversary of Late Venerable
A formal ceremony of prayer and devotion was held on 17 July 2015 in commemoration of the 10th years of passing of Venerable Tham Sean, the 13th abbot of Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery. Venerable was appointed superintendent of the monastery in 1954 before taking up the role of abbotship in 1975. For five decades, venerable has lived and worked in the monastery, witnessing many commemorative events that have taken place over the years. In Read More...17
July 2015
