Hsi Lai Temple

Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple is a mountain monastery in the northern Puente Hills. Completed in 1988, it is one of the largest Buddhist temples in the Western Hemisphere. The name “Hsi Lai” means Coming West.nHsi Lai Temple is affiliated with Fo Guang Shan, a Buddhist organization from Taiwan. It is the order’s first overseas branch temple, and serves as the North American regional headquarters for Fo Guang Shan. Hsi Lai Temple was the site of the founding of Buddha’s Light International Association, established in 1991. The temple, like its mother temple in Taiwan, practices Humanistic Buddhism.