The Medicine Buddha Hall

The red plaque above The Medicine Buddha Hall bears the inscription “A Solemn Net of Limitless Light.” It was bestowed by the internationally renowned sinologist Professor Jao Tsung-I (1917 – 2018) and is derived from the “Second Great Vow of the Medicine Buddha” found in the Sutra of the Medicine Buddha. The term “solemn” represents the luminosity of wisdom, while “net” symbolizes Indra’s net, associated with Śakra, signifying the boundless and infinite brilliance of the Buddha’s wisdom.