Kang You Wei

In front of the Grand Buddha Hall is a couplet written by Kang You Wei (1858 – 1927), a political philosopher, and educator in contemporary China. The couplet means that kind-hearted youths practice the teachings of Buddha to reach Enlightenment. The six virtues consist of generosity, morality, patience, perseverance, meditation, and wisdom. The perfections of these virtues will ferry one beyond the sea of immortality to nirvana.