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Than Hsiang Temple dharma
community activities | Above photos
clockwise left to right: Than Hsiang
Temple in Penang, Malaysia; Seven-
day Amitabha name chanting;
Dharma assembly at Than Hsiang,
Than Hsiang kindergarten students,
Than Hsiang Sunday school, Welfare
financial assistance and senior care.

Before his ordination as a monk, he Chinese translator for Rinpoche in through the highest standards of
devoted much time and energy as Malaysia back in the 1980s when scholarly exchange.
an active lay Buddhist to building Venerable was still a lay person. What
A few years later, as the chair of KF’s
up Than Hsiang’s following and an amazing connection he has with
Scholarship Committee, I had the
organization. Both in his role as a lay Rinpoche!
opportunity to connect Khyentse
Buddhist and as a monk propagating
In 2005, Venerable embarked on Foundation with Ven. Wei Wu, which
the buddhadharma, Ven. Wei Wu
another important mission: to seek led to a steady long-term relationship
has truly manifested boundless
common ground with other Buddhist between the foundation and IBC in
compassion and wisdom.
traditions and collaborate with them supporting monks and nuns from

to uplift the training and education countries of the Theravadin tradition.
Than Hsiang soon became a leading
of monks from various countries in I am delighted that Khyentse
Mahayana organization in Malaysia
Asia. He was the moving force behind Foundation has granted Ven. Wei Wu
which offers not only dharma
the founding of the International the Khyentse Fellowship award, the
servicies but also various educational
Buddhist College (IBC) in Sadao, in highest recognition and honor the
and community services ranging
southern Thailand. Buddhist scholars foundation offers to an individual.
from kindergarten, Buddhist primary
from all three traditions were invited I truly rejoice in his tireless efforts
and secondary schools, welfare care,
to teach at this institute of higher to propagate Buddhism and Buddhist
senior care homes and more.
education. Ven. Wei Wu’s vision is studies, and I’m so very proud of this
for this institution to be a center fellow Malaysian from my hometown!
Another thing that few people know
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is that Ven. Wei Wu was the first
to interact and seek commonality,