緣道觀音廟 — Attraction in New Taipei

Wonderful experience I couldn't have spent a better afternoon. This site has everything in the right place, clean and tidy, lots of trees, ponds, some artificial waterfalls, lots of seats and statue, some goats walking around, even a coffee shop with some food, the building are nice and made with precious and rare material. People are kind and helpful, I must be thankful to aunty Melina (hope didn't misunderstood the name) for her guidance and explanations. I have burnt 5 different insents (100 dollars each are a bit expensive, but not too much if someone looks after you and takes you for a tour), I have been learning some new Chinese words thanks to a new prayer that aunty taught me (yello card buddha) and I have been touched in particularly at the Nine - cell Matrix purification zone, I started to cry. I hope you are lucky and bold enough to have someone to explain to you more about the temple, the story and the master. Wonderful experience, I can't wait to go back again! There is also a massive statue and another temple under construction just nearby. You should come during the weekend so you can visit more places at once, but during weekdays the vibes are more quiet...

佛乘宗緣起 佛乘宗由民初聖僧 妙空祖師菩薩與傳人 緣道祖師菩薩所立，尊 大自在王佛為本門第一代祖師。所傳授者乃身心一如、即生成就之無上圓頓法門。

妙空祖師菩薩為法身佛應化而來，於娑婆世界傳下大法以普度眾生，顯化聖蹟於中國西南甚多。特別是在雲南、滇西怒江（薩爾溫江）渡口。一日天雨水漲，來往人馬於渡口無橋樑可渡，僅靠竹筏運渡，雙方數百人爭渡江口，幾乎發生械鬥，適逢 祖師路過該地，目睹此一情況，乃用大神通以一指化成數丈寬之大橋，讓雙方人馬順利通過，當時傳為不可思議之奇蹟。直至一九五○年，應化因緣已滿而入常寂光土，遂將佛乘宗第二代祖師聖職傳予唯一之門人 緣道祖師菩薩。

緣道祖師菩薩，本名羅雷，諱雲風，生於一九一八年十一月一日，籍屬雲南省鎮康縣。 緣道祖師幼有慧根，秉性非凡，悟性之高，異於同輩，十四歲時皈依 妙空祖師菩薩，受無相大戒。前後苦修二十年，於一九五六年證道。一九六四年經「中華佛教會」聘為委員，而後又與佛教界人士共同發起組織「中華佛教居士會」並任第一屆理事，一生弘法不輟，門人弟子遍佈天下。至一九九三年八月十一日圓寂前傳予第三代法傳人 ...

Kinda interesting and somewhat unique Buddhist for Taiwan. It not really structured or have similar vibe as other Buddhist temples in Taiwan. It’s feels more like Japanese style temple with the layout and gardens. The main attraction is the large steel many armed Buddha which is actually still under construction. Guinness world record for largest steel statue. the statue temple is kinda open on certain weekends.

The garden temple has a very clean atmospheric feel and there is a restaurant next to it that serves some non vegetarian dishes (which kinda strange and unusual for Buddhist...