Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum

One Million Heart Sutras

Underground Palace Treasures Enshrinement Ceremony and One Million Heart Sutras Enshrinement Ceremony

The 48 Underground Palaces at the Buddha Museum act as time capsules, storing memories of the human race. Every year, the Underground Palace Treasures Enshrinement Ceremony is held for the entombment of the artifacts from all over the world. One of the palaces will be opened every one hundred years.

The One Million Heart Sutras in the Buddha ceremony is held on the same day. Venerables and devotees stand alongside one another to pass transcribed copies of the Heart Sutra to the finial of the Main Hall, where the transcriptions are kept as blessings in dedication to all beings.

If you like to transcribe a copy of the Heart Sutra for enshrinement, please approach our staff at all shrines and the Sutra Calligraphy Hall.