CROSS Magazine Issue 06 | Page 55

C R OSS Conference DAY 3 In the third day of the conference, the par ticipants were again taken to a tour, this time for a culture tour to Buddha Memorial Center ? ? ? ? ? in Kaohsiung for the fir st half of the day. The Buddha Memorial Center is a Mahayana Buddhist center affiliated with the largest Buddhist organization in Taiwan, Fo Guang Shan. The center puts together cultural, religious, and educational messages into one complex, with the presentation suppor ted by modern audio-visual technology. It was built in Dashu district in Kaohsiung City from 2008 and was just newly opened for public in December 2011. The conference par ticipants were treated with the historical information and cultural/religious experience, among the few the Buddhist pagodas, the Fo Guang Buddha, and the Buddha’s tooth relic. 55 55