Buddha's Birthday Celebration Recieves Media Attention

On 17th April, BLIA South Island and FGS South Island collaborated to conduct the successful 2010 Buddha’s Birthday Multicultural Celebrations. Because this was the first time the annual event has been held at the Temple, it attracted a lot of media attention and received many special guests.

On 21st and 23rd April, “The Messenger”, “The Sun”, and “The Press”, came to report on the event, which was published as a major event in the papers. The reporters could feel that the moving of the event from the front of Cathedral Square to the Temple has added a sense of warmth and vivaciousness to the auspicious event.

As the invited guests participated in the well-textured Buddha’s Birthday Celebration, they took time to admire the dignified appearance of the Temple building and enjoy its art displays. Apart from this, Fo Guang Shan’s “Merit Times” Newspaper also reported on the event, and devotees of South Island could not wait to obtain a copy for themselves. Other devotees eagerly searched the Fo Guang Shan website for related news.

The BLIA members and volunteers felt the joy of their collective creation through the extensive media coverage of the event and had been inspired by it to do more for Buddhism.