Beautiful Life Television (BLTV), known as Buddha's Light Television from 1997 to 2002, is a non-profit, faith-based television station in

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owned by the

Fo Guang Shan Fo Guang Shan (FGS) () is an international Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist organization and monastic order based in Taiwan that practices Humanistic Buddhism. The headquarters, Fo Guang Shan Monastery is located in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, and is ...

Dharma TV Foundation and founded by the

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master

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in 1997. It is one of several Buddhist-based TV channels in Taiwan, the others being

Da Ai Television Da Ai Television (Chinese 大愛電視, ''dà ài diànshì'') is a TV channel founded in 1998. It's operated by a Buddhist charity organisation Tzu Chi. The channel produces most of its programs by itself, and the programming doesn't include pol ...

, Hwazan Television, Buddha Compassion Television, Life Television and Universal Culture Television.

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