Pu-Men High School (Fo Guang Shan Pu-Men High School) (

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: 普門中學 or 佛光山私立普門中學) is a private

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located in

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. The school is affiliated with the

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Buddhist order founded by Venerable Master

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. In 1977, the name was changed to Fo Guang Shan Private Pumen Senior High School, and the school was given to

. The school converted officially to Kaohsiung County Private-Operated Pu-Men Senior High School on August 1977.

Founding principles

* Pu-Men, the Universal Door, is open to save all beings and to disseminate the spirit of the Guan Yin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. * Pu-Men believe in the importance of a Confucian education. * Pu-Men is founded on Buddhism’s spirit of saving the world with an ideal education, great mercy, equality for all and unselfishness. * Pu-Men strives to cultivate talents and virtues in youths by emphasizing intellectualism, morality, physical well being and an appreciation of the aesthetics, to benefit all societies and all nations.

External links

Pu-Men High School Pumen Student Digital System Fo Guang Shan BLIA World HeadquartersBLIA TaiwanBLIA Young Adult Division
{{coord missing, Taiwan Fo Guang Shan Schools in Kaohsiung High schools in Taiwan Buddhist schools in Taiwan 1977 establishments in Taiwan