About Zu Lin

The name “Zu-Lin Temple” (Bamboo Grove Temple) is a reference to the Purple Bamboo Grove in Guan Yin Bodhisattva’s Mount Putuo. The temple began in 1980s as a house temple in Block 216 Boon Lay Way, where Mdm. Xu Guiyang enshrined a statue of Guan Yin Bodhisattva and provided spirit medium services. The spirit medium was said to be very effective and attracted many devotees. Mdm. Xu and other devotees hoped to build a temple in Western Singapore, so as to propagate Buddhism and allow people to worship the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva. 

After 40 years of development with 2 rounds of construction, the Zu-Lin temple today is a 6-storey building fully equipped with various facilities. The reconstructed temple will, under the guidance of Guan Yin Bodhisattva and the Sangha, continue to benefit sentient beings with compassion, nurture their Buddha nature and actualise the Bodhisattva spirit. 

我们为广大的信众提供已下一系列的佛事，祈福服务：

• 神主牌位 – Ancestral Tablets
• 骨灰瓮 – Ancestral Urns
• 寄灵 – Enshrining Ancestors
• 预订斋菜 – Vegetarian Offerings for Ancestors
• 诵经服务 – Sutra Recitation
• 外出佛事 – Dharma Ministry
• 点药师佛灯 – Light Offering to Medicine Buddha
• 供奉药师佛像 – Offering to Medicine Buddha Statues

本寺的日常运作经费和举办寺院的各项活动如每日免费斋食及法会活动等皆由社会大众的善心捐助而来，让我们能持续不断地推动弘扬佛教文化。本寺恳请各界人士慷慨解囊，襄助佛教弘法事业，任何捐献都是在增长佛法的传播，助佛法常住。

The funding for daily operations as well as prayer events conducted by this temple is funded by public donations. This allows us to continue to propagate Buddhist culture. We appeal to your generosity to contribute to Dharma propagation. All contributions will help more people to know about the Dharma and lead to Buddhism’s continuity.