僧团

Resident Monastics

竹林寺住持 – 上广下品方丈

生于1953年。毕业自南洋大学和师资训练学院。1980年依光明山普觉禅寺方丈宏船长老披度,后负笈海外习律参禅。2012年获斯里兰卡马欣达 • 拉贾帕克萨总统颁赐贡献奖;2014年新加坡总统陈庆炎博士颁赐公共服务奖章;2015 年获泰国摩诃朱拉隆功大学颁予佛学研究荣誉博士学位。曾任槟城宏船佛教学院院长,现为新加坡宗教和谐总统理事会成员,新加坡佛教总会会长,菩提学校校董主席。

广品法师于2018年12月23日接任竹林寺住持后,有几位法师协助他处理寺内的法务,如诵经,安神祖牌,做七,平时的法会等,而他本人专注于规模较大的法会。

Venerable Seck Kwang Phing – Abbot of Zu Lin Temple Association 

Venerable Seck Kwang Phing was born in 1953. He graduated from the Teacher Training College in Nanyang University. In 1980, he was ordained by Venerable Hong Choon from Kong Meng San Phor Kark See. After his ordination, he went overseas to seek Dharmic guidance and studies. In 2012, Venerable Kwang Phing was conferred the Contribution Award by His Excellency President of Sri Lanka. In 2014, Venerable was awarded the  PBM by President Tony Tan. In 2015, Venerable was conferred an honorary doctorate by the Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. He served as Dean of the Hong Choon Buddhist Academy in Penang. Venerable is a member of The Presidential Council for Religious Harmony and is the President of the Singapore Buddhist Federation. He is also Chairman of Maha Bodhi School’s Management Committee.   

After Venerable Kwang Phing became abbot of Zu Lin Temple on 23 December 2018, several monastics have assisted him with the temple’s Dharma work, such as sutra recitation, installation of ancestral tablets, holding retreats, Dharma ceremonies, etc