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Enlightened Heart Temple 心意佛院, Ipoh, Perak

Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohEnlightened Heart Temple, Ipoh (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple (GPS: 4.6039, 101.15404; Simplified/Traditional Chinese: 心意佛院) is a huge Tibetan Buddhist temple in Ipoh, Perak. It is in Tambun, on the northeastern outskirts of the city. The temple is accessed from Jalan Ampang, with the distance from the main road about roughly 1.1km.

The Enlightened Heart Tibetan Buddhist Temple was established by a local named Yong Si Fu, who took on the name of Ge Li Rinpoche after he embraced Tibetan Buddhism. It started on a modest scale in 1976, but over the subsequent decades grew to reach its present size, comprising a complex of halls, gardens and pagodas, with innumerable statues of the Buddha and other religious iconography. Today the Enlightened Heart Temple is the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple in the country.

One of the most imposing sights at this temple is the Enlightened Heart Medicine Buddha Bhaishaya Guru Pagoda. Standing at an imposing height of 72 meters, it encases a colossal statue of the Shakyamuni Buddha. Standing at level 8 of the pagoda, the statue garbed in painted gold, stares over the sprawling grounds below.

Address

Enlightened Heart Temple
No. 77C, Jalan Leong Sin Nam,
30300 Ipoh, Perak.

Visiting

Enlightened Heart Temple is open to the public daily from 9:00am to 5:00pm, and admission is free.

Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohMain entrance to the Enlightened Heart Temple (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohIncense being laid out in the sun. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohFront entrance of Enlightened Heart Temple. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohStatue of the Goddess of Mercy in a lily pond at the Enlightened Heart Temple. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohMulti-limb deity at Enlightened Heart Temple. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohAltars with figurines of the Budai and other bodhisattvas (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohCorridor lined with prayer wheels at the Enlightened Heart Temple. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohClose-up view of the prayer wheels. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohTibetan style pavilion at Enlightened Heart Temple. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohThe Tibetan style pavilion with the Medicine Buddha Bhaishaya Guru Pagoda. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohEntrance to the pavilion with the Medicine Buddha Bhaishaya Guru Pagoda to the rear. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohAt the centre of the pavilion is a multi-limb image. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohLily pond surrounds the pavilion. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohA pantheon of images in the main pavilion. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohCentre of the main pavilion, with space around it for parikrama or circumambulation. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohA green-coloured Buddha statue in the main pavilion. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohThe walls of the main pavilion are decorated with relief. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohEntrance to the Medicine Buddha Bhaishaya Guru Pagoda. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohPassage to the Medicine Buddha Bhaishaya Guru Pagoda. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohLooking up the atrium of the Medicine Buddha Bhaishaya Guru Pagoda. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohSpiral staircase at Medicine Buddha Bhaishaya Guru Pagoda. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohA jungle of columns at one of the intermediate floors. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohCrow's nest pavilion at Enlighteneed Heart Temple. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohView form the crow's nest pavilion. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohView of the crow's nest pavilion, with the Buddha statue of Jingang Jing She Temple behind it. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohEach level of the Medicine Buddha Bhaishaya Guru Pagoda has windows that form alcoves installed with seated Buddhas. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohLooking down the atrium of the Medicine Buddha Bhaishaya Guru Pagoda. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohThe colossal statue of the Buddha, on the 8th floor of the pagoda. (19 October, 2018)


Enlightened Heart Temple, IpohView of the grounds of the Enlightened Heart temple from the pagoda. (19 October, 2018)

Enlightened Heart Temple on Google Maps Street View

Enlightened Heart Temple (Apr 2018)

Persatuan Penganut Dewa Jingang Jing She is on the Map of Chinese Temples in Ipoh

Enlightened Heart Temple is on the Map of Ipoh

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