Taiwan

To further advance the research, development, and application of artificial intelligence (AI) in Buddhist text translation, Venerable Miao Guang, Deputy Chancellor of the Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism and Editor-in-Chief of the English edition of the Fo Guang Dictionary of Buddhism, led a Fo Guang Shan delegation to Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on November 4 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Center for Integrated Japanese Studies at Tohoku University.

The 2026 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings of the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) were held from September 9 to 11 at Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (DILA) in Jinshan, New Taipei City, marking the conference’s return to Taiwan after nearly nine years. The three-day event brought together more than 100 scholars from Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macao, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

Chih-Lin Liu, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Urban Planning at National Cheng Kung University and a visiting scholar at the Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism, attended international academic conferences in the United States and Indonesia in August, where he presented research on the “Fo Guang Shan carbon sink” and “community resilience.” By integrating satellite remote sensing, geospatial information, and urban planning approaches, his work explores new interdisciplinary possibilities for studying religious sites and environmental sustainability.

The 13th Fo Guang Cup International University Basketball Invitational tipped off today (July 28). In addition to three domestic teams participating across the men's and women's divisions, 13 top-tier teams from eight countries have also been invited to Taiwan to join the competition.

The Commemoration of Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s Centenary Academic Conference on Humanistic Buddhism, jointly organized by the Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism and 14 research centers in Taiwan and abroad, is being held in conjunction with the 10th Academic Conference on the Theory and Practice of Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s Humanistic Buddhism.

Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism and MITRA (Buddhist AI Translation) have officially released FoGuang AI version 2.0, marking a significant upgrade to this Buddhist AI translation platform. The new version is specifically designed for the translation of Buddhist sutras, The Complete Works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun, Fo Guang Shan’s foreign-language news, and contemporary literature into modern languages. It marks a new stage for Buddhist translation, defined by the collaboration between AI and professional translators, serving practitioners, scholars, and devotees worldwide.