Name Kwang Sheng | Nationality Singaporean | |
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Institute of Chinese Buddhism Symposium 2017 - Welcome and Opening
Sik Kwang Sheng (Chinese: 释广声) is the current vice president of the Singapore Buddhist Federation, the abbot of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, and the founder of the Buddhist College of Singapore.
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Early life
Effectively bilingual, Ven Kwang Sheng was educated in Victoria School. He ordained as a monk in 1980 and became one of the more illustrious disciples of the highly revered Ven Hong Choon (宏船老师). Ven Kwang Sheng reportedly suffered from tinnitus which he sought treatments regarding.
Career
Ven Kwang Sheng has been the president of the Singapore Buddhist Federation since 2006, and is the sixth abbot of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery since 2004. He helmed KMSPKS since 1995 as its chief administrator, and founded the Buddhist College of Singapore in 2005. Past appointments include the president of the Inter-Religious Organisation in Singapore, the chairman of the Maha Bodhi School Management Committee, Manjusri Secondary School Management Committee and the Mee Toh School Management Committee. Some other entities that he sits on with honorary appointments include Singapore Buddhist Free Clinic, Bright Hill Evergreen Home which is named after Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery
He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in educational administration on 1 May 2011 by Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University of Thailand in recognition of his outstanding contributions towards Buddhism.
Venerable Kwang Sheng is also an avid Buddhist musician and has co-produced several bestselling albums such as Reverence, Buddha Smiles, Collection of Buddhist Songs and Om Mani Padme Hum.
In 2014, Kwang Sheng became the first non-Muslim religious leader in Singapore to make a donation to the Aid to Syrian Refugees in Turkey (Asrit) initiative.