Scripture Library
Scripture Library

The Scripture Library was originally located at the back of the Main Shrine Hall of the Buddha. It is now temporarily housed on the upper floor of the Hall of Bodhisattva Skanda to make way for the construction of the Grand Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas. The Scripture Library houses a precious collection of Buddhist sutras and canons, including a set of Chinese Tripitaka, the Qianlong Tripitaka, consisting of 7,173 volumes, produced in Qing Dynasty during the time 1735 AD to 1738 AD. It was presented by the Buddhist Association of China, a much treasured version, being the last official wood-block print published in China.