International Buddhist Progress Society

Since we’ve never been to a service at this Temple, my review covers only the Chinese New Year celebration. There are several parts to the celebration, but we were only able to get to one. It starts at midnight on CNY, with the ringing of the gong to usher in the new year. There are also Buddhist services and a wide variety of demonstrations. We heard some singers, saw a number of different dances, including the lion dance, and saw some really interesting demonstrations of different defensive arts.
The only issues were that is was very crowded (which I know is good for the Temple), and quite hot in the parking lot where a lot of the demonstrations took place. There was also a language barrier with many of the announcements being in Mandarin. They may have repeated the in English, but the acoustics were not very good.
The interior of the Temple was very pretty with all of the different decorations. There were gorgeous orchids everywhere.
We’re just going to have to go back on a «regular day,» and take a look around.

Usually stop by on the weekends to take the family from Hong Kong. Its a very nice temple and the people are very friendly. Speaking mandarin also helps!

Known in Chinese as «Fo Guang Shan» Temple, this Buddhist outpost serves the Chinese community in West Broward, replete with monks, prayer room, ceremonies, and services. It’s in a newly constructed building and the facilities were nice. It helps to speak Mandarin as the majority of the population and services were in Chinese. I think the majority of the followers are Taiwainese thus the language preferance. My distant family and I attended services here for a funeral memorial. The monks were also available for my grandmother’s wake.
PS: The Fort Lauderdale Sun-​Sentinel did a writeup of the temple recently here: