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YEAR 2006                                                
　 2006/05/14 Vesak and Mother's Day Celebration,and the inauguration of the new abbess : Venerable Yi Chun.  ( CV of Ven. Yi Chun )
　 2006/04/23 Master Ajahn Sumedho visits Nan Hua Temple
　 2006/04/08 Ming Hwa Yuan Opera in South Africa  08-09 April
　 2006/04/05 Emperor Liang Repentance Dharma Function  05-09 April
　 2006/02/23 Refuge Ceremony at Pretoria Central Prison
　 2006/01/29 2006 Chinese New Year Celebration

　

YEAR 2005                                                
　 2005/12/27 Seven day Ch'an Pureland retreat 27Dec-03Jan2006
　 2005/12/07 Children's Happy Buddhist CAMP 07-11 Dec
　 2005/11/25 Graduation day at African Buddhist Seminary
　 2005/10/24 Opening of Malawi ACC First Phase and Dong Jing Temple 24-30 Oct
　 2005/10/23 NanHua Temple Main Shrine Official Opening
　 2005/10/21 Venerable Shin Peir-Abbot of Fo Guang Shan First visit to SA 21-25 Oct
　 2005/10/19 Emperor Liang Repentance Dharma Function 19-22 Oct
　 2005/09/24 Intercultural Charity Concert 2005
　 2005/09/17 Festival of Peace and Light – 2005
　 2005/09/06 Refuge Ceremony at Pretoria Central Prison
　 2005/08/22 Sound of the human world-2005 .22 Aug -1 Aug
　 2005/07/12 Menlyn Park shopping centre promotion 12-18 July
　 2005/07/02 The 9 day live as a monk retreat  02-10 July
　 2005/06/28 Winter Children's Talent Camp  28-3 July
　 2005/06/26 Advanced 8 day winter retreat  26-3 July
　 2005/06/21 23 Wheelchairs donation in Johannesburg and Sizanani
　 2005/06/16 Four Day Winter Retreat  16-19 June
　 2005/06/09 Refuge Ceremony at Pretoria Central Prison
　 2005/06/05 22 Wheelchairs donation in Johannesburg 
　 2005/05/08 Veesak and Mother's Day Celebration
　 2005/05/03 Nan Hua Temple Goes to Prison   3 & 5 May
　 2005/04/10 ABS Students Officially Become Novice Monks
　 2005/04/06 Emperor Liang Repentance Dharma Function  6-10 April
　 2005/03/21 African Buddhist Seminary 7 days meditation retreat  21-27 March
　 2005/03/03 100 Wheelchairs donation in Senegal 
　 2005/02/12 2005 Chinese New Year Celebration 
　 2005/01/26 Arrival of Bunun Children's Choir 
　 2005/01/26 Traditional Buddhist Wedding 
　 2005/01/17 African Buddhist Seminary Opening Ceremony 
　 2005/01/16 Inauguration Ceremony of Fo Guang Shan Head Abbot 

　

YEAR 2004
　 2004/12/28 7 Day Meditation Retreat for advanced practitioners, lead by Venerable Hui Re.
　 2004/12/08 Children's Happy Buddhist CAMP
　 2004/12/04 The third Festival of Light and Peace.
　 2004/11/30 Graduation ceremony for African Buddhist seminary
　 2004/10/23
　		 BLIA and Devotees’ South African study group, with teachings by Venerable Yi Lai and Venerable Miao Hui.  
　 2004/09/07 International Dharma Song Contest. 07-12Sep 
　 2004/07/18 African Buddhist Seminary Educational Tour of Taiwan.18July-11Dec  
　 2004/07/01 The 9 day live as a monk retreat  01-09 July
　 2004/04/26
 
　		 Nan Hua Temple comes to Eastgate, with a complete exhibition including Bathing the Buddha’, gift shop, Tower of Light and various Chinese cultural performances. 26April-02May   photo gallery
　 2004/01/24
　		 Chinese New Year Celebrations held for the second time, also in the Main Temple.  

　

YEAR 2003
　 2003 /08 Venerable Hui Fang  - Abbot of Nan Hua Temple.  
　 2003/07/01 The 9 day live as a monk retreat  01-09 July
　 2003/06/13 Teachings at the Temple by KC Ayang Rinpoche.  
　 2003/02/01 Chinese New Year Celebrations held for the first time at the Main Temple.

　

YEAR 2002
　 2002/11/03 First Land and Water Dharma Function to be held in SA.
　 2002/06/28 Cast of the musical “Siddartha” brought from Malaysia  
　 2002/02/16 Reunion of South African Devotees.  
　 2002/01/07 Ten Day summer meditation retreat, lead by Venerable Hui Re.

　

YEAR 2001
　 2001/12/03 Seven Day Retreat at Nan Hua Temple, lead by Venerable Hui Re
　 2001/09/15 The second Festival of Light and Peace
　 2001/08/06 ABS Seven Day Meditation Retreat, lead by Venerable Hui Re.
　 2001/07 Venerable Man Ya  - Abbess of Nan Hua Temple.  
　 2001/06/04 ABS Seven Day winter meditation retreat, lead by Venerable Hui Re.
　 2001/04/22 Taking Refuge Ceremony in Edenvale, presided over by Master Hsing Yun.
　 2001/04/18 BLIA 1st Meeting of the 3rd Board of Directors.
　 2001/04/15 Wheelchair Donation in Swaziland, lead by Grand Master Hsin Yun.
　 2001/04/14 Grand Master Hsing Yun reviews progress at African Buddhist Ceremony.
　 2001/04/13 Grand Master Hsing Yun’s second visit to South Africa.
　 2001/01/15 Fasting Retreat lead by Mr Ray Kent.
　 2001/01/08 Seven Day summer meditation retreat, lead by Venerable Hui Re.

　

YEAR 2000
　 2000/11/27 First 7 Day Meditation Retreat for the students at ABS.
　 2000/11/04
　		 Venerable Hui Re, Ch’an Master arrives in SA to develop a Meditation Centre.
　 2000/04 ABS Students visit Taiwan on a Gratitude Tour.

　

YEAR 1999
　 1999/12/27 Seven Day summer meditation retreat, lead by Venerable HuiYi.
　 1999/12/20 Five Day Fruit fasting Retreat lead by Dr. Jhang Su Hui  
　 1999/10/07 Donation by Taiwan Government of 20 computers for ABS.
　 1999/05/20
　		 Planting of the Bodhi Tree, which was given to the Temple by the Ambassador of Thailand, Mr. Bandhit Sotibalalit

　

YEAR 1998
　 1998/04/05
　		 Venerable Hsing Ting leads a Head Shaving Ceremony for 60 students at ABS.
　 1998/04/02
　		 Venerable Hsin Ting, Abbot of Fo Guang Shan visits African Buddhist Seminary in SA, to give a Dharma Talk.  

　

YEAR 1997
　 1997/10/19
　		 Twenty-one students from SA and Tanzania are the first novices in SA to receive Sramanera Precepts from Venerable Hui Li  
　 1997/07/28
　		 Seventeen Tanzanian students are the first to experience the Head Shaving Ceremony.  
　 1997/07/16
　		 Arrival of first group of students from Tanzania at African Buddhist Seminary.

　

YEAR 1996
　 1996/11/20 The statue of Pu-Hsien Bodhisattva is put in the Pu-Hsien Shrine.  
　 1996/10 Purification Ceremony in preparation for the construction of Main Temple   
　 1996/04/06 Opening ceremony of the Guesthouse and Pu Hsien Shrine.

　

YEAR 1994
　 1994/10/15
　		 Grand Master Hsing Yun leads the first Head Shaving Ceremony in South Africa for the novice monks.
　 1994/10/14
　		 Grand Master Hsing Yun’s first visit to South Africa to propagate Buddhism.
　 1994/10 Inauguration of African Buddhist Seminary. 
　 1994/07/03 Inauguration of Benoni Cultural Centre.

　

YEAR 1993
　 1993/10/03
　		 Purification Ceremony in preparation for the construction of Nan Hua Guesthouse  

　

YEAR 1992
　 1992/12 Venerable Hui Li – Abbot of Nan Hua Temple. 
　 1992/03/08
　		 Dr.Hendrik Belsazar Senekal, Mayor of Bronkhorstspruit donates 6 hectares of land to Fo Guang Shan to build a Temple for Africa.