報恩寺十轮殿修缮护持 | Poh Ern Shih Renovation Fundraise

关于报恩寺|About Poh Ern Shih

Poh Ern Shih, which translates as “Temple of Gratitude”, was founded in 1954 by banker and philanthropist Mr Lee Choon Seng as an expression of compassion, gratitude, and filial piety. It is also a memorial to the lives lost during the Battle of Pasir Panjang in World War II.

Dedicated to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Di Zang Wang Pusa), whose vows embody tireless care for suffering beings, the temple has always kept its doors open to all—regardless of race or faith—offering solace to both the departed and the living.

After over five decades of service, the temple has expanded into Singapore’s first eco-friendly, elderly-friendly Buddhist temple, marrying tradition with sustainability and accessibility. 

报恩寺由银行兼慈善家李俊承先生于1954年创立。道场作为二战期间在巴西班让战役中罹难者的纪念场地，以弘扬慈悲、感恩与孝道为主要修行精神。

寺院以南无大愿地藏王菩萨为本尊，其宏愿体现了对受苦众生不辞疲倦的救护与关怀。报恩寺亦始终向所有人敞开大门—不分种族与信仰—抚慰亡者与生者的心。

历经超过五十年的弘法与服务，寺院进一步扩建为新加坡首座兼具环保理念与长者友善设施的佛教寺院，将传统信仰与可持续发展及无障碍便利相结合。

筹款目的|Purpose of fundraising

The temple is now at a point where essential renovation is needed to keep it safe, dignified, and comfortable for daily worship and community use. With frequent services, visitors, and many elderly devotees, key infrastructure—especially ageing electrical systems—must be upgraded to reduce safety risks and meet today’s standards.

Singapore’s heat and humidity also make improved cooling and ventilation important, not just for the comfort of seniors during long prayers and ceremonies, but also to protect sacred spaces, furnishings, scriptures, and altars from long-term wear.

Beyond infrastructure, parts of the temple’s worship areas have served the community for years and require refurbishment so the temple remains a serene, respectful place for practice, remembrance, and refuge.

Your support helps Poh Ern Shih continue its mission—serving all who enter its doors, now and for generations to come.

为了让报恩寺在未来几十年能够持续以安全、庄严且舒适的环境接引大众，我们必须筹募善款进行必要的翻新与提升。寺院每日都有信众礼佛与诵经，尤其长者来往频繁。而随着建筑与设施日渐老化，电力线路、照明与相关配套需要更新，以降低安全风险并符合现今的使用标准。

同时，新加坡气候炎热潮湿，适度的冷气与通风改善能让长者与行动不便者在长时间共修时更安稳，也能更好地保护佛像与经书，避免受潮气侵蚀。除此之外，部分佛坛与礼敬空间历经多年使用，需要修缮与整备，恢复清净庄严的道场氛围，让大众在此继续培福修慧、缅怀先人、护念众生。

您的护持，正是延续这座“感恩之寺”继续服务社会、广结善缘的重要力量。

现况|Current look

新设计|New Design

护持功德|Your support generates immense merit

《地藏菩萨本愿经》里特别提到：修复“破旧残损”的寺院，以及发心的“心量”大小，会直接影响所成就的功德与果报。

〈较量布施功德缘品第十〉：

「若未来世，有诸国王，至婆罗门等，遇先佛塔庙，或至经像，毁坏破落，乃能发心修补。是国王等，或自营办，或劝他人，乃至百千人等，布施结缘。是国王等，百千生中，常为转轮王身。如是他人同布施者，百千生中，常为小国王身。更能于塔庙前，发回向心，如是国王，乃及诸人，尽成佛道，以此果报，无量无边。」

佛陀在经中开示：若能主动发心做修复寺庙的带头人，不论是亲自筹办，或广邀大众一起护持，都将累积极大的福德因缘，感得殊胜果报；而一同随喜参与、共同布施的人，也同样能获得深厚的善果。更重要的是，若这份修建道场的功德不只为自己而求，而是愿意回向法界众生、发愿“愿众生皆成佛”，那么这份功德就会因您的广大愿心而不断增长，成就无量无边的善因，成为未来成佛的种子。

The Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva emphasises how restoring temples that have fallen into disrepair, and how the breadth of one’s aspiration shapes the magnitude of the merits that arise.

[Chapter 10 - The Conditions and Comparative Merits and Virtues of Giving] says:

Moreover, Earth Store, in the future leaders of nations, Brahmans, and others may, upon

encountering ancient Buddhist stupas and monasteries or sutras and images that are

damaged, decaying, or broken, resolve to restore them.

Those leaders and good people may then do so themselves or encourage others, as many

as hundreds of thousands of people to help and thereby establish affinities.

Those leaders and good people will become Wheel-Turning Kings for hundreds of

thousands of successive lives and those who made offerings with them will be leaders of

small nations for as many lives.

If, before the stupas or monasteries, they resolve to dedicate that merit, then, based on

that limitless and unbounded reward, those leaders, good people, and their helpers will

eventually all complete the path to Buddhahood.

In other words, the Buddha teaches that those who step forward to initiate and lead the restoration of a ruined temple—whether by organising it personally or rallying many others to support it—create extraordinarily vast merits; and those who joyfully join in and give alongside them also receive profound wholesome results. Most crucially, if one does not keep the merit for oneself but dedicates it outward—aspiring that all beings realise Buddhahood—then the merit expands through that vast intention, becoming immeasurable and planting the causes for awakening.

《莲花经》云：发心赞助建寺与佛坛，可获十种功德。

一、无始以来诸恶业，得以减轻或消除。

二、天人护佑，逢凶化吉。

三、去除障碍，免宿仇报复之苦。

四、妖魔邪怪，不能侵犯。

五、脱离烦恼与无明。

六、丰衣足食，福禄绵长。

七、所言所行，人天欢喜。

八、增长福慧二资粮。

九、往生善道，相貌端正，天资福禄具足。

十、往生能闻佛法之国土，速证佛果。

According to The Lotus Sutra, when one sponsors the building of a temple and Buddhist altars, ten kinds of merit may be generated:

1. Various unwholesome karma accumulated since the beginning of time can be reduced or eliminated.

2. Protected and blessed by heavenly beings. Misfortune can be transformed into good fortune.

3. Obstacles are removed, sparing one the suffering of retaliation from past enmities.

4. Demons and evil spirits cannot harm one.

5. Freed from afflictions and ignorance.

6. Ample clothing and food; blessings and prosperity that endure.

7. One’s words and actions bring joy to both humans and heavenly beings.

8. Increased reserves of both blessings (merit) and wisdom.

9. Rebirth in wholesome realms, with dignified appearance and endowed with blessings and good fortune.

10. Rebirth in a land where one can hear Buddha's Dharma, and swiftly realise Buddhahood.

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