<p><a href="https://www.easyatm.com.tw/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F%E8%A3%9C%E8%99%95" rel="nofollow noreferrer">一生補處</a></p>
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<p>故“一生補處”，乃階地不退轉，功德不斷增長至成佛道之意。</p>
<p>Therefore 'one life make up' means 'accumulate your good deed and merit in this stage (alive as a human) of existence, and eventually achieve enlightenment'</p>
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2019-05-14T01:51:29.530Z
2019-05-14T01:58:26.853Z
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Tang Ho
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/kNBGj.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/kNBGj.png" alt="Tsz Shan Monastery"></a></p>

<p>(<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@22.4736067,114.2063175,3a,75y,224.64h,128.18t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipOJ9qtg7_NzbRLPCzabL5aJz-PlMUz4WEMKQpg!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOJ9qtg7_NzbRLPCzabL5aJz-PlMUz4WEMKQpg%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya96.94653-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!9m2!1b1!2i48" rel="nofollow noreferrer">source</a>)   </p>

<p>It's from the Tsz Shan Monastery in the New Territories in Hong Kong.  And I reading it up-down, left-right, or simply left to right on both levels?  Many thanks to whoever can help.</p>

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Unusual looking characters at a temple in Hong Kong?
# Unusual looking characters at a temple in Hong Kong?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-14)

[![Tsz Shan Monastery](https://i.sstatic.net/kNBGj.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/kNBGj.png)

([source](https://www.google.com/maps/@22.4736067,114.2063175,3a,75y,224.64h,128.18t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipOJ9qtg7_NzbRLPCzabL5aJz-PlMUz4WEMKQpg!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOJ9qtg7_NzbRLPCzabL5aJz-PlMUz4WEMKQpg%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya96.94653-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!9m2!1b1!2i48))

It's from the Tsz Shan Monastery in the New Territories in Hong Kong. And I reading it up-down, left-right, or simply left to right on both levels? Many thanks to whoever can help.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-14. Score: 2

[一生補處](https://www.easyatm.com.tw/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F%E8%A3%9C%E8%99%95)

> 故“一生補處”，乃階地不退轉，功德不斷增長至成佛道之意。
>
> Therefore 'one life make up' means 'accumulate your good deed and merit in this stage (alive as a human) of existence, and eventually achieve enlightenment'


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