Vision and Mission
Our Vision
Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) is both grateful and honoured to call Prince Edward Island, Canada, its home, a place beautiful not only for its landscapes, but even more so for its people.
We believe that by learning and practicing Buddha’s wisdom, we can achieve long lasting and far reaching positive impacts in the world.
Our Mission
- To promote the happiness of all living beings through Buddhist education and inner cultivation.
- To promote warmth, hope, vitality and positivity together with all communities around us.
- To foster generations of qualified monastics who possess rigorous Buddhist training, noble character, and a passion for altruism.
- To engage in diverse work and causes, and to preserve Buddhism as a precious human cultural heritage in the world.
By the end of 2019, GEBIS had approximately 600 monks living on the Island. While most monks are from Taiwan, some are also from Canada, the United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand. These monks currently reside in two campuses located in Little Sands and Heatherdale. A larger scale expansion of the Heatherdale campus is currently underway.
Each year, more than 2,500 lay Buddhist practitioners come to GEBIS from around the world to participate in learning retreats and meditation workshops.