Ven. Miao Guang

Ven. Miao Guang is the Personal English Interpreter to the founder of Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order - Venerable Master Hsing Yun, who has been teaching and spreading the Dharma across all five continents of the world for over five decades. She graduated with a Bachelor degree from the Department of Asian Studies, University of New South Wales, and went on to complete her Master in Buddhist Studies at Fo Guang University, focusing on the studies of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism, Buddhism in the 21st century, Buddhist textual translation, and Humanistic Buddhism. She is currently serving at the FGS Institute of Humanistic Buddhism as Deputy Chancellor for International Affairs, which focuses on researches and studies of Humanistic Buddhism, localization, and acculturation of Fo Guang Shan temples around the world.

• University of New South Wales, 1996-1999, B.A., Asian Studies
• Fo Guang University, 2007~2009, Master Degree in Buddhist Studies

• Ven. Miao Guang (2024, August). Hsing Yun’s Humanistic Buddhism Theory & Practice, World Congress of Philosophy, Sapienza Universit, Rome.
• Ven. Miao Guang (2021, December) Keynote Speech: The Development of Humanistic Buddhism in the Face of the Epidemic, Humanistic Buddhism Youth Forum, University of Malaya Humanistic Buddhism Research Centre, Malaysia (Online Forum)
• Venerable Miao Guang (2021, November). Post-COVID-19 Acculturation of Humanistic Buddhism and Development of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order, Symposium on Humanistic Buddhism, Nan Tien Institute, Australia (Online Forum)
• Shih, Miao Guang (2019, October). Building Online Collaborative Buddhist Translation Projects With Small Crowdsource Platforms, a paper presented at the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium Annual Conference and Joint Meetings, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
• Shih, Miao Guang (2018, October). Defining the “Humanistic” characteristic of Renjian Fojiao (人間佛教) as Advocated by Venerable Master Hsing Yun (星雲大師人間佛教之「人間」定義的探討) (2018), a paper presented at the Symposium on Humanistic Buddhism in Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Kaohsiung.
• Shih, Miao Guang (2018, June). Chinese Buddhism in Contemporary Society: Revitalization and Innovation, paper presented at the Buddhism in Dialogue with Contemporary Societies International and Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Hamburg, Hamburg.
• Shih, Miao Guang (2016, March). Equivalence, Transliteration, and Translation: Compiling and Translating Chinese Buddhist Lexicography, a paper presented at the International Symposium on Grids and Clouds (ISGC), Academia Sinica, Taipei.

• Fo Guang Dictionary of Buddhism 佛光大辭典英譯版, (2026), Fo Guang Shan Board of Directors, Taiwan.
• The Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism 中英人間佛教辭彙選, Miao Guang (ed.) (2024), Fo Guang Publishing, Taiwan.
• 星雲說喻3 Bodhi Light Tales 3, Hsing Yun (2024), (Miao Guang et. al., Trans.), Fo Guang Publishing, Taiwan.
• 星雲說喻2 Bodhi Light Tales 2, Hsing Yun (2024), (Miao Guang et. al., Trans.), Fo Guang Publishing, Taiwan.
• 佛法真義精裝版 Buddhadharma: Pure and Simple Special Edition, Hsing Yun (2024), (Miao Guang et. al., Trans.), Fo Guang Publishing, Taiwan.
• 星雲說喻1 Bodhi Light Tales 1, Hsing Yun (2023), (Miao Guang et. al., Trans.), Fo Guang Publishing, Taiwan.
• 佛法真義 Buddhadharma: Pure and Simple 5, Hsing Yun (2022), (Miao Guang et. al., Trans.), Fo Guang Publishing, Taiwan.
• 佛法真義 Buddhadharma: Pure and Simple 4, Hsing Yun (2021), (Miao Guang et. al., Trans.), Fo Guang Publishing, Taiwan.
• 佛法真義 Buddhadharma: Pure and Simple 2 & 3, Hsing Yun (2020), (Miao Guang et. al., Trans.), Fo Guang Publishing, Taiwan.
• 佛法真義 Buddhadharma: Pure and Simple 1, Hsing Yun (2019), (Miao Guang et. al., Trans.), Fo Guang Publishing, Taiwan.
• The Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism 中英人間佛教辭彙選, Miao Guang (ed.) (2018), Fo Guang Publishing, Taiwan.
• 人間佛教：佛陀本懷 Humanistic Buddhism: Holding True to the Buddha’s Original Intents, Hsing Yun (2015), (Miao Guang, Trans.), Fo Guang Publishing, Taiwan.
• 獻給旅行者365日—中華文化佛教寶典 365 Days for Travelers: Wisdom from Chinese Literary and Buddhist Classics, Hsing Yun (ed.) (2015), (Miao Guang, Trans.), Venerable Master Hsing Yun Public Education Trust Fund, Taiwan.

1. Studies on Humanistic Buddhism VI: Wisdom and Compassion in Action, (2024). Ven. Miao Guang and Ven. Juewei (Eds.), FGS Institute of Humanistic Buddhism & Nan Tien Institute, Taiwan.
2. The Buddhist Maritime Silk Road, (2022). Lewis R. Lancaster. Ed. Ven. Miao Guang, FGS Institute of Humanistic Buddhism, Taiwan.
3. 佛教海線絲綢之路, (2022) 路易斯蘭卡斯特著，李苑嫣譯，妙光法師責任編輯，佛光文化出版。
4. Studies on Humanistic Buddhism V: Humanistic Chan Buddhism, (2022). Ven. Miao Guang and Ven. Juewei (Eds.), FGS Institute of Humanistic Buddhism & Nan Tien Institute, Taiwan.
5. Studies on Humanistic Buddhism IV: Human Life, (2021). Ven. Miao Guang and Ven. Juewei (Eds.), FGS Institute of Humanistic Buddhism & Nan Tien Institute, Taiwan.
6. Studies on Humanistic Buddhism III: Glocalization of Buddhism, (2020). Ven. Miao Guang and Ven. Juewei (Eds.), FGS Institute of Humanistic Buddhism & Nan Tien Institute, Taiwan.
7. Studies on Humanistic Buddhism II: Practical Applications: Venerable Master Hsing Yun on Humanistic Buddhism, (2019). Ven. Miao Guang and Ven. Juewei (Eds.), FGS Institute of Humanistic Buddhism & Nan Tien Institute, Taiwan.
8. Studies on Humanistic Buddhism: Foundational Thoughts, (2018). Ven. Miao Guang and Ven. Juewei (Eds.), FGS Institute of Humanistic Buddhism & Nan Tien Institute, Taiwan.