Pu-Men High School
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| Pu-Men High School | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Dashu Township, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan | |
| Information | |
| Principal | Lin Qingbuo (林清波) |
| Students | over 1000 |
| Type | Private High School |
| Grades | 7~12 grade |
| Established | 1977 |
| Homepage | http://www.pmsh.khc.edu.tw |
Pu-Men High School (Fo Guang Shan Pu-Men High School) (Traditional Chinese: 普門中學 or 佛光山私立普門中學) is a private Buddhist high school located in the town of Dashu township (大樹鄉), Kaohsiung County (高雄縣). The school is affiliated with the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun.
In 1977, the name was changed to "Fo Guang Shan Private Pumen Senior High School", and the school was given to Fo Guang Shan. The school converted officially to Kaohsiung County Private-Operated Pu-Men Senior High School on August 1977.
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[edit] Six Requirements of Living
- 1. Love our families, school and country.
- 2. Respect teachers and be friendly to classmates.
- 3. Obey public regulation, be courteous and humble.
- 4. Cherish public property and use it with care.
- 5. Be clean and neat in appearance.
- 6. Behave politely, gently and with dignity.
[edit] Six Rules of Living
- 1. No smoking
- 2. No gambling
- 3. No fighting
- 4. No stealing
- 5. No disobedience to teachers’ and parents’ instructions.
- 6. No associations with youths who can be of bad influence.
[edit] Founding Principles
- 1.Pu-Men, the Universal Door, is open to save all beings and to disseminate the spirit of the Guan Yin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion.
- 2.Pu-Men believe in the importance of a Confucian education.
- 3.Pu-Men is founded on Buddhism’s spirit of saving the world with an ideal education, great mercy, equality for all and unselfishness.
- 4.Pu-Men strives to cultivate talents and virtues in youths by emphasizing intellectualism, morality, physical well being and an appreciation of the aesthetics, to benefit all societies and all nations.
[edit] Attending SD without BCT
Attending the Senior Department without doing the Basic Competence Test (BCT) is only for the students of Pu-Men's own junior high students, unlike the general way of going to senior high school in Taiwan, students can have a unique and special way to use if he/she really wants to study the senior high and enjoy the life here. Most importantly, the final decision belongs to the student, forcing and compelling are not allowed.
