Buddhist Benefit Concert to Help Families of Terror Attack Victims

October 27, 2001

Source: The Los Angeles Times

On October 27, 2001, The Los Angeles Times reported on a Buddhist benefit concert for the families of terror attack victims. The 2001 North American Buddhist Music Festival, held in Pasedena, "will feature 80 monks and nuns from the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Monastic Choir and the Taipei Municipal Chinese Classical Orchestra." Proceeds of the concert will be donated to the Red Cross. The web address of the local branch temple of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order is Hsi Lai Temple; the affiliated Buddha's Light International Association has a web page that includes a list of other U.S. benefits and fundraisers sponsored by the order:http://www.blia.org/911/default.htm