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「一定要種樹，讓大家一進佛館，滿眼好風景」。2010年佛光山秉持星雲大師信念，動員全佛光山大眾上百人，一起到佛陀紀念館內的祇園撿石頭、舖草皮、種花樹。2011年佛館對外開放前，祇園是館內最早完工的一處花園。佛館興建過程中塵土飛揚，祇園成為大家工作期間最放鬆的風景，歇會兒繼續打拚。

根據佛教典故記載，佛陀說法49年間，約25年常駐林木蓊鬱的祇園講述《金剛經》、《阿彌陀經》等佛經。在佛館，星雲大師還原了「祇園」風光，所謂「一花一世界，一葉一如來」，每種花木似乎都使盡渾身解數，詮釋大自然無言說法的奧妙。

「內行人看門道！」佛館北側環館道路轉入鐘樓的入口，有一棵巨大的印度紫檀樹形優美，開花時飄落一地，黃澄澄散發金黃色光芒，彷彿黃金鋪地，如詩如畫。紫檀花期很短，彷彿告知世人，人生短暫又無常、學佛要趁早，更要珍惜生命和當下。

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"You must plant trees. Thus, as you enter the Buddha Museum, you will be pleased to see the magnificent scenery with greenery." In 2010, under the guidance of Venerable Master Hsing Yun, over 100 monastic and lay members of Fo Guang Shan collected stones, laid turf, and planted flowers and trees in the Jetavana Grove. The grove was the first park to be completed within the Museum before its official opening in 2011. During the construction of the Buddha Museum, rolling dust prevailed on the construction site. The vigorous and thriving greeneries in the Jetavana Grove soothed everyone during work and cheered them up to continue working after a break.

In accord with Buddhist canons, for 25 out of his 49-year preaching life, Buddha stayed in the lush Jetavana Garden to lecture on the Diamond Sutra, Amitabha Sutra, and other Buddhist scriptures. Venerable Master Hsing Yun manages to reconstruct the scenery of "the Jetavana Grove" in the Buddha Museum. The speechless flowers and trees of all the species seem to interpret the mystery of nature with all-out effort. Their flourishing growth echoes an endorsed value in a Buddhism metaphor: "There is a world thriving in a single flower; there is a Tathagata presiding in a single leaf."

佛館建館時，外界聽說佛館需要大量樹木，熱心民眾或團體熱情響應，植栽從各地不斷湧入。

2011年11月高雄縣岡山鎮（目前的岡山區）後紅國小，時任校長黃孝宗向館方提到校園內的榕樹、菩提樹樹齡都20幾年，栽種太密集導致盤根錯節，已破壞操場本體。

黃校長得知佛館需要植栽，透過改制的高雄縣政府介紹，共捐贈50顆菩提樹和榕樹。

由於許多校友、師生和小朋友跟老樹已有深厚感情，校方特別舉辦一場「老樹爺爺再見」的感恩祈福活動，讓大家在樹枝上掛滿祈願文，道別道謝懷念，並祝福老樹的喬遷之喜。

現在的它們，在佛館園區生機盎然，讓更多人享受大樹的涼快和珍貴。

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很多大小朋友都認識喜歡桃花心木爺爺，我們來說說它的移民史。

佛館創建時，桃花心木就是來自台東的移植老樹之一。遠距離移植吃力又辛苦，桃花心木展現堅強的生命力，枝葉茂密、生生不息又屹立不搖。佛館興建時，星雲大師指定這株近百歲樹齡的桃花心木爺爺的位置。

十年下來，這株百歲爺爺已經擁有許多鐵粉。

有一天一位媽媽帶著女兒走在長廊，看到法師馬上向前詢問「哪裡看得到桃花心木爺爺？」她們是慕名來的。經法師熱情指引，母女倆沿著北側環館道路再經過雙閣樓，靠近藍毘尼園的圓環分叉路口，終於望見桃花心木爺爺，興奮地合影留念。

桃花心木爺爺也很有佛性喔！

佛教植物園區落成啟用當天上午，桃花心木美麗的葉子翩然降落躬逢其盛，在場觀禮貴賓和遊客又驚又喜，「莫非桃花心木爺爺也有感應⋯」

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Children of all ages favor Grandpa Mahogany in the park of the Buddha Museum. It is appropriate here to review its immigration history.

When the construction of the Buddha Museum ended, mahogany was one of the old tree species being transplanted from Taitung.

Long-distance transplanting is laborious and arduous, but mahogany shows strong vigor and durability. Its dense branches and leaves manifest life in abundance and stand firm.

When the Buddha Museum was being built, Venerable Master Hsing Yun used to visit this nearly- 100-year-old grandpa mahogany. The hundred-year-old grandpa has a powerful stan following in ten years.

One day, a mother and her daughter were walking along the corridor. When they encountered a venerable in the hallway, the mother and daughter immediately asked him, "Where can I see Grandpa Mahogany?"

The venerable warmly guided them to walk along the north museum ring road, pass the Twin Pavilions, and approach the siding from the roundabout in Lumbini Garden. Eventually, they saw Grandpa Mahogany and took a group photo excitedly.

Grandpa Mahogany has Buddha nature, too!

On the morning of the inauguration of the Buddhist Botanic Gardens, the beautiful leaves of mahogany were falling gracefully upon the ground. The special guests and visitors were amazed at the scene and began to wonder if Grandpa Mahogany sensed something a little extra special.

在佛館六度塔及四給塔的草地之間，有一棵來自印度那爛陀大學的菩提樹，這棵樹樹齡9年，其主幹紅褐色且光滑，與平日多見的灰白樹幹不太相同，反而凸顯它的挺拔。主幹又分了五支支幹，每一支幹都長出茂密的菩提葉，不禁令人思及禪宗「一花開五葉」的故事。

這棵有緣的菩提樹來到佛館，源自宜蘭縣佛教會理事長依融法師及嘉義市佛教會理事長暨嘉義圓善寺住持天性法師往來交流的法緣，佛館副館長依潤法師促成。天性法師於2011年赴印度朝聖，行至那爛陀大學，有緣者送他3棵小樹，當時15公分高相當脆弱，怕折斷又怕水分土壤流失，還很慎重用手巾包裹著，小心翼翼地攜回台灣種植，給予營養元素、灌溉照顧，使其穩定生根；經過3個月達到2尺高，才安心移植回山區自然生長，前後九年唯獨這棵僅存，健壯至今。

當您來到佛陀紀念館，在六度塔及四給塔的草地之間，請務必留一些時間，和這棵印度那爛陀菩提樹對話。

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A Bodhi tree from Nalanda of India stands between the Six Perfections Pagoda and the Four Giving Pagoda in the yard of Buddha Museum. The nine-year-old tree with a burgundy-colored and smooth trunk looks distinctive from the commonly seen species with a beige trunk, highlighting its uprightness. The main axis of the Bodhi tree yields a wide canopy of spreading five branches. The five-branch growth is likened to the spread of Buddhism, as Indian Patriarch Bodhidharma transmitted Chan Buddhism from India to China.

This destined Bodhi tree originates as a gift in the exchange between the chairman of Yilan County Buddhist Association, Venerable Yi Rong, and the chairman of Chiayi City Buddhist Association and the abbot of Chiayi Yuanshan Temple, Venerable Tian Xing. With the great assistance of Venerable Yi Run, the deputy chancellor of the Buddha Museum, the tree relocates to the Buddha Museum and begins to take root in the garden.

On a pilgrimage to India in 2011, Venerable Tian Xing visited Nalanda University and received three Bodhi saplings from an encounter. At that time, the fifteen-centimeter-tall saplings were quite fragile and vulnerable. Venerable Tian Xing feared the risk of fatal damage to the saplings, including fracture and loss of water and soil. She conscientiously protected the saplings with a handkerchief wrap and cushion while bringing them back to Taiwan. Venerable Tian Xing planted the young trees and provided them with the continued care of nutrients and irrigation. When the saplings reached 2 feet and became established three months later, they relocated to a mountainous region to thrive in an environment like other naturally occurring trees. Out of three, only one sapling survives for nine years and develops into a tree.

During your staying in the Buddha Museum, you have to spend several minutes on the lawn between the Six Degrees Pagoda and the Four Giving Pagodas in the park and talk to this Bodhi tree with the birthplace of Nalanda in India via telepathy.

有「換肝之父」美譽的高雄長庚醫院名譽院長陳肇隆，有一雙救人無數的雙手，以及一雙育苗、種樹的雙手。陳院長說，種樹可以美化環境，豐富生態，也是對抗地球暖化、氣候變遷的第一道防線。2020年2月，國際活體肝臟移植研究會第四屆世界大會在佛館舉辦，當時擔任大會主席的陳肇隆院長，偕同國際頂尖活體肝臟移植醫學專家們，在佛館雙閣樓外，和佛光山住持心保和尚種植了48棵賽赤楠作為紀念，也成為佛館重要的歷史紀事。

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Dr. Chen Chao-long, the honorary president of Kaohsiung Chang Gung Hospital, known as the "Taiwan’s Father of Liver Transplantation," helps numerous people to extend their survival. Still, he has the skills for raising seedlings and planting them out.

Dr. Chen said that trees beautify landscapes and benefit the ecosystem. Planting trees is also the first line of defense against global warming and climate change.

In February 2020, the 4th International Living Donor Liver Transplantation Congress took place in the Buddha Museum. To commemorate this successful biennial event, Dr. Chen Chao-long, the Congress President, and the other experts in the meeting planted 48 Acuminate Acmena trees on the grounds outside the Twin Pavilions of the Buddha Museum. Together with Fo Guang Shan Head Abbot Most Venerable Hsin Bau, these distinguished surgeons, scientists, and scholars seemed to compose heart-touching symphony movements for the Buddha Museum at that second.

2022年3月12日，世界第一個佛教植物園區在台灣高雄佛光山佛陀紀念館正式揭牌。佛光山開山星雲大師向來重視「環保與心保」，曾寫下《環保與心保》、《自然與生命》、《佛教與自然生態》等文章，對佛教與植物、自然生態非常關切。佛陀紀念館與辜嚴倬雲植物保種中心共同推植物園區的建成，分批次移栽佛教植物200多棵共56種，不僅成功且位居世界先鋒。佛館透過植物園區的建立，推動生命和環境教育，實現博物館永續經營的目標。

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