Puji Temple (Chinese: 普济禅寺; pinyin: Pǔjì Chánsì; literally "Chan Temple of Universal Salvation") is a Buddhist temple located on the island of Putuoshan in Zhejiang province, China.
The temple is now a tourist attraction as the island is significant in Chinese Buddhism. In January 2004, entry tickets to the temple cost five yuan per person.
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“The divinity in man is the true vestal fire of the temple which is never permitted to go out, but burns as steadily and with as pure a flame on the obscure provincial altar as in Numa’s temple at Rome.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)