广声法师在5月7日创办光明坊。通过零售书籍，有声光碟和文物把佛法弘扬到寺院外的使命。
On 7 May, Awareness Place was established by Venerable Sik Kwang Sheng to realise the monastery’s mission of propagating the Dharma and bringing Buddhism to the masses — through the retailing of Buddhism books, audio CDs, and cultural relics.