The temple is located at 716 Nguyễn Kiệm Street on the road between Go Vap and Phu Nhuan districts.
[1] Before the fall of Saigon in 1975, the site of the temple was the campus of the school of applied science of Vạn Hạnh Buddhist University, under the leadership of Thích Minh Châu.
One either side of the main hall are reading rooms of the temple's library, which stocks a large range of religious documents.
[1] The temple is also a major contributor in the training of Vietnamese Buddhist monks in the south of the country.
It is the host of an institute of higher education in Buddhism, at an equivalent level to a university degree.