The buddhas teachings are contained in an immense number of sutras, treatises, and commentaries, making it a daunting task to acquire an integrative understanding of buddhist philosophy and practice. However, the long, profound monastic prayers recited publicly at the monastery were difficult for a beginner to understand. Venerable master hsing yun author of humanistic buddhism. Hsing yun is a fortyeighth generation lineage holder of the linji chan rinzai zen school through master zhi kai, his teacher. A guide to buddhist practice, he says do not blame others for your unhappiness, for everything is due to cause and effect. Apr 01, 2010 cloud and water are mainly poems written by venerable master hsing yun.
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Tonsured under venerable master chih kai at the age of twelve, he became a novice monk at chihsia shan, a mountain monastery in nanjing, china. Ordained at age 12, hsing yun has spent over 70 years as a buddhist monk promoting what he calls humanistic buddhism. Buddhist books from fo guang shan international translation center, which is dedicated to translating and distributing quality translations of classical buddhist texts as well as works by contemporary buddhist teachers and scholars. Venerable master hsing yun is a chinese buddhist monk, author, philanthropist, and founder of the fo guang shan monastic order, which has branches throughout asia, europe, africa, australia, and the americas.
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Aug 14, 2016 master hsing yun is the founder of fo guang shan, buddhas light international association, hsi lai temple, nan tien temple, as well as tertiary education institutions such as university of the west, fo guang shan university, nan tien institute, etc. Master hsing yuns books london fo guang shan buddhist. Born in 1927, he is a fortyeighth patriarch of the lin chi rinzai school of. The rationale for humanistic buddhism derives directly from the buddha, because the buddha was born, cultivated the path, became enlightened, and strived to enlighten others in this world. The poems and the commentaries offer a glimpse of chinese culture and in particular how buddhism came to be expressed through the many aspects of chinese society throughout the ages. A buddhist leader on chinas spiritual needs the new york times. Venerable master hsing yun has authored more than 300 books, which were translated into more than 20 languages such as english, french, spanish. Master hsing yun is the founder of fo guang shanan international buddhist order with temples worldwidethe affiliated buddhas light international, and university of the west in rosemead, california. Venerable master hsing yun was born in chiangtu, chiangsu province, china, in 1927.
Venerable master hsing yun is a chinese buddhist monk, author. Master that are widely distributed include the life of sakyamuni buddha, the buddhas ten great disciples, hsing yun s chan talk, the buddhism volumes, ven. Discover book depositorys huge selection of master hsing yun books online. His works of the life of sakyamuni buddha and the sixteenvolume fo guang buddhist dictionary have both won taiwans highest humanitarian awards. With his down to earth comments, master hsing yun has been able to show the relevance of these poems to everyday life, and the universality of chan. His contributions have reached as far as sponsoring buddhist. The fo guang shan movement was created by venerable master hsing yun as a buddhist answer to the everchanging world around us. A guide to chinese buddhist meditation, and more on. See all books authored by hsing yun, including being good.
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