Hsing Yun
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Ven. Master Hsing Yun
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Early Years as a monk
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Born 1927 in Jiangdu, Jiangsu province in China, Hsing Yun was tonsured under Master Ch'ih Kai at the age of 12 at Mt. Zhixia, a mountain monastery in Nanjing. He was fully ordained in 1941 and went on to formal monastic training at Ch'i-hsia Vinaya School and Chiao-shan Buddhist College. From an early age, he vowed to revitalize and spread Buddhism. As mainland China was enmeshed in civil war, he left his home in 1949 to head for Taiwan. Since that time, he has worked for a variety of Buddhist causes.
Activities
In 1957, Hsing Yun established a Buddhist cultural center that became today's Fo Guang Cultural Enterprise Co., Ltd. in which a variety of Buddhist books are published with training tools such as audio and visual aids. To work with this project, he also founded the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order in 1967. Its headquarters, being one of the largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, is located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Since then, over 150 Buddhist temple branches have been established, with Hsi Lai Temple, Nan Tien Temple, and Nan Hua Temple, (located in the United States, Australia, and Africa, respectively) being the largest of the branches.
Philosophy
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More that 1,000 monastic disciples have been tonsured under Venerable Master, with over a million followers. During his life's work, he has promoted the ideals of Humanistic Buddhism and being "a global person". His philosophy calls for a life in which the spirits of joy and harmony, integration and coexistence, respect and magnanimity, equality and peace are widely disseminated.
Criticism
In 1996, Hsing Yun's main American temple, Hsi Lai, became embroiled in a high-profile controversy in 1996 involving a fund-raiser for Al Gore. Hsing Yun himself is rather controversial in Taiwan and his detractors call him the political monk.
Bibliography
- Humanistic Buddhism: A Blueprint for Life
- Let Go, Move On
- Between Ignorance and Enlightenment V
- A Life of Plusses and Minuses
- Between Ignorance and Enlightenment IV
- Pearls of Wisdom
- Prayers for Engaged Living I & II
- Family and Morality
- Encouragement and Hope
- Charlas sobre Ch'an I
- Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life
- Cloud and Water - An Interpretation of Ch'an Poems
- Humble Table, Wise Fare: Hospitality for the Hard (I)
- Only a Great Rain: A Guide to Chinese Buddhist Meditation
- Humble Table, Wise Fare: Hospitality for the Hard (II) Humble Table, Wise Fare: Gifts For Life
- The Lion's Roar: Actualizing Buddhism in Daily Life and Building the Pure Land in Our Midst
- Where Is Your Buddha Nature?: Stories to Intruct and Inspire
- Lotus in the Stream: Essays in Basic Buddhism
- The Awakening Life
- Between Ignorance and Enlightenment (I and II)
- The Short March to Wisdom: On Buddhist Democracy, Freedom, and Equality
- Of Benefit to Oneself and Others - A Critique of the Six Perfections
- From the Four Noble Truths to the Four Universal Vows - An Integration of the Mahayana and Theravada Schools
- Sutra of the Medicine Buddha with an Introduction, Comments and Prayers
- Understanding the Buddha's Light Philosophy
- The Philosophy of Being Second
- Buddhism: Core Ideas
- Describing the Indescribable
- Historias Ch'an: Hsing Yun's Ch'an Talk (Portuguese Edition)
- The Carefree Life
- La Esencia Del Budismo
- Humble Table, Wise Fare: Gifts For Life
- Between Ignorance and Enlightenment (II)
- On Buddhist Democracy, Freedom, and Equality
- Understanding the Buddha's Light Philosophy
- Contemporary Thoughts on Humanistic Buddhism
| Preceded by: None | Fo Guang Shan abbot 1967 – 1985 | Succeeded by: Ven. Hsin Ping
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