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Venerable
Master Hsing Yun was born in Chiangxu province, China in 1927. Tonsured
under Venerable Master Chih Kai at the age of twelve, he became a
sramanera (novice monk) at Chi-hsia Shan, a monastery in Nanjing. |
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ordained in 1941 and went on formal monastic training at Chi-hsia Vinaya
school and Chiao-shan Buddhist College. His commitment to the Buddhist education
was already under way when he left the directorship of Hua-t'sang Temple
in Nanjing, for Taiwan in 1949. |
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of dedicated endeavors gave Master Hsing Yun his sense of mission to the
revitalization of Buddhism in Taiwan. The proliferation of his education,
social and cultural understandings was pinnacled by projects of establishing
organizations of laity. |
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Shou-shan
Buddhist College, Kaohsiung, founded in 1965, realized master Hsing
Yun's conception of tertiary education that amalgamates Buddhist
practice and traditional scholarship. Fo Guang Shan (literally meaning
the Buddha's Light Mountain ), Kaohsiung founded in 1967, emblematizes
his vision of Humanistic Buddhism. Propagating Humanistic Buddhism
is the primary aim of Fo Guang Shan. Its goals are to provide religious,
educational, cultural and charitable services to Buddhists and non-Buddhists
alike. In religious terms, Fo Guang Shan is a vehicle to contribute
to making the Buddha's Light shine all over the world.
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| Since then Venerable
Master Hsing Yun has established 16 Buddhist colleges and 3 universities,
including Nanhua University, Fo Guang University in Taiwan, Hsi Lai University
in Los Angeles. Working hard to follow the vision of bringing Buddhism to
all walks of life, Master Hsing Yun founded the Buddha's Light International
Association (BLIA) in 1992 in Los
Angles. It is an organization for lay Buddhists. There are over 150 BLIA
regional chapters around the world with millions of members. |
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| Master Hsing
Yun's vow to spread the Dharma as his mission and to benefit all sentient
beings took him to North Carolina, U.S.A. Established in Raleigh, North
Carolina in 1997, IBPS NC chapter is one of hundreds of Fo Guang Shan
branch temples around the world.
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