Dharma Realm Buddhist Association: Hsuan Hua, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Developing Virtue Secondary School, Heng Sure

Dharma Realm Buddhist Association: Hsuan Hua, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Developing Virtue Secondary School, Heng Sure Review

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Chapters: Hsuan Hua, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Developing Virtue Secondary School, Heng Sure. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hsuan Hua (Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: Xun Huà Shàng Rén; vietnamese language: Tuyen Hoa Thuong Nhan ; literal meaning:"proclaim and transform") (16 April 1918 7 June 1995), also known as An Tzu and Tu Lun, was an influential Ch'an Buddhist monk and an important figure in the development of Western Buddhism in the United States during the 20th century. Hsuan Hua founded many institutions during his time in the United States. The Dharma Realm Buddhist Association (DRBA) is a Buddhist organization with chapters in North America and Asia. The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, California is one of the first Ch'an Buddhist monasteries in America. The Dharma Realm Buddhist University is one of the first American Buddhist colleges and the Buddhist Text Translation Society works on the phonetics and translation of Buddhist scriptures from Chinese into English, Vietnamese, Spanish, and many other languages. Hsuan Hua was one of the first known Ch'an masters to transmit orthodox East Asian Buddhism to the west and ordained some of the first native-born Buddhist monks in the United States. Hsuan Hua was the ninth lineage holder of the Guiyang Ch'an School of Buddhism () which is one of the five Ch'an families (Caodong, Linji, Fayan, Yunmen and Guiyang) and was granted dharma transmission in that lineage from the Venerable Master Hsu Yun. Hsuan Hua often referred to himself as "a living dead person" or "the Monk in the Grave", and never wanted fame or profit. Hsuan Hua's life goal as a Buddhist teacher was to not contend with others, but instead, said that he would rather be "a little bug" or "a small ant" beneath...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2144930

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