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Chan Buddhism During the Times of Venerable Master Yixuan and Venerable Master Hsing Yun: Applying Chinese Chan Principles to Contemporary Society
Linji Venerable Master Yixuan 臨濟義玄 (d. 866) and Fo Guang Venerable Master Hsing Yun 佛光星雲 (1927–), although separated by more than a millennium, innovatively applied Chan teachings to the societies in which they lived to help their devotees discover their humanity and transcend their existential conditions. Both religious leaders not only survived persecution, but brought their faiths to greater heights. This paper studies how these masters adapted Chan Buddhist teachings to the woes and conditions of their times. In particular, I shall review how Venerable Master Yixuan and Venerable Master Hsing Yun adapted the teachings of their predecessors, added value to the sociopolitical milieu of their times, and used familiar language to reconcile reality and their beliefs.
一句好話
在一度一度的後山蟬鳴裡，在一陣陣的上課鐘聲間，在滿山台灣相思芬芳的韻律中，我們終將垂垂老去，一起交出我們的青春而老去。能為一個學校而老，能跟其他的一時俊彥一起老，能看著一批批的孩子長大而心安理得地去老，也算是一種幸福吧？
