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The official English form of the name is "Hoi Tong Monastery", [1] a transcription of the Cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese translation of the Indian Buddhist monk Sāgaradhvaja [2] [3] [4] (Sanskrit: सागरध्वज, lit "Ocean [5] Banner" [6] or "Flagpole"), [7] who appears in the Flower Garland Sutra as a devout student of the Heart Sutra. [1]
Construction started in 723 AD, led by a Chinese Buddhist monk named Hai Tong. He believed that Maitreya Buddha would calm the turbulent waters that constantly plagued the shipping vessels traveling down the river. When funding for the project was threatened, he is said to have gouged out his own eyes to show his piety and sincerity.
Haideng (Chinese: 释海灯; pinyin: Shì Hǎidēng; also sometimes spelled as Hai Teng [1] and Hai-tank in older translations [2]) (14 August 1902 – 11 January 1989) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, martial artist and emeritus abbot of Shaolin Temple during the 20th century.
Tang Sanzang (唐三藏), based on the historical figure Xuanzang (玄奘), is a Buddhist monk who is the reincarnation of Golden Cicada ((金蟬子), a disciple of the Buddha. After taking an oath of brotherhood with Emperor Taizong of the Tang Empire, he is sent by the emperor on a quest to Tianzhu to bring Buddhist sutras back to the Tang ...
Emperor Lý Huệ Tông retired here to become a monk. Classified as architectural and artistic monument since 1989. Bồ Đề Temple: Thiên Sơn tự Phú Viên village, Bồ Đề commune Long Biên: Constructed in 1427, on the land of Lê Lợi's Bồ Đề palace, during the time his forces were surrounding Đông Quan (Hanoi back then).
The next monk to have any history written about him was Fa Hoi (法海, Fahai). Fa Hoi was a monk at the temple in Lai Tung when he was chosen to go to the Hoi Tong Monastery on the Pearl River. The Hoi Tong Monastery was a smaller temple, in what is now Guangdong, of the larger regional temple of Foshan.
Hong Yi (23 October 1880 – 13 October 1942; Chinese: 弘一; pinyin: Hóngyī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hông-it, also romanized Hong-it [1]), or Yan Yin (Chinese: 演音; pinyin: Yǎnyīn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ián-im), born Li Shutong (李叔同 and 李漱筒) was a Chinese artist, musician, art teacher, and Buddhist monk.
Huángbò Xīyùn (simplified Chinese: 黄檗希运; traditional Chinese: 黄檗希運; Wade–Giles: Huang-po Hsi-yün; lit. 'Xiyun of Mt. Huangbo', Japanese: Ōbaku Kiun) (died 850 [a]) was an influential master of Zen Buddhism during the Tang dynasty.