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The Four Eminent Monks of the Wanli Era (traditional Chinese: 萬曆四高僧; pinyin: Wànlì Sì Gāosēng; Wade–Giles: Wan-li Ssu Kao-seng) or “four great eminent monks of the late Ming period" (明末四大高僧) refers to four prominent monks known of the Wanli Era (1573–1620). They were well-known for their ecumenism, arguing for ...
He was only able to translate 75 distinct sections of a total of 1335 chapters, but his translations included some of the most important Mahayana scriptures. [1] Xuanzang was born on 6 April 602 in Chenliu, near present-day Luoyang, in Henan province of China. As a boy, he took to reading religious books, and studying the ideas therein with his ...
Map of the West Lake in Hangzhou, China, with the location of Lingyin Temple Buddhist monks chanting at Lingyin Temple, Hangzhou, October 2010.. Lingyin Temple (simplified Chinese: 灵隐寺; traditional Chinese: 靈隱寺; pinyin: Língyǐn Sì) is a prominent Chan Buddhist temple near Hangzhou that is renowned for its many pagodas and grottos. [1]
Zhu Zixing (Chinese: 朱士行, or Zhu Shixing) is described in Chinese Buddhism as the first Chinese person to be ordained and become a Buddhist monk via contact with others on the Silk Road. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His hometown is recorded as Yingchuan , located in Lishui , and he was ordained in Luoyang at the White Horse Temple . [ 1 ]
Hanshan also wrote an autobiography, which is the first full autobiography ever written by a Chinese Buddhist monk. [72] In this autobiography, the Hanshan dashi nianpo ( Annalistic Biography of Great Master Hanshan ), various events of Hanshan's life are narrated, including his important dreams, one of which contains an encounter with master ...
Sangha, also known as the Great Sage of Sizhou (泗州大聖, 'Sizhou Dasheng'; 628–710), was an eminent Chinese monk who lived in the Tang dynasty. He was a highly venerated monk during the Tang and Song dynasties. [1] The Great Sage of Sizhou is believed to be an avatar of the bodhisattva Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara). [2]
Liangqing (良 卿 法师) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and abbot of Famen Temple (Chinese: 法门 寺; pinyin: Fǎmén Sì). At the beginning of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1966, a campaign was introduced to destroy the Four Olds. As Buddhist sites and temples were widely targeted during this campaign, Liangqing's Famen Temple was a ...
Buddhist monasticism is an important part of Chinese Buddhism. Chinese Buddhist monastics (both male and female) follow the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, which is known as the Four Part Vinaya (Sifen lü) in China and has 250 rules for monks and 348 for nuns. [2]