Master Chin Kung always mentiom Ms.Han Yin because Han Yin was the protector. Let's know more about Ms. Han Yin. Ms. Han Yin was born near the mouth of the Sa River, Dalian City, Liaoning Province
on March 13, 1922. Her Dharma name is Ciben, which means to have compassion within.
Therefore, helping others with compassion became her lifetime motivation in her interactions
with others.
Her father, Mr. Han Ziming, was a patriotic businessman who was also a great supporter
of Buddhism. He constantly did charitable work and made donations to help people
in need. The Sungshan Temple at Dalian was supported by him. Ms. Han’s mother, whose
maiden name was Kao, was born into a rich and powerful family. Madam Kao was both
capable and virtuous as well as kindhearted and gentle. She was always ready to help
others, and also a lifetime vegetarian.
Ms. Han was the first child born in her family. She had one younger brother, Mr.
Han Qun, who passed away in 2007, and one younger sister, Ms. Han Xiuyin who lives
in Dalian City, Liaoning Province.
During World War II, Ms. Han studied at Tianjin and graduated from the Housekeeping
Department of Nankai University of Tianjin. While she was at the university, she
took courses on Japanese etiquette for four years. Later, she married Mr. Kao Shizhen,
the second son of Mr. Kao Baozhen who was a bank president in Andong province. The
newly-married couple had a very harmonious and affectionate relationship. They had
a daughter, Wansheng, and two sons, Guiming and Guiyu.
In 1946, Mr. and Mrs. Kao family moved to Hong Kong. Three years later, taking into
consideration the children’s education and future lives, Mr. Kao Shizhen and his
family migrated to Taiwan in 1951 where they lived for forty-six years. Thus, Taiwan
became the second homeland of Ms. Han.
Ms. Han Yin had an honest and amiable appearance. She was straight forward, lively,
and loved to be neat and tidy. She was gifted in many ways and imbued with creativity.
She also had a wonderful voice. She was very good in managing her career, her family,
and the children’s education, and paid special attention to her children’s manner
of interacting with people as well as their conduct and their ability to appreciate
literature. All her children completed their higher education and became highly respected
and successful.
In the summer of 1966, Ms. Han and her husband Mr. Kao listened to Master Chin Kung’s
lectures on the Surangama Sutra at the Dharmakara Lotus Society. She felt the lectures
were wonderful and found the answers to questions that for her had been unanswered.
Thereafter, she started to study and practice Buddhism, and was determined to support
and help in the propagation of the teachings.
In 1967, after learning about Master Chin Kung’s not having a place to lecture or
live, she became determined to try to help him. With the consent of her husband and
children, she sincerely invited him to stay with her family. She told him, “You can
study here. We will do everything possible to find a place so that you can continue
to give lectures.” Master Chin Kung then went back to Taizhong to report to Mr. Li
Bingnan. After getting Mr. Li’s permission to live with Ms. Han and her family, Master
returned to Taipei. He then made another visit to Mr. Li in Taizhung, this time with
Ms. Han. After this, Master moved to the home of the Kao family. Soon, the whole
family was learning Buddhism. Mr. Kao Shizhen joined the effort of supporting Buddhism.
He wrote lecture notes for the Sutra of the Benevolent King Protecting the Nation.
Master Chin Kung lived in her residence in Muzha, Taipei for seventeen years. During
this time, Ms. Han’s whole family whole-heartedly looked after Master's life. In
order to find a place for him to give lectures, she made great efforts to make connections
with the Buddhist societies, find a venue to hold the lectures, and to find an audience.
With her help, Master started to give lectures two to three times a week. Gradually,
this increased to seven times a week. Ms. Han did her best to support Master so that
his lectures could continue uninterrupted week after week. This was the beginning
of many opportunities to come in the propagation of Buddhism.
At the time of her passing from this world, Ms. Han’s unwavering support for Master
Chin Kung’s propagation of Buddhism had been sustained for thirty years. During those
years, Ms. Han traveled with Master Chin Kung to Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, the
United States, Singapore, and many other places to propagate the teachings. She also
returned to her motherland, China, to donate books and fund scholarships. Her willpower
far surpassed that of an ordinary person. She was a great Dharma supporter and protector,
one who is rarely seen in a hundred years.
In 1979, the Hwa Zang Buddhist Library was established. This enabled Master Chin
Kung to continue to give lectures at a regular venue. It was no longer necessary
to keep finding other places for lecturing. When the library was set up, Master gave
lectures on the Avatamsaka Sutra (Hua Yen Jing), Therefore, to propagate Buddhism,
Master named the center Hwa Zang Jing Shr, and its subsidiary organization the Hwa
Zang Library. Ms. Han became the Director of the library.
The Hwa Zang Library was painstakingly managed solely by Ms. Han. During those years,
the library attracted many practitioners who were ordained as monks or nuns. At the
library, they continued their cultivation and were trained as lecturers to propagate
Pure Land Buddhism. Ms. Han’s merits and virtues accrued from all her efforts are
boundless!
After the establishment of the Hwa Dzan Library, many Pure Land centers were established
in Taiwan and the rest of the world. Several millions of copies of the Infinite Life
Sutra were freely distributed around the world. Today, the Pure Land school and the
Pure Land Learning Centers have a great impact on the world. We need to remember
the center’s source, for it was Ms. Han’s unwavering support of the Dharma that made
them possible. Anyone who has received the books from the Pure Land Learning Centers
or listened to Master’s teachings has accepted her kindness in supporting and sustaining
the Dharma.
Throughout Ms. Han’s life, though she set high standards for her subordinates, she
was also kind and cared for them as a parent cares for his or her children. She never
had a single thought of taking advantage of others, but thought only of helping everyone
achieve their best. She wrote two books: A Simple Explanation of the Amitabha Sutra
and A Drop of the Dharma Sea.
When she was ill, she told Master Chin Kung that it was very important to nurture
and train talented individuals to propagate Buddhism. The teachings must be continued
and never lost. She appealed to Master to deliver a complete lecture series on the
Avatamsaka Sutra and to record the lectures on audio and video tapes as reference
for future practitioners. Master Chin Kung has now been lecturing for ten years on
the Avatamsaka Sutra.
Ms. Han went to the Pure Land on March 5, 1997. Before she was reborn in the Pure
Land, she saw Buddha Amitabha several times and also saw the vast assembly of the
lotus pond.
When she passed away, there were rare auspicious signs. Before placing her body into
a coffin, her attendants washed her body, changed her clothes, and found that her
body was still soft and supple. Before her coffin was covered, her complexion still
looked as it did when she was alive—glowing with health, serene, comfortable, and
deeply asleep.
She demonstrated through her rebirth into the Pure Land that her practice of mindfully
chanting “Amituofo” was successful. She proved that her sincere support for and propagation
of the Buddha’s teachings has enabled the Buddha’s wisdom to continue for future
generations. Her achievement matches that of Mr. Yang Renshan, who late in the Qing
dynasty, supported and rescued Buddhism.
In our present era, Ms. Han saved the Pure Land school and honored the proper teachings
of Buddhism. She is the contemporary role model for protecting and supporting Buddhism.
Ms. Han is a role model for all.
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