Venerable Master Chin Kung
淨空法師
Organisations: Pure Land Learning Centers
Venerable Master Chin Kung was born in Luchiang County, Anhui
Province, China, in 1927. Before he was ordained as a monk, his name
was Yae-Hong Hsu (徐業鴻).Master Chin Kung grew up in Cheino, Fukien Province. In 1949, he went to Taiwan and worked at the Shihchien Institute. For the next thirteen years, he spent his leisure hours studying Buddhism and Philosophy under the guidance of Professor Tung-Mei Fang (方東美), Master Jia Chang (章嘉呼圖克圖), and Elder Teacher Mr. Bing-Nan Lee (李炳南). During those years, Master Chin Kung built up a strong foundation for his future career.
In 1959, Master Chin Kung decided to be a monk, and to dedicate the rest of his life to spreading the teachings of the Buddha. He was ordained at Lintzi Temple at Yuanshan in Taipei, Taiwan. It was then that he received the name of Chin Kung, meaning ‘pure emptiness’.
Since his ordination, Master Chin Kung has lectured extensively in Taiwan and abroad. For more than thirty years, he has taught and lectured on The Flower Adornment Sutra, The Dharma Flower Sutra, The Shurangama Sutra, The Complete Enlightenment Sutra, The Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, The Diamond Sutra, The Five Sutras and One Commentary of Pure Land Study, and many other Sutras and Commentaries. He is the founder of the Hwa Dzan Monastery, the Hwa Dzan Buddhist Library, the Hwa Dzan Lecture Hall, and the Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation.
Master Chin Kung uses modern technology to spread the Buddha’s teachings. Most of his lectures are recorded on audio, video tapes and CDs for wide distribution. He has sponsored the printing and the distribution of Buddhist texts worldwide, as well as portraits and pictures of various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. All these items have been distributed free of charge.
Master Chin Kung is the founder of Pure Land Learning Centers all over the world. Their mission is to teach the Pure Land Study and its cultivation methods.
In June of 2001, Master Chin Kung established the Pure Land Learning College Association in Australia to nurture and train successors to continue the propagation of Buddhism. He supported the Buddhist Educational Foundation for Buddhist courses in Sydney University and sponsored the project of Institution for Peace and Conflict Resolution in the University of Queensland.
In June of 2002, Master was awarded as an Adjunct Professor of the University of Queensland. In the same month, he was awarded with an honorary degree of Doctor of University of Griffith University. Currently he is residing in Australia to continue his lecture series on the highest teachings of Mahayana Buddhism, the Flower Adornment Sutra.
In recent years, Master Chin Kung has emphasized The Infinite Life Sutra and the Pure Land cultivation method of Buddha Recitation. As he continues his lecturing tours around the world, Master Chin Kung practices Buddha Recitation as his own path to seek rebirth in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
Courtesy of www.buddhanet.net
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