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Hsing Yun

Born

in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

August 19, 1927

Died

February 05, 2023

Website

https://hsingyun.org/

Genre

Religion, Spirituality, Buddhism

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Hsing Yun was a Chinese Buddhist monk, teacher, and philanthropist based in Taiwan. He was the founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist monastic order as well as the layperson-based Buddha's Light International Association. Hsing Yun was considered a major proponent of Humanistic Buddhism and one of the most influential teachers of modern Taiwanese Buddhism. In Taiwan, he was popularly referred to as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Taiwanese Buddhism, along with his contemporaries: Master Sheng Yen of Dharma Drum Mountain, Master Shih Cheng Yen of Tzu Chi and Master Wei Chueh of Chung Tai Shan. ...more

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Average rating: 4.06 · 692 ratings · 61 reviews · 139 distinct works • Similar authors

	Being Good: Buddhist Ethics For Everday Life by Hsing Yun, Tom Graham (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Biography of Sakyamuni Buddha by Hsing Yun, Alex Wong (translator) 4.22 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buddhism Pure and Simple by Hsing Yun, Tom Graham (Translator) 4.30 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lotus in a Stream: Essays in Basic Buddhism 4.41 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Humanistic Buddhism: Holding True to the Original Intents of Buddha 3.67 avg rating — 36 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Only a Great Rain: A Guide to Chinese Buddhist Meditation by Hsing Yun, Tom Graham (Translator), John McRae (Introduction) 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For All Living Beings: A Guide to Buddhist Practice 4.04 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Describing the Indescribable: A Commentary on the Diamond Sutra by Hsing Yun, Tom Graham (Translator) 4.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Core Teachings: Essays in Basic Buddhism 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O que é Budismo? 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Humble Table, Wise Fare (4 books)
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Hsing Yun,

Shujan Cheng (Translator),

Tom Manzo (Translator)

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“A smile is the most beautiful colour in the world.”
― Xingyun, A Life of Pluses and Minuses - Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 4

tags: buddhism, happiness, inspirational, smile, wisdom

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“The Buddha taught non-attachment not as a means of escaping reality, but as a means of dealing with the fundamental nature of reality. There simply is nothing to which we can attach ourselves, no matter how hard we try. The idea of behaving without attachment springs from understanding that everything is empty. The self is empty, the desires of the self are empty, and the objects of those desires also are empty. In time, things will change and the conditions that produced our current desires will be gone. Why then, cling to them now? The Buddha taught that our tendency to cling to the illusion of permanence is a fundamental cause of suffering.”
― Hsing Yun, Describing the Indescribable: A Commentary on the Diamond Sutra

tags: buddha, buddha-s-teaching, buddhism, chan-buddhism, dharma, impermanence, spirituality, sutra

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“Marvelous, marvelous! All sentient beings have the Tathagata’s wisdom and virtue, but they fail to realize it because they cling to deluded thoughts and attachments.”
― Hsing Yun, For All Living Beings: A Guide to Buddhist Practice

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