All in a Thought: Between Ignorance and Enlightenment (I) - Softcover

Yun, Hsing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932293310 ISBN 13: 9781932293319

Publisher: Buddhas Light Pub, 2008

Synopsis

In this collection of articles, Venerable Master Hsing Yun shares his reflections, insights, and wisdom intended to inspire, enlighten, and motivate us to live a better life. "In reality," he writes, "ignorance and enlightenment lie in just a thought! A thought of ignorance may cause sorrow and pain, while an inspiration of enlightenment can bring out the sun of wisdom." "If we change our views and outlook on life, we can change our destiny." Such words are characteristic of the Master's writing in this book, often unexpectedly pointing the way to breakthroughs in our spiritual journey and growth.

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Founder of the Fo Guang Shan (Buddha's Light Mountain) Buddhist Order and the Buddha's Light International Association, Venerable Master Hsing Yun has dedicated his life to teaching Humanistic Buddhism, which seeks to realize spiritual cultivation in everyday living.Master Hsing Yun is the 48th Patriarch of the Linji Chan School. Born in Jiangsu Province, China in 1927, he was tonsured under Venerable Master Zhikai at the age of twelve and became a novice monk at Qixia Vinaya College. He was fully ordained in 1941 following years of strict monastic training. When he left Jiaoshan Buddhist College at the age of twenty, he had studied for almost ten years in a monastery.Due to the civil war in China, Master Hsing Yun moved to Taiwan in 1949 where he undertook the revitalization of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. He began fulfilling his vow to promote the Dharma by starting chanting groups, student and youth groups, and other civic-minded organizations with Leiyin Temple in Ilan as his base. Since the founding of Fo Guang Shan monastery in Kaohsiung in 1967, more than two hundred temples have been established worldwide. Hsi Lai Temple, the symbolic torch of the Dharma spreading to the West, was built in 1988 near Los Angeles.Master Hsing Yun has been guiding Buddhism on a course of modernization by integrating Buddhist values into education, cultural activities, charity, and religious practices. To achieve these ends, he travels all over the world, giving lectures and actively engaging in religious dialogue. The Fo Guang Shan organization also oversees sixteen Buddhist colleges and four universities, one of which is the University of the West in Rosemead, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Buddhas Light Pub
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1932293310
• ISBN 13: 9781932293319
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 149