Minnan Buddhist College

Minnan Buddhist College is a well-known Buddhist institution of higher learning. Founded in 1925, it is located in Nanputuo temple, an ancient temple in Minnan. Minnan Buddhist College is located in Nanputuo temple in Xiamen. It was founded on September 1, 1925 by Zhuanfeng monk of Heyun sect of Linji sect and Huiquan master, the first abbot of Shifang jungle of Nanputuo temple.

Minnan Buddhist College

Minnan Buddhist College is a well-known Buddhist institution of higher learning, founded in 1925, located in Nanputuo temple, Xiamen City, Fujian Province.

Historical evolution

Nanputuo temple is located in the southeast of Xiamen, at the foot of Wulao peak, a famous mountain in Ludao. It faces the south, the mountains and the sea. In the Five Dynasties, there was a master who lived in Jielu, which was called "Sizhou courtyard". In the early Ming Dynasty, it was expanded to "Puzhao Temple", and in the early Qing Dynasty, it was added to the Dabei hall. Because the hall worshiped Guanyin Bodhisattva, and was in the South of Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang Province, it was changed to the present name.

The back hill of Nanputuo temple is known as "five old Lingxiao", which is one of the eight scenic spots in Xiamen. On the mountain, there are luxuriant trees, jagged rocks, deep caves and gullies; on the mountain, the sea and sky are vast and boundless; on the left is Xiamen University, and on the right is Institute of technology, forming a cultural area with beautiful environment and strong learning atmosphere.

Nanputuo Temple originally belonged to the hereditary system of the descendants of shuadu, the master and apprentice of Heyun sect of Linji sect. In 1924, the ambitious Zhuanfeng monk advocated innovation, changing the temple into the jungle system of selecting sages from ten directions, and selecting master Huiquan as the first abbot. The following year, he founded Minnan Buddhist College in the temple and concurrently served as the president. In 1927, when master Huiquan's three-year term as Abbot expired, he invited Master Taixu as abbot and Dean of Minnan Buddhist College. In the spring of 1934, in order to rectify the style of study and improve teaching in Minyuan, master Hongyi was invited to set up a Buddhist Yangzheng college to cultivate students' Seng character and virtue. For a time, the elite of Fujian Academy gathered together and eminent monks came out in large numbers, which brought up many outstanding monks for the domestic Buddhist circles. Some famous contemporary Buddhist masters, such as Yin Shun's mentor in Taiwan, Ruijin's master in the Philippines, the late Hong Chuan elder in Singapore, guangcha's old monk, Yanpei's master, and Zhumo's master in Malaysia, all come from Minnan Buddhist College. In 1937, the Anti Japanese war broke out, and the Fujian Academy was forced to suspend its operation. During the 12 years, more than 200 outstanding monks were trained.

In 1981, old monk miaozhan, who was deeply sad and willing, resumed the long-standing Buddhist yangzhengyuan. In 1985, with the care and support of Zhao Puchu, President of the Chinese Buddhist Association and Singapore Hongchuan elder, he resumed the Minnan Buddhist College. Under the leadership of the old monk, the educational facilities, teaching quality and the scale of the college have been greatly improved and developed, and the glory of the past has reappeared.

In 1997, the great monk Shenghui took over the post of president of the college, and the College presented a resurgent scene.

In the spring of 2016, Zengwu monk took over the post of president. With the vision of becoming a world-class Buddhist College, he carried out various reforms in Minnan Buddhist College with the times, making Minnan Buddhist College shoulder the burden of "Tathagata envoy".

The purpose of the College

With the tenet of "patriotism, love of teaching, equal emphasis on study and study", the school running policy of "integration of study and study, jungle of college life" and "equal emphasis on eight schools, giving consideration to five schools" in teaching.

Academy training

The motto of Minnan Buddhist College -- sorrow and wisdom.

He who has compassion but no wisdom is an ordinary man. He is full of compassion and wisdom. He is a famous Bodhisattva. He is benevolent. He has a deep heart of compassion. He should be more diligent and seek wisdom. The foundation of wisdom is precepts and determination. In this way, he should learn three things. First, he should practice pure precepts and practice meditation. He can gain truth and deep wisdom. Only by this wisdom can he benefit his life. He is like a lotus flower. He does not touch water, breaks all distinctions, gives up all persistence, observes truthfully, and makes a living The way of Bodhisattva is that we should be together with benevolence and others. Now we have to gather together and have great joy. We should not accept what we have seen. If we agree with you, we are willing to observe what we have seen.

Educational system

The length of schooling of Minnan Buddhist College is: two years of preparatory course, four years of undergraduate course, five years of International English Buddhist class and three years of postgraduate course.

teachers

There are 62 mages and professors in Minnan Buddhist College, including 21 male mages, 23 female mages and 18 part-time professors from other universities.

student

The students of Minnan Buddhist College are monks from temples all over the country. Students must have high school education level or equivalent, aged between 18 and 30, and be selected after a unified examination.

It is divided into men's group and women's group. The men's group is located in Nanputuo temple, while the women's group is located in zizhulin temple in jinbangshan.

At present, there are 102 male and female preparatory monks, with a total of 469 male and female graduates. They go to various Buddhist colleges to teach, or manage monasteries, or hold positions in Buddhist societies. Many outstanding students have traveled across the ocean to promote Buddhism and pursue further studies in Europe, America and Southeast Asia.

Curriculum design system

Based on the principle of inheriting tradition, facing the future and combining Chinese and western, the curriculum of Minyuan strengthens the foundation and weakens the specialty, so as to lay a solid foundation for the future professional study of graduates. Offering courses of Buddhism and society.

Environmental equipment

Since the resumption of Minnan Buddhist College, under the leadership of President miaozhan, the scale of Minnan Buddhist College has been expanding and the facilities have been improving. In 1993, Minyuan built a large Zen hall in China (mainland) for teachers and students to participate in Zen practice, becoming an important place for teachers and students to practice.

In order to improve the teaching level and effect of the college, make full use of and master the modern technology of computer. In September 2001, the college set up two computer rooms for men and women, and now has 53 computers. All departments and mages are also equipped with computers, and they are all connected to the Internet for printing documents, searching information, obtaining information, improving communication and office management. It is also equipped with advanced equipment such as projector, physical display desk, DVD and video recorder to assist teaching and various large-scale activities.

Journal of Fujian University

Minnan Buddhist College has a long history of running academic journals. As early as the 1920s, when master Huiquan founded Minyuan, he successively founded journals such as modern Sangha, modern Buddhism, and Buddhist treatise. In 1989, Minnan Buddhist College inherited the fine tradition of Minyuan and founded Journal of Minnan Buddhist College. The journal issues two issues every year. In 2001, the Journal of Minnan Buddhist College decided to replace it with Minnan Buddhism, which was published by a regular publishing house and became one of the few academic journals in China, with an annual issue.

library

From the early days of Minnan Buddhist College, the older generation of scholars focused on the purchase and collection of books. During the cultural revolution, temples were destroyed and books were copied out. In 1989, Taixu library was completed. In 2018, the new Taixu Library of Minnan Buddhist College opened on the third floor of Gongde building of Nanputuo temple. There are nine sets of seven versions of the Sutra, and more than 25000 other books, including nearly 1000 ancient books and thread bound books. In addition to the Sutra collection, there are many historical and classical literature and art books in the library.

graduate student

In order to further cultivate high-level monks and talents, carry forward the fine tradition of talents cultivation of Minyuan over the past decades, and cultivate a group of cross century Buddhist monks and talents, on the basis of long-term adherence to undergraduate education, it is decided to set up postgraduate education since February 1999 to improve the overall level of Minyuan. In February 2002, the first seven postgraduates graduated through strict oral defense.

Professor Fang Litian, doctoral supervisor of Renmin University of China, Professor Lou yulie of Peking University, Professor Yang Zengwen and Professor Fang Guangyi of Chinese Academy of social sciences were employed in the first postgraduate class of Minyuan. At present, the second postgraduate class employs Professor Lai Yonghai, doctoral supervisor of Nanjing University, Professor Chen Bing, Department of philosophy and religion of Sichuan University, and Professor Wang leiquan, Department of philosophy and religion of Fudan University. In addition to the professors from other universities, we also hired master Ji Qun and master Xiang Xue of our college, with a total of nine tutors.

This time, six graduate students were recruited from the 7th Graduate School of Minyuan, and five public courses were offered, including Huayan, Zen, Weizhi, Sanlun, Tiantai, Buddhism and Confucianism, principles of religious teaching, introduction to Buddhist philology, selected readings of Chinese classic works, foreign languages, and lectures on literature and history. Adopting the credit system requires three years of study, 30 credits, and finally through the thesis defense, so as to achieve the goal of loving the country and teaching, having extensive and profound Buddhist knowledge, having certain teaching, law popularization ability and independent research ability, which is equivalent to the level of ordinary university graduate students.

Today, Minnan Buddhist College is characterized by excellent environment and equipment, rich classic books collection, strong faculty, strict management, sound teaching system, and inheriting traditional jungle life. It has become a key Buddhist College with the largest scale, the largest number of students and perfect teaching facilities. The young monks are welcome to apply for the examination.

Historical situation

Five Dynasties

Seng Qinghao, who practiced at the foot of Wulaofeng mountain according to the rock structure, is called Sizhou (rock). It is the first living sengshan rock recorded in Ludao (today's Xiamen Island).

Song Dynasty

During the reign of Zhiping (1064-1067), Wencui Zen master practiced meditation in jiemao, the former site of Sizhou (rock) in Wulaofeng, which was renamed "Wu"

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