Miaozhan

Miaozhan

Master miaozhan, born in November 1910, is a native of Dandong, Liaoning Province. In 1939, he became a monk in Shuangquan temple, Fengcheng. In October of the same year, he received a full precept at Nianhua temple in Beijing. In 1940, he went to Zhanshan Temple Buddhist College in Qingdao for further study. In 1942, he went to Gaomin temple in Yangzhou to get close to Laiguo Zen master. In 1957, he flew to Nanputuo temple in Xiamen, until Shiji in 1995. At that time, he was 86 years old and had 56 monks.

Life

Master miaozhan, whose legal name is Xulin, has a common surname of Chu and Yongkang. Donggang City, Liaoning Province (formerly Donggou county). Born on December 13, 1910 (November 12 of the lunar calendar). He graduated from Ankang normal school in 1933 and was a teacher and head of primary school. After the 1937 incident, he was arrested by the Japanese invaders on suspicion of anti Manchuria and anti Japanese. After being released from prison, he saw through the world, believed in Buddhism and accepted peace. In 1939, he went to Shuangquan temple in tongyuanbao, Fengcheng County, Liaoning Province. After studying shaving, he went to Nianhua temple in Beijing, where he received a full ring under Quanlang seat. After getting the precepts, I went to Zhanshan Temple Buddhist School in Qingdao to study the Tiantai Sect in accordance with Xu. In the spring of 1942, he went to Gaomin temple in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, and participated in Zen for many years under the seat of guozuo, a Zen master. He was strict with himself and lenient with others. In 1957, I went to Nanputuo temple in Xiamen. Because of his deep understanding of Buddhism and solemnity of precepts, he was promoted as a prison by monks the next year. During the ten years from 1966 to 1976, Nanputuo Temple once stopped religious activities, and miaozhan was appointed director of the canteen department. It was not until 1979 that he resumed his post.

Achievements and honors

all his life, he was patriotic and devoted to the restoration and development of Buddhism. He did a lot of work for carrying forward Buddhist culture, establishing Buddhist education, cultivating patriotic and religious monks, and for social charity and foreign friendly exchanges. Before he died, he served as vice chairman of the Advisory Committee of China Buddhist Association, President and honorary president of Fujian Buddhist Association, President of Xiamen Buddhist Association, President of Minnan Buddhist College and Fujian Buddhist College, abbot of Nanputuo temple, Gushan Yongquan temple and Wuyishan Yongle temple, enjoying high reputation in the Buddhist circles at home and abroad. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the policy of freedom of religious belief has been implemented, and the famous mountains and ancient temples in China have been gradually rebuilt and opened up, including Nanputuo temple. Since 1980, master miaozhan has been actively safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of Buddhism and repairing temples. With the care and support of Xiamen municipal government and bureau of religious affairs, Buddhist temples in Xiamen have been gradually restored and rebuilt. Such as Puguang temple, Hongshan temple, huxiyan temple, wanshilian temple, Tianjie temple and so on, especially Nanputuo temple has undergone earth shaking changes. At that time, Nanputuo temple was a dilapidated Dojo, with a hardware and electrical factory in the East, a martial arts primary school and a melon field in the West. However, under the leadership of Miao Lao, it develops day by day, from scratch, from small to large, from old to new. The hardware factory has become a Puzhao building, Yanwu primary school has become a teaching building of Minnan Buddhist College and Taixu master library, Guadi has become a charity building, and Prajna pool has become a famous Zen hall in China. After 15 years of hard work, Nanputuo temple has a new and magnificent appearance, far exceeding the previous scale, and has made positive contributions to the construction of Xiamen Special Economic Zone and the cause of Buddhism. Master Miao Zhan not only devoted himself to the restoration of Buddhist temples in Xiamen, but also made great contributions to the restoration and reconstruction of Yongquan temple in Gushan, Yongle temple in Wuyishan, Zhiti temple in Ningde and Jingye temple in Xi'an. In particular, in 1993, it raised more than 300000 yuan for Zhiti temple to build Zhiti mountain highway, with a total length of 6 km, which realized the long cherished wish of the people in eastern Fujian and opened up a bright road for Tianguan Bodhisattva.

Developing education and educating talents

In order to cultivate Shaolong Buddhism and continue the wisdom of Buddhism, master miaozhan, on the one hand, maintained the temple, on the other hand, worked hard to cultivate Buddhist successors. In the spring of 1981, the Buddhist yangzhengyuan, founded by Hongyi lawyer and master Ruijin, was re established. The Buddhist yangzhengyuan hired masters and lay monks from Sichuan, Anhui, Shanghai, Zhejiang and other places to teach. Because of the limited conditions for running a school at that time, the monks taught in Gongde building and FA Tang respectively. At the beginning, there were few monks. They worked during the day and had classes at night. Later, when there were more monks, they began to work half a day and study half a day. The monks often cut firewood and transport coal for their permanent residents, help move bricks and tiles for infrastructure construction, pull muck, carry sand and cement, and so on. What impresses us most is that Miao Lao personally takes the lead in going out to work with the monk every day. No matter sweeping the floor or doing other duties, he always works with the monk. Every time he works, he is sweating and has to change several sets of clothes every day. Sometimes the monks went back, and he was still working alone. During the "Cultural Revolution", he swept the floor by himself every morning, from dongshanmen to xishanmen. For ten years, he never stopped. He was also rated as a model worker by the government. Miao Lao's words and deeds made him form a good habit of loving study and labor. In the summer of 1983, Miao Lao accompanied a Buddhist delegation led by master Hongchuan, President of Singapore Buddhist Association, to Beijing to visit Jushi Zhao Puchu, President of China Buddhist Association. At that time, these two great virtues mobilized Miao Lao to resume the Minnan Buddhist College. After he returned to Xiamen, he was very happy and confident, and vowed to resume the Minyuan in his lifetime. He often told the monks in yangzhengyuan: "if Minyuan is no longer in operation, I will die in peace. In the past, when I was studying in Zhanshan Temple Buddhist College in Qingdao, old master juxu told me that in the future, if I have the conditions and ability, I must set up a Buddhist College to cultivate talents for Buddhism. " Therefore, by the end of 1984, with the approval of Fujian Provincial Bureau of religious affairs, Xiamen municipal government and Xiamen Municipal Bureau of religious affairs, it was agreed to resume Minnan Buddhist College. After passing the formal examination, 40 men and 40 women were enrolled in the preparatory course. The opening ceremony of Minnan Buddhist College was held on May 17, 1985. The male group is located in Nanputuo temple and the female group in wanshilian temple. After the resumption of Minyuan, more and more monks were required to enter the school, almost every day. In order to satisfy the monk's desire to study, Miao Laofa showed great compassion and tried his best to create conditions for running a school. He increased from two classes to four and six classes. In 1992, he developed to eight classes (including yangzhengyuan). In addition, he set up a research class with more than 20 male and female monks. At that time, the second class of yangzhengyuan had to take classes in huxiyan temple, and the second class of matriculation had to take classes in the basement of Nanputuo temple. This is the period of the largest number and scale in the history of Minyuan. In order to solve the problem of schoolhouse for female monks, Miao Lao spent a lot of effort. For this reason, he often can't eat well and sleep well. After many efforts, the zizhulin temple in dongneiyan, jinbangshan, Xiamen, was selected as the monasteries of the women's Department of the Minyuan. Inspired by Miao Lao's compassion and ambition, he finally received generous donations from Master Wu Yin of Xiangguang Buddhist College in Taiwan and the Chung family in Singapore and Hong Kong. After Miao Lao's three years of personal supervision, in the spring of 1996, the women of Fujian Academy finally had a good place to study. Master miaozhan attached great importance to the cause of Buddhism. He not only gave great support to the running of Minnan Buddhist College, but also gave great support to China Buddhist College, Fujian Buddhist College, Wuchang Buddhist College, Lingdong Buddhist College, yilanni Buddhist College, Quanzhou Buddhist school, etc. in terms of economy, teachers and students. In 1991, he published an article entitled "all Buddhists in China come to support the Chinese Buddhist Academy", advocating that the elders of all the major monasteries in the country should give strong economic support. In 1993, at the "National Symposium on Buddhist Education in Chinese Department" and the 1995 China Korea Japan Buddhist friendly exchange conference, Miao Lao firmly supported the school running policy of China Buddhist Association, implemented the spirit of "Three Cultivation" and "five construction" advocated by Zhao Pu Lao, and put forward the slogan that "a big Buddhist country must have a Buddhist University". He said: "the cultivation of Buddhist monks is a top priority for the future and destiny of Buddhism in China. Buddhist culture is not only the cultural treasure of China, but also the cultural treasure of the world. It is our unshirkable duty not only to promote Buddhism in China, but also to promote it to the world, so as to cultivate senior Buddhist talents for all countries in the world. " In commemoration of the centenary of Master Taixu's birthday, he said in his new idea of monk education: "in order to adapt to the actual needs of Buddhism in China, Buddhist colleges must change from cultivating monks with single theoretical knowledge to cultivating monks with multi-level and multi professional knowledge." He advocated that the Buddhist College should set up six systems in the future, namely, teaching theory, Zen view, teaching instrument, management, art and medical care. In "talking about monk education again", he said: "the monks needed in the future Buddhism, like master Yinguang, are dedicated to Pure Land Sect and stand firm; like master Hongyi, they hold high the banner of discipline and make Zhengfa live for a long time; like monk Xuyun and monk Laiguo, they sit and wear futons, invent their hearts, study their true colors and promote Zen; like Master Taixu, they rectify the monk system and establish education, Advocating human Buddhism. " It can be seen from this that Miao Lao has great vision and superhuman wisdom. He has inherited the school running path of Hongyi lawyer and Taixu master. He attaches importance to both learning and cultivation, and is good at both sorrow and wisdom. In order to meet the needs of the current society for the cause of Buddhism, he has made great efforts to cultivate Buddhist talents. The first characteristic of master miaozhan's school running is to adhere to the policy of running a college in the jungle. Only when the abbot concurrently serves as the dean and the permanent resident bears the funds, can such a Buddhist Academy have vitality. Second, we should pay equal attention to study and study. Academic monks should attend the activities of going to the hall, chanting the precepts and meditating. The third is to sit on the ground and take part in the study. During the winter and summer holidays, we invited the Buddhist masters and lay monks at home and abroad into the college to give lectures to the monks. Fourth, let the monks have a chance to learn. As long as the monks have the confidence to study, have a certain level of education, try their best

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