Biography

Biography

In 1980, it was said that the great monk Yizhi was under the throne of the great monk. The next year, he received a full commandment at Chongsheng Temple in Xuefeng, Fujian Province. During the period, the great monk received the Bodhisattva's commandment on behalf of his mother. In the same year, he studied in Qixiashan branch of China Buddhist College in Nanjing. After graduation, he immediately returned to Nanhua to help monk Wei Yin repair the Taoist temple, revive the Taoist ethos, hold Sangha training classes and cultivate monks' talents. In 1982, under the seat of monk Weiyin, he inherited the lineage of Dongyun and became the 51st descendant.

brief introduction

It is said that the common surname of monk Zhengda is Lin. his name is Peian, and his name is Yanji. Lion stone man, Huilai, Guangdong. Born in 1944 in a Buddhist family, he has been intelligent and wise since he was a child. When he was young, he was kind-hearted and showed mercy. At the age of seven, he was tired of blood and insisted on being a vegetarian. At the age of 11, he became a monk in pushanyan. During the period of "Cultural Revolution", the temple where he lived was destroyed. However, the great monk was sincere, unswervingly committed, abided by the commandments, and did not slack off. His food was still in accordance with his old virtues, and his cultivation was not separated from his wisdom. In 1970, it was said that monk Zhengda came to Nanhua alone to pay homage to master liuzu. When I arrived in Nanhua, I witnessed the collapse of the walls of the temple and the ruins of the place where the sixth patriarch used to preach Buddhism, which made me feel painful. It's said that the great monk had to worship three Buddha statues and five hundred Arhats in the main hall. He got up and looked around and handed them in tears. At that time, he vowed that he would revive the ancestral court of Caoxi and glorify the wisdom industry of the sixth patriarch. Since then, it has been said that monk Zhengda and Nanhua Buddhist temple have formed a mysterious relationship.

Life

In 1990, after monk Wei Yin passed away, he was elected as the acting abbot of Nanhua Buddhist temple. Following his master's last wish, he presided over the restoration of Jialan hall, zushi hall, jade Buddha Hall, Xigui hall, Baoen hall, Gongde hall, Zhaitang, Xuhuai building, Yunhai building, Yingtang and so on, and built the monk Wei Yin's relic tower to set an example for houkun. He Chuanxing, a resident of Hong Kong, donated more than 300000 yuan to repair the pagoda. He presided over the reconstruction of the old sengliao built in the 1930s and completed it in 1992. Expand the guest room to accommodate guests from all over the world. So far, the restoration and reconstruction of Nanhua temple has been completed, with a construction area of more than 20000 square meters. At the same time, the division overcame many obstacles, and presided over the relocation of the meat restaurant and other restaurants on the side of Jiulong spring. He continued to run training courses for Sangha in accordance with Everbright's wishes. The land and Water Law Society for disaster relief is established every year. Every winter, he presided over the seventh Chan Festival, and edited many books, such as the study of Caoxi Chan, the new chronicle of Caoxi, and nianhuaxiaochu, to highlight the Taoist ethos of the sixth patriarch.

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It is said that monk Zhengda is currently the director of China Buddhist Association, executive vice president of Guangdong Buddhist Association and President of Shaoguan Buddhist Association. Caoxi Buddhist College was founded in 2000. After nine years of hard work, it has graduated from four preparatory courses, three Zen specialist courses and one undergraduate course. There are more than 270 monks graduated. It has trained excellent Zen specialists for Guangdong Province and even China. In 2006, the first "Chan Yuexing" summer camp was held, which provides a way for young students who are eager to get close to Buddhism and experience Zen culture to explore Buddhism. In 2008, a total area of about 5.56 square kilometers of the restoration of the Tang Dynasty Nanhua Temple style "great Nanhua" project was officially launched. The whole planning area will be divided into: Zen cultural leisure area, religious pilgrimage tourism area, natural ecological tourism area, urban and rural coordinated development area. In the religious pilgrimage tourist area, Nanhua Buddhist temple will restore its scale and original appearance according to historical records, including Zen pass, refuge stone, wunian Pavilion, jade Buddha Pavilion, Yangxin courtyard, Fenglai Pavilion, Miaoyin Valley, etc., which will be rebuilt and restored according to the principle of repairing the old as before.

important task

This is a congratulatory message from the Chinese Buddhist Association on the occasion of the monk's promotion to the abbot of Nanhua temple. It is also the ardent expectation of the party, the government and all walks of life. The historical task of revitalizing the ancestral court of Caoxi once again falls on the shoulders of monk zhuanzhengda

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