On December 25, 2015, Yunlin Academy of Lingyin Temple held a lecture in Qiaosi Residential Community of Yuhang District. Professor Li Mingyou of Yunlin Academy and Zhejiang University gave a themed lecture of ＂The Modern Value of Traditional Culture＂.Over one hundred staff from the education center of Qiaosi Residential Community attended the informative lecture by Professor Li. The Party Secretary of the education center Mr. Yang Jianhao presided over the lecture.Professor Li started with the concepts of benevolence, filial piety and the supreme harmony of the Confucianism, the focus on following nature and returning to original simplicity of Taoism, and the emptiness of the five skandhas and great compassion of Buddhism. He explained to the audience the profound Chinese traditional culture and its value in modern society in simple language. This is the fifth academic activity (also the last of this year) held by Yunlin Academy in residential communities. Upon the completion of the l

As the saying goes, ＂The ancestor worship ceremony on the winter solstice should be as formal as that in the Spring Festival.＂ This year, the winter solstice falls on December 22, the twelfth day of the eleventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar. According to the tradition of Chinese Buddhism, Lingyin Temple, like many other temples, held a ceremony worshipping the Four Vehicles with vegetarian food to honor the patriarchs’ great virtues and mourn for the previous generations of Buddhist masters. The ceremony also aims to cultivate and reinforce faith of the younger generation to enhance their sense of responsibility in the practice of Buddhism.Upon the pleasing conclusion the ceremony, the resident Buddhist masters gathered at the hall to hold another solemn ceremony that would release the souls from samsara (the endless cycle of birth and death), save immeasurable living beings from suffering and pray for eternal happiness for all sentient beings.Meanwhile, at the time of the

On December 2, 2015, the Buddhist Association of Hangzhou(HZBA) and Lingyin Temple launched a weeklong training course at Tsinghua University specifically for delegates of Hangzhou Buddhism. This training course, conducted in association with Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs Tang Mingzhuang and Chairman of the Buddhist Association of Hangzhou and Abbot of Lingyin Temple Venerable Guangquan, is composed of 56 students, including directors of Buddhist associations and temple executives from various counties and districts of Hangzhou.Ven. Guangquan delivered a lecture at the opening ceremony. He illustrated the importance of the close relationship between the Buddhist community and the general public. The Buddhist community should make the best of what they learn, what they think and what they comprehend to lead the general public to make contribution to the society. The Sangha should also be dedicated to self-improvement and self-perfection so as to accomplish th

On the morning of November 28, 2015, Chairman of the Buddhist Association of Hangzhou and Abbot of Lingyin Temple Venerable Guangquan was invited by the monastery manager of Xiangji Temple Master Yankong to deliver a lecture on the essence of The Heart Sutra at the Dharma Hall of Xiangji Temple. The lecture aims to carry forward the traditional Buddhist culture, exert the positive role of urban temples, guide Buddhist believers to love their country and religion, and promote righteous beliefs and deeds.Beginning with the introduction of different versions of The Heart Sutra, Ven. Guangquan introduced Master Xuanzang and other Buddhist masters’ hardship of translating sutras and spreading Buddhism, and illustrated the importance of listening to the Dharma and cherishing the Buddhist classics. Ven. Guangquan said that the teaching of ＂he illuminated the five skandhas and saw that they are all empty＂ in The Heart Sutra is to correct people’s misunderstanding of ＂being＂. Troubl

On November 14, 2015, the 4th Lingyin Buddhist Culture Forum was held to mark the 760th anniversary of Master Yuansou Xingduan’s birthday in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Nearly one hundred experts and scholars on Buddhism from many countries and regions participated in this academic forum, holding discussions on the Buddhist thoughts of Master Yuansou and the history of Buddhism in the Yuan Dynasty so as to make contribution to the contemporary theoretical studies of religions.Abbot of Lingyin Temple Ven. Guangquan attended the opening ceremony and gave a speech. He discussed achievements of Master Yuansou as an eminent Buddhist monk in the Yuan Dynasty with far-reaching influence on Buddhism. Master Yuansou adhered to the doctrine of the Linji sect of Chan Buddhism, his name became widely known also for his cultivation of brilliant and outstanding disciples, who inherited his down-to-earth spirit in the practice of Buddhism. He played a significant role in the spread and develop

On November 4, 2015, Chairman of Hangzhou Buddhist Association and Abbot of Lingyin Temple Ven. Guangquan invited to display his Caligraphy at the painting and calligraphy exhibition held at Jingshan Wanshou Temple. At the tea party in the evening, Buddhist masters of Jingshan Temple and Tofuku-ji Temple of Japan performed the traditional Jingshan tea ceremony and the Yotsugashira Chakai respectively. The Yotsugashira Chakai (si tou cha li, Chinese pinyin) refers to a formal tea ceremony featuring the Japanese tea culture, in which tea is offered by four venerable Buddhist masters of the temple in commemoration of the patriarch. In the tranquil and relaxed atmosphere, the attendees of the tea event had the pleasure to witness and experience the two distinctive ancient tea ceremonies.  The Yotsugashira Chakai of Tofuku-ji Temple’s history can be traced back to the traditional tea ceremony originated from Jingshan Temple, which spread to Japan in the Tang Dynasty and was

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