Master Sheng Yen

Master Sheng Yen. Master Sheng Yen was born in Nantong Jiangsu Province China in 1930 and became a novice at Guangjiao Monastery on the Wolf Hill in 1943 In 1949 he joined the Nationalist Army which later retreated to Taiwan After serving ten years in the military he was finally discharged from the army and reordained by Venerable Master Dong Chu.

In 1969 the fortyyearold Master Sheng Yen though having only a fourthgrade education was admitted to the master’s program in Buddhist Studies at Japan’s Rissho University on the strength of his published works on Buddhism While studying in Japan Master Sheng Yen led the life of a traditional Chinese monk.

Learning to let go in life(GDD0176, Master Sheng Yen

Master Shengyen challenges us to accept adversity without resistance By Master ShengYen Summer 2002 Magazine Teachings Being Natural Let it go and be spontaneous Experience no going or staying Accord with your nature unite with the Way Wander at ease without vexation The most important thing in practice is to be natural and spontaneous.

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As a wellknown scholar and meditation master—His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama called him “extremely modest a true spiritual practitioner of deep and broad learning”—Sheng Yen is uniquely qualified to guide Western seekers into the world The Infinite Mirror Commentaries on Two Chan Classics by Master Sheng Yen Paperback | October 10 2006 $2050.

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Master Sheng Yen was born in 1931 to a farming family in a village near Shanghai China He entered Guang Jiao Monastery with a fourth grade education at age 13 As Novice Changjin he carried out the traditional duties required of monks in China’s Buddhist monasteries at that time “The local monastery I entered like most others in China was called a Chan temple But in fact.