A pictorial biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun / composed by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

Name/Title

A pictorial biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun / composed by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

Entry/Object ID

BQ962 .S74 1983

Description

Summary: During his almost 120 year life span (1840-1959), Master Xu Yun (Empty Cloud), saw the end of imperial China, the short lived rise of the democratic republic, two world wars and the eventual rule of the Chinese Communist Party. Master Xu Yun, a true sage of the 19th and early 20th centuries, valiantly and almost single handedly kept orthodox Buddhism alive for the Asian people. He can be considered one of the last Buddhist patriarchs of China. His main disciples, took the mind-to-mind seal, passed down from patriarch to patriarch from the original master Shakyamuni Buddha, across the Pacific Ocean to America. Volume One covers the Master's birth and education through his enlightenment. Bilingual Chinese/English with black and white line drawings.

Collection

Jotidhammo Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Description

2 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

Book Details

Author

Hsuan Hua

Publication Translator

International Institute for the Translation of Buddhist Texts, Dharma Realm Buddhist University

Volume/Number/Issue

One

Publisher

Buddhist Text Translation Society

Place Published

City

Talmage

State/Province

California

Date Published

1983

Publication Subjects

Xuyun, -1959 Buddhist priests -- China -- Biography

Call No.

BQ962 .S74 1983

ISBN

881390089