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President of the Buddha's Light International Association
Honorary President of the Research Institute of Chinese Culture, Nanjing University China
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1927
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Shi Xingyun 释星云 was born on July 22, in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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1939
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He was a novice monk at Qixia Temple, Nanjing.
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1947
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He graduated from the Buddhist School and was appointed principal and then
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first abbot of the Huazhang pagoda.
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1949
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He left China for Taiwan where he wanted to establish a humanist Buddhist order.
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1967
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He was the founder of the Fo Kwang Mountain monastery of which he was successively
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1st, 2nd and 3rd abbot.
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In order to develop the Buddhist activity in the fields of education and culture, he created
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hundreds of worship centers throughout the worldmonde as well as libraries, art galleries,
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publications, including a monthly magazine on Buddhism today.
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Shi Xingyun 释星云 - Composition of King Yuewumu - Calligraphy
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