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 * Shih Hsin Tao Shih Hsin Tao, born October 11, 1948 in Myanmar with a secular surname of Yang, is a  Buddhist monk (bhikkhu) based in Taiwan and the Founding Abbot of the Ling Jiou Mountain  Buddhist Society (LJM). He also founded the Museum of World Religions (MWR) and the  NGO initiative ‘Global Family for Love & Peace’ (GFLP). Master Hsin Tao is a rare bearer of all three vehicles of Buddhism, i.e. Theravada, Vajrajana,  and Mahayana. He received the transmission of Myanmar’s National Buddhist Advisor U  Kuothala’s on the Three Platforms of Precepts of Theravada Buddhism and was given the  Dharma name U Ku Tha Qla (meaning ‘Eradicating all obstacles’) for his Dharma lineage of  the Theravada tradition.  In 2001, the Master received initiation into Vajrayana from His Holiness Mozha Rinpoche of  Nyingma Kathog School of Tibetan Buddhism. He was recognized with the achievement of  attaining the Rainbow Body in a previous life and was given the Dharma name Baji Dorje   (meaning ‘Auspicious Vajra’).  In 2007, Master Hsin Tao was recognized by Venerable Ben Huan, who entrusted him with  the legacy of Linji School of Chan Buddhism, as the 45th Patriarch of the Hsu Yun lineage.  Venerable Ben Huan presented him the Dharma name Chang Miao Hsin Tao (meaning ‘the  always wonderful Hsin Tao’).  In 2013, the Master further received the recognition of Venerable Hsing Yun of Fo Guang  Shan Monastery[1] [2]  (FGS) and was certified as the 49th Patriarch of the Chi Hsia Chong  Hsing lineage of the Linji School of Chan Buddhism[3] [4] [5] . Master Hsin Tao was  bestowed with the Dharma name Hsin Tao Jih Da (meaning ‘Hsin Tao has achieved with  wisdom’).  Prioritizing the practice of Compassion & Chan (Zen) Meditation as its tradition, Master Hsin  Tao founded the LJM in 1983 and the Wu-Sheng Monastery in 1984, following by the  establishment of thirty-plus (2) [1] temples, academies, branches, meditation centers and  assembly centers at home and abroad, dedicating to the promotion of Buddha dharma,  charity, culture, and social education. The MWR was founded in 2001 as a catalyst to garner  strength and influence for promoting interfaith dialogues and exchanges. Master Hsin Tao’s  endeavor in recent years can be witnessed in the creation of a future university in Myanmar -  the University for Life & Peace (ULP) (3) - with a focus on the education of spiritual ecology  alongside the LJM’s long-term commitment to the campaign of ‘Loving the Earth, Loving  Peace’.  1. The Outstanding Contribution to the Propagation of Buddha Dharma Award, Sri  Lanka, 2005  2. The Pt. Motilal Nehru National Award for Peace, Tolerance and Harmony, India, 2005  3. The Highest Honor for Propagating Buddha Dharma Award  (Aggamahāsaddhammajotikadhaja), Myanmar, 2006  4. The Excellence in Teaching Meditation Award (Mahākammaṭṭhānācariya), Myanmar,  2010  5. The Interfaith Visionary Award from the Temple of Understanding, USA, 2010  6. The Outstanding Contribution to the Propagation of Buddha Dharma Award, the  Thai Royal Buddhist Monastery (Wat Bowonniwet Vihāra), 2013  7. The Highest Meditation Achievement Award (Aggamahākammaṭṭhānācariya),  Myanmar, 2014  8. The R.O.C. Cultural Collaboration Medal, Ministry of Cultural Affairs (4), 2021    Contents  1 Early Years   1.1Birth   1.2Childhood   1.3Arrival in Taiwan  2. Spiritual Journey   2.1 Taking refuge in Bodhisattva Guanyin   2.2 Preliminaries to a monastic life   2.3 Entering the monastic way of life and taking vows as a fully-ordained monk   2.4 Practice of Dhutanga   2.5 The Charnel-ground-dweller's Practice (susanik'anga)   2.6 Fasting Retreat  3. Dharma Propagation   3.1 Founding the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM)   3.2 Initiating the LJM Water-Land-Air Dharma Assembly   3.3 Founding the Museum of World Religions(MWR)   3.4 Launching Long-term International Campaigns for World Peace   3.5 Lifelong Commitment to Education, Culture, & Charity   3.6 Founding the University for Life & Peace (ULP)  4. Honors & Awards  5. Publications & References   5.1 Biography   5.2Publications in Chinese   5.3Publications in Foreign Languages   5.4Films & Videos  6.Further References  7.External Links  1.Early Years  Birth  Born in 1948 in Laikan Village, Laidaoshan Region, Lashio, Myanmar, to parents of Chinese  origin from the Province of Yunnan. The given name was YANG Xiao-Sheng(5).  Childhood  His father YANG Xiao-Cai was killed in 1952 and his mother LI Shu-Jen went missing with his  younger sister YANG Xiao-Ping and were never to hear from again. War-orphaned at the age  of 4, YANG Xiao-Sheng was first raised by his aunt YANG Xiao-Si who passed away shortly  thereafter and his uncle-in-law YIN Hu-Nan took him along into the mountains as a hobo until  1957, when Uncle Yin’s buddy army officer LU Ding-Zhou encouraged the 9-year old boy to  join the guerilla army to have access to learning things. His given name was changed to  YANG Jian-Sheng but mis-spelled as YANG Jin-Sheng for formalities. During the period as a  child foot-soldier, he was commissioned to carry supplies of ammunition on numerous  occasions and thereby witnessed the violence and cruelty of war and impermanence of life.  He thus became resentful of war and vowed to seek peace.  Arrival in Taiwan  YANG was with the Solitary Army which retreated to Taiwan in 1961 and was enrolled in the  Company of Youngster Soldiers stationed in the Chengkungling Army Training Center. He  was admitted to the Hsin-Hsing Elementary School of Tan-zi Township in Taichung in early  1963 but later started schooling at the Yuan-Shu-Lin Elementary School in Da-si Township,  Taoyuan, when the army base was moved to Taoyuan.  Spiritual Journey  Taking refuge in Bodhisattva Guanyin  YANG couldn’t stop his tears upon first hearing the holy name of Bodhisattva Guanyin in 1963  from army doctor CHANG Chi-Fu, who offered him a gift of a daily prayer book. Yang began  to chant the Great Compassion Mantra, reciting the Universal Gate Chapter of the Lotus  Sutra and reading Buddha's life stories. He took refuge in Bodhisattva Guanyin, making  friends with Master Yuan Guang and Master Chang Yuan to embark on the learning of  Buddhadharma at the Chao-Yin Temple. From then on, Yang made the lifelong commitment  to practice Buddhadharma. On his arms and torso, there are tattoos that read ‘I shall never  rest until attaining the perfect enlightenment’, ‘To regain the Buddha nature as the supreme  offering to Bodhisattva Guanyin’, ‘Liberating sentient beings with Tathagatagarbha,’ and the  swastika symbol ‘卍’, which means "conducive to well-being" in Sanskrit.  Preliminaries to a monastic life  YANG passed the examination for admission to the Long-Tan Vocational School of  Agriculture in Taoyuan in 1964 but transferred to the Guan-Hsi Junior High School in Hsinchu  in 1965. He was nicknamed Jai-Gong (Ol’ Vegan) for being a vegetarian and came into  contact with Yi-Guan-Dao preacher HSIEH Feng-Ying for help and support and the latter’s  religious teachings. In 1966, YANG passed the examination for admission to the First  Academy for Army Sergeants in Lung-Gang, Zhong-Li, Taoyuan. In 1967, he formed the Plum  Oath Party with his bosom pal LI Feng-Chun and tried to return to Myanmar to rescue his  folks there by sailing a bamboo raft that capsized and aborted his adventure. He went to the  police and confessed his illegal exit and forfeited the no-charge release. YANG requested to  be prosecuted as a felony and voluntarily went to prison for eight months for an excuse to be  formally discharged from the army. His wish was fulfilled in 1968 upon receiving a formal  order of discharge from the army and a long period of short-lived, temp jobs followed when  he earned his living as a handyman, a delivery boy, a tea-factory worker, even a grocery clerk  selling rice. Job-hopping afforded him a glimpse into different walks of life alongside a host of  different faiths ranging from Taoism, folklore cults, to Confucianism. The death of LI  Feng-Chun in 1972 sharpened his sense of impermanence. Yang realized that life is all about  suffering, making his mind up to become a monk.  Entering the monastic way of life and taking vows as a fully-ordained monk  On September 19 of the lunar calendar in 1973 which coincided with the Renunciation  Day of Bodhisattva Guanyin, YANG was clean-shaven to become a monk with the  blessing of Master Hsing Yun of the Fo Guang Shan Monastery (FGS). He was given  the Dharma name ‘Hsin Tao’ and a courtesy name‘Huei Zhong’. YANG was admitted to the FGS Tsung-Lin University. The same year also saw him receive  precepts at the Fa-Yun Temple in Miao-Li, with Master Ming Chang, Master Nan Ting,  and Master Tao An as the Triple Mentors. The Triple Platform Ordination ceremony was  presided over by Venerable Grand Master Jeh Der, who had since then developed a  close Dharma bond with Master Hsin Tao and played a prominent role at the LJM  Water Land Dharma Assembly for many years[3] . The ordination ritual was flanked by  Master Wu Yi and Master Cheng Yi. Master Ren Hai, who was a fellow recipient of  precepts at the same ritual, shared with Master Hsin Tao the method of the ‘Silent  Illumination Meditation’. Master Hsin Tao was able to register fast-paced advancement  and his meditation sessions lasted from evening until dawn. It quickly became apparent  to Master Hsin Tao that practicing ascetic monasticism was the way for him to advance  further.  Practice of Dhutanga  Taking leave of absence from the FGS in August 1974, he went to stay in solitude at an  idled greenhouse for orchids owned by Master Yuan Guang in Wai-Shuang-Xi, Taipei.  The solitary retreat was meant to help concentrate on the practice of 12 Dhutangas, a  set of ascetic practices taught in Buddhism aiming at helping the practitioner to develop  detachment with material things including the body. For Master Hsin Tao, he attained a  thorough understanding of solitude and fear. A poem he created during this period  reads that “The moon and the cloud are tranquil; in serenity, here comes a sense of  realization.”  The Charnel-ground-dweller's Practice (susanik'anga)  Under an arrangement facilitated by Venerable Hsing Yun, Master Hsin Tao went to the  Lei Yin Temple in Yi-Lan for practice in retreat in late February 1975. The plan was let  go 15 days later as a nearby blacksmith workshop made the desired quiet impossible.  Venerable Hsing Yun instructed anew and the venue designated was the Yuan Ming  Temple at the Er-Jie Village of Jiao-Xi in Yi-Lan. Built in 1917, the temple once  received Venerable Ci-Hang and Venerable Hsing Yun in earlier years, but the remote  location and difficult access turned visitors away and the structure of the building was  critically time-challenged. There was a cemetery in the north of the rundown temple and  people hardly ever passed by, which suited Master Hsin Tao just fine. He started the  first Charnel-ground-dweller's Practice (susanik'anga) on March 14, 1975, practicing  meditation day in and day out, attachment-free. In 1976, he took in his first disciple in  the laity, Hsu Chung-Chi.  A major overhaul for the Yuan Ming Temple went underway in 1977. Master Hsin Tao  relocated to the Ling Shan Pagoda about 100 meters away. The night before the move,  he dreamed of Bodhisattva Wei Tuo (Skanda) manifesting with the golden body of a  giant, chanting the Diamond Sutra, the Heart Sutra, and the Great Compassion  Mantra. The last word Bodhisattva Wei Tuo gave that ‘The Buddha Light Illuminating All’  was clearly picked up by the ear. The pagoda was surrounded by tombs scattered  around. Master Hsin Tao began his second Charnel-ground-dweller's practice here and  focused on the practice of meditative absorption. In his spare time, the Master always  went to a veterans' home at the foot of the mountain to help move and cleanse corpses  or help the elderly residents take a shower. The Ling Shan Pagoda period was the time  that Master Hsin Tao gained the most advancement in meditation practice. He  nicknamed the cottage where he stayed the ‘Ah! Ling Shan Chan Villa’. One day he  attained the realization of the union of mind and spiritual awareness, coming up with the  poem that “Body is solitary , Body is empty, and impermanence is empty, no  separated from essence of emptiness phenomena.” Another poem emerged later,  “???”[fl1]  During the years of practicing meditation in rundown cemeteries, Master Hsin Tao often  picked up the wailing sorrows of sentient beings in darkness. His compassion turned  into his daily chanting of the Great Compassion Mantra and the Diamond Sutra to help  liberate sufferings in another dimension. He further vowed to help the sentient beings  out from suffering in the three lower realms. These pledges resulted in the later  establishment of the LJM, the holding of regular Dharma rituals for all-encompassing  puja offerings as alms for lost souls, and the staging of the annual signature LJM  Water-Land-Air Dharma Assembly in lunar July. In one of his meditations, Master Hsin  Tao saw the embodiment of Milarepa who touched his forehead and bestowed the  auspicious name ‘Pu Ren’ (Widely shared benevolence), which later became the name  of the scholarship the LJM gives out every semester of the school year. In 1979, Master  Hsin Tao relocated his place of stay for the practice of solitary meditation to the  mountain slope next to the Long Tan Lake in Yi-Lan. The place was named the  ‘Illusion-like Mountain Dwelling’ as a paraphrase to the notion that “impermanence of  life & death is comparable to dreams and illusions”. That was where Master Hsin Tao  began his third Charnel-ground-dweller's practice, spending nights and an 18-hour  average daily practice of meditation for four years. A poem gave a vivid account:  “Things came to complete silence, there is no more arising, cessation, or nirvana.”  With visitors and followers steadily growing in numbers, simple housing facilities with tile  roofs were constructed to serve as the place for Dharma practice and teaching. The  four-character Chinese phrase “Chan Ji Guang Tu”, which means “the Land of Eternally  Tranquil Light”, that appeared in his meditation was used as the name of the newly  constructed temple “Ji Guang Monastery”. In 1980, Master Hsin Tao received the Kalachakra  Empowerment given by Kalu Rinpoche of the Karma Kagyu tradition, being bestowed with  the Dharma name “無畏” meaning “Fearless”. He also learned from the Rinpoche the  practice of Mahamudra meditation and the Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara practice. In the same  year, Master Hsin Tao took in his first male monastic disciple, Master Chi Guang. In 1981, he  took in his first female monastic disciple, Master Fa Hsing.  Fasting Retreat  In late 1982 the Master dreamed of a surgical removal of his stomach. He thought long and  hard about it after waking up to reach the decision of fasting over an extended period of time.  He acquired the textual guidance on the practice of ‘Bigu’ (grain avoidance) plus the formula  for making herbal pills with floral essence for nutritional supplement for the fasting meditation.  Master Hsin Tao began his fasting retreat in early April, 1983. He continued by relocating to a  historic site nearby two weeks later. He relocated again in June and practiced fasting retreat  for over three months in a cave at the Gong-Nan Temple in Fulong, New Taipei City. On  September 21 that coincided with the lunar Moon Festival that year, a final relocation saw the  site change to the Fa-Hwa Cave on the premises where the LJM is now located. The  long-term fasting went on until April 1985 when the Master left for a pilgrimage to India.  Dharma Propagation  Founding the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM)  The LJM was launched on the Moon Festival on September 21, 1983. The main hall of the  Monastery was inaugurated on June 19 of the lunar calendar in 1984. The name of the  temple was originally “Bu Dong Temple” (Immovable Monastery), but it was suggested by  Master Fa Hsing to change to “Wu Sheng Monastery”. The number of the Master’s disciples  and followers began to grow and the LJM nowadays enjoys a global following. To promote  Buddhadharma and reach the greatest audiences possible, Master Hsin Tao founded the  LJM Prajna Culture Foundation in 1989, the LJM Association of Dharmapalas in 1990, the  LJM Charity Foundation plus a development fund for the planned Museum of World Religions  in 1994. In 1997, Master Hsin Tao set up the LJM Foundation for Buddhism. Parallelly,  constructions for the LJM temples, monasteries, lecture halls, meditation centers, and  meeting places sprang up at home in Taiwan and overseas including Myanmar, Thailand,  Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and New York in the United States to promote Buddha’s  teachings and social and cultural activities for educational purposes. The Master internalized  ‘Practice of Compassion and Chan Meditation’ as the LJM tradition, encouraging disciples to  follow the daily meditation practice on life and routine at work. He further pioneered the  “Peace Chan Meditation” based on the Dharma practice of Bodhisattva Guanyin’s Perfect  Listening via the “Root Organ of Hearing”, with the addition of his own experiences in  meditation over decades. Master Hsin Tao’s method facilitates access to meditation for  people to find the way to harmonize body and mind with clear awareness so that the  practitioners can ultimately regain the inherent spirituality.    Initiating the LJM Water-Land-Air Dharma Assembly  Always thinking back to the vows he made during the time practicing solitary meditation in the  cemeteries, Master Hsin Tao led the Four Groups of Buddhist disciples and followers to  initiate the first LJM Water-Land-Air Dharma Assembly in Taichung in 1994. The LJM tradition  was thus cemented to continue over time uninterrupted and the 28th annual Dharma  Assembly in 2021 was just as solemn and spectacular as a LJM signature offering in spite of  the pandemic. In order to benefit both the living and the deceased, the Master demands all  requirements pertinent to rituals and stipulations of the Water-Land Dharma services. On its  20th anniversary in 2013, Master Hsin Tao unveiled the instruction that the LJM  Water-Land-Air Dharma Assembly should be a “Grand and Universal Offering” to the sentient  beings of all ten directions, offering bliss and relieving them from suffering by the participants’  conduct of observing precepts, going deep into the Sutra treasure, and cleaning the mind  with humble repentance. The instruction reflects the essence of the Water-Land-Air Dharma  Assembly of “Compassion, Solemnity, and Equality”.  Founding the Museum of World Religions(MWR)  “What can we do to benefit mankind by religion, to let people forget their differences and  appreciate learning from one another, to let them all be properly placed and provided for? The  answer must be honoring the spirit of religion for realization of mutual respect, all-embracing  tolerance, and life-loving altruism to promote love and peace.” It was the ideals of Master  Hsin Tao when the Preparatory Office for the Museum of World Religions(MWR) came into  being in 1990. With the donation of a prime-location office space up to 6,600 square meters  in New Taipei City by the Master’s devout follower CHIU Tze-Dong, the Development  Foundation of MWR was established in 1994 to help expedite the project. After more than a  decade of dedicated work, the MWR was inaugurated on November 9, 2001, with its Opening  Date officially marked as the LJM World Religions’ Day of Harmony. Some 120 religious  leaders and representatives from 38 countries were at hand for celebrations and interfaith  exchanges. Upholding the ideals of “Respect for All Faiths, Tolerance for All Cultures, and  Love for All Lives”, the MWR has been hosting an annual spring prayer session since 2008 to  usher in peace and blessings for the lunar Chinese New Year. The gathering affords another  case in point to manifest the LJM’s resolve as a collective platform for on-going interfaith  dialogues.  Launching Long-term International Campaigns for World Peace  In 1996, Master Hsin Tao visited Turkey and Israel to meet with religious representatives of  Islam, Judaism, and the Bahá'í Faith and delivered speeches. He went to Thailand the same  year to attend the Asian Conference on Religion & Peace(ACRP). In 1999, the Master was  invited to attend the third Parliament of the World’s Religions (PoWR) in Capetown, South  Africa, for the first time and delivered two speeches, “Spiritual Challenges Facing the New  Millennium” and “Buddhism in the 21st Century”. He also played an engaging panelist for  interactions with an international audience on the topics of religion and world peace. Master  Hsin Tao has become a regular feature of the PoWR ever since and attended all its  congregations from the 4th to the 8th Conference. He also received the United Nations’  invitation to the “Millennium Peace Summit of Religious & Spiritual Leaders” in 2000 to deliver  a prayer. He was later invited to get involved with the UN Interfaith Peace Corp.  In 2002, Master Hsin Tao founded the New York-based NGO initiative ‘Global Family of Love  & Peace’ (GFLP). He was then invited to attend the UN’s 55th Annual NGOs Assembly, and  was joined by the then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in a collective prayer session on the  9/11 Anniversary. The same year also saw the kickoff of the first Muslim - Buddhist Dialogue  at the campus of Columbia University in the United States. From there onwards and over the  span of two decades, the interfaith dialogue has been going on in European, Asian, and  African metropolises including Jakarta, Paris, Teheran, Barcelona, Morocco, Beijing and  Taipei. The 17th Muslim - Buddhist Dialogue with an added feature of the second Muslim -  Buddhist Dialogue of the Youth in 2021 zoomed in on the theme “Actions Recommended for  Spiritual Ecology”.  In 2003, Master Hsin Tao delivered the speech “Religious Dialogue Contributes to Peace” at  the NGO General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters. In 2004, the Master gave  another keynote speech on “Global Ethics & World Peace Are Religion’s Duty Now” at the  international conference titled “Spirituality & Sustainability of Ecology: Water as Our Common  Origin” co-organized by the Museum of World Religions, Goldin Institute for Partnership and  Peace, and the City Government of Taipei. The Master then traveled to Reykjavik, Iceland, to  attend the second Spirit of Humanity Forum and address the importance of Love &  Compassion in 2014. Master Hsin Tao visited Vienna, Austria, in 2016 to share his interfaith  experiences by speaking on “Loving the Earth, Loving Peace” at the KAICIID Dialogue  Center.  In 2017, Master Hsin Tao made a visit to the Vatican to meet in person His Holiness Pope  Francis and extended a personal invitation to the Pope to endorse the LJM peace campaign  “Loving the Earth, Loving Peace”. The Master instructed the LJM to co-work and curate the  sixth International Symposium on Buddhist-Christian Dialogue with the theme of “Buddhists  and Christians Walk Together Side-by-Side to Stop Violence” the same year. He then led the  LJM in 2021 to participate in the teleconference series of “Faith and Science: towards  COP26” co-organized by the Vatican, the UK, and the Italian Embassy to the Vatican. The  telecon series was designed as an interfaith contribution to the COP26 Summit in Glasgow  in late 2021. The Master submitted his input by highlighting the idea of “returning to the  spiritual wisdom that all things stem from the same origin” to emphasize that “it is  categorically necessary to stop wars and abolish nuclear weapons to preserve ecological  sustainability”.  On March 3, 2022, Master Hsin Tao made the public appeal that “we must stop the war for  the sake of ecology” as his response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Master invited  all religions to pray for the peace in the world and pray for all persons suffering from war(6).  Lifelong Commitments to Education, Culture, & Charity  Reminding his disciples and followers that life is all about service and dedication, Master  Hsin Tao spares no efforts when it comes to the promotion of education, culture, and charity.  The LJM Prajna Cultural Foundation was established in 1989. The LJM Dharmapalas  Association was set up in 1990, and the LJM Charity Foundation came into operation in 1994.  The LJM affiliates have gained recognition from government authorities including the Ministry  of Interior, the Ministry of Culture, and the New Taipei City Government for being a role model  for religious and charitable organizations. In 2003, Master Hsin Tao founded the Triyana  Buddhist Academy to inject innovation and vitality into the education of monastics,  highlighting the practice of meditation retreat as a major way for advancement.For followers  in the general public, a wide selection of Dharma activities is available to meet individual  demand, which range from meditation practice, pilgrimages to Dharma functions. There are  Buddhist camps for people of different age groups from youngsters to senior citizens and  outreach initiatives of education on emotional intelligence (EQ) which have reached school  campuses nationwide. In 2014, the LJM launched the four-phase Buddhist education based  on interpreting Buddha’s teachings with Master Hsin Tao’s Dharma realization. The  four-phase Buddhist education, which features the practice of meditation, is divided into the   stages of Āgama, Prajna, Lotus, and Avatamsaka that allow participants to explore the  behavioral standard of monks as well as the laity, Buddhist precepts and rituals, structure of  monastic community and Dharma preaching. The system is both a way to learn Buddha’s  teachings and a path to achieve enlightenment.  Master Hsin Tao believes that culture transforms the mind of people and helps them retrieve  the lost value of ethics. The LJM, therefore, launched the Award for Religious Literature in  2002. The LJM Prajna Culture Foundation meanwhile established a publishing house to  produce print and electronic publications on classic scriptures, studies of Buddha teachings,  and other religion-related topics. The publishing also covers religious journals and academic  periodicals including the International Studies on Buddhism, Transcription & Translation,  Prajna Teachings, The Connected Ones, The MWR Bi-Monthly, Research on New Era  Religion, the Life Education Semi-Annually, the Life & Peace Bi-Monthly, and the Naungmon  Quarterly. The LJM publishing arm also curates seminars, lectures, exhibits, and other  events. For charity drives, the Master instructed the establishment of the Pu-Jen Scholarship  in 2003 to help students in need to pay for their tuition. Large quantities of commodities such  as rice, salt, and cooking oil are collected every year at the LJM signature Water-Land-Air  Dharma Assembly to present to local communities and individuals below the poverty line.  In 1999, when Taiwan suffered the second-deadliest earthquake in the island’s recorded  history on September 21, the LJM and its followers honored Buddha’s teachings of caring for  all sentient beings. They offered disaster relief services, reciting collective prayers and sutra,  and dedicating all the merit to the victims. The practice continued all these years from the  1999 earthquake in Taiwan to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the Cyclonic  Storm Nargis that struck Myanmar in 2008, the Sichuan earthquake in 2008, the Haiti  earthquake in 2010, and the strong earthquake that ravaged central Nepal in 2015.  Nowadays, the LJM charity practice covers medical assistance, accommodation help, supply  of food and drinking water, care for young children and the elderly, and mental support. All  these and many more are just manifestations of the Master’s compassion.  Founding the University for Life & Peace (ULP)  For the overall health of the Earth ecology, sustainability of life and awakening of spiritual  ecology, Master Hsin Tao has since long been planning to found the University for Life &  Peace (ULP) as a platform to link and unite all people dedicated to the campaign of “Loving  the Earth, Loving Peace”. He instructed the ULP to serve as a multi-functional bastion of  peace featuring capabilities of education, culture, religion, organic agriculture, medicine, and  charity. The LJM School for Sramanas at Naungmon, Myanmar, was inaugurated in June,  2016, and Master Hsin Tao declared on the occasion that the school planned on recruiting  more pupils as seeds for Dharma preaching and promotion of peace. The ULP’s International  Head Office was set up in Manhattan, New York, in 2017. Later the same year, the first ULP  Think-tank Meeting was convened in Regensburg, Germany, on May 29 and 30. The second  ULP Think-tank Meeting took place from September 27 to 30, 2017, in Myanmar.  On October 8 and October 10, 2017, the LJM held a concert respectively in Kaohsiung and  Taipei, both themed on Life & Peace, on which occasions Master Hsin Tao made it official  and public that the University for Life & Peace will now begin to be built. In January, 2018,  Governor Phyo Min Thein of Yangon Province, Myanmar, paid an official visit to Master Hsin  Tao to convey the official message that ULP would receive government support for its  construction. Some 600 hectares of land was purchased as the designated seat for the ULP  campus in February, 2018. The third Thinktank Meeting was convened in Austria on May 23  and 24. On January 9 - 23, 2019, the first Winter School of ULP was held in Yangon,  Myanmar, to focus on the theme of “Marching toward New Strategies for the Root Causes of  Ecological Crises”.  The second Winter School took place from January 8 to 18, 2020, to run  on the theme of “Healing the Earth: Interchangeable Actions between Ecology & Technology”.  The third Winter School was taken online for the two time-slots on January 22-23 and 29-30,  2021, to explore the theme of “Decision-making: How Do We Make & Implement Decisions  Corresponding to Ecology's Dire Status Quo?” On December 18, 2021, Master Hsin Tao  signed a joint MOU with Rector Eddy Moors of the UNESCO-affiliated IHE Delft Institute for  Water Education for long-term cooperation in the space of water and environmental  education.  Honors & Awards  The Outstanding Contribution to the Propagation of Buddha Dharma Award, Sri Lanka, 2005  The Pt. Motilal Nehru National Award for Peace, Tolerance and Harmony, India, 2005  The Highest Honor for Propagating Buddha Dharma Award  (Aggamahāsaddhammajotikadhaja), Myanmar, 2006  The Excellence in Teaching Meditation Award (Mahākammaṭṭhānācariya), Myanmar, 2010  The Interfaith Visionary Award from the Temple of Understanding, USA, 2010  The Outstanding Contribution to the Propagation of Buddha Dharma Award, the Thai Royal  Buddhist Monastery (Wat Bowonniwet Vihāra), 2013  The Highest Meditation Achievement Award (Aggamahākammaṭṭhānācariya) , Myanmar,  2014  The R.O.C. Cultural Collaboration Medal, Ministry of Cultural Affairs (4), 2021    Publications  Biography  《靈鷲山外山：心道法師傳》，陳大為、鍾怡雯合著，2002年10月初版，2013年7月增訂版，遠流出版公司  Beyond the Ling Jiou Mountain - Story of Dharma Master Hsin Tao, co-authored by CHEN  Da-Wei and ZHONG Yi-Wen, first edition in October, 2002, first expanded edition in July,  2013, Yuan Liou Publishing  中文著作  Publications in Chinese  以下為心道法師著作：  Authored by Dharma Master Hsin Tao:  《生死晝夜》，1991年5月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Life & Death as Day & Night, May 1991, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《福田：心道法師的生活佛法》，1993年12月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Field of Fortune: Master Hsin Tao’s Living Buddhism, December 1993, the Ling Jiou  Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《快樂生活禪》，1995年4月，漢光文化出版社  Chan (Zen): the Happy Living Way, April 1995, Han Guang Culture Publishing House  《心路》，1995年6月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Way of the Heart, June 1995, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational  Foundation  《生命的自轉與公轉》，1995年6月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Orbital Motions of Life, June 1995, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《直達心靈最近的距離》，1995年6月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Shortest Distance to the Mind, June 1995, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《放下就是快樂》，1995年6月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Letting-Go Leads to Happiness, June 1995, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《菩薩活在人間》上下二冊，1996年6月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Bodhisattvas Live among Us, Volumes 1&2, June 1996, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna  Cultural and Educational Foundation  《人間菩薩：心道法師開啟心門的菩提之路》，1997年5月，遠流出版公司  Worldly Bodhisattvas: Dharma Master Hsin Tao’s Journey of Bodhicitta, May 1997, Yuan  Liou Publishing  《聽心說話》，2001年4月，聯經出版公司  Listening to Your Heart, April 2001, Linking Publishing  《纏來禪去》，2001年7月，大塊文化出版公司  Chan (Zen) In, Cluttering Out, July 2001, Locus Publishing  《你要去哪裡？》，2001年11月，大塊文化出版公司  Where Are You Heading for? November 2001, Locus Publishing  《心靈舞蹈》，2001年11月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Dance of the Mind, November 2001, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational  Foundation  《天天星期卍》，2001年11月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Everyday Is the 卍-Day, November 2001, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《和平之路》，2004年6月，世界宗教博物館發展基金會附設出版社  The Way to Peace, June 2004, the Museum of World Religions Press  《生活之美》，2005年1月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Beauty in Daily Life, January 2005, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational  Foundation  《觀靈覺即菩提》，心道法師總監修，2005年11月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Realizing Your Way to Enlightenment, Dharma Master Hsin Tao as editor-at-large,  November 2005, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《觀生死即涅槃》，心道法師總監修，2006年6月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Realizing Your Way to Nirvana, Dharma Master Hsin Tao as editor-at-large, June 2006, the  Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《大悲壇城的升起》，2006年9月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Manifestation of the Mandala of Great Compassion, September 2006, the Ling Jiou  Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《真心：丙戌年心道法師閉關紀念專輯》，心道法師總監修，2007年，靈鷲山佛教教團出版  True Heart: A Memorial Album on Dharma Master Hsin Tao’s 2007 Retreat, Dharma Master  Hsin Tao as editor-at-large, 2007, the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM)  《山海天人》（山海天人：心遊法界），2007年7月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Mountains, Oceans, Deities and Humans: Wandering in the Dharma Realms, July 2007, the  Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《養禪三味》，2007年8月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Approaching to Samadhi of Chan (Zen) Meditation, August 2007, the Ling Jiou Mountain  Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《和平零時差：全球對話．從北緯23.5°出發》，2009年8月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出     版社  Peace with No Lag: A Global Dialogue Starting out from 23.5 degrees north latitude, August  2009, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧華嚴》，2010年3月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Prajna, the Avatamsaka Way, March 2010, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《聞盡：呼喚心內的觀音》，2011年6月，貿騰出版公司  Listening to the Max: An In-bound Call on Bodhisattva Guanyin, June 2011, Mod.E.  Publishing  《俢持觀音法門三要》，2011年7月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Three Keys to the Practice of Bodhisattva Guanyin, July 2011, the Ling Jiou Mountain  Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《菩提心觀音行》，2011年7月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Bodhicitta & the Practice of Bodhisattva Guanyin, July 2011, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna  Cultural and Educational Foundation  《禪藥》，2011年7月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Medicine of Chan (Zen), July 2011, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《普陀山上說圓通》，2011年7月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Lecture on the Practice of Bodhisattva Guanyin at Mount Putuo, July 2011, the Ling Jiou  Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《做觀音菩薩的使者》，2011年7月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  To Be an Envoy of Bodhisattva Guanyin, July 2011, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural  and Educational Foundation  《一分禪的要訣與方法》，2011年12月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Keys & Ways to the One-Minute Chan (Zen) Meditation, December 2011, the Ling Jiou  Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《朗朗覺性：心道法師閉關日記》，2011年12月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Spiritual Awareness Clear as the Sky: Dharma Master Hsin Tao’s Diary on Retreat,  December 2011, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《停心：停止時間活出自己》，2012年9月，橡樹林文化出版公司  Mind-stopping: Stop the Clock to Make Time for Yourself, September 2012, Oak Tree  Publishing  《願力的財富》，2013年10月，橡樹林文化出版公司  The Fortune of Aspiration, October 2013, Oak Tree Publishing  《心經直契：空性的道路》，2017年6月，奇異果文創出版公司  A Direct Approach to the Heart Sutra: The Way to Realizing Emptiness, June 2017, Kiwi  Fruit Publishing  《坐禪的力量：十場靈性的師徒對話錄》，2017年9月，天下文化出版公司  The Power of Chan (Zen) in Sitting Meditation: Ten Spiritual Dialogues between the Master &  His Disciples, September 2017, Commonwealth Publishing  《皈依》，2019年7月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Taking Refuge in Three Jewels, September 2017, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《唯信：心道大和尚水陸開示集》，2019年8月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  All About Faith: Lectures of Master Hsin Tao at the LJM Water-Land-Air Dharma  Assemblies, August 2019, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《問禪》，2019年10月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Q&As of Chan (Zen) Meditation, October 2019, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural  and Educational Foundation  《行深：尋找心的家》，2019年11月，貿騰出版公司  Engaged in deep meditation: Finding the Way Home for Your Heart, November 2019, Mod.E.  Publishing  《般若：菩薩活在人間》，2019年11月，貿騰出版公司  Prajna: The Bodhisattvas among Us, November 2019, Mod.E. Publishing  《波羅密：快樂生活禪》，2019年11月，貿騰出版公司  Paramita: The Chan (Zen) Meditation Leading to a Happy Life, November 2019, Mod.E.  Publishing  《傳心：七七禪關開示錄》（宗博20週年慶紀念版），2022年2月，貿騰出版公司  Mind-to-Mind Instruction: Lectures on the 49-day Chan (Zen) Retreat, Special Edition of the  20th Anniversary of the Museum of World Religions, February 2022, Mod.E. Publishing  外文著作  Publications in Foreign Languages  Birds in the Heart, 1999, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  Weisheit und Barmherzigkeit, January 2001, Aquamarin Verlag GmbH  Mountain, Ocean, Space, People, 2007, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  The Way of the Heart: The Teachings of Dharma Master Hsin Tao, November 2016,  CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform  The Buddhist Voyage beyond Death, November 2016, Cambridge Scholars Publishing  The Power of Zen Meditation: Ten Spiritual Dialogues With Dharma Master Hsin Tao,  September 2018, Balboa Press  Living Zen Happy Life: Timeless Zen Wisdom for your Daily Joy and Ultimate Peace,  September 2021, Balboa Press  影音系列  Audio & Video Publications  《綠度母咒》CD，2008年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Green Tara Mantra, 2008, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational  Foundation  《南無阿彌陀佛》CD，2008年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Namo Amitabha Buddha, 2008, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational  Foundation  《百字明咒》CD，2008年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Vajrasattva 100-Syllable Mantra, 2008, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《文殊咒》CD，2008年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Manjushri Mantra, 2008, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational  Foundation  《財神咒》CD，2008年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Jambhala Mantra, 2008, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational  Foundation  《心經》CD，2008年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Heart Sutra, 2008, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《大悲咒》CD，2000年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Great Compassion Mantra, 2008, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《六字大明咒》CD，2008年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Six-Character Great Bright Mantra, 2008, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《釋迦牟尼佛心咒》CD，2009年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Sakyamuni Buddha Mantra, 2009, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《和平零時差》CD，2009年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Peace with No Lag, 2009, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《邀禪來相伴》CD，2009年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  In the Company of Chan (Zen), 2009, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational  Foundation  《坐禪看到心》CD，2009年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Reaching your mind with practice of sitting meditation, 2009, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna  Cultural and Educational Foundation  《無有情不度》CD，2010年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Liberation for All Sentient Beings, 2009, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and  Educational Foundation  《守護心靈．慈悲地球》DVD，2011年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  Safeguarding the Mind, Loving the Earth (DVD), 2011, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural  and Educational Foundation  《大悲咒The Great Compassion Mantra（中英對照）》CD，2014年9月，靈鷲山般若文教基      金會附設出版社  The Great Compassion Mantra (English-Chinese), September 2014, the Ling Jiou Mountain  Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《南無阿彌陀佛Homage to Amitabha Buddha（中英對照）》CD，2014年11月，靈鷲山般若      文教基金會附設出版社  Homage to Amitabha Buddha (English-Chinese), November 2014, the Ling Jiou Mountain  Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《般若波羅蜜多心經The Heart of the Perfection of Great Wisdom Sutra（中英對照）》CD，      2014年12月，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Heart Sutra (English-Chinese), December 2014, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural  and Educational Foundation  《百字明咒The Hundred Syllable Mantra（中英對照）》CD，2015年3月，靈鷲山般若文教     基金會附設出版社  The Vajrasattva 100-Syllable Mantra (English-Chinese) , March 2015, the Ling Jiou Mountain  Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧田有聲書1：觀照生活．覺悟生命》CD，2002年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Field of Wisdom audiobook 1: Observing Your Life, Enlightening Your Life, 2002, the  Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧田有聲書2：創造無盡生命空間》CD，2002年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Field of Wisdom audiobook 2: Creating Boundless Space of Life, 2002, the Ling Jiou  Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧田有聲書3：推動生命的能量》CD，2002年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Field of Wisdom audiobook 3: The Energy to Move Life forward, 2002, the Ling Jiou  Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧田有聲書4：水到渠成話宗博》CD，2002年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Field of Wisdom audiobook 4: It’s Time to Launch the MWR, 2002, the Ling Jiou  Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧田有聲書5：清淨三業．光照生命》CD，2002年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Field of Wisdom audiobook 5:  Clearing Karma, Enlightening Life with Buddha’s  Teachings, 2002, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧田有聲書6：點燃生命之光》CD，2002年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Field of Wisdom audiobook 6: Light Up Your Life, 2002, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna  Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧田有聲書7：解讀基因》CD，2002年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Field of Wisdom audiobook 7: Decoding Genes, 2002, the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna  Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧田有聲書8：歡喜學佛》CD，2002年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Field of Wisdom audiobook 8: Practicing Buddha Dharma with Joy, 2002, the Ling Jiou  Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧田有聲書9：自利利他》CD，2002年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Field of Wisdom audiobook 9: Benefitting Yourself and Others, 2002, the Ling Jiou  Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧田有聲書10：感恩》CD，2002年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Field of Wisdom audiobook 10: Genuine Appreciation, 2002, the Ling Jiou Mountain  Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  《智慧田有聲書11：生滅與永恆》CD，2002年，靈鷲山般若文教基金會附設出版社  The Field of Wisdom audiobook 11: The Discourse on Arising, Ceasing, and Eternity, 2002,  the Ling Jiou Mountain Prajna Cultural and Educational Foundation  參考資料  References  心道法師官方網站  Dharma Master Hsin Tao’s Official Website: https://www.hsintao.org/about  靈鷲山全球資訊網  Ling Jiou Mountain Global Network: https://www.093.org.tw/  生命和平大學  University for Life & Peace (ULP): https://ulp.world/  首屆文協獎章頒獎 世界宗教博物館創辦人心道法師獲獎. [2021-11-12].  Master Hsin Tao, MWR Founder, was awarded the first R.O.C. Cultural Collaboration Medal  of the Ministry of Culture, 2021  陳, 大為. 靈鷲山外山：心道法師傳(增訂版). 台灣: 遠流. 2013: 320. ISBN 9789573272458 .  CHEN, TaWei (Editor), Beyond the Ling Jiou Mountain - Story of Dharma Master Hsin Tao,  expanded edition, Yuan Liou Publishing, Taiwan  External Links  * Dharma Master official website: https://www.hsintao.org  * Dharma Master Hsin Tao on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hsintao093/  * LJM Global Infonet: https://www.093.org.tw  * Museum of World Religions: https://www.mwr.org.tw  * LJM NGO initiative: Global Family for Love & Peace  (GFLP): https://www.gflp.org/  * LJM Internet TV: https://tv.093.org.tw/  * LJM Education Networks: https://edu.ljm.org.tw/  * LJM Water-Land-Air Dharma Assembly web address: https://www.093shuilu.org/  * LJM Global Network for Maha Dharani Chant: https://dabeijou.ljm.org.tw/  * LJM Peace Chan/Zen Meditation: https://peacemeditation.ljm.org.tw/index.aspx  * LJM University for Life & Peace (ULP): https://tw.ulp.world/  [Citation]
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