Dharma Transmission
In
1946, because he esteemed the Elder Master Hsu Yun as a great hero of
Buddhism, the Master quickly packed his belongings and set out on his
way to pay homage to him.
| With the Elder Master Hsu Yun at Nanhua Monastery in China, 1948 |
During
his arduous journey, he stayed at many of the renowned monasteries of
mainland China. In 1947 he went to Potola Mountain to receive the
complete ordination. In 1948 he reached Nanhua Monastery at Caoxi of
Guangzhou, where he paid homage to Elder Master Hsu Yun and was
assigned to be an instructor in the Nanhua Monastery Vinaya Academy.
Later he was appointed as Dean of Academic Affairs. The Elder Master
Hsu Yun saw that the Master was an outstanding individual in Buddhism
and transmitted the Dharma lineage to him, giving him the Dharma name
Hsuan Hua and making him the Ninth Patriarch of the Wei Yang Sect, the
forty-fifth generation since the First Patriarch Mahakashyapa.
Click here to read Venerable Master Hua's recollections.
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