Chan Yun (, October 18, 1915 – March 7, 2009) was a renowned Buddhist monk, teacher and cultivator. The

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of the Lianyin Temple (), Chan Yun was one of many mainstream Buddhist teachers in

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Early life

Master Chan-Yun was born in 1915 at a small village in the Andong (province), Andong province, China, which the village near the border between Mainland China and

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. When he was young, he had been to Japan for learning

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Learning Buddhadharma

Master Chan-Yun took the refuge in the

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and became a

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when he was 24. At the age of 26, he took the

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. At 30, he became a monk in Beijing. He therefore received full ordination at the Guangji Temple. Then, he had studied at Chinese Buddhist College in Beijing for four years. In 1948, he went to

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to learn the Buddha

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from Venerable Ci-Zou ().

Ferry to Taiwan

In 1949, Master Chang Yun ferried to Taiwan. In 1956, he built a tentative house for intensive practices, and which was called “Yin-Hong Hut” () at Guan-Yin Mountain in PuLi. Due to a major flood disaster in 1959, he had to abandon the Hut. Consequently, he planned to found the current Lianyin Temple with his disciple Ven. Xing-Yin in 1963.

Founding the Fast and Precept Association

Starting in 1966, Master Chan Yun founded the “Fast and Precept Association” (); its

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is “the

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is our guide” (). Then, he initiated the “Fasting and Precepts Program” at the temple, which offered intensive courses in Buddhism study and precepts practices during summer and winter vacations for college students.

Vinaya practice and legacy

Master Chan Yun disciplined himself strictly, practicing the

, and made it as his daily routine to practice prostrating himself before the Buddha, practicing morning and evening rituals and executing the "Mengshan Food Bestowal ritual" (). Master Chang-Yun never violated eight precepts, the precept of no eating after noon, since he became a monk. According to his disciples, his teaching was compared to that of Marpa Lotsawa to

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Nirvana

Venerable Master Chang Yun died at one o'clock on the morning of March 7, 2009 at Shuili township,

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, Taiwan.

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External links

蓮因寺網路全球念佛共修(Lian-Yin Template website)

佛學多媒體資料庫 > 演講錄音 > 懺雲法師(audio files lectured by Master Chan Yun)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan Yun 1915 births 2009 deaths Chan Buddhist monks Taiwanese Zen Buddhists Taiwanese people from Liaoning 20th-century Buddhist monks