Hsin Ping

Hsin Ping () (30 June 1938 - 7 April 1995) was the fourth and fifth abbot of

Fo Guang Shan Fo Guang Shan (FGS) () is an international Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist organization and monastic order based in Taiwan that practices Humanistic Buddhism. The headquarters, Fo Guang Shan Monastery is located in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, and is ...

and the

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Hsing Yun Hsing Yun () (born 19 August 1927) is a Chinese Buddhist monk. He is the founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order as well as the affiliated Buddha's Light International Association in Taiwan. Hsing Yun is considered to be one of the most ...

, founder of Fo Guang Shan. Venerable Hsin Ping entered the Buddhist

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in 1963. Hsin Ping went on to receive the precepts under Master Tao Yuan of Hai Hui Temple in

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in 1963, and went on to attend Shou Shan Buddhist College and the Chinese Buddhist Research Institute at Fo Guang Shan. For lengths of time during the earliest days of Fo Guang Shan, Hsin Ping was stationed in the construction quarters. In 1973, he became first in line of Fo Guang Shan's order of precedence. In April 1995, Hsin Ping died suddenly after suffering from illness. A portion of his ashes are interred in the United States at the Buddhist columbarium at Rose Hills in

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, the rest are in the Longevity Memorial Park in Fo Guang Shan. The Venerable

Hsin Ting Hsin Ting (; born February 2, 1944) is a Buddhist monk from Taiwan who served as the sixth-term abbot and director of Fo Guang Shan from 1997 to 2005. He served as acting abbot for three years after the sudden death of his predecessor, Hsin Ping, i ...

served the rest of Hsin Ping's term until 1997, when he was elected head abbot. 1995 deaths 1938 births Deaths from kidney cancer Deaths from cancer in Taiwan Fo Guang Shan Buddhists Taiwanese Buddhist monks People from Keelung Taiwanese religious leaders Burials at Rose Hills Memorial Park 20th-century Buddhist monks {{Taiwan-reli-bio-stub