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Master Chin Kung, AM (淨空法師; pinyin: Jìngkōng fǎshī) (b. 1927) is a very famous Buddhist monk from the Mahayana tradition. He is the founder of the Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundtion, an organization based on the teachings of Pure Land Buddhism. Master Chin Kung is well known for using modern technology to spread the Buddha's teachings. His lectures are recorded on audio, video tapes and CDs for wide distribution in many temples, including many Buddhist temples and centers where people can pick up books to distribute to other places.

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  • Master Chin Kung, AM (淨空法師; pinyin: Jìngkōng fǎshī) (b. 1927) is a very famous Buddhist monk from the Mahayana tradition. He is the founder of the Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundtion, an organization based on the teachings of Pure Land Buddhism. Master Chin Kung is well known for using modern technology to spread the Buddha's teachings. His lectures are recorded on audio, video tapes and CDs for wide distribution in many temples, including many Buddhist temples and centers where people can pick up books to distribute to other places.
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  • Chin Kung
  • 淨空
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  • Lee Ping-nan
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  • Venerable
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  • Buddhism
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  • Hsu Yeh-hong
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  • Master Chin Kung, AM (淨空法師; pinyin: Jìngkōng fǎshī) (b. 1927) is a very famous Buddhist monk from the Mahayana tradition. He is the founder of the Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundtion, an organization based on the teachings of Pure Land Buddhism. He was born in Lujiang County, Anhui Province, China under the birth name of Hsu Yeh-hong (Xú Yèhóng 徐業鴻). He spent thirteen years studying Buddhism and Philosophy under the guidance of Professor Fang Tung-mei (方東美), Zhangjia Hutuktu ( 章嘉呼圖克圖 a master in Mongolian Buddhist tradition), and Teacher Lee Ping-nan (李炳南). He entered the monastic life in 1959, where he was ordained at Lintzi Temple at Yuanshan in Taipei, Taiwan. It was then that he received the name of Chin Kung, meaning "pure emptiness". Master Chin Kung is well known for using modern technology to spread the Buddha's teachings. His lectures are recorded on audio, video tapes and CDs for wide distribution in many temples, including many Buddhist temples and centers where people can pick up books to distribute to other places. He has sponsored the printing and the distribution of Buddhist texts worldwide, as well as portraits and pictures of various buddhas and bodhisattvas. All these items have been distributed free of charge. In recent years, Chin Kung has emphasized the Infinite Life Sutra and the Pure Land cultivation method of Buddha recitation which is concerned mainly with the recitation of Amitābha Buddha's name. Chin Kung was the ordination master for the late actress Chen Xiaoxu.
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