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| A Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) Buddhist Scripture |
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| Xin-jing (Heart Sutra) |
THE DRIFTING CLOUD SCHOLAR
In my 14 years of wandering around Taiwan, I discovered many karmic connections with a number of wonderful teachers. As a
graduate student in medieval Chinese Buddhist history, I would cycle into the countryside around Taipei visiting monasteries.
Part of my interest was to better understand the role of Buddhism in Chinese society. With that understanding I might have
a clearer insight to the medieval Buddhist texts and historical records I was studying.
Many of these visits led to amazing discoveries. There was a whole generation of senior Chinese Buddhist monks who had escaped
the religious persecution across the Taiwan Strait to settle in the Taiwanese countryside. I learned and continue to learn
much from their experience and wisdom.
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| Two decades later, Ven. Cheng-yi & the author |
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| Hua-yen Master Cheng-yi & the author, circa. 1976 |
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| Tien-tai Master Hsiao-yun & author; circa early 1970s |
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| Tien-tai Master Hsiao-yun in meditation |
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| The Great Chan (Zen) Master Hsu-yun (Xu-yun) |
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| Ven. Hsu-yun's disciple, Chan Master Ling-yuan |
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| Chan Master Ling-yuan & author; circa, early 1980s |
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| The Great Chan Master Lai-guo |
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| Ven. Lai-guo's disciple Chan Master Hsu-hsiang |
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| 20th century China's two great Chan Masters |
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