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PURE-LANDZEN

ZENPURE-LAND

Lettersfrom

PatriarchYinKuang

TranslatedbyMasterTh ´ ichThi ` ˆenTˆam,etal

ForrestG.Smith,consultingeditor

SUTRATRANSLATIONCOMMITTEEOF

THEUNITEDSTATESANDCANADA

NewYork-SanFrancisco-Toronto

Notetothereader.Thisisanelectronicversionofthebook“Pure-Land

Zen,ZenPure-Land”(secondedition1993 ),whichisatranslationofselected

passagesfromthelettersofElderMasterYinKuang,theThirteenthPatriarchof

PureLand.TheoriginalChinesetitlesareYinKuangFaShihWenCh’aoandYin

KuangTaShihChiaYenLu.

ExceptforthetwopicturesofMasterYinKuang,nothinghasbeenaddedor

changed.However,thenotestothelettersandtheGlossarypreparedbythe

VanHienStudyGroupaswellastheAppendix(ThePracticesandVowsofthe

BodhisattvaSamantabhadra)wereleftout,butwillhopefullybeaddedlateron.

T.G.,May2005

reprintedanddonatedforfreedistributionbyTheCorporateBodyoftheBuddha

EducationalFoundation,Taipei,Taiwan,R.O.C.

Contents

p.3 Abouttheauthor

p.5 Preface

p.8 Introduction

ThePureLandTradition

p.17Translations

LettersfromPatriarchYinKuang

25lettersonGeneralBuddhism,

ZenandPureLand,PureLandPractice

ThesupremeandendlessblessingsofSamantabhadra’sdeeds,

Inowuniversallytransfer.

Mayeverylivingbeing,drowningandadrift,

SoonreturntotheLandofLimitlessLight!

TheVowsofSamantabhadra

Abouttheauthor

ThelifeofthePureLandPatriarchYinKuang(1861-1940)coversamost

eventfulperiodforEastAsiaandparallelstheSino-JapaneseWar,theChinese

Revolutionof1911andtwoworldwars.

Therevolutionof1911thattoppledtheManchudynastyandestablishedthe

RepublicofChinaalsobroughtinitswakeanumberofproblemsforthe

Buddhistsangha[clergy].Followingthepoliticalrevolution,anintellectual

climatewasusheredinthatwasunfriendlytotheinterestsofBuddhism...

TheattackandcriticismagainstBuddhism...resultedinanumberofdiscri-

minatorymeasures,suchasspecialtaxesandcontributionsbeingleviedon

temples,monasteriesbeingappropriatedforuseasbarracksandpolicestati-

ons,tenantsontemplelandsbeingencouragednottopayrent,andBuddhist

imagesbeingdestroyed...(KennethCh’en,BuddhisminChina,p.455.)

Againstthisbackdrop,twoeminentmonksrosetoleadtheresurgenceofBud-

dhism:MasterT’aiHsu,whowasinstrumentalintherevivaloftheMind-Only

schoolandMasterYinKuang,latertobecometheThirteenthPatriarchofPure

Land.

Themonkmainlyresponsibleforinstillingnewlifeandmeaningto...[the

practiceofBuddhaRecitationandchantingofsutraswasMaster]YinKuang

...who,afterhisconversiontoPureLandpietism,concentratedonlivingapu-

rereligiouslifebasedonfaith,devotionandholiness...[Master]YinKuang

carriedonhisteachingsmainlyintheprovincesofKiangsuandChekiang,

wherehegainednumerousfollowersanddisciples...Theseeortsby[Master]

YinKuangandhisfollowersbroughtaboutanextensiverevivalofthePu-

reLandschool.LotusSocieties,Nien-fo[BuddhaRecitation]Societies,and

othersofasimilarnaturesprangupalloverChina.(Ibid.)

ThecompendiumofMasterYinKuang’sletters–excerptsofwhichare

translatedinthisbook–representsabroadcross-sectionoftheMaster’sthought

andformsaprizedcollectionofinspirationalwritingscherishedthroughoutthe

Mahayanaworld.ScarcelyaChinesetemplecanbefoundanywherewithoutseveral

dierenteditionsoftheseletters.

DiˆeuPhung

MinhTh`anh

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Festivalof

AmitabhaBuddha

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Hartford,CT:1992

PatriarchYinKuang(1861-1940)

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