Between Ignorance and Enlightenment (II) [Paperback]

Hsing Yun (Author), Hsing-Yun-Ta-Shih (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2002

Inspiring small essays that delight, encourage, and teach. Many stories are included in these teachings making this easy to read and understand while at the same time providing the reader with a deeper meaning. What better way to lean about Buddhism than to read examples of how it should be practiced? This book contains great illustrations of Humanistic Buddhism in action.

Between Ignorance and Enlightenment is and inspiring collection of articles by Venerable Master Hsing Yun which were originally written for this daily column in the Merit Times newspaper. The column has been a great success and readers have often requested that it be make into a book of its own. Venerable Master Hsing Yun states, ¡§ Ignorance and enlightenment lie in just a thought! A thought of ignorance many cause sorrow and pain while an inspiration of enlightenment can bring out the sun of wisdom¡¨ We hope this book can lead readers from the bitterness of confusion to the sweetness of clarity in enlightenment through the process of self-reflection.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Master Hsing Yun launches us wide-ranging personal discovery insights...There is much wisdom allow reader to smorgasbord at will" -- Sandra A. Wawrytko, Ph.D. Departments of Asian Studies and Philosophy San Diego State University

"Master Hsing Yun speaks his mind in this... the book could be used for daily prelude to meditatin..." -- Roger Coreless, Professor of Religion, Emeritus; Duke University

About the Author

Venerable Master Hsing Yun was born in Jiangdu, Jiangsu province, China, in 1927. Tonsured under Venerable Master Zhikai at age twelve, he became a novice monk at Qixia Vinaya School and Jiaoshan Buddhist College. He was fully ordained in 1941, and is the 48th Patriarch of the Linji (Rinzai) Chan school.

He went to Taiwan in 1949 where he undertook to revitalizing Chinese Mahayana Buddhism on the island with a range of activities novel for tis time. In 1967, he founded the Fo Guang shan (Buddha¡¦s Light Mountain) Buddhist Order, and had since established more then a hundred temples in Taiwan and on every continent worldwide. His Lai Temple, the United States Headquarters, was built outside Los Angeles in 1988.

At present, there are nearly two thousand monks and nuns in the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order. The organization also oversees sixteen Buddhist colleges; five publishing houses including, Buddha¡¦s Light Publishing, His Lai University Press; four universitiesk one of which is His Lai University in Los Angles: a secondary school; a satellite television station; and orphanage; and a nursing home for the elderly.

A Prolific writer and an inspiring speaker, Master Hsing Yun has written many books on Buddhist sutras and a wide spectrum of topics over the past five decades. Most of his speeches and lectures were compiled in essays defining Humanistic Buddhism and outlining its practice. Some of his writings and lectures are translated into different languages, such as English, Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese, Korean, etc.

The Venerable Master is also the founder of Buddha¡¦s Light International Association, a worldwide organization of lay Buddhists dedicated to the propagation of Buddhism, with over 130 chapters and more than a million in membership.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Buddha's Light International Association (February 2002)
• ISBN-10: 0971561214
• ISBN-13: 978-0971561212
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,561,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)