The Zhúlín Buddhist Seminary (Zhúlín Fóxué yuàn 竹林佛學院) was a Buddhist seminary 佛學院 established around 1931 by Abbot Ǎtíng 靄亭.
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This seminary was the brain child of the host temple's abbot, Ǎitíng 靄亭. He invited Zhènhuá 震華 to come be the main teacher at the school. The curriculum focused on Huáyán 華嚴, and the Vinaya 律宗, but it also included instruction in the Confucian classics. The school was run according to the rules of a public monastery. Students participated in morning and evening chanting services, and practiced meditation. The seminary closed a few years after the outbreak of the Second-Sino Japanese War made its continued functioning impossible.
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