Fawang foxue yuan 法王佛學院

Fǎwáng Buddhist Seminary (Fǎwáng fóxué yuàn 法王佛學院) a Buddhist seminary 佛學院 started during the War.

Contents 1 History 2 Notable teachers 3 Notable Students 4 Notes 5 References

History

• Fall 1941 - 1944??
• Location(s): Fǎwáng Temple 法王寺 in Héjiāng 合江, Sìchuān 四川

This Buddhist seminary 佛學院 was created when Tàixū 太虛 ordered Yǎnpéi 演培 (then a student at the Sino-Tibetan Institute 漢藏教理院) to create a seminary. he invited his teacher, Yìnshùn 印順, to come and teach Sānùn 三論 thought. The first class graduated in 1944, at which point Yìnshùn left and the seminary may have folded.

Notable teachers

• Yǎnpéi 演培
• Yìnshùn 印順

Notable Students

Notes

References

• Welch, Holmes. The Buddhist Revival in China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. P. 286.
• Yú Língbō 于凌波, ed. Xiàndài Fójiào rénwù cídiǎn 現代佛教人物辭典 (A Dictionary of Modern Buddhist Persons), 2 vols. Taipei: Foguang, 2004. P. 1.296a-b (from the entry for Yìnshùn 印順)