Jue yuan 覺園 - Revision history

Greg at 05:52, 29 May 2011

Greg — Sun, 29 May 2011 05:52:26 GMT

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-	==Enlightenment Garden~~: Jué yuán~~ 覺園 ==	+	The '''Enlightenment Garden 覺園''' was a center of lay Buddhist activity in Shànghǎi in the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]].
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-	A center of lay Buddhist activity in Shànghǎi in the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]].	+

	* [[1923]] - 19??		* [[1923]] - 19??
	* Location(s): Chángdé (formerly Hart) Road 常德路 in Shànghǎi [[上海]]		* Location(s): Chángdé (formerly Hart) Road 常德路 in Shànghǎi [[上海]]

		+	== History ==
	The Garden was owned by the wealthy brothers Jiǎn Zhàonán [[簡照南]] and Jiǎn Yùjiē [[簡玉階]] of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco, who called it Southern Garden 南園. A Bodhi hermitage 菩提精舍 was located there, but when Jiǎn Yùjiē died in [[1923]], his brother decided to make good karma for him by converting the entire four-acre gardens into a Buddhist center. This became the headquarters of Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association [[上海佛教淨業社]]. The shrine hall here housed a number of monks, whose morning and evening devotions were open to the public.		The Garden was owned by the wealthy brothers Jiǎn Zhàonán [[簡照南]] and Jiǎn Yùjiē [[簡玉階]] of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco, who called it Southern Garden 南園. A Bodhi hermitage 菩提精舍 was located there, but when Jiǎn Yùjiē died in [[1923]], his brother decided to make good karma for him by converting the entire four-acre gardens into a Buddhist center. This became the headquarters of Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association [[上海佛教淨業社]]. The shrine hall here housed a number of monks, whose morning and evening devotions were open to the public.

-	~~----~~	+	== Groups that Used the Garden ==
-	~~''''~~Groups that Used the Garden~~:'''~~	+
	* Bodhi Study Society: Pútí xuéhuì [[菩提學會]] ([[1934]] - [[1937]])		* Bodhi Study Society: Pútí xuéhuì [[菩提學會]] ([[1934]] - [[1937]])
	* Buddha's Voice Radio [[XMHB]] ([[1930s]] - [[1940]])		* Buddha's Voice Radio [[XMHB]] ([[1930s]] - [[1940]])
	* Chinese Buddhist Association [[中國佛教會]] ([[1929]] - [[1937]])		* Chinese Buddhist Association [[中國佛教會]] ([[1929]] - [[1937]])
	* Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association [[上海佛教淨業社]] ([[1923]] - 19??)		* Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association [[上海佛教淨業社]] ([[1923]] - 19??)
-	** Their periodical ''Pure Karma Monthly'' [[淨業月刊]], was published here ([[1925]] - [[1928]])	+	** Their periodical ''Pure Karma Monthly'' [[淨業月刊]], was published here from [[1925]] to [[1928]].
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-	~~'''Notes'''~~	+

		+	== Notes ==
	<references/>		<references/>

-	~~----~~	+	== References ==
-	~~'''~~References~~:'''~~	+
	* {{XFRC}} Pp. 1.758b-759c (entry for Shī Shěngzhī [[施省之]])		* {{XFRC}} Pp. 1.758b-759c (entry for Shī Shěngzhī [[施省之]])
	* {{BRC}} Pp. 77		* {{BRC}} Pp. 77

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Erik hammerstrom — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:42:31 GMT

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	* [[1923]] - 19??		* [[1923]] - 19??
-	* Location(s): Hart Road in Shànghǎi [[上海]]	+	* Location(s): Chángdé (formerly Hart) Road 常德路 in Shànghǎi [[上海]]

	The Garden was owned by the wealthy brothers Jiǎn Zhàonán [[簡照南]] and Jiǎn Yùjiē [[簡玉階]] of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco, who called it Southern Garden 南園. A Bodhi hermitage 菩提精舍 was located there, but when Jiǎn Yùjiē died in [[1923]], his brother decided to make good karma for him by converting the entire four-acre gardens into a Buddhist center. This became the headquarters of Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association [[上海佛教淨業社]]. The shrine hall here housed a number of monks, whose morning and evening devotions were open to the public.		The Garden was owned by the wealthy brothers Jiǎn Zhàonán [[簡照南]] and Jiǎn Yùjiē [[簡玉階]] of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco, who called it Southern Garden 南園. A Bodhi hermitage 菩提精舍 was located there, but when Jiǎn Yùjiē died in [[1923]], his brother decided to make good karma for him by converting the entire four-acre gardens into a Buddhist center. This became the headquarters of Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association [[上海佛教淨業社]]. The shrine hall here housed a number of monks, whose morning and evening devotions were open to the public.
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	* Chinese Buddhist Association [[中國佛教會]] ([[1929]] - [[1937]])		* Chinese Buddhist Association [[中國佛教會]] ([[1929]] - [[1937]])
	* Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association [[上海佛教淨業社]] ([[1923]] - 19??)		* Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association [[上海佛教淨業社]] ([[1923]] - 19??)
		+	** Their periodical ''Pure Karma Monthly'' [[淨業月刊]], was published here ([[1925]] - [[1928]])

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==Enlightenment Garden: Jué yuán 覺園 ==

A center of lay Buddhist activity in Shànghǎi in the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]].

* [[1923]] - 19??
* Location(s): Hart Road in Shànghǎi [[上海]]

The Garden was owned by the wealthy brothers Jiǎn Zhàonán [[簡照南]] and Jiǎn Yùjiē [[簡玉階]] of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco, who called it Southern Garden 南園. A Bodhi hermitage 菩提精舍 was located there, but when Jiǎn Yùjiē died in [[1923]], his brother decided to make good karma for him by converting the entire four-acre gardens into a Buddhist center. This became the headquarters of Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association [[上海佛教淨業社]]. The shrine hall here housed a number of monks, whose morning and evening devotions were open to the public.

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''''Groups that Used the Garden:'''
* Bodhi Study Society: Pútí xuéhuì [[菩提學會]] ([[1934]] - [[1937]])
* Buddha's Voice Radio [[XMHB]] ([[1930s]] - [[1940]])
* Chinese Buddhist Association [[中國佛教會]] ([[1929]] - [[1937]])
* Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association [[上海佛教淨業社]] ([[1923]] - 19??)

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'''Notes'''

<references/>

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'''References:'''
* {{XFRC}} Pp. 1.758b-759c (entry for Shī Shěngzhī [[施省之]])
* {{BRC}} Pp. 77