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| - | + | The '''Enlightenment Garden 覺園''' was a center of lay Buddhist activity in Shànghǎi in the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]]. | |
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* [[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 == | |
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* 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 | + | ** Their periodical ''Pure Karma Monthly'' [[淨業月刊]], was published here from [[1925]] to [[1928]]. |
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| + | == Notes == | ||
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| - | + | == References == | |
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* {{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 | ||
The Enlightenment Garden 覺園 was a center of lay Buddhist activity in Shànghǎi in the 1920s and 1930s.
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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.