Mount Putuo 普陀山

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** Yīngcí [[應慈]] was ordained here in [[1898]]
** Yīngcí [[應慈]] was ordained here in [[1898]]
** Chúnmì [[純密]] was tonsured here in [[1920]]
** Chúnmì [[純密]] was tonsured here in [[1920]]
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** Yìnguāng [[印光]] lived here for many years
== Other Notes ==
== Other Notes ==
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== References and Resources ==
== References and Resources ==
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* Bingenheimer, Marcus. 2016. ''Island of Guanyin - Mount Putuo and its Gazetteers''. OUP.
[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Geography]]

Current revision as of 04:25, 6 January 2020

Mount Pǔtuó 普陀山

Other names include:

View of Mount Pǔtuó from the peak
Nearby Locations:
Jiāngnán 江南 Region
Geography Portal

Mount Pǔtuó 普陀山 is an island in Zhèjiāng 浙江 province, sacred to the Bodhisattva Guānyīn 觀音 and named after the mythical Mount Potalaka.

Important Buddhist Sites

Other Notes

  • Tàixū 太虛 spent three years in sealed confinement here from 1914
  • Chén Yuánbái 陳元白 became a student of Tàixū after hearing him lecture here around 1918
  • Miàoshàn 妙善 (1909-2000) spent three years in sealed confinement here in the late 1940s

References and Resources

  • Bingenheimer, Marcus. 2016. Island of Guanyin - Mount Putuo and its Gazetteers. OUP.
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