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Cízhōu 慈舟
There were two major Chinese monks with this name who were active in the 20th century.
Cízhōu 慈舟 (1877-1958)
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Cízhōu 慈舟 (1877-1958)
Short bio.
Biography
Cízhōu first had the desire to ordain while pursuing a tradtional education as a youth, but due to the opposition of his parents he was not able to follow his wish. He was finally able to get his mother's permission to ordain in 1910 (Xuāntǒng 宣統 2) after his father passed away. He took tonsure under Yuánzhào 元照 at Fóhuán Temple 佛洹寺 in his home county. Later that year he ordained under Dàhuì 大繪 at Guīyuán Temple 歸元寺 in Hànyáng 漢陽.
In 1913, Cízhōu traveled to Shànghǎi 上海 to enroll in the first class at Huáyán University 華嚴大學, run by Yuèxiá 月霞. His fellow students included Chángxǐng 常惺 and Chísōng 持松. Cízhōu moved with to Hángzhōu 杭州 with the school in 1914 and graduated in 1916. After graduation he became an itinerant for a year. In 1917, he accompanied Yuèxiá on a lecture tour in the Wǔhàn 武漢 area. He lived in the area giving and attending sūtra lectures until 1920, when he and two of his former monastic classmates reestablished Huáyán University in Hànkǒu 漢口. The University shut down with the graduation of the first class in the spring of 1923. He immediately accepted a position as the abbot of Qīyǐn Temple 棲隱寺 in Hànkǒu, but left it that summer to assist Huìzōng 惠宗 run the Dharmadhatu Seminary 法界學院 in in Chángrè County 常熱縣, Jiāngsū 江蘇 (which had been established by Cízhōu's former teacher Yīngcí 應慈 in 1919).
In the spring of 1925, Cízhōu took a break from the Seminary, and went lecturing until 1926.
In 1949 he was invited to Hong Kong 香港, but was unable to reach there because of the Civil War. He returned to Běijīng and took up residence at the Ānyǎng Hermitage 安養精舍, where he died in 1958.
During his life, Cízhōu lectured on all of the majors sūtra in Chinese Buddhism, and many of these lectures were recorded by students and disciples. In general, he practiced Pure Land, followed the vināya, and taught Huáyán thought.
Important Works
- His many lectures and writings are recorded in 慈舟大師法彙
- Selected Contents:
- 阿彌陀經講記
- 八大人覺經講錄
- 大乘起信論述記
- 金剛經講義
- 菩薩戒本疏
- 普賢行願品親聞記
- 心經講錄及述意
Notable Students
References:
- Shì Dōngchū 釋東初. Zhōngguó Fójiào jìndài shǐ 中國佛教近代史 (A History of Early Contemporary Chinese Buddhism), in Dōngchū lǎorén quánjí 東初老人全集 (Complete Collection of Old Man Dongchu), vols. 1-2. Taipei: Dongchu, 1974 Pp. 2.784-786.
- 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. Pp. 2.1276c-1279c.
Cízhōu 慈舟 (1915-2003)
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Cízhōu 慈舟 (1915-2003)
Short bio.
Biography
Cízhōu was tonsured by Héngjìng 恒淨 in 1927, but he waited for the proper age, and in 1934 he was ordained a monk at Lóngchāng Temple 隆昌寺 on Mt. Bǎohuá 寶華山. The following year he tested into the Jiāoshān Buddhist Seminary 焦山佛學院 in Zhènjiāng 鎮江. He graduated three years later, at which point he returned to Qīnglóng Hermitage 青龍庵 in his hometown.
In 1942 he entered Jiangtiān Temple 江天禪寺 at Jin1shan1 金山寺. He stayed there, holding various ofices, until 1954. In that year, he went to Běijīng 北京 and entered the Buddhist Academy of China 中國佛學院.
Important Works
Notable Students
References
- 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. Pp. 2.1279c-1280c.
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