Zhulin foxue yuan 竹林佛學院

The Zhúlín Buddhist Seminary (Zhúlín Fóxué yuàn 竹林佛學院) was a Buddhist seminary 佛學院 established around 1931 by Abbot Ǎtíng 靄亭.

History

• 1928 - 1937
• Location(s): Zhúlín Temple 竹林寺, Zhènjiāng 鎮江

This seminary was the brain child of the host temple's abbot, Ǎitíng 靄亭. He invited Zhènhuá 震華 to come be the main teacher at the school. The curriculum focused on Huáyán 華嚴, and the Vinaya, but it also included instruction in the Confucian classics. The school was run according to the rules of a public monastery. Students participated in morning and evening chanting services, and practiced meditation. The seminary closed after the outbreak of the Second-Sino Japanese War.

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Notable Teachers

• Cízhōu 慈舟
• Miàokuò 妙闊
• Lì'ān 栗庵
• Zhènhuá 震華

Notable Students

• Fúshàn 福善
• Yǎngbō 養波

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. 1.210.
• 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. 2:1448a-b. (Entry for Fúshàn 福善)