Taixu 太虛

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Tàixū

Tàixū 太虛 (1890-1947)

Tàixū was one of the most influential Chinese Buddhist figures of the modern era, a reformer who established seminaries and Buddhist periodicals, such as his long-running Hǎicháoyīn 海潮音.

  • Born 1/8, 1890 (Guāngxù 光緒 16) in Chángān Town 長安鎮, Hǎiníng county 海寧縣, Zhèjiāng 浙江
  • Died 3/17, 1947 (Mínguó 民國 36) at Yùfó Temple 玉佛寺, Shànghǎi 上海
  • Lay name 俗名: Lǔ Pèilín 吕沛林
  • Dharma name 法名: Wéixīn 唯心

Biography

Important Works

Notes



References:

Pittman, Don A. Toward a Modern Chinese Buddhism: Taixu's Reforms. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001.

Shì Tàixū 釋太虛. Tàixū dàshī quánshū 太虛大師全書, 10 vols. Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2005.

Shì Tàixū 釋太虛, ed. Fǎxiàng wéishì xué 法相唯識學. Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2002. Originally published in Chángshā 長沙, c. 1938.

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