Hongfa jingshe 弘法精舍

The Dharma Propagation Hermitage (Hóngfǎ jīngshè 弘法精舍) was a short-lived Buddhist center in Hong Kong, that later became home to the South China Buddhist Seminary 華南佛學院.

History

• 1939 to 1940.
• Location(s): Hong Kong 香港
• Governing board: Huáng Jiéyún 黃杰雲, Lín Léngzhēn 林楞真, Wáng Xuérén 王學仁, Yè Gōngchuò 葉恭綽

This hermitage was built by a group of Hong Kongese lay Buddhists in order to attract Bǎojìng 寶靜, abbot of Guānzōng Temple 觀宗寺 in Níngbō 寧波 to spend more time in Hong Kong. Bǎojìng came in 1939 and left the following year. Unfortunately, he died unexpectedly in Shànghǎi 上海 later that year.

In 1948 the then defunct Hermitage became home to the South China Buddhist Seminary 華南佛學院.

Section Editor: Erik Hammerstrom

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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. 2.1759a-1762b.(From the entry for Bǎojìng 寶靜)