Introduction to the old monk
Shengyi Master (1922-2010), Zi Xuanji, Chen's son in Guangdong, Tianhui Junhe in Xinhui, and his father, Bingrong, and Lin, his mother. (Reign Year) Born in Lijiazhuang, Jiangmen City on November 1922, 11. At 13:2010 on August 8, 3, more than four hundred disciples read the sound of the Buddha in an peaceful manner. At the age of 02. The holy elder became a monk at the age of 46, and at the age of 89 he was given full ordination and 19 years of abstinence. At the age of 22, he received the old monk of Xuyun in Yunju Mountain, and he was the ninth generation of the Zen Emperor Yangzong. In addition to the Zhongxing Baolin Temple, the Sage was the fourth-generation abbot of the Nangping Baolian Temple from 67 to 36.
The Master Shengyi was very compassionate. When he saw his companion fighting crickets and catching birds when he was young, he paid for it and released it.The chicken soup was stewed at home for the holidays, and the mage was crying on the side.During the New Year, the carp to be killed is secretly released back into the river.Once the mage got sick, his father gave him money to see a doctor. When he walked to the market, he saw someone selling frogs.So he said to the frog: "The money I earn today can only buy those who are predestined. I use money to make a sound. If I hear about my reputation, I will buy you and let go." Later, I bought all the frogs and released them with the money from the doctor. The disease has also been cured.
When the Master Shengyi was 19 years old, Jiangmen fell during the Sino-Japanese War and the Master became a monk.It was difficult to seek precepts during the war, and he had not received precepts for three years after he had lost his hair.After hearing that the old monk Xuyun of Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan opened the ordination, he walked to Shaoguan with a basin and wok and other utensils. In November 1942, the master reached Nanhua from the first station of China.During the spring ordination the following year, the Master received three altars of ordination.
In 1945, six people, including the Holy One and Juzan Master, sailed to Shanghai via Hong Kong. At that time, the Buddhist monk Fushan served as the dean of the Shanghai Buddhist Academy at the Jade Buddha Temple. After studying for two semesters in the academy, Master Shengyi died at the time in the Jade Buddha Temple. When he passed away, he was there to help him recite the Maitreya Buddha.
In the winter of 1947, Master Shengyi took a boat from Zhenjiang to Dinghui Temple in Jiaoshan, devoted himself to studying in the temple, and closed the river with Jiang. In 1948, the dharma returned to Hong Kong via Shantou via Shanghai. In Chaozhou, at the invitation of Master Ding Yin Yin, he gave a lecture on Mahayana faith in Dayun Qingyun and continued his tenth day of chanting.
In March 1978, the teacher and the monk Faxi and Master Huixing also visited Korea. Participated in the Jiushan Zen Master at Songguang Temple in Songguang Mountain.
In 1979, the motherland's religious policy was implemented. It was the returning year of Nianshi, Shouye Monk, and Master Zhihong. When he first arrived in Putuo, the whole mountain saw only three or two monks, such as Miaoshan and Daowu. The broken and incomplete Buddha statues were scattered on the ground and desolate. After discussing with Miaoshan monk to revive Putuo, Master Shengyi put forward eight suggestions: (XNUMX) monks should wear monks' clothing; (XNUMX) green Putuo, planting camphor trees widely; (XNUMX) worship in front of the temple can be allowed to worship, and monks are reserved behind the temple (XNUMX) Monks should go to the hall in the morning and evening; (XNUMX) Putuo needs to be self-reliant, such as the production of seaweed and other light industries; (XNUMX) Andian lamp; (XNUMX) Xiushan Road; (XNUMX) Cleaning the mud and stones at the bottom of Fanyin cave . The teacher received the support of Mrs. Shao Weiming and made great contributions to the revival of Putuo. Leaving the Piedmont:
The Five Aggregates Space-Time Concept of Freedom, Avalokitesvara to save all sufferings;
Do not say that Putuo lives in the South China Sea, and Changjiao Lichen is a famous mountain.
After returning to the Hanshan Temple in Suzhou, the teacher also left a verse and became famous afterwards.
Hanshan is like a brother, the Chinese people are one family;
Although I was a monk and did not go abroad, I frequently return to my motherland to see its prosperity.
In 1983, Baolian Zen Temple elected the first master to be the fourth generation. In 1990, Mage Shengyi retired to Baolian and returned to Baolin to teach the disciples. One day, a disciple asked Master Shengyi whether he died in the past, such as whether the old monk Xuyun was taking the lead? The teacher replied that there is no certainty, like a flowing water, leaving with fate.