Hsing Yun Quotes

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Both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one family. There are no Taiwanese in Taiwan and Taiwanese are all Chinese. Which Taiwanese is not Chinese? They are Chinese just like you are. We are all brothers and sisters. The more (cross-strait) exchange we have, the more mixed we will be. Then we won't be able to distinguish who's Mainland and who's Taiwanese — and we will naturally become unified.

Hsing Yun

When Buddhists say, "A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause," they mean that we must expend the bulk of our energy planting good roots today, rather than fretting about the plants that are already growing from the roots we planted in the past.

Hsing Yun

Reality is like a face reflected in the blade of a knife; its properties depend on the angle from which we view it.

Hsing Yun

Hsing Yun

Hsing Yun

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Born: August 30, 1927

Died: February 5, 2023 (aged 95)

Bio: Hsing Yun was a Chinese Buddhist monk and the founder of the Fo Guang Shan new religious movement as well as the affiliated Buddha's Light International Association. He was abbot of the order until his resignation in 1985.

Known for:

The Core Teachings (2012)
Describing the indescribable
Let Go, Move on (2003)
A Life of Pluses and Minuses (2003)

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