China News Agency, Taipei, February 5th. According to news from Lianhe News, Zhongshi News and other Taiwanese media on the evening of the 5th, Master Hsing Yun, the founding patriarch of Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan and the founder of the International Buddha Light Association, passed away peacefully on the 5th at the age of 96.
According to Zhongshi News.com, Master Hsing Yun was in poor health in his later years and had been in and out of Kaohsiung Chang Gung Hospital many times. He was recently admitted to the intensive care unit due to low blood pressure. to be relieved."
Lianhe News reported that sources said that Fo Guang Shan planned to release sky lanterns in the past two days, but temporarily suspended them a few days before the event, and did not explain the reason for the stop.
At present, Fo Guang Shan has not announced the news of Master Hsing Yun's death.
Taiwan media expects Fo Guang Shan and its medical team to explain to the public on the 6th.
According to Dongsen News, Master Xingyun was born in 1927. He became a monk in childhood.
Born in Jiangdu County (now Yangzhou City), Jiangsu Province, he is the forty-eighth descendant of Linjizong.
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