China News Agency, Beijing, February 6th. Title: Disciple recalls: Master Hsing Yun is selfless, leaving hope for cross-strait peace
China News Agency reporter Wang Jiexian Zheng Qiao
"Although he has returned after consummation, the master will never let go of all sentient beings, and will definitely come back with his wish." Knowing that Master Hsing Yun passed away in Kaohsiung on the 5th, Zhang Yazhong, the principal of Taiwan Sun Wen School, wrote on the social networking site that day.
A reporter from China News Agency interviewed Zhang Yazhong and other disciples of Xingyun on the 6th. They believed that Master was selfless throughout his life, and his efforts for cross-strait exchanges were instructive.
There has never been a self, only sentient beings leave warmth in the world
On the evening of the 5th, Zhang Yazhong heard the news of Master Xingyun's death from the news, "like a mountain collapses, like a mountain collapses", shock and reluctance were his first reactions.
More than 30 years ago, Zhang Yazhong became acquainted with Master Hsing Yun. Faced with the Taiwan authorities going further and further down the wrong path at that time, Zhang Yazhong chose to return to academia.
Later, he assisted Master Hsing Yun to open a school, and because of the master's support, the national sentiment was strengthened.
"Master has never had a self in his life, only sentient beings. I hope that all sentient beings can get rid of suffering and find happiness." Zhang Yazhong said that if he used two words to describe his life, it would be "compassion"; if he used one word, it would be "give". , "Giving people joy, convenience, hope, and confidence" has given all living beings immeasurable treasures.
Jin Shuqing, a senior media person in Taiwan and the former president of "Human World News", said that Master Hsing Yun has been in poor health for the past few years and has not seen any guests in the past three years.
Faced with the passing of the master, she was reluctant and sad, and felt that she should do more in the future to inherit the legacy of the master.
"What did Master Hsing Yun leave for the world? It's probably about being kind and warm to everyone." Jin Shuqing said.
Jin Shuqing believes that Master Hsing Yun thinks about problems from the perspective of each person - people must have companions and emotions, and turn little love into big love.
Master Hsing Yun knew that the elderly were handicapped, so he set up wheelchair-friendly designs in all buildings in Fo Guang Shan, and cared for others from the beginning.
Data map: Master Xingyun.
Photo/China News Agency reporter Lu Ming
Looking forward to the peaceful development of the two sides of the strait and the harmony of hearts
"I treat both sides of the strait as one family, and I treat the world as brothers and sisters," Master Hsing Yun once wrote in his will.
Zhang Yazhong said that Master Hsing Yun has two expectations for him, one is to promote Buddhism in the human world, and the other is to contribute to the peaceful development of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
"Master Hsing Yun was a stranger all his life. He considered himself a Taiwanese and a Chinese." Zhang Yazhong introduced that Master Hsing Yun gave him a lot of support in the process of writing history textbooks and engaging in cultural and educational undertakings in Taiwan.
In the process of exchanges between the two sides of the strait, the exchange of Buddhist undertakings was carried out earlier. As an actual participant, Zhang Yazhong believes that Master Xingyun’s deeds are instructive: the spiritual harmony between the two sides of the strait is not only material and commercial exchanges, but more importantly, personnel and cultural exchanges. Exchange contacts.
"Some people say he is a 'political monk'," Jin Shuqing recalled. Master Hsing Yun once said that he was a practitioner and a monk, but he couldn't escape political and economic life, and he couldn't avoid interacting with political figures.
She said that Master Hsing Yun's long-term role is to promote cross-strait interaction and promote cross-strait cultural and educational exchanges. People in it will not think it is politics.
In Jin Shuqing's eyes, in promoting cross-strait exchanges, Master Hsing Yun regards everyone as his own. "Some children have gone too far, and we have to take them to find their way home."
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