Data map: Master Xingyun.

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Mo Dao, Fo Guang, thousands of miles away, brothers and union finally connected

Ye Xiaowen

　　In the early morning of February 11th, with the condolence group from the mainland, we were going to Taiwan to mourn Master Hsing Yun.

Due to the obstruction of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities, the condolence group could not take place in the end.

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　　Shocked to learn that Master Hsing Yun passed away peacefully on February 5, 2023.

The eyes of man and sky are extinguished, and the boat of Prajna sinks.

That night, I wrote the long article "Suddenly Looking Back, That Man Was in a Dim Light—Master Recalling Xingyun" with tears in my eyes.

"Xinghan is temporarily extinguished, and the sky is silent for a moment; the clouds are brilliant, and a generation of eminent monks will shine for thousands of years. Looking back, the man is there, in a place where the lights are dim..." I think of Zhao Puchu who wrote a handwritten picture when he was ninety-one years old. The big characters presented "Master Xingyun Yinke", on which it said "rich in the world of Hengsha, you are a celestial master", Master Xingyun is really "rich in the world of Hengsha, the stars are immortal, and you are a celestial master with brilliant clouds".

　　As Mr. Cui Maohu, the current director of the State Administration of Religious Affairs and the chairman of the Chinese Cultural Exchange Association, said in the message of condolences, "Elder Xingyun is in Taiwan and cares about the two sides of the strait. He is committed to promoting the friendly exchange of Buddhism between the two sides of the strait. Made important contributions. Over the years, the elders have worked tirelessly to travel across the Taiwan Strait, organizing a series of major exchange activities with far-reaching influence, and writing a new chapter in Buddhist exchanges between the two sides. Taking the lead in inviting Buddha finger relics to Taiwan for worship, and achieving non-governmental exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait Great event; cooperate with Wuxi to co-host the 2nd World Buddhist Forum, creating a new model of cross-strait exchanges; promote the exchange of young masters in the Buddhist circles on both sides of the strait, and lay a solid foundation for the continuation of the Buddhist friendship between the two sides of the strait; welcome 'brothers' to Hanshan Temple in Suzhou "Hehe Bell" has shown the world the blood relationship and Dharma friendship between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait with the same roots and the same lineage of Dharma and milk, and the heart of a child is commendable."

　　Received an invitation letter from Master Xinbao of the Fo Guang Shan Patriarchal Committee, saying that in view of the fact that "Mr. Grand Master's Passing away Praise Ceremony'." The invitation letter also specially appended Master Hsing Yun's speech on September 9, 2007 at the "Fo Guang Shan Praying for the Peaceful People on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait to Return to the Dharma Conference", hoping that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will present a peace bell to symbolize our future on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Brother reconciliation.

Data map: Master Xingyun.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia

　　I still remember that I was also invited by Master Hsing Yun to give a speech at the Fa Conference: "Brothers Harmony Bell" rang simultaneously on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

This is the karmic gathering of thousands of years of poetry and thousands of bells; the symphony of fusion of continuous legal love and strong nostalgia;

Let us listen together—listen to our own heart, to the voice of the Buddha, to the call of our brothers, and to the tide of the times.

"Knocking the Bell" says: "The war will last forever, and the people will be happy", which expresses the wish for peace, harmony, and harmony;

Between the two sides of the strait, both sides will benefit from peace, and both will lose from confrontation.

Listening to the wrong views that confuse our compatriots to separate will make our Chinese nation suffer more and more pain; allowing the retrograde movement that instigates brothers to fight each other will push our flesh and blood relatives to hell and into the pit of fire!

Peace, stability, and common development are the greatest wishes of the Chinese people and the greatest blessing of the Chinese nation!

　　Master Hsing Yun immediately wrote a poem saying: "The relationship between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is like a dream, and the close relatives of the flesh and blood will not return; the ancient Hanshan Temple in Suzhou, the bell of peace will come to Taiwan."

　　I also said to Shi Yun: "A bay of shallow water and the same sky, the nostalgia on both sides of the strait can't sleep at night; Mo Dao Buddha's light is thousands of miles away, brothers are connected with Hezhong", brothers of flesh and blood must be "connected in the end"!

　　The past is vivid, tears filled my eyes.

I immediately bought a plane ticket and prepared to go to Taiwan with the mainland condolence group to see Master Hsing Yun on his last journey.

I never thought that the Taiwanese media would report, "The former head of the Religious Affairs Bureau of the Mainland applied to come to Taiwan to mourn Master Hsing Yun, but the MAC did not agree."

　　I hope that the master's spirit in heaven can awaken those unworthy descendants who are still resisting the "non-return of close relatives", disregarding the basic humanitarianism, and "political manipulation" even to participate in condolences in Taiwan.

　　The mainland condolence group will go to Dajue Temple in Yixing, the ancestral home of Fo Guang Shan, to mourn Master Xingyun on the 12th, and I will also go there.

It is hoped that in the reverberation of the "Peace Bell", I will express my memory and grief for the master, and pray for the harmony between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.

　　A bay of shallow water and the same sky, the nostalgia on both sides of the strait makes it difficult to sleep at night; Mo Dao Buddha's light is thousands of miles away, and brothers are finally connected in harmony.

　　[Author's brief introduction] Ye Xiaowen, former director of the State Administration of Religious Affairs, former chairman of the Chinese Cultural Exchange Association, deputy director of the 13th CPPCC National Committee of Culture, History and Study.

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