CBETA Founder Aming Tu 杜正民 Passed Away

It is so sad to learn that Prof. Aming Tu just passed away. He was the leading figure in the creation of CBETA Chinese Buddhist Tripitaka. Upon our invitation, he attended the 2011 Chinese Buddhist canon conference at Tucson and he visited my home as well. We met last year in Hangzhou again for the Jingshan conference. Rest in Peace. Aming.

Aming Tu with others at the confernce dinner in Tucson, March 2011.

本會副主委杜正民教授於11月27日安詳往生

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敬啟者：阿彌陀佛。

法鼓文理學院前副校長杜正民教授、中華電子佛典協會副主任委員，2016年11月27日（星期日）中午12時左右，於馬偕醫院淡水分院安寧療護教育示範中心病房，在家人親友陪伴中，安詳往生。

杜正民教授生前交代之佛事的願望如下：

1. 希望如  聖嚴師父所說的是「佛事」，不是「告別式」、「追思會」，而是「共修法會」（誦《心經》、《無常經》，並送大眾《無常經》本結緣），不需要冠上他的名字，但可以發揮生命教育的學習效益，故稱為「生命教育共修法會」，法會時間與植存「法鼓山生命園區」的時間同日舉行，場地將在法鼓文理學院的「國際會議廳」。
2. 不用印製「生命教育共修法會通知」，只需讓大家知道法會時間及流程與生命教育共修法會的緣由即可。
3. 「生命教育共修法會」時，不作「生平簡介或PPT」播放，請校長作「開場白」讓大家了解使用「國際會議廳」的因緣即可。

有關「生命教育共修法會」時間（也即是植存「法鼓山生命園區」的時間）等安排確定之後，再告訴大家，敬請諒察。

杜正民教授家屬代表   張雪卿

中華電子佛典協會主任委員、法鼓文理學院代表 校長 釋惠敏

敬上

2016年11月27日

Master Yongjia Xuanjue's 永嘉玄觉 Relics in Miaoguo Monastery 妙果寺 in Wenzhou 温州

It is my great pleasure to pay homage to Chan master Yongjia Xuanjue's 永嘉玄觉 Sarira at Miaoguo Monastery 妙果寺 in Nov. 22, 2016. It was discovered a few years ago and opens to the public only once a year. The abbot of the temple is also Ven. Dazhao 达照.

Regional Religious Systems Conference Opening Ceremony

We are glad that the video recording of our RRS conference opening ceremony (April 7-8, 2016) is now available at Youtube. For details about the conference, see http://rrs.arizona.edu.


Remarks by Mary Wildner-Bassett, Dean of the College of Humanities; Albert Welter, Department Head of East Asian Studies; and Jiang Wu, Professor of East Asian Studies and conference organizer.

Yin Haiguang's 殷海光 Book with signature

I am grateful to Mr. Chan Paw Lim 林澄波, who was among the first Ph.D students in our graduate program of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona. He graduated from Taiwan National University in 1960s and knew many famous intellectuals in his time such as Hu Shi 胡适. He gave a lot of his books to me and one of them belongs to Yin Haiguang 殷海光, a liberal thinker in Taiwan, and has his personal signature.

Prof. Xu Xingqing's 徐興慶 book on Duli Xingyi 獨立性易

Last October when I attended the conference on Obaku Culture in Taibei, the conference organizer Prof. Xu Xingqing 徐興慶 kindly presented his new book about Duli Xingyi 獨立性易 to me. Duli became Yinyuan's disciple in Japan but he never received dharma transmission. It is a great book and I am honored to receive a copy.

Dr. Lewis Lancaster lecture on Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona

Dr. Lewis Lancaster, a Professor Emeritus in the Department of East Asian Languages at the University of California, Berkeley spoke at the University of Arizona on April 6, 2016. His lecture, "Buddhist Studies: Past, Present, and Future" featured a talk on the origins of Buddhism and its significance throughout human history, followed by a question-and-answer session. Lew is always a great supporter of our projects and we appreciate it deeply. We dedicated our Buddhist canon volume Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia to him.

Chinese painter Kuncan 髡残 as Juelang Daosheng's 觉浪道盛 Dharma Heir

Recently, Prof. Lynn Struve asked me about the painter monk Kuncan's 髡残 (1612-1673) sectarian identity. He was renowned as one of the four great painters during the late Ming and early Qing. But people rarely noticed he was also a certified dharma heir of the Caodong lineage.

I mentioned him in page 103  of my Enlightenment in Dispute and gave his dharma name as Zutang Dagao 祖堂大杲. He was indeed listed as the official dharma heir in Juelang Daosheng's 觉浪道盛 record. (Note: all names were listed by the temple name first.) See the link below to the end of Vol. 12. Donggao Xinyue 东皋心越 once studied with Daosheng and received dharma transmission from Kuotang Dawen 阔堂大文 who is recorded below as Shangtang Dawen 上塔大文. Linshan Dazhi 廩山大智 is Wuke Dazhi 無可大智, namely Fang Yizhi 方以智, who was one of the most famous intellectual in seventeenth century China. I didn't notice before that Chen Danzhong 陳丹衷, a famous painter, was listed among his dharma heir. Qingyuan Daran 青原大然 is Xiafeng Daran 笑峰大然, namely the late Ming high official Ni Jiaqing 倪嘉慶.

http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/mobile/index.php?index=J25nB174_012

諸山嗣法門人併記莂居士
青原大然　虎跑大璸　壽昌大存
　　大峻　壽昌大浩　廩山大智
崇先大奇　天目大聞　弘濟大健
洞庭大燈　仰山大英　福山大寧
　　大別　興國大忍　枝山大選
明招大補　蒲澗大韶　青原大權
天界大璽　報恩大麟　大量
普濟大龍　祖堂大杲　黃檗大嵩
上塔大文　　　大玉　安隱大充
李公長庚　陳公丹衷　凌公世韶
毛公大斧
天界覺浪盛禪師語錄卷十二(終)