Contemporary Buddhist leaders, 104-year-old monk Ben Huan Venerable has so far been promoting the Dharma incessantly, waking up at 4:00 a.m. every morning and insisting on reciting the "Actions and Wishes of the Pratyekabuddha Bodhisattva" for two hours....... This is a scene we see in every morning sunshine in Hongfa Temple in Shenzhen.

The power of example is infinite. Hongfa Temple has morning bells and evening drums, morning and evening recitations, and regularly holds large-scale "Buddha's Seventh Day", "Zen Seventh Day", "Life and Death Seventh Day", "Guanyin's Birthday", "Buddha's Birthday", "Huayan Dharma Assembly", "Land and Water Dharma Assembly" and other Dharma assemblies based on the ancestor's teachings throughout the year. Buddha's Birthday", "Buddha's Birthday", "Huayan Dharma Assembly", "Land and Water Dharma Assembly", etc., and holds "Buddhist Summer Camp", "Buddhist Summer Camp", "Buddhist Summer Camp", "Buddhist Summer Camp", "Buddhist Summer Camp", "Buddhist Summer Camp", "Buddhist Summer Camp" and "Buddhist Summer Camp". "Buddhist Summer Camp", "Buddhist Winter Camp", "Dharma Tour", "One-Day Zen", "Bakwan Fasting The "Summer Camp of Buddhist Studies", "Winter Camp of Buddhist Studies", "Dharma Journey", "One Day Zen", "Buguan Fasting", "Mountain Worshipping" and other preaching and cultivation ceremonies have attracted the fates and led the masses in extensive cultivation.

Nowadays, Hongfa Temple has a clean temple, solemn Buddha statues, and a dazzling sound of Brahma, with believers from ten directions making pilgrimages to the temple; Elder Ben Huan has been performing his duties in a strict manner, and his Dharma sound has been spreading, summoning infinite beings, and universalizing the four places on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. ......

Reminiscent of the year, just built the city of Shenzhen, a busy construction site in full swing. Shenzhen's eastern suburbs have a so-called "green lungs" of Wutong Mountain, although the bamboo and lush forests, grass and trees, beautiful scenery, but not today's towering temples, incense, the landscape of the tourists, only on the first or fifteenth day of the year, near some of the believers in goodwill to go to this place to burn incense and kowtow, far from satisfying the spiritual beliefs of the building in the middle of the It is far from satisfying the spiritual needs of the people in the urban areas which are under construction.

Buddhist followers from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and foreign tourists traveling to Shenzhen feel that such a beautiful star city seems to lack something of spiritual support. The leaders of Shenzhen City have had the foresight to think deeply about how to satisfy the growing demand for cultural life while meeting the growing demand for material life. The population of the rapidly developing city is expanding rapidly and is scattered, and it is very difficult to determine the bottom line of morality if there is no faith to support a large number of people, which is very scary in the long run. Builders are worried, investors are also worried, many people to the government suggested to the National Buddhist Association, Guangdong Buddhist Association suggested: in Shenzhen to build a Buddhist jungle is very urgent. The construction of Buddhist culture should be compatible with the economic development of Shenzhen.

Venerable Ben Huan was the vice president of Guangdong Buddhist Association at that time, and was an influential monk, he deeply felt that building a large temple in Shenzhen to promote Buddhism is the wish of the people, is conducive to the construction of the socialist economy and spiritual civilization of a good thing, it is his historical responsibility. In early 1983, coinciding with the "Guanyin's Birthday", Venerable Ben Huan, at the age of 77, took several disciples and came to Shenzhen by train from Guangzhou, and then hiked from the Shenzhen Railway Station to Wutong Mountain, climbed up the mountain and crossed the water, and decided to build a new temple deep in Wutong Mountain after several explorations.

Wutong Mountain in Sha Tau Kok north, belongs to the eastern suburbs of Shenzhen, is a remote ridge mountain group, the mountains hold the lake, four seasons, evergreen, beautiful, immortal lake, blue water ripples, and daylight interplay, the scenery is excellent, fascinating.

Elder Ben Huan started to build a Buddhist jungle here, and had already named the temple "Puxian Temple", but Grand Master Zhao Puchu thought that "the belief of Puxian Bodhisattva" was not very common in South China, and later changed the name of the temple to "Hongfa Temple" by Grand Master Zhengguo, the vice-president of the China Buddhist Association. Later, Master Zhengguo, vice president of the China Buddhist Association, renamed the temple as "Hongfa Temple". This project was officially started in 1985, at that time, the Shenzhen Municipal Government invested RMB 5.6 million yuan for this purpose, first of all, a spacious concrete avenue leading from the city to the temple site was repaired, and then according to the design drawings, the prelude to the construction of the full-scale construction was started, and the Heavenly King's Hall, the Daxiongbao Hall, the Dharma Hall, the bell and drum towers were completed one after another, and the old man, faced with the construction of the temple, issued the grand wish: "We have to insist on We have to adhere to the right beliefs, accumulate merits from ten directions, and add glory to the Buddha. We should make Buddhist culture compatible with socialist ideology, politics, economy and culture, and serve the construction of the Special Economic Zone. Construct people's moral home, starting from me!"

 

 

For various reasons, the construction of Hongfa Temple was halted for several years and the monks could not be accommodated. Former Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, Mr. Zhao Puchu, after learning of the situation, several times in person to visit the construction site of the Hongfa Temple in Shenzhen, and wrote to the relevant leaders of the Shenzhen Municipal Government, "together with the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Shenzhen, the scenic beauty of Wutongshan Mountain, to see the construction of a Buddhist temple, well designed, the pavilion soar, the temple solemn, enough to increase the color of the lake and the mountains! ". Pointed out that "this temple is magnificent and magnificent, and today's face of Shenzhen commensurate". Also pointed out that "this place is very close to Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Macao, the masses of believers in Buddhism, looking forward to the early completion of the temple, so that often come to worship". He also encouraged, specified that the early completion of "several advantages: First, to meet the wishes of the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao Buddhist believers, is conducive to publicizing the policy, expanding the influence of the wide range of friends; Second, is conducive to attracting Hong Kong, Macao and foreign tourists, increasing tourism revenue; Third, the project continues, can be free of economic losses, and access to Hong Kong and Macao believers in the material and financial resources support! ". With the support of many parties, Venerable Ben Huan formally took up residence at Hongfa Temple in 1991 and continued the construction while propagating the Dharma.

Comrade Li Ruihuan, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), also inspected Hongfa Temple twice, which promoted the opening and development of Hongfa Temple. Especially in January 25, 1993, is the first three days of the first month of the lunar calendar, the morning of this day, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Comrade Li Ruihuan, accompanied by the Mayor of Shenzhen City, Li Youwei, Vice Mayor Li Rongji, boarded the Hongfa Temple inspection. In the New Year festival, he was full of spring, happy to visit the Heavenly King Hall, Daxiongbao Hall, Dharma Hall, and in the Dharma Hall and Benhuan Elder and other cordial talks, detailed inquiries about the life of the monks, the monks living in the temple were very touched. Li Ruihuan is particularly concerned about the renewal project of Hongfa Temple, the development of Hongfa Temple put forward "to strengthen the contact and exchange with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan compatriots and overseas friends in the Buddhist community, to contribute to the construction of two civilizations in the motherland" of the great hope.

During the discussion, Comrade Ruihuan, seeing that the number of monks at that time was not large, said wryly to Ben Lao, "When we return to Beijing, we will transfer some more monks to you." Turning to the staff around him, he said, "Of course, unlike cadres, monks cannot be transferred casually. It is still necessary to invite them with courtesy." The monks and lay people present gave a warm applause to Li Ruihuan and the leaders of Shenzhen City who accompanied him, thanking the Party and the People's Government for respecting and caring for religions. As Li Ruihuan was leaving, he also said in a serious tone, "I will come back to see Hongfa Temple next time, and I hope that Hongfa Temple will have greater changes and development!"

The construction of the Hongfa Monastery is the fullest manifestation of the Party and Government's policy of freedom of religious belief and openness, and an outstanding achievement of the broadest patriotic united front in the new era. As the Hong Kong Buddhist magazine said in its editorial "Hongfa Temple Shines", "It is not easy to have a brand new Buddhist temple on the mainland today. Now the domestic Buddhist monasteries are the past construction, there are thousands of years, there are nearly a century; after liberation, almost no one developed into Hongfa Temple so large-scale, renowned at home and abroad, the newly built dojo, it can be said that the karma of a special place. The construction and development of Hongfa Temple in Shenzhen is a clear evidence of the Party and the State implementing the policy of freedom of religious belief, respecting religious people and protecting religious culture.

 

 

Because there are highly respected monks stationed in Hongfa Temple, all parties at home and abroad to worship a steady stream of believers, more and more. Where to Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan compatriots and overseas Chinese, foreign businessmen, as well as mainland provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions of merchants, people from all walks of life, state employees, students, all to Hongfa Temple, where to Hongfa Temple who are infected with the spirit of the old man to promote the Dharma, for the old man in the Buddhist career of more than eighty years of deeds are touched. The stories of Elder Ben Huan's intensive cultivation, burning lamps to send his mother, worshipping the Five Stages, writing the Blood Sutra, and building the temple for the monks have been told as a good story. The moral force formed by Elder Ben Huan's personality has become the soul of Hongfa Temple, a city temple, and the source of the healthy development of Hongfa Temple; this is also the reason why the Buddhist culture in Shenzhen SAR has developed so rapidly in the past 20 years.

The development of Buddhism in Shenzhen not only naturally promotes the foreign exchange of Chinese culture (including Buddhist culture) and economy and technology, but also constructs a spiritual home and moral defense for the people of Shenzhen, and plays a special role as a temple in the Special Administrative Region. Mainstream media such as People's Daily - Overseas Edition, People's Political Consultative Conference Newspaper, Yangcheng Evening Newspaper, Southern Metropolis Newspaper and so on have repeatedly published lengthy articles to publicize Venerable Ben Huan's deeds of propagating the Dharma and benefiting the people. The Phoenix Satellite Television and the Hong Kong Buddhist Journal assessed the Hongfa Monastery in this way: "The newly built monastery in the Special Administrative Region should fulfill its unique function, whether it is able to concentrate the outstanding young monks in China to study here, and to absorb Buddhist believers from all over the world to study here, so as to turn it into an international Buddhist research institution. Nowadays, the world is very interested in Zen. If an internationalized Zen hall is opened here, Zen practitioners from various countries will come to participate in the 'Zen Seventh Day', creating a strong attraction! With the new situation of the development of the Special Administrative Region to create an unprecedented new style, this can be called the Hongfa Temple to shine!"

Shenzhen is an emerging and dynamic city. With the high pace of work and life, people have little time to take care of religious activities. Facing the reality that Buddhist believers account for a high proportion of the elderly in China, how Hongfa Temple can integrate into this very modern environment, the traditional way of temple Dharma propagation is undoubtedly challenged. A perfect Bodhi Dojo should not only satisfy the worship of the believers, but also become a pleasant place for the public to let go of their feelings. Hongfa Temple "takes the construction of Taoism as the center, charity and culture as the two wings, and constructs a platform for the propagation of Dharma and benefit of life in the Pearl River Delta and even in the four places on both sides of the Taiwan Strait," as well as "manages the temple with modern concepts, focusing on the education of monks and nuns; creates the Taoist temple with science and humanity, focusing on the purification of people's hearts; propagates the Dharma and benefits life with Buddhist culture, focusing on righteousness, faith and righteousness. Benefiting the living, focusing on righteousness; using charity to benefit the community, focusing on comforting the soul" and some other cultural markers, is the core values and ultimate development goals of Hongfa Temple's "Humanistic Buddhism". Specifically to the operational level, efforts in the "four" on the effort, that is: "Buddhist scriptures popularization, Dharma culture, knowledge of the monks, management modernization". Ancient saying, "the humanities in order to transform the world", an insight into contemporary Buddhism, the "four" is the direction of Buddhist efforts, that is, on the basis of the practice of the cultural form of fixing it down, make it standardized, and from the Hongfa Temple in Shenzhen, the dojo to carry forward, and finally achieve the "four". Finally, we will achieve the goal of "transforming the world".

 

 

There are thousands of disciples of Elder Ben Huan, both at home and abroad. All of them have followed Venerable Ben Huan's admonition to lead the four congregations to propagate the Buddha's teachings, to help the world with compassion, to transform all beings, and to benefit the society. Venerable Yin Shun is an excellent representative among his many disciples.

Venerable Yin Shun was personally discovered by the Elder, called for many years, and personally shaved his head to become a monk. After Venerable Yin Shun became a monk, he has been working as an attendant beside the Elder, and has deeply learned the essence of the Elder's Zen lineage, adhering to the Zen sect's precious teaching of "not seeking happiness for oneself, but wishing that all beings be free from suffering as early as possible," and has been precepting and practicing purity to promote the Buddha's teachings, and has deeply won the Elder's trust and appreciation. 2009, in the early summer, the Elder pushed for the disciple of the mantle of the Elder, Venerable Yin Shun, to succeed the second generation of the Abbot of Hongfa Monastery. The Abbot of Hongfa Temple.

Ben Lao said, "Yin Shun has been by my side for many years, he has good character, thick foundation, smart and capable. Especially since the abbot of Hongfa Temple since taking charge of hundreds of lectures, in the domestic and international repercussions are very good, great influence, is my favorable Linji Sect 45th generation heir."

Li Ruihuan, former Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said, "Venerable Yin Shun, whom I know, is very upright and cultivated."

Since presiding over Hongfa Temple, Venerable Yin Shun has endeavored to create a model dojo for spiritual interaction with the faithful. While guiding the believers in chanting sutras, he also establishes a cultural exchange platform with the believers, combining the profound theories of Zen culture with the believers' careers, and using Zen theories to enlighten the believers with real-life afflictions and problems. Hongfa Temple has held many lectures on "Zen for Business", "Zen for Life", "Zen and Modern Management", especially on Buddhism, philosophy, life, Zen and modern management. In particular, the topics of Buddhism, philosophy, life, Zen and modern management, etc., have caused a strong resonance in Shenzhen, a highly commercialized and capitalized modern city, and well-known entrepreneurs, including those from Hong Kong and Macao, have come to Hongfa Temple to conduct seminars.

With Zen culture as the theme, we construct people's moral bottom line and build people's spiritual home. Venerable Yinshun said, "Hongfa Temple is your cozy home, come home often." Hongfa Temple makes full use of the walls, corridors and other space, the Buddhist stories in chronological order, in the form of illustrations and drawings on it, so that tourists inadvertently appreciate the profound Buddhist culture, at the same time, Hongfa Temple also from time to time to organize a variety of cultural activities, such as exhibitions of paintings, art exhibitions and so on. Hongfa Calligraphy and Painting Academy takes advantage of having many famous scholars to join us to promote Buddhism in the form of calligraphy and painting. A series of "Hongfa Literature Library", such as "Hongfa" magazine, demonstrates the righteousness and teachings of Buddhist culture, and has become a useful platform for external cultural exchanges of Shenzhen Buddhism.

Hongfa Temple is trying to abandon the commercial flavor, the temple and the believers with the fun, and visitors with the fun. This old man's life is in the four directions, compassion and charity to the world wide range of good karma. Yinshun master inherited the mantle, absorbing modern management concepts to strengthen the management of the temple, strengthen the quality of the monks inside, outside the image of the temple, the face of the temple has undergone a profound change. Hongfa Temple is open to the public for many years, enter the gate does not require tickets, where you can not see chasing incense peddlers selling incense foil vendors, not to mention the boiling incense street, because each to the Hongfa Temple incense burners can get three incense sticks free of charge, civilized pilgrimage, sincere salute to the Buddha, such practices in the domestic temples in the number of very few.

 

 

Anyone who has been to Hongfa Temple, as soon as he or she walks through the gates, a compassionate voice will come to his or her ears: "My karma with the Master (Elder Monk Ben Huan) is a karma of many lifetimes and many karmas. In the midst of the kalpas, I was destined to be his Elder's disciple and to be his Elder's attendant. In my life, I am most fortunate to have met my benefactor. The title I am most proud of is: I am the attendant of Elder Ben Huan. There are two main reasons for me to make up my mind to become a monk: firstly, I have full confidence in the Elder Monk; secondly, I have seen things in society very clearly, and I know very well what will happen tomorrow. I became a monk in order to continue the life of the Buddha and, at the same time, to contribute to the reconstruction of the moral system of the whole society, and it is perhaps more meaningful for me to become a monk than to stay at home. Since I became a monk, I have been serving by the side of the Master, and have gained the essence of his Zen lineage, and have taken the mantle of his Zen teachings of "not seeking happiness for oneself, but wishing to be free from suffering as early as possible in one's life" as a mantle, and to promote the Dharma to benefit the living is my duty, and it is also a family matter." This is every Sunday, Yin Shun monk in Hongfa temple lecture hall to the faithful to the sutra recordings. Some people ask Yinshun master why do this, Yinshun master frankly said: "This is the benefactor Ben Gong's compassionate enlightenment, know and repay the kindness, pay back to the community, we monks have to do their part".

"Knowing and repaying the kindness, repaying the society, and doing our duty as a monk". It is always practiced by the two orders of public in Hongfa Temple. In order to effectively return to the community and serve the community, Hongfa Temple has established a permanent charitable organization to ensure that "doing our duty" is implemented in practice from the mechanism.

In recent years, under the leadership of Elder Ben Huan's spirit of "not seeking happiness for oneself, but wishing all beings to be free from suffering as early as possible", the Buddhist community in Shenzhen has been actively involved in social welfare and charitable causes, vigorously guiding the majority of believers to participate in the heart, and has made a total of nearly one hundred million yuan of donations to social welfare and charitable causes since 2005.

First, to build a platform to gather good power. In order to integrate the charitable resources of the Shenzhen Buddhist community and gather the power of all parties to do good, we actively carry out the re-certification and registration work of Shenzhen Hongfa Temple Charitable Merit Foundation. With the strong support of the competent authority, the Municipal Bureau of Zongzong, in accordance with the provisions of the National Regulations on the Management of Funds, through the organization of the replacement of the registration of the working group, the formation of a new Board of Directors, the revision of the new statute, auditing and verification of the capital and other work, and after many communications and consultations with the registration authority of the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, and finally issued a new certificate of registration of nonpublic fund-raising foundations, and in the Provincial Department of Finance Office of the tax-exempt invoices for donations to the Shenzhen's Buddhist charitable cause has built a favorable platform, so that all parties to do good power can be converged through this platform and play a role.

Secondly, to help people out of poverty. Responding to the call of the government, the Buddhist community in Shenzhen has donated more than 5 million yuan for poverty alleviation in the old, young and remote areas, and more than 3.6 million yuan for poverty alleviation in Shaoguan, Heyuan and other areas in northern Guangdong in recent years. 

Thirdly, we support the elderly and orphans, and promote humanism. Elder Ben Huan attached great importance to the assistance of orphans and widows, and children and youth, and accumulated donations of more than 30 million yuan for nursing homes and welfare homes. Under the importance of his Elder, Hongfa Temple regularly donates money and materials to nursing homes, welfare centers and youth development funds every year.

Fourthly, donating money to schools and emphasizing education. The Buddhist community in Shenzhen not only vigorously helps out-of-school children to return to school, but also donates and builds more than 10 Ben Huan Hope Primary Schools in the old, young and remote areas, with a total investment of more than 10 million yuan, which strongly supports the development of education in poor areas.

Fifthly, we help the disabled and the sick to get rid of their suffering. For many years, Hongfa Temple has subsidized nearly one hundred patients with severe disabilities, who have been relieved or rehabilitated through surgery. Also in the name of the Shenzhen Buddhist Association has raised millions of yuan, in 2006, 2007, 2009 were carried out in "Putuo Mountain Brightness Walk", "Wutai Mountain Brightness Walk", "Hunan Yiyang -In 2006, 2007 and 2009, we carried out the "Putuoshan Brightness Walk", "Wutaishan Brightness Walk", "Hunan Yiyang Brightness Walk" and "Hengyang Brightness Walk" respectively. The "Brightness Walk" charity activities are characterized by outstanding features, remarkable effects, and widely praised by the society, and have become a well-known brand of Shenzhen's social philanthropy.

Sixth, disaster relief and compassion. Whenever there is a big disaster, the Buddhist community in Shenzhen is always obliged to take positive action and donate money and materials; in 2006, the Buddhist community in Shenzhen donated more than 5 million yuan for the flooded areas in the north of Guangdong Province, and in 2008, it donated more than 4 million yuan for the areas affected by the rain, snow and ice in the south of the city. After the 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, the Association and Hongfa Temple not only quickly mobilized Buddhist believers in the city to donate money and materials for the disaster area, but also organized the Shenzhen Buddhist Association Disaster Relief Volunteer Team to go to Mianzhu, Pengzhou, Hanwang, Gongxing, Dujiangyan and other five hard-hit areas to set up relief points for the victims, to carry out distribution of supplies, cooking porridge, meal delivery and other living assistance work and disinfection and boiling medicine, simple medical care, psychological counseling and other medical assistance work, persisted in the earthquake-stricken areas. The team has been recognized and praised by the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Religious Affairs Bureau, and the leaders of Sichuan and Guangdong Provinces as well as Shenzhen Municipality, as well as by many media outlets such as Phoenix Satellite Television, Southern Metropolis Daily, and Jingdao Daily, and has received favorable comments from all sectors of the society. Favorable comments from all walks of life. According to statistics, in the past few years, the Shenzhen Buddhist community has sent more than 530 disaster relief volunteers to the disaster area, and donated more than 90 million yuan, of which Hongfa Temple alone has donated more than 38 million yuan, and the Shenzhen Buddhist Association has donated more than 60 million yuan.

 

 

Monk Yinshun discussed in a forum that "Shenzhen is China's special economic zone, which has not only become a model in economic construction, but will likewise form its own paradigm in moral construction and the enhancement of humanistic spirit". Experts are concerned that during the two sessions of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress in 2007, representatives of the People's DA put forward a proposal to enhance the humanistic spirit of the city of Shenzhen, which was responded to by the meeting and discussed. Shenzhen Hongfa Temple heard the wind, in the second half of 2006 to build "humanistic Buddhism" platform into the agenda.

Shenzhen's "volunteer" phenomenon, is a true reflection of the enhancement of the humanistic spirit of the city of Shenzhen. In fact, the "volunteer" phenomenon began in Buddhism. Hongfa Temple whenever a large-scale puja, there will be thousands of "volunteers" to Hongfa Temple to do things, the puja will be organized. There are spontaneous factors, but more importantly, it is the result of organizational management. It can be said that the Hongfa Temple "volunteers" phenomenon in Shenzhen City, the enhancement of humanistic spirit has a positive demonstration effect.

In June 2006, the "Shenzhen Hongfa Temple Volunteer Corps" was established, marking a new stage in the cause of Shenzhen Buddhist monks. Volunteer Dharma Protector Corps members of young monks accounted for about half of the team of young, relatively high cultural level. In order to facilitate the organization and coordination, horizontally, the temple will be residents according to the geographical area of the group, the study of the appointment of group leader or head of the piece, responsible for the daily contact with the residents of the work; vertically, the formation of a pyramid-type structure of the network of residents.

Over the years, the Shenzhen Buddhist monks (volunteer) team has become a living force that grassroots organizations in the Shenzhen community can rely on. The Hongfa Monastery's monks (volunteers) group has formed an information sharing with the relevant departments. Hongfa Temple encourages its residents to love the country and the religion, to follow the path compatible with a harmonious society, to actively participate in the public welfare activities of their communities, and to provide a platform for residents (volunteers) to give full play to their abilities. In doing so, the interface between the temple and the community is better accomplished, allowing them to play an active role in serving the community, participating in response to natural disasters, revitalizing community charities, culture and other public welfare activities, and the monks (volunteers) are educated in their participation, exposed to the community, and grow up to be useful to the community in their participation, and successfully complete the integration of the optimization of the personality to be the backbone of the community's youth service to the community. They have successfully completed the integration of personality optimization and become the backbone of the youth in their communities to serve the society. At the same time, it also broadens the ideas and ways for temple culture and management, fully mobilizes the enthusiasm of the residents, and ensures that the team of residents (volunteers) is pursued, disciplined, educated, and energetic.

Shenzhen Buddhism adhere to the idea of "inclusive" management, bold exploration, active practice, change the past residents follow the Venerable Master wandering sex, not good management of the situation, drawing on other religions of the "parish consciousness" thinking, the original belongs to the original division of the residents as far as possible. "Inclusiveness" of the unified gathering in the scope of the temple, in the residents to establish a Buddhist "monastery awareness", respect for the "inclusive consciousness", emphasizing the residents to the temple as the center of the activity In this way, we have not only solved the long-standing problems of the temple, but have also created a sense of harmony and pride in participating in the activities of the residents of Hongfa Temple. In this way, it not only solves the long-standing problem of the community, "the mobility of the residents, inconvenient to manage", but also provides a paradigm for the consolidation of the organization of the residents (volunteers) team, ideological purification, personality building and other aspects.

 

 

In the long history of Buddhist culture, Chinese Zen Buddhism has always been filled with a strong sense of introspection, criticism and emancipation, and is the closest to the thrust and spirit of humanism. Ch'an Buddhism teaches that one should "point to the heart and see the nature of Buddha", affirming the significance and value of the "human being" and the "heart". Zen believes that every person in society is an independent individual, and that every heart is the initiator of thought, and that there is no absolute "yes" or "no"; therefore, anything that conforms to secular language or logic will be rebuked. This is because secular language has its limitations, and limited language conveys unlimited meanings. For example, red flower and white flower, between "red" and "white", are terms we use under the constraints of secular society, but in fact red is not red and white is not white; red can be white and white can be red, according to the needs of our secular people. Buddhism is not only rich in doctrine, but also full of the spirit of practice, only that all beings tend to forget their own hearts in the midst of worldly busyness.

The true meaning of humanism lies in the fact that it transcends race, geography and language and conveys a sense of close-knit emotion and care. The development of science and technology and the high energy of the electronic information age have condensed the 80,000-mile globe into a small global village, where all the people of the globe live in the same village and share the same fate, making it difficult for them to separate from each other. If the village in front of us is in trouble, the store behind us will never be spared; only through self-help and mutual assistance can we create a vision together. This is also the interpretation of Shenzhen Buddhism on "Humanistic Buddhism".

Shenzhen is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, and is a special economic zone with developed information and a high degree of internationalization. It is an important transit place for overseas Buddhist communities to visit and for domestic Buddhist communities to go out for visits, so it has a unique geographic advantage to carry out friendly exchanges of Buddhism with foreign countries. Every large-scale Buddhist activities in Shenzhen, almost all monks from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and even Europe and the United States come to participate in mutual learning, mutual understanding, enhance the friendship and promote the development of all aspects. Since 2005, Hongfa Temple has included the standardization of temple operations and the strengthening of exchanges between Chinese and foreign Buddhist activities into the framework of "Dharma Meeting and Human Culture", integrating resources and advancing in an orderly manner.

Shenzhen Buddhism actively goes out to understand the development of Buddhism in other countries and learns advanced Buddhist management experience, and has organized Shenzhen Buddhist delegations to visit India, Thailand and other countries, which is very beneficial. Hongfa Temple Sangha Choir went to Hong Kong, three Southeast Asian countries, South Korea, Germany and other places to perform "Divine Harmony", which also aroused great social repercussions in the local community, not only spreading Chinese Buddhist culture and Buddhist music, but also publicizing China's policy of freedom of religion and belief, and playing a positive role in increasing the reputation of Chinese Buddhism in the world of Buddhist exchanges. It also publicized China's policy of freedom of religious belief and played a positive role in enhancing the reputation of Chinese Buddhism in the world.

In 2006, we organized the Three Great Precepts ceremony at Hongfa Temple, the Shenzhen-themed activities of the Guangdong Zen History and Culture Corridor Series, in 2008, the Abbot's ascension to the throne of Hongfa Temple, the inauguration of the Dahuaxing Temple in Yantian, the placing and inauguration of the Four-Faced Buddha presented by Thailand at Wanfo Zen Monastery in Luohu, the first Buddhist Cultural Festival in Shenzhen, and in 2009, we held the Chanting Evening Party with the theme of "Heavenly Melody". In 2009, we assisted the CBA in organizing the preceptor ordination activities in the Western Monastery in Hong Kong, the selection of mainland monks to study at the Singapore Buddhist College, the hosting of Japanese monks for meditation experience in China to enhance the exchanges and contacts between the Chinese and Japanese Buddhist communities, and the annual birthday activities of the great Buddhist master, Elder Ben Huan, etc. In the course of organizing and hosting these activities, we also organized the first Four-Face Buddha installation and inauguration in Shenzhen. In the process of organizing and holding these activities, always according to the law, according to the regulations, carefully organized, closely arranged, to ensure that the number of participants in these large-scale large-scale Buddhist activities are held in a warm atmosphere, but also standardized and orderly. The series of practices of Shenzhen Buddhism not only meets the needs of the believing masses, edifies the hearts of the society, promotes social harmony, enhances the exchanges and contacts between the Chinese and foreign Buddhist communities, but also enriches the form of external exchanges of Buddhism in China, making it develop in a more inclusive, harmonious and productive direction, and providing a feasible and desirable paradigm.