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Bhikshu
Chu Yun was born on February 23, 1919 in Ju Kuo County, Chiangsu Province in
China, His Dharma and monastic names are Shih Ch'uan, Chu Yun, and Hsing Shin.
From early childhood his good roots and predilection for Buddhism were apparent,
and at the age of twenty he left home under the Venerable Master Ts'an Ming at
Hui Min Monastery in Ju Kuo County. Three years thereafter he took the complete
precepts at Ch'i Hsia Monastery in Nanking. He then pursued Buddhist studies in
depth at the Vinaya Academy of Ch'i Hsia Monastery, Chiao Shan Buddhist College
in Ch'en Chiang, and the Leng Yen (Shurangama) College of Buddhism in Shanghai. During his student years he
acquired the foundation of solid scholarship which underlies his writings. Throughout his life, Dharma Master Chu Yun has been a diligent practitioner of Dhyana meditation, and is renowned for the vigor of the meditation sessions, which he conducts in Taiwan. |
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) and the publisher of the magazine Today's Buddhism (
).
He has also written many books which are well read both in Taiwan and abroad,
including The Extraordinary Occurrences at P'u T'o Mountain 
),
The Collected Lectures of Dharma Master Chu Yun (
),
Buddhism and Christianity Compared (
),
A Guide for the Ill and Distressed (
),
The Living Buddha of Gold Mountain (
),
The Emperor and the Monk (
), Unusual
Records in Buddhism (
) Miscellaneous Records
of the Propagation of the Dharma (
),
and Records of Eyewitness Accounts of Southeast Asia Buddhism (
).