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明暘法師，俗名陳心濤，七十七歲，福州人，出身書香世家；父親是位律師，兼農場經理，曾參加過反清同盟會的革命事業，在法師九歲時病逝。母親是位中國典型婦女，因喪夫之慟促使她步人佛門以尋寄托。次年，相依為命的小叔又相繼病逝，法師兩次經歷慘痛的生離死別之苦，對生死更感疑惑。他隨母親到居士林燒香拜佛，聽經聞法，試著從中尋找答案。十三歲時，哥哥病逝，法師成了陳家獨子，但他仍堅意出家，寫信徵求母親同意。次年秋，圓瑛法師為之剃度。
二十五歲後，明暘法師在圓明講堂協助圓瑛法師註釋《楞嚴經》與辦理楞嚴專宗學院及出版《楞嚴經講義》。一九五三年圓瑛法師示疾，明暘法師侍奉湯藥，直至大師往生。文革期間，明暘法師照顧已出家之母直至終年。於母於師，可謂孝道已全。
文革過後，恢復信仰自由。一九八七年受上宣下化老和尚邀請，率領龍華寺及廣濟寺七十名法師組成的法務團，前來聖城舉辦佛教西傳史上規模最大的活動——水陸空法會。一九八九年再度受邀來聖城協助三壇大戒。
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Seventy-seven-year-old Dharma Master Ming Yang's layname was Syin-Tao, and he came from a literary family in Fukien Province. His father, a lawyer, was in the revolutionary movement that overthrew the late Ching Dynasty. His father died when he was only nine years old, and his bereaved mother came to Buddhism in search of a refuge. In the following year, his uncle who lived with them also passed away. Experiencing two deaths at such a young age, he developed a keen sense of the suffering of parting from loved ones, and began investigating the matter of birth and death. His search led him to accompany his mother to the Lay Buddhist Society to pray, make offerings, and attend Dharma lectures. At thirteen, Dharma Master Ming Yang became the only son of the Chen family after his elder brother died. However, he in-sisted on leaving the home-life, and wrote a letter seeking his mother's permission. In autumn of the following year, he left home under Dharma Master Ywan Ying.
After turning twenty-five, Dharma Master Ming Yang helped Dharma Master Ywan Ying write a commentary on the Shurangama Sutra in Ywan Ming Lecture Hall, establish the Shurangama Academy, and publish the Lecture Notes on the Shurangama Sutra.
In 1953, Dharma Master Ywan Ying became ill, and Dharma Master Ming Yang took care of him, personally preparing his medicines, until Dharma Master Ywan Ying went to rebirth. During the Cultural Revolution, Dharma Master Ming Yang fulfilled his filial duty by caring for his mother until she passed away.
After the Cultural Revolution, religious freedom was restored. In 1987, he was invited by the Venerable Master Hua to lead a delegation of over seventy Dharma Masters from Dragon Flower Monastery and Extensive Salvation Monastery to conduct the Water-Land-Air Ceremony at the Sagely City, a major historical event of western Buddhism. In 1989, he was invited to Sagely City again to assist in the transmission of the Three Platforms of Precepts.
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