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果展師，臺灣人，自小善體人意，在充滿佛教氣息的家庭中薰習成長，大姑在他未出生前即已出家。小學三年級時因雙胞胎妹妹身體不好，全家同到臺北法界拜三昧水懺，果展師拜得很虔誠。
1993年上人回臺弘法剃度時前去觀禮，見到上人情不自禁淚流不止：告訴上人說想到聖城。上人拍了他三下頭，說：「Okay！快來，快來吧！」
果展師隨即來聖城就讀男校，不久想出家，把心意告訴了母親。母親一時不捨，痛在心頭，但仍在報名表上勇敢地寫上：「支持兒子出家到底」。出家後搬入如來寺，93年底得上人親自剃度；之後與其他沙彌隨上人一起至長堤。在長堤由上人親自教導四十二手眼，並安排特別課程，請了許多良師益友來培植他們。上人對小沙彌時時開示，特別強調說：「多背多看〈永嘉大師證道歌〉對修行有幫助。」
果展師這五年來努力學習上人教誨，希望修行中不心外求法，不貪一切境界，能夠腳踏實地老實修行，將精神貫注於日常功課中，以拔除累劫種下的習氣毛病，長養菩提心。果展師已於今年通過加州高中資格考試，取得高中學歷。
果展師出家半年後，妹妹果瑩師及父親恆江師亦相繼依止上人出家。在出世間的菩提道上，全家人又齊聚萬佛城。
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Guo Zhan Shi, who is from Taiwan, has always been understanding. He grew up in a family strongly influenced by Buddhism. One of his aunts became a Buddhist nun even before he was born. When he was in the third grade, his whole family went to Taipei to bow the Samadhi Water Repentance on behalf of his twin sister who was in poor health. Guo Zhan Shi bowed very sincerely. When the Venerable Master went to Taiwan in 1993 to accept disciples into the Sangha, Guo Zhan Shi went to observe the ceremony. When he first saw the Master, his tears fell uncontrollably. He told the Master he wished to go to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (CTTB). The Master tapped his head three times and said, "Okay! Come soon!"
That year Guo Zhan Shi came to CTTB to attend the Boys School. Before long he wanted to leave the home-life, so he told his mother of his intent. Although it was unbearably painful for Guo Zhan Shi's mother to agree, she bravely wrote on his application, "I fully support my son's wish to leave the home-life." At the end of 1993, the Venerable Master personally shaved Guo Zhan Shi's head and he became a novice monk.
After leaving home, Guo Zhan Shi and other novice monks lived at Long Beach Monastery with the Venerable Master, who personally taught them the Forty-two Hands and Eyes, and arranged special classes and good teachers to instruct them. The Master gave frequent instructional talks to the novices, emphasizing that they should spend more time memorizing and reading "The Song of Enlightenment" by Great Master Yongjia, as it would help them in their cultivation.
In the past five years, Guo Zhan Shi has diligently followed the Master's instructions. He hopes that in his cultivation he will not seek the Dharma outside the mind or be greedy for external states. Instead, he hopes to cultivate honestly and concentrate on his daily practice in order to eradicate habits accumulated in ages past and develop his resolve for Bodhi. This year Guo Zhan Shi passed the California High School Proficiency Exam.
Half a year after Guo Zhan Shi joined the Sangha, his twin sister, Guo Ying Shi, and their father, Heng Chiang Shi, also joined the Sangha under the Venerable Master. Walking the Bodhi path that transcends the world, the whole family unites at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas.
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