1. Hsin Ting is a Buddhist monk from Taiwan and senior elder of the Fo Guang Shan order.
11 Facts About Hsin Ting
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Hsin Ting served as the third abbot and director of the order from 1997 to 2005.
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Hsin Ting served as acting abbot for three years after the death of his predecessor, Hsin Ping, in 1995.
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From 2004 to 2010, Hsin Ting served as the president of Buddha's Light International Association.
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Hsin Ting was later appointed the abbot of Tai Hua Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, assisting in overseeing the construction project for Fo Guang Shan's satellite branch temple in Southeast Asia.
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Hsin Ting was born into a family of farmers and grew up in the country.
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Hsin Ting graduated from the Eastern Buddhist College and the India Research Institute of the Chinese Cultural University.
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Hsin Ting further received an honorary doctorate degree from the Fo Guang Shan-affiliated University of the West in Rosemead, California in 1998.
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Hsin Ting served as abbot at Long Hua Temple in Malaysia, Hsi Lai Temple in California, Pu Men Temple in Taipei, and Pu Hsien Temple in Kaohsiung.
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Outside of Fo Guang Shan, Hsin Ting serves as a board member at the Humpty Dumpty Institute in New York City and as vice chair of the board of trustees at University of the West.
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In 2011, Hsin Ting launched a personal Facebook page as well as a YouTube channel for the purposes of reaching out to younger Buddhists.