15 Facts About Yin Shun

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Yin Shun was a Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar in the tradition of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism.

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Yin Shun's research helped bring forth the ideal of "Humanistic" Buddhism, a leading mainstream Buddhist philosophy studied and upheld by many practitioners.

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Yin Shun's work regenerated the interests in the long-ignored Agamas among Chinese Buddhist society and his ideas are echoed by the American Theravadin teacher Bhikkhu Bodhi.

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Yin Shun is considered to be one of the most influential figures of Taiwanese Buddhism, having influenced many of the leading Buddhist figures in modern Taiwan.

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Yin Shun was born on 5 April 1906 in a village in Zhejiang Province, China.

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Yin Shun's parents found what Zhang was doing to be very unusual, so they required him to teach at other schools.

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Master Yin Shun recalled the day he first met Master Cheng Yen:.

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Yin Shun then begged Huiyin to tell me that she wished to become my disciple.

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Yin Shun transferred virtually all the monetary offerings made to him by his followers to the hospital construction.

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On 4 June 2005, Yin Shun died after suffering from complications pulmonary tuberculosis since 1954.

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Yin Shun died in Tzu-Chi hospital in Hualien at the age of 100.

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Tzu-Chi, along with other Buddhist organizations and monasteries influenced by Yin Shun, joined in mourning for eight days, the length of his funeral.

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Monastics who were disciples of Yin Shun attended the funeral, including Cheng Yen, who led the Tzu Chi delegation.

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Yin Shun had a simple and spartan lifestyle in the last days of his life, so his disciples decided to keep his funeral simple but solemn.

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Yin Shun's funeral was held at Fu Yan Vihara in Hsinchu, where he had lived for many years until his death.