A Conversation on the Development of Pure Land Buddhism in the West by Ven. Heng Sure & Ven. Da’an

Описание: A Conversation on the Development of Pure Land Buddhism in the West by Ven. Heng Sure & Ven. Da’an
《大安法師與美國恆實法師交談實錄》

Rev. Heng Sure was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1976. For the sake of world peace, he undertook an over six hundred mile pilgrimage from South Pasadena to Ukiah, repeatedly taking three steps and one bow to cover the entire journey. In the entire two years taken to make the pilgrimage, he observed a practice of total silence. Rev. Heng Sure has an M.A. in Oriental Languages from UC Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He serves as the Managing Director of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery and has taught at the Graduate Theological Union, Bond University, and Dharma Realm Buddhist University. He lectures on the Avatamsaka Sutra and other sutras. He currently leads a team to translate the Avatamsaka Sutra. He is actively involved in interfaith dialogue and in the ongoing conversation between spirituality and technology.



Venerable Da’an, family name Wei, was a professor of University of International Business and Economics China and a visiting professor of China Buddhist Academy, where he lectured Pure Land Sutras and Sastras. He is now the Acting Abbot of Donglin Monastery, Chief Editor of Pure Land Magazine. His works includes: Studies of Pure Land Buddhism, A Collection of Pure Land Dictums, and hundreds of published academic papers.

Venerable Da’an refers to the Five Sutras and One Sastra and works of the patriarchs of Pure Land Buddhism as the foundation of his teaching. He strongly advocates the parallel importance of understanding and practice. Practically, he inherits the principles of the Sutras and the Sastras and takes a position to preserve the spirits of Pure Land Buddhism. His goal is to communicate the vows of Amitabha Buddha in a localized and modernized way to match different needs in our time to guide more people to practice and transcend into the Western Pure Land