Master chin kung passed away
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Chin Kung
Chinese monk (1927–2022)
Chin Kung | |
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| Title | Most Venerable; Dharma Master |
| Born | Hsu Yeh-hong (1927-03-13)13 March 1927 Lujiang County, Anhui, China |
| Died | 26 July 2022(2022-07-26) (aged 95) Tainan, Taiwan |
| Occupation | Buddhist monk and scholar |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Pure Land |
| Teacher | Lee Ping-nan (李炳南) |
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| Website | www.amtb.org.tw |
Chin KungAM (淨空; pinyin: Jìngkōng; 13 March 1927 – 26 July 2022)[1] was a Chinese Buddhistmonk and scholar from the Mahayana tradition. He was the founder of the Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, an organization based on the teachings of Pure Land Buddhism. He was known for his teaching of Pure Land Buddhism and work in promoting inter-faith harmony in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
Early life
He was born in Lujiang County, Anhui, China as Hsu Yeh-hong (徐業鴻, Xú Yèhóng),[2] and received some classical Confucian education from a tutor in his hometown. At the age of ten, he moved with h
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Grandmaster Robert Thomas
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When I was twelve years old studying in Pak U Middle School Hung Shui Kiu 23 milestone, new territory Kowloon, Hong Kong, I read a book called “Tai Chi Fist Saber Sword stick and San Sau compilation” and was amazed by the features done by the Tai Chi master described and believed that if I learned only thirty percent of the stuff that those masters knew, I was good enough and satisfied. Fortunately, I had a classmate whose father was a student of Yang Ching Fu, the grandson of the first “Yang Invincible” in Chinese martial art history – Yang Luk Chien. So I decided to learn from him.
In 1954, a controversy arose between a Wu style Tai Chi master Wu Kung Yi and a white crane Kung Fu master Chen Hak Fu that Tai Chi could be a kind of martial art and ended up to a contest between them held in Macau. You still can see this clip in Youtube today (Video). Oh my God you cannot believe it! Just like two untrained people, no skill at all, trading blows all the time.
I was quite disappointed and did not believe that the Tai Chi training was worthy anymore because Wu Kung Yi was the grand
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