|
|
| Master Nan Huai-Chin (1918 - ) |
|
|
 Master Nan Huai-Chin is a renowned multidisciplinary expert versed in the schools of Esoteric Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Ch’an Buddhism. [1] [2] Master Nan originally worked in the Chinese military attaining the position of military commander by the age of 21. [3] He decided to give up a life of war and instead sought a life of peace. He took a three-year retreat in the ErMei Mountains, one of the four sacred Buddhist sites in China. Master Nan then began studying in Tibet, before eventually moving to Taiwan, and then finally back to China. Master Nan has studied with over 32 Buddhist masters including his main teacher, the prominent lay Chan Master Yuan Huan-Xian, who taught him in both the Chan and Tantric traditions. Master Nan is also a highly-regarded author who is well known all over Asia. Some of his more popular works have gone to a 20th edition in Taiwan and some are even used in schools. His teachings have and continue to make an impact and have in part assisted in the re-surging interest in Buddhism in China. J.C. Cleary, who has translated two of his books into English wrote, "There is no question that Master Nan's work is a cut above anything else available from modern authors, either academic or sectarian..."[4] |
Date of Birth: 02 Jan, 1918
Location: China
State: Jiangsu
|
Views: 151
Summary
Master Nan Huai-Chin was born in 1918 in Wenzhou City in the Zhejang Province of China. He came from a family of scholars, so school and studying came easy to him. By the age of 18, he was already a martial arts champion; proficient in Chinese medicine, literature, calligraphy, and poetry; in addition he had already mastered the works of Confucian and Taoist sages. He went to college at Jin Ling (Nan Jing) University where he studied social welfare. After completing his studies, he went to study at the Central Military Academy. By the age of 21, he became a military commander in Szechaun, Sikang, and Yunnan. Huai-Chin was in control of over 10,000 soldiers. [2] In 1942, at the age of 24, Huai-Chin left the military and decided to take a three-year retreat ErMei Mountains, one of the four sacred Buddhist sites in China. By 1945, Master Nan traveled to Tibet to further his Buddhist studies. It was there that Hutukto Kung Ka of the White Sect also verified Master Nan's Zen enlightenment. Hutukto Kung Ka later gave Master Nan the additional title of Esoteric Dharma Master. This act was significant because it made Master Nan one of the few multidisciplinary experts in the world to be versed in the cultivation schools of Esoteric Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Zen Buddhism.[2] In 1949, with China's invasion of Tibet, Master Nan moved to Taiwan, where he became a famous scholar and teacher. In 1956, he published his first book The Sea of Zen. To date he has written over 30 books. In the 1990's, Master Nan moved to Hong Kong. In January of 1992, he was able to get the Chinese government to fund the Jinwen Railway, the first joint-stock railway in China. In 2004, Master Nan moved again, this time he moved near Suzhou City in China. He has resided there ever since.
References:
1. Master Nan Biography Website - www.bluenaturenetwork.com
2. Interview with Master Nan – Website - http://www.dialogonleadership.org/interviewHuai-Chin.html
3. Master Nan and his teachings - http://www.sinc.stonybrook.edu/Clubs/buddhism/nhj/
4. Master Nan book review "The Cultivation of Practice" translated by J.C. Cleary
Related Links:
www.sinc.sunysb.edu/clubs/buddhism/nhj/
bluenaturenetwork.com/dharmamasternanhuaichin/index.htm
www.nanhuaijin.org/
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
