What are the famous Buddhist academies in China?

Abstract: As people’s pursuit of the spiritual world becomes higher and higher, many people choose to believe in religion. As Buddhism with global influence, it is sought after by many people, and many people choose to study in Buddhist colleges. Famous Buddhist colleges in my country include China Buddhist College, Larung Monastery Wuming Buddhist College, and Henan Buddhist College. However, there are still many people who have experienced all kinds of things in the world and have seen through the world of mortals who want to become a monk. So, how do these people become monks and nuns? What conditions must they meet? Let us learn about the relevant knowledge together. What are the famous Buddhist colleges in China? The Buddhist College of China is an institution that cultivates specialized talents in Chinese Buddhism. It was founded in Beijing in 1956 and is located in Fayuan Temple, Xuanwu District, Beijing. Under the leadership of the Buddhist Association of China, the Academic Affairs Committee is responsible for all matters of teaching and administration. The student monks come from monasteries all over the country, and there are two classes: undergraduate and professional, with more than 100 people. A research department was established in 1961. The following year, a Tibetan language class was opened, with students coming from Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan and other provinces.

The Wuming Buddhist College of Larung Gar was founded in 1980 and is one of the largest institutions of Tibetan Buddhism in the world. It is located about 18 kilometers southeast of Seda County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, at an altitude of 3,700 meters. In 1993, it was called "the largest Buddhist academy in the world" by the American "World News". In 1997, the Religious Affairs Bureau of Garze Prefecture applied for the approval of the Religious Affairs Bureau of Sichuan Province and formally approved the establishment of "Seda Larung Monastery Wuming Buddhism.

Henan Buddhist College is located in the Longtan River Scenic Area of ??Tongbai, Henan. It opened in 2005 A modern Buddhist higher education institution for Sangha education was established in 2011 with the approval of the State Administration of Religious Affairs. The academic system is a full-time four-year undergraduate program. In 2011, the college’s first admissions examination was held by Master Shi Yongxin, the abbot of Shaolin Temple. .

Hongfa Temple Buddhist College in Shenzhen began preparations for construction in 1983. It is a national higher education institution officially approved by the State Administration of Religious Affairs, directly affiliated to the Buddhist Association of China, and jointly established by Hongfa Temple and Peking University. Buddhist College. The college offers four majors: Zen, Pure Land, Buddhist Art, and Communication. It currently has 15 teachers (11 masters and 4 lay teachers), including 7 with undergraduate degrees, 7 with postgraduate degrees, and 1 with a doctorate. .

Fujian Buddhist College was founded in the spring of 1983. It is a provincial Buddhist college initiated by the late contemporary eminent monk Yuanzhuo, Master Puyu and Master Miaozhan, and reported to the Fujian Provincial People's Government and the State Council. Approved by the Religious Affairs Bureau, it is divided into two branches: men's and women's. The men's branch is located in Guanghua Temple, Putian, one of the three model forests in the country. The environment is beautiful, quiet and pleasant. The women's branch is located in the north of Fuzhou City. Jiao Chongfu Temple.

Yunmen Buddhist College is located in Yunmen Temple, Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, Guangdong Province. It was founded in 1992. The current president is Master Mingxiang, the abbot of Yunmen Temple. The current teaching building of the college is 1. It has a building, 1 auditorium, 3 classrooms, with a construction area of ??about 1,800 square meters. In addition, there are 6 classrooms (including 3 women's department), a collection of about 20,000 books, and 1 audio-visual classroom.

Emeishan Buddhist College is a Chinese-language Buddhist college in Sichuan Province, hosted by the Sichuan Buddhist Association and hosted by the Emeishan Buddhist Association. It takes Buddhism as its basic subject. It is a famous high-level Buddhist college in southwest my country and is located in the Emeishan Giant Buddha Temple.

Minnan Buddhist College is located in Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen. It was founded in 1925 by Monk Zhuanfeng, a disciple of the Heyun sect of Linji Sect, and Master Huiquan ***, the first abbot of Shifang Jungle of Nanputuo Temple. September 1. It is a prestigious Buddhist institution of higher learning.

Temple recruitment conditions 1. Consent from parents, guardians or spouses, with written consent from parents (if married, a divorce certificate is required. ), ID card, household registration certificate, and medical certificate to a temple that is destined to accept you.

2. Complete limbs (missing limbs, crooked limbs, paralysis, polio, leprosy). Those who are sick, have a crooked head, and cannot walk straight are not allowed to be ordained.

3. Those with normal facial features (blind eyes, cross-eyed people, deafness, missing ears, crooked mouth, rabbit mouth or missing mouth, muteness, etc.). Those who cannot take the ordination or become a monk.

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4. No infectious diseases or other serious diseases that affect the health of others. (Such as AIDS, various skin diseases, etc.)

5. No debt problems. (For example: those who are bankrupt or have failed businesses and are in debt.)

6. Those who have not violated national laws (criminal) or are involved in lawsuits. (This refers to persons wanted by the police who have committed crimes but have been released from prison.)

7. Age 7 to 60 years old.

8. Mentally sound. (Referring to not suffering from any mental illness, such as schizophrenia, schizophrenia, epilepsy and other diseases that can cause loss of consciousness and reason.)

9. Mentally sound and normal. (Intersex people are not allowed to become monks.)

For those who request to become monks, the temple will find out their identity and origin, determine that they meet the conditions for becoming a monk, and pass the inspection by the Sangha for more than one year (things to be done in the test stage: recite the five (Teaching lessons, learning novice rituals, and learning basic Buddhist knowledge), you can worship a monk, and women can worship a bhikshuni as a tonsure master. They will hold a tonsure ceremony in front of the Buddha on a selected day, wear monk attire, change their surname to Shi, and have the master take a Dharma name. , legal title, and issued an ultimatum according to regulations.

The following are the provisions of the National Religious Affairs Bureau's "Measures for the Implementation of the Ordination Sangha System in Chinese Buddhism Nationwide" regarding the issuance of ordination to monks:

Those who wish to become a monk must be voluntary and possess the six faculties ( (including no physical defects), good health, devout religious beliefs, patriotic and law-abiding (including no legal disputes), junior high school education or above, parental permission, and no marriage or romantic relationship. The temple can ordain those who request to become a monk only after ascertaining their identity and origin, determining that they meet the conditions for becoming a monk, and passing the inspection by the Sangha for more than one year, and will issue an ordination certificate in accordance with regulations. In addition, only monasteries with a sangha of five monks or five bhikkhunis can accept ordained disciples.

Life in a temple

For those who become monks, the temple is responsible for providing their daily living, living, food, medical and other needs. There is no need to pay any fees, and it is based on the income of the temple. According to the situation, each monk has a monthly living allowance ranging from 50 to 300 yuan, which can be used for traveling by car, buying scriptures for his own study, etc. Some monasteries will have less, and some monasteries will have slightly more.

The life of a monk is very regular. Taking Lingyin Temple as an example, you get up at 4:30 in the morning to the sound of a wooden board, start morning classes at 5 o'clock, fast at 6 o'clock, and then start each other's daily life by doing Buddhist rituals. For daily practice, part of it goes to various halls, and the rest goes to the chanting hall to recite the Buddha's name. At 11 o'clock, we have lunch and take a short rest. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, we start to repeat the morning activities. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, we have evening classes, and at 5 o'clock medicine and stone ( Evening fast), start sitting meditation at 7 o'clock, self-study at 8 o'clock, and rest for the day at 9 o'clock. The day's life is over. You are not allowed to leave the temple casually at night. If you do not concentrate on meditation at night for other reasons, you must return to the temple before 8 o'clock. There is no possibility of not interfering in private life after get off work.

The four modes of becoming a monk. A person who becomes a monk shaves his hair and dyes his clothes. This is the norm for the world. Those who practice professionally and propagate the Dharma to benefit living beings represent the treasures of the monks. This name means becoming a monk.

The mind of a monk is not limited by the appearance of the body. He discovers his original existence, sees his nature and proves the truth, makes great vows, has great benefits and fate, and has endless salvation. The Vimalakīrti Sutra says: Those who develop the mind of Anuttara Three Seconds and Three Bodhisattvas are truly monastics. The Holy Bodhisattva and the Sangha Treasure are a field of true blessings for the world, a support and a guide, a relief and a navigation. Those who have this mind are also monks.

Those who pretend to be monks and nuns pretend to be ascetics, deceive others in white clothes, pursue fame and fortune, wrongly teach the meaning, mislead sentient beings, slander sages, establish the law of birth and death, slander the true treasure, eliminate cause and effect, and do not believe in the words of the Buddha. Those who lose their human body under the cassock and wear hair and horns to pay for their past karma. This body shows the appearance of a family, but the true meaning of renunciation is not clear in the heart. This is a worm in the lion's body, and it is also a person who eats the lion's flesh.

All become monks, wear the robes of the field of blessing, realize one truth, be united in body and mind, fulfill all the precepts, inherit the Buddhist family legacy, and broaden the scope of delusions. This is a person who has become a monk both physically and mentally.

As for those who show worldly appearance, have a mind that is bound to all things, are ups and downs in the six realms, follow the flow of karma, are obsessed with truth and good principles, and recite the teachings of saints and sages, then they have not become a monk in body and mind! The summary is as above, just for your reference. A wise man thinks about it!