Mr. Dong-Mei Fang

For thirteen years thereafter, Venerable Master Chin Kung spent his spare time studying sutras, history and philosophy under the guidance of the eminent Professor Dong-Mei Fang, a Tibetan Living Buddha Master Zhang Jia, and well known Buddhist Dharma Master Bing-Nan Lee, a successor of the great Master Yin-Guang.He is well versed in numerous sutras and discussions of various Buddhist schools, also in the teachings of Confucianism, Taoism, Catholicism, Islam and other religions.He has spent most of his time and effort in studying, practicing and teaching Pure Land Buddhism in which he attained his greatest achievements.

In 1959, Master Chin Kung became a monk at Linji Temple of Yuanshan, Taipei, and was given the Buddhist name Chin Kung.After receiving full ordination, he began lecturing and propagating the Buddha's teachings in Taiwan and abroad.For more than forty years, he has continuously given lectures on the Five Sutras of the Pure Land School, the Flower Adornment Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Surangama Sutra, Complete Enlightenment Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Earth Treasure Sutra, Brahma Net Sutra, Awakening of Faith Sastra and many more.Fortunately, these teachings have been recorded on thousands of audio and videotapes.To this day, he is still happily and tirelessly lecturing daily.

During his extensive teaching career, Master Chin Kung has held positions as: an instructor at the Tripitaka Institute at Shipu Temple in 1960, a committee member of the Propagating Teachings Committee in 1961, a member of the Planning Committee of the Buddhist Association of Taiwan in 1965, head instructor at the Buddhist Seminar for University Students at the Buddhist Association of Taiwan in 1972, a Buddhist research fellow at the Chinese Academia Institute, professor and editor on the Association of Buddhist Sutras, Commentaries and Translations of Taiwan in 1973, a professor in the Philosophy Department at the Chinese Culture University, professor of the Spiritual Living Course for East Asian Catholics at Fu Ren Catholic University in 1975, the president of the Chinese Buddhist College in 1977 and the president of the Chinese Pure Land Practice Research Institute in 1979.All of the above institutions are in Taiwan.

He also founded the Hwa Dzan Dharma Giving Association, the Hwa Dzan Buddhist Audio-Visual Library, the Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, the Hwa Dzan Pure Land Learning Center and also various Buddhist and Pure Land Learning Centers throughout the world.

Master Chin Kung helped pioneer the use of radio and TV broadcasting, satellites, the Internet and other forms of modern media in propagating the Buddha's teachings in Taiwan.He has also sponsored the printing and free worldwide distribution of the Great Buddhist Cannon, the Four Books, the Five Classics of Confucius, as well as books and tapes on Buddhism, morality and ethics, and Chinese culture, in addition to over a million prints of various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

In 1977, Master Chin Kung began to accept invitations to lecture abroad.He emphasized the principles of Mahayana Buddhism as the way to eliminate superstition, enable people to clearly differentiate right from wrong, proper from deviated and to perfectly solve all problems.In the effort to make this possible, he has helped to establish over fifty Pure Land Learning Centers and Amitabha Buddhist Societies around the world, including those in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, North America, Australia, Spain and England.Over several decades, he has advised numerous Buddhist and social organizations.