In the history of Buddhism, countless past sages have set up rules and regulations for monastic groups. For example, there are the procedures of “Mazu’s establishment of a monastery” and the standards of “Baizhang’s introduction of pure regulations.” These were established to pass down the traditions of the Buddha’s teachings. Since its founding Fo Guang Shan has established places for monastics to settle and practice. It had revisited the rules and regulations and made them responsive to changing times, changing circumstances, and in accord with the Buddha’s rules. For Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Venerable Master Hsing Yun has renewed the organizational constitution with a variety of rules and regulations. He combined tradition and modernity which shaped the Pure Regulations of Fo Guang Shan. This paper discusses the formulation of Humanistic Buddhist monastery systems using One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Languages and Affairs: Monastery Systems as its main foci.
