Master Bai Sheng; Malaysian Chinese Buddhism; Kek Lok Si Temple; Malaysian Buddhist Institute
摘要
Considering the modern era, Taiwanese Buddhism has gradually shined resplendently on international platforms. The credit for all the success goes to a few prominent Buddhist monks and learned scholars in the Buddhism circle who are known for their charismatic personality. Among others, Master Bai Sheng is regarded as a very prominent Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monk leading Taiwanese Buddhism to expand and extend externally to have competed and bled on international arenas. This has paved the path by laying a firm foundation to the successors in globalizing Taiwanese Buddhism.
Being featured with His utterly fearless and adopting aspirations of sages from the past by shouldering such a heavy responsibility from generation to generation. In 1963, Master Bai Sheng had set up a religious delegation to have visited Malaya since ever then. Subsequently, His was offered to take over the office as the Abbot of Kek Lok Si Temple and refurbish the temple. Simultaneously, Master provided assistance to help establish Malaysian Buddhist Institute, organize mass ordinations and educate Buddhist talents. By practising Master’s utmost for decades, the devotional ambition to promote Dharma of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism by taking the prime lead in order to protect the Sangha members, reorganize the orders and systems of Buddhism.
Therefore, this article’s prime focus is talking about the hard work of Master Bai Sheng in promoting Dharma preaching works among Malaysian Chinese. Going forward to discuss about the impacts toward the Buddhist fellowship between Taiwan and Malaysia to have paved a major factor encouraging Malaysian young talented monks to pursue tertiary education in Taiwan.
