Venerable Taixu was the Father of the Chinese Buddhist revolution, he promoted the modernization of Chinese Buddhism and advocated humanistic Buddhist thought. Although he didn’t realize his dream in his life, the next generation of his students realized his dream. Venerable Zhu Mo was the representative of humanistic Buddhism in Malaysian Buddhist history. The status of Venerable Zhumo in Chinese Buddhism in Malaysia is comparable to the status of Venerable Baisheng in post-war Taiwan; or venerable Jueguang in Hong Kong. In terms of the Dharma, he inherited the ideas of Taixu’s humanistic Buddhist. In the terms of art, he learnt the style of Cao Jianfu. He combined Dharma and Art, and cleverly spread the Dharma in a lively manner to the general public, letting general people gladly accept the true, the good, the beauty of the Dharma. This work is based partly on my research, and personal observations on the impact of Venerable of Zhumo in Malaysia, Southeast Asia and America. This thesis explores the life story, Dharma teaching, artistic achievements, and Buddhist thought of Venerable Zhu Mo.
