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Putuo, the Buddhist Fairyland on the Sea
Master Jieren, the new abbot, was tonsured to become a monk 22 years ago.
Having studied at and graduated from the Qixiashan Buddhist College in Nanjing
and the Chinese Buddhist College in Beijing, he served as supervisor at Linji
Temple in Zhengding County, Hebei Province and came to teach in the Putuoshan
Buddhist College ten years ago. Having served as supervisor at Huiji Temple as
well as at Puji Temple and helped his predecessor Abbot Miaoshan to manage the
affairs of the whole mountain, he was elected this year as vice president of the
Chinese Buddhist Association as well as president of Zhejiang Provincial
Buddhist Association and Zhoushan Municipal Buddhist Association. When he
assumed the seat of abbot for the whole of Putuoshan at the age of 43, he once
again encouraged followers to love the country as well as the faith and to care
for state affairs and social development, and at the same time, to work
tirelessly to invigorate Buddhism and cultivate more Buddhist talents.
The clouds shroud the mountains on the sea where tall rocks and water palaces
stand isolated from the earthly world.We have reasons to believe that led by the
wise and sagacious Abbot Jieren, the buddhist Fairyland on the Sea will undergo
fresh changes, and we look forward to different experiences and gains from
Putuoshan in the other three seasons of the year.
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