Background
Master Chan-Yun was born in 1915 at a small village in the Andong province, China, which the village near the border between Mainland China and of Korea.
懺雲法師
Master Chan-Yun was born in 1915 at a small village in the Andong province, China, which the village near the border between Mainland China and of Korea.
When he was young, he had been to Japan for learning fine art At the age of 26, he took the five precepts. At 30, he became a monk in Beijing.
He therefore received full ordination at the Guangji Temple.
Ferry to Taiwan
In 1949, Master Chang Yun ferried to Taiwan. In 1956, he built a tentative house for intensive practices, and which was called “Yin-Hong Hut” (Chinese: 印弘茅蓬) at Guan-Yin Mountain in PuLi.
Due to a major flood disaster in 1959, he had to abandon the Hut. Consequently, he planned to found the current Lianyin Temple with his disciple Venerable (of an Archdeacon)
Xing-Yin in 1963.
Starting in 1966, Master Chan Yun founded the “Fast and Precept Association” (Chinese: 齋戒協會.
Pinyin: zhai jie xie hui). Its motto is “the vinaya is our guide” (Chinese: 以戒為師. Pinyin: yi jie wei shi).
Master Chang-Yun never violated eight precepts, the precept of no eating after noon, since he became a monk.
According to his disciples, his teaching was compared to that of Marpa Lotsawa to Milarepa. Venerable Master Chang Yun died, nirvana, at one o"clock on the morning of March 7, 2009 at Shuili township, Nantou county, Taiwan.
