Yin Shun
| Yin Shun 印順 |
|
|---|---|
| Religion | Mahayana Buddhism |
| Lineage | San-Lun |
| Other names |
Dao Shi "Guiding Master" |
| Personal | |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Born |
March 12, 1906 Zhejiang Province, Qing Dynasty |
| Died | June 4, 2005 (aged 99) Hualien County, Republic of China |
| Senior posting | |
| Title | Venerable Master |
| Religious career | |
| Teacher | Jing Nen |
(Master) Yin Shun (印順導師, Yìnshùn Dǎoshī) (12 March 1906 – 4 June 2005) was a well-known Buddhist monk and scholar in the tradition of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. Though he was particularly trained in the Three Treatise school, he was an advocate of the One Vehicle (or Ekayana) as the ultimate and universal perspective of Buddhahood for all, and as such included all schools of Buddha Dharma, including the Five Vehicles and the Three Vehicles, within the meaning of the Mahayana as the One Vehicle. Yin Shun's research helped bring forth the ideal of "Humanistic" (human-realm) Buddhism, a leading mainstream Buddhist philosophy studied and upheld by many practitioners. His work also regenerated the interests in the long-ignored Agamas (Nikayas) among Chinese Buddhists society and his ideas are echoed by Theravadin teacher Bhikkhu Bodhi. As a contemporary master, he was most popularly known as the mentor of Cheng Yen (Pinyin: Zhengyan), the founder of Tzu-Chi Buddhist Foundation, as well as the teacher to several other prominent monastics.
Although Master Yin Shun is closely associated with the Tzu-Chi Foundation, he has had a decisive influence on others of the new generation of Buddhist monks such as Sheng-yen of Dharma Drum Mountain and Hsing Yun of Fo Guang Shan, who are active in humanitarian aid, social work, environmentalism and academic research as well. He was known affectionately by many Buddhists as their mentor.
Yin Shun was born prematurely on March 12, 1906 in a small village in Zhejiang Province, China, near Shanghai. His birth name was Zhang Luqin (Wade–Giles: Chang Luch'in). Eleven days after his birth, Zhang was already ill and was at risk of premature death.
At the time of Zhang's birth, the end of the Qing Dynasty was a turbulent period. Revolutionary movements ended the imperial governments that had lasted for thousands of years. The first day of January 1911 was designated as the birthday of the Republic of China and marked an abrupt cut from the oppressive past. At the age of seven, Zhang's father then took him to a neighboring town to receive his preliminary education.
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