Donglin Temple,Mount Lushan
Donglin Temple,Mount Lushan
Donglin Temple ( literally "East Wood Temple") is a Buddhist monastery approximately 20km away from Jiujiang, Jiangxi, People¡¯s Republic of China. It was built in 386 at the foot of Lushan by Hui-yuan, founder of the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism.
Donglin Temple,Mount Lushan
The monastery reached its peak of influence during the Tang Dynasty, but was severely damaged during the Taiping Rebellion and all but destroyed during the Republican period. It currently houses a small community of monks supported by a small farming village in its immediate vicinity.
Master Huiyuan, First Patriarch of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
Huiyuan was a Chinese Buddhist teacher who founded a monastery on Mount Lushan in Jiangxi province and wrote the text On Why Monks Do Not Bow Down Before Kings in 404 AD.
Huiyuan was born in Shanxi province but after a long life of Buddhist teaching he wound up in Hubei province, where he died in 416. Although he was born in the north, he would eventually move south to live within the bounds of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Huiyuan was posthumously named First Patriarch of the Pure Land School of Buddhism. His disciples included Huiguan, Sengji, and Faan. |
