A visit to Nanhai Buddhist College
2021-11-15
Facing the boundless expanse of the South China Sea and backed by the blessed Nanshan Mountain, the 108 meter South China Sea Guanyin statue protects all living beings. Nanhai Buddhist College, known as "Nalanda University of China", is located in Nanshan, Sanya City, Hainan Province. Recently, the reporter came here for a visit. Nanhai Buddhist College is an advanced Buddhist College officially approved by the State Administration of religious affairs and sponsored by Hainan Buddhist Association. It officially enrolled undergraduates in September 2017 and began to recruit postgraduates from 2021. The college invited the 11th Panchen Erdeni quejijeb, vice president of China Buddhist Association, and the then acting monk of Thailand, Songde pamohala Chaman krazan, as Honorary Presidents of Nanhai Buddhist College, and master Yin Shun, vice president of China Buddhist Association and President of Hainan Buddhist Association, as presidents of Nanhai Buddhist College. One belt, one road, is set up in the school of the Hainan international tourism island. The college is committed to building a complex Buddhist School Based on the domestic standards, education, Buddhist meditation, amateur training, Buddhist culture research and external exchanges. A Buddhist College practicing patriotism, love of education and modern ideas When I walked into Nanhai Buddhist College, I didn't see the wall, or even the school gate and school plaque. Rows and rows of inconspicuous gray buildings are close to the mountain and the sea, hiding under tall coconut trees. Some buildings are still under construction. On the whole, they appear quiet and concise. Master Wei Zhe, Dean of the Buddhist College, told reporters that the college offers five majors: Chinese Buddhism, social work and charity management, Buddhist art, Buddhist music and Zen tea. Different from other Buddhist colleges, Nanhai Buddhist College, whether undergraduate or graduate, does not only recruit monks, but also faces four disciples (male monks, female monks, male monks and female monks) of the three major language families (Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Southern Buddhism). The first requirement for enrollment is "patriotism, love of education, law-abiding, firm belief, strict discipline, physical and mental health, practice the socialist core values and support the leadership of the Communist Party of China". How does Buddhist education adapt to socialist society? President Yin Shun summarized it with "two combinations" and "two unification". He often said to his students: we should combine the study and study of this major with Xi Jinping's new socialist thought with Chinese characteristics, combine his personal dream with the dream of China, the cause of Buddhism and the cause of the Chinese nation, both rooted in the Buddhist culture, and should be focused on the vertex of the humanities, society and even the development of natural science and technology. Turn the compassion and love of Buddhism into the compassion and love of the times for the people. We should unify the promotion of Buddhism with the promotion of the excellent culture of the Chinese nation and the promotion of socialist core values, and let Buddhists unify their pursuit of the other side of the world and the pursuit of creating a better life at present. Having achieved these "two combinations" and "two unifications", the present is bliss and the present is pure land. In just a few years, Nanhai Buddhist College has comprehensively promoted the construction of software and hardware, introduced a high-quality teacher team, defined the training objectives of students, and has trained a number of high-quality Buddhist talents. The first 92 undergraduates graduated successfully in September this year. This year, Nanhai Buddhist College enrolled the first full-time postgraduates. On October 18, when the reporter interviewed at the Buddhist College, he happened to meet Master Chang Zhi, the head of the graduate school, to give the first lesson. "What will you do in the future when you study in the Buddhist Academy?" master Chang Zhi first asked such a question. Then it discusses in detail the training methods of graduate schools - practical training, autonomy, scholarship and openness. The goal is to cultivate a group of few and excellent senior and high-end talents with profound Buddhist literacy and professional Buddhist inheritance, research, teaching and management. After class, master Chang Zhi told reporters that the quota of the first postgraduate was 30, which was admitted in two batches. However, in line with the principle of strict and excellent, strict control was carried out and the best was selected from the best. Only 12 people were recruited in the first batch. Among the 12 people, there are monks and nuns, as well as lay people. One of the lay people is a doctor and another is a well-known lawyer. The registration of graduate students is completely open, which can be said to be one in a hundred. What are the selection criteria? Master Chang Zhi said, "first, faith is the foundation, and we should uphold the spirit of patriotism, love of teaching, piety and equal emphasis on learning and practice; second, we should have a certain ability of teaching, management and leading the public; third, we should have the heart and great will, because great will will inevitably achieve great cause." A world-oriented and foreign exchange Buddhist College "Nanhai Buddhist College has the bluest sky, the greenest sea water and the purest air in China. It also has the most open Buddhist Education in China, opening its arms to Buddhist disciples all over the world." On April 29, 2019, the current chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's revolutionary front, then member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Lao People's revolutionary party, Secretary of the Vientiane municipal Party committee and mayor of Vientiane, led the delegation of the Lao People's revolutionary front and the Lao central Buddhist Association to visit Nanshan Temple in Sanya and Nanhai Buddhist Academy. President Yin Shun warmly received the delegation and described the above remarks. It is reported that Nanhai Buddhist College is the only Buddhist College in the world that integrates the three traditions of Buddhism: Chinese, southern and Tibetan. At the same time, it is also the only Buddhist College in China for overseas enrollment. At the end of 2018, the first batch of overseas monks welcomed by Nanhai Buddhist College were 20 young monks from Laos. Since the admission of Lao monks, the college has arranged courses such as meditation, Zen tea, Chinese Buddhist history, modern temple management, religious and social charity and service. Lao overseas monks are very diligent. After six months of study, all overseas monks completed their studies in April 2019, and all passed the national Chinese (HSK) level I test. In addition to class, Lao monks also went to the temple, fasted, meditated, experienced calligraphy, painting, concerts and other cultural activities with Chinese monks. After these monks returned home, many of them have become ambassadors for good exchanges between Chinese and old friends. The teacher of the college told reporters that during the 2019 Nanhai Buddhist Shenzhen round table and the pufo light supply and blessing ceremony to commemorate the 113th anniversary of the birth of elder Ben Huan, teachers and students of Nanhai Buddhist College were invited to Shenzhen to participate in the ceremony. At the meeting, we found a familiar figure. It turned out to be Bhante sengphacanh somphone, master Zhiming, one of the first overseas monks in Laos of Nanhai Buddhist College. Zhiming is the Chinese French name he used when he studied at Nanhai Buddhist College. Due to his outstanding achievements and fluent Chinese, master Zhiming attended the South China Sea Buddhist Shenzhen round table as the chief accompanying translator of the Lao eminent monk delegation. After half a year, we met again. Everyone was happy to catch up with the past and took group photos one after another. "Richly endowed by nature, one belt, one road" is Hainan Province, which has unique conditions in the exchanges and exchanges with the countries surrounding the South China Sea. The South China Sea Buddhist College should expand its contacts with the Buddhist communities in the surrounding countries of the South China Sea, learn from each other, play an active role in promoting traditional friendship, promoting popular communication, spreading the Chinese excellent culture, and serving the nation's "one belt, one way" construction, and strive to make the South China Sea Buddhist College become our country's heavy. It is necessary to establish a new base for Buddhist cultural exchanges with foreign countries and a Buddhist exchange center in the South China Sea, "said President Yin Shun. On September 20, 2019, at the beginning of the new school year of Nanhai Buddhist College, another four Mongolian monks were welcomed. This is the second international monk studying in Nanhai Buddhist College after the first 20 Lao monks studying in 2018. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the study plan of these Mongolian monks studying abroad for half a year has been extended to more than one year. At present, they have also successfully graduated and returned home. According to Gao Yonggang, deputy Provost in charge of enrollment, Nanhai Buddhist College also plans to recruit a group of Cambodian monks to study in the school, which will be started only after the global epidemic is alleviated. A Buddhist College that protects the excellent traditional Chinese culture In the specialty setting of Nanhai Buddhist College, the specialty of Buddhist art and Zen tea aroused great interest of reporters. In the misty rain, I walked into a classroom of the Department of fine arts. More than 10 students in grade 2 were copying and learning the sketches and round fan works of the Song Dynasty. Everyone was extremely quiet and focused, as if meditating. Professor Fan Yinshan, director of the Department of fine arts, told reporters that there are 24 courses in Buddhist art major. Calligraphy and painting are taught together. With "cultivating interest, teaching methods and displaying achievements" as the core, it pays attention to the combination of theory and practice. It is hoped that through four years of study, students can learn something, use it, renew the context, inherit orthodoxy, stimulate their thoughts, achieve life and serve the society. "Our ancestors left too many classics to carry forward." Professor Fan Yinshan said that the opening of this major in the Buddhist College is different from the Academy of Fine Arts in the society, and there should be a choice. "We start with traditional line drawing and focus on the traditional painting art in the Tang, song and Yuan Dynasties, which was the highest peak in the history of Chinese painting. We should build cultural confidence through this orthodox study." Professor Fan Yinshan also told reporters about his experience in calligraphy and painting and practice - calligraphy is the mental method, taking calligraphy and painting as the practice, taking paper and inkstone as the ashram, and pen and ink practice is actually the same as meditation and meditation. The pen grows and continues continuously. The eyes always focus on the tip of the pen, control the mind, and fix in motion. By manipulating the pen, we can achieve both physical and mental tone, match the pen meaning with the mind, and forget both things and me. It is the same truth as the Confucian "learning from things" and can also prove emptiness. "Many students have this experience. When they are very focused on painting and writing, time passes in an instant. With the transition of the brush, they have a strong sense of pleasure. Their keen perception sees their original heart, and their Zen intention naturally reveals. The mages are calm and have good mental cultivation skills. They have obvious advantages in the process of painting. They have higher mental acuity, stronger cognitive and perceptive power, so they can learn They learn painting and calligraphy faster. " Coming out of the classroom of the art department, Mr. Wang Xuan, who is in charge of the Zen tea department, took the reporter to the training classroom of the Zen tea class. On the way, Mr. Wang Xuan introduced that the Zen tea major of Nanhai Buddhist College is the first major to cultivate Zen tea culture professionals in domestic Buddhist colleges and universities. At the same time, it recruits 4-year undergraduates and 3-year postgraduates. "Zen tea undergraduate can learn for four years? What do you learn?" for the reporter's question, teacher Wang Xuan said that the content of learning is not just tea. In the past four years, students mainly practice Zen, Dharma and mind through tangible tea on the basis of Buddhism. Moreover, the specialty of Zen tea in the scope of Buddhist education is also reflected in its "entry into WTO", that is, with the help of systematic knowledge and skill learning and academic training, it can not only cultivate Buddhist talents, but also cultivate professional and academic talents of Zen tea culture and Zen tea research with broad value to the society. Walking into a classroom, the tea fragrance was elegant. More than 10 four students were practicing tea ceremony skills under the guidance of teachers. When the reporter came in, the students invited the reporter to taste their own tea. While drinking tea, the reporter chatted with a middle-aged mage named Dunzhu. Asked why he wanted to learn Zen tea, master Dunzhu said that he liked it and loved tea
Edit：Yuanqi Tang Responsible editor：Xiao Yu
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