Throughout the life of the old layman, the young man joined the army and was determined to serve the country. He went through the anti-Japanese war, the war, and traveled three thousand miles on foot. After coming to Taiwan with the government, he practiced medicine to save lives, and engaged in culture, education, and social services. After learning Buddhism, he preached the Dharma, gave lectures, and wrote books to save people's lives. In order to repay his Buddhist teacher, the old layman Li Bingnan, and inherit his spirit of spreading the Dharma and benefiting living beings, he established a foundation to commemorate his teacher. He dedicated his whole body and soul to Buddhism and all living beings, giving full play to his vitality until the last drop of his hard work. until!
Old layman Yu Lingbo was born in Luoyang County, Henan Province in the 16th year of the Republic of China (1927). Born in troubled times, his family was in decline, his mother died at the age of twelve, and he lived with his father. When I was studying in middle school in the spring of the 32nd year of the Republic of China, it was the end of the eight-year Anti-Japanese War and the violent enemy was suppressing the country. I fled to the rear and was admitted to the Xi'an branch of the Military Medical School to study. After graduating in the autumn of 1933, he was assigned to serve as a military doctor in a grassroots unit of the army, guarding the Yellow River defense. The following year, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he crossed the river and followed the army northward to defend Peiping. In the 35th year of the Kuomintang Civil War, he entered Chahar with the army, participated in the battle to recapture Zhangyuan, and fought in the triangle area of ??Beiping, Tianjin, and Baoding, and was promoted to colonel for meritorious service.
In the autumn of 1937, he was admitted to the Shanghai National Defense Medical College in Peiping for further study. In March 38, he moved to Taiwan with the National Defense Medical College. After graduation, he served in the Army Hospital and General Hospital as a physician. , department director. He retired in 1947 and was employed as the director of the medical office of Taiwan Ma Taiwan Industrial Company. During this period, he took the special examination for civil servants and passed the Class A health administrative personnel. After that, he studied at the Institute of Occupational Medicine, China Academy of Sciences.
In the 49th year of the Republic of China, Buddhism was introduced in the continuation of Liang Qichao's "The Relationship between Buddhism and Group Governance". Because of the purchase of Buddhist books, I met Zhu Fei, the publisher of "Bodhi Tree" magazine. Introduced by layman Zhu, he took refuge under Master Yinhong Maopeng Chanyun, Taiping Township, Taichung, where he was named Jie. Fu Nazhi worshiped under the master Li Bingnan, the old man of Xuelu, and taught him, and he learned the Pure Land Buddhist chanting method.
In September of the 50th year of the Republic of China, I had been invited by layman Zhu Fei to go to Lion Head Mountain to cure the disease of Master Huixing, who was in retreat, and vowed to establish a hospital to serve the four Buddhists. Later, fate came together and he resigned from his original job. Under the leadership of the old layman Binggong, the Bodhi Tree magazine publicized it to the outside world. He was responsible for the planning and promotion. Donations came in from all over the country, and the construction of the Buddhist Bodhi Hospital in Dali City, Taichung began. When the hospital was first built, an outpatient department was set up to serve Buddhists and the poor. During his more than three years as hospital director, he provided free medical care to more than 17,000 poor people. By 1955, the construction of a modern hospital was completed. After its opening, he retired and resigned as president.
When the old layman first believed in Buddhism, he worked bravely and diligently, worshiped the Buddha and recited sutras, and made rapid progress. In the 50th year, he began to write a long article "Introducing Buddhism to Intellectuals", which was serialized in Bodhi Tree Monthly for five years. In the eleventh year, a single edition was published and was very popular among readers. The Bodhi Tree Monthly published more than ten editions in a row and was reprinted by many Taoist temples in Taiwan. In the following decades, this book was circulated wherever there were Chinese in Southeast Asia, the United States and Canada, and it continues to this day. Especially after the reform and opening up in mainland China in 1980, there was a lack of early Buddhist books. At that time, there were only three books: "Building a Buddhist Family" by layman Chen Hailiang, "Introduction to Buddhism" by layman Li Yuanjing, and "Introducing Buddhism to Intellectuals". The book circulated, and was later reprinted in various places, with more than one million copies, becoming the most widely circulated book of Ecclesiastes in the second half of the twentieth century.
After the old layman left Bodhi Hospital, he opened Puji Hospital in Taichung, founded Kaiming Senior High School and Futai Kindergarten, and also served as a Taichung City Councilor. Because he has provided free medical services to the poor for a long time, established scholarships for disadvantaged students, helped people in need, and was enthusiastic about public welfare, he was elected as a national representative of good people and good deeds.
After the 70th year of the Republic of China, the old layman Yu declined external connections, restrained his body and mind, worshiped the Buddha, read scriptures, and explored the meaning of the Dharma. Based on his experience in reading scriptures, he wrote works such as "Explanation of the Prajna Heart Sutra", "A Concise Introduction to Buddhism", "Outline of Consciousness-Only Theory", "The Three Essays on Consciousness-Only Theory", etc., which have been selected as teaching materials in many Buddhist academies.
When the two sides of the Taiwan Strait opened up in the 1970s of the Republic of China, he retired from public service and returned to the mainland to visit relatives. He discovered that after the "Ten Years of Catastrophe" in mainland Buddhism, temples were dilapidated and classic cultural relics were gone. He is a person with a "history addiction", so he also made a wish to collect information to fill in the blanks in this period of Buddhist history. After that, he ended his secular career and devoted himself fully to Buddhist cultural work. Returning to the mainland once or twice a year, he visits Buddhist temples and Buddhist people. He collects information for more than ten years and writes five volumes of "History of Modern Buddhist Figures", six volumes of "Biography of Eminent Buddhist Monks in the Republic of China", and two volumes of "Biography of Buddhist Laymen in the Republic of China". , two volumes of "Biography of Buddhist Philosophers in the Republic of China", and "Dictionary of Modern Buddhist Figures" in two thick volumes, which contains the biographies of more than 2,000 great sages.
In the 83rd year of the Republic of China, layman Yu was invited by Dr. Shen Jiazhen, the director of the Institute of World Religions in the United States, to visit Shen Mansion in New York. Dr. Shen hired him as a researcher at the Institute of World Religions and entrusted him with studying the development process of overseas Buddhism. In the following years, he traveled to major cities in the United States, Canada, and Southeast Asian countries, visited monasteries, societies, and eminent monks, collected information, and wrote two books: "History of the Development of Chinese Society in the United States and Canada" and "Chronicles of People Promoting Dharma Overseas."
Laoji Yu has written extensively about Buddhism. From his early work "Introducing Buddhism to Intellectuals" to his final "Dictionary of Modern Buddhist Figures", there are thirty-four kinds of works; secular; There are more than ten kinds of miscellaneous works, including "Handbook of Health and Longevity", "Ancient and Modern Arts and Literature", etc.; there are countless others scattered in various Buddhist magazines and general newspapers.
Since the 1980s of the Republic of China, layman Yu has been invited to teach at Buddhist colleges in Taipei and Taichung. Initially, Master Shengyan invited him to teach knowledge-only courses at the Sanhui Cultivation Academy of Nongchan Monastery, and then gave Buddhist lectures at Huiju Buddhist Association, Muqin Lecture Hall, Hua Zang Lecture Hall, Manshu Lecture Hall and other places. Later, he taught at the Chinese Buddhist Research Institute, Ciming Buddhist Research Institute, Fo Guang Shan Jungle College, Xuanzang Academic Research Institute, Chinese Buddhist College, Haiming Buddhist College and other institutions. The courses were mainly based on the classics of consciousness-only theory.
In the 83rd year of the Republic of China, in order to inherit the legacy of the old man Xuelu and carry forward the old man’s spirit of promoting Dharma and benefiting people, the old layman donated money to establish the "Li Bingnan Lay Memorial Cultural and Educational Foundation". The purpose of the foundation is:
1. To promote the friendship between the elderly and employed disciples of Xuelu and organize various cultural and educational activities.
2. Hold academic lectures on Buddhism and Confucianism to attract educated young people to study Buddhism.
3. Publish publications and book series to promote the Buddha’s dharma.
In order for the foundation to have a fixed address, he bought the second and third floors of an apartment on the seventh floor of No. 199 Xuefu Road, Taichung City. The second floor was provided for the foundation and he lived on the third floor. The year after the foundation was established, the foundation began to publish the monthly magazine "Propaganda Information", with 4,000 copies printed each month and distributed free of charge to various Buddhist temples and societies. Then the "Xuelu Lecture Hall Sutra Printing Merit Association" was established to compile and print Buddhist books and give them away to make friends.
So far, 122 issues of the publication have been published, 70 series of books have been printed, five Buddhist lectures have been held (each issue is March and April), and workshops on the Analects of Confucius, calligraphy, and traditional Chinese painting have been held. Hou Qiudong, a Chinese medicine practitioner, has been invited to Teachers hold free clinics at the Xuelu Lecture Hall every month. At the same time, the "Li Bingnan Lay Scholarship" is set up in the Huiju Buddhist Association of China. The central branch of the Huiju Buddhist Association is also located in the association. Every month, a large number of Buddhist books are sent to temples and groups in mainland China. .
Since the old layman took refuge in the Three Jewels, he has never stopped reciting the Buddha's name. Due to the in-depth study of "consciousness only" and the deep understanding of "wandering mind", when a thought of greed or hatred arises, it will be fully understood, the troubles will naturally disappear, the state of mind will be calm and joyful, and will always be filled with joy of the Dharma. He rarely gets sick and rarely takes medicine, including any tonics or supplements. Although he said that the secret to health is just "eating in moderation and living a regular life", in fact, after learning Buddhism, "the mind without worries" has a lot to do with it.
However, the human body will eventually deteriorate. "Birth, abiding, transformation, and destruction" are inevitable processes. One period of life will eventually come to an end. August 29, 2005 At two o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Yu died of a recurrence of heart disease at the age of seventy-nine. Before he died, he told her that there was no need for emergency treatment, and calmly told her family and foundation officials to let go of Saha without any problems and embrace bliss.
Family members, foundations, Hui Ju Buddhist Association and Taichung Lotus Society's lotus friends are beside me to help recite the name of the Buddha. After ten hours of chanting, my face will be rosy and smiling, and my head will be slightly warm, showing all auspicious signs. I will be led by Amitabha Buddha and pass away peacefully. Buddhist country.