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Sheng Yen, Footprints in the Snow: The Autobiography of a Chinese Buddhist Monk. Doubleday Religion, 2008. ISBN 978-0-385-51330-2. History of the Dharma Drum Lineage: Yu, Jimmy (2022). Reimagining Chan Buddhism : Sheng Yen and the creation of the Dharma Drum lineage of Chan. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 978-1-003-19637-2.
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Dzogchen Monastery was founded by Pema Rigdzin, 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche (1625–1697) in 1684. [1] It became especially renowned for its Sri Singha Shedra, which was established by Gyelsé Zhenpen Tayé (Wylie: rgyal sras gzhan phan mtha' yas) during the time of Mingyur Namkhé Dorje, 4th Dzogchen Rinpoche shortly after the monastery was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake in 1842.
In 1851, Makhlouf left his family to begin training as a monk of the Lebanese Maronite Order at the Monastery of Our Lady in Mayfouq. He later transferred to the Monastery of Saint Maron in Annaya, in the Byblos District near Beirut. Here, he received his habit and took the religious name Charbel, after the 2nd-century Christian martyr of
Bede says virtually nothing of the monk's early life, save that he was a monk at the ancient monastery on the island of Iona from a relatively young age and that he was of Irish descent. [1] [2] According to Catholic tradition, in Aidan's early years, he was a disciple of Saint Senan on Inis Cathaigh. [3] Aidan was known for his strict ...
Hermit who lived on Inner Farne, priest and a monk at Ripon Abbey. 23 March [45] Lebuinus: Ripon, Northumbria died 773 Founder of Deventer, an Apostle of the Frisians. 12 November [46] Alcmund of Hexham: Northumbria died 781 Bishop of Hexham. Considered a saint after death. 7 September [47] Ælfwald I of Northumbria: Northumbria died 788 King ...
A Chaitya, Chaitya hall or Chaitya-griha refers to a shrine, sanctuary, temple or prayer hall in Indian religions. The term is most common in Buddhism, where it refers to a space with a stupa and a rounded apse at the end opposite the entrance, and a high roof with a rounded profile. Strictly speaking, the chaitya is the stupa itself, and the ...
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