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Buddhist master Yin Shun dies at 100

Dharma Master Yin Shun (????), who is credited leading a renaissance in Chinese Buddhism, passed away in Hualian's (Taiwan) Tzu-Chi Hospital on Friday, aged 100.

Yin Shun was a mentor to Master Cheng Yen (????) the founder of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation, and was honored by Tzu-Chi members as their "Shih Kung" (Teacher Patriarch).

He was a pioneer in developing the concept of "humanist Buddhism," the need for the monastic community to engage with the mundane world.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/06/05/2003257991

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