Humble Table, Wise Fare

About the Book

This book is part of a collection of sayings by Venerable Master Hsing Yun. The master compiled over one thousand verses from his lectures, speeches, diary entries and Dharma talks. These sayings are dedicated to the society of today, to serve as mottoes for us in dealing with our daily affairs and interaction with each other.

About the Author

Venerable Master Hsing Yun was born in Chiangtu, Chiangsu Province, China, in 1927. Tonsured under Venerable Master Chih K'ai at age twelve, he became a sramanera (novice monk) at Ch'i-hsia Shan , a mountain monastery in Nanjing. He was fully ordained in 1941 and went onto formal monastic training at Ch'i-hsia Vinaya School and Chiao-shan Buddhist College. His commitment in Buddhist education was already under way when he left the directorship of Hua-ts'ang Temple, Nanjing, for Taiwan in 1949.

Shou-shan Buddhist College, Kaohsiung, founded in 1965, realizes Master Hsing Yun's conception of a postsecondary education that amalgamates Buddhist practice and traditional scholarship. Since then, he has founded several other institutions of higher learning including Hsi Lai University in Los Angeles.

Fo Guang Shan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, founded in 1967, emblematizes his vision of a humanistic Buddhism, and presently a global network of temples. The founding of the Buddha's Light International Association, Los Angeles, in 1992, an organization for lay members now spans the globe with more than one million members.