Teaching Staff

Master Lian-Ying
釋蓮郢金剛上師

Singlemindedness and perseverance are the essence of Master Lian-Ying’s Buddhist learnings and also his advice to those who have set their mind on the practice to enlightenment. Master Lian-Ying was inducted to the teachings of His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng in 1984 and started his studies on Vajrayana Buddhism. On September 9, 1990, Master Lian-Ying received the tantric empowerment prajnajnana abhisheka from His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng, and on July 7, 1993, officially became a Buddhist monk determined to transmit dharma and deliver all sentient beings to nirvana as his singular lifelong mission.

As a disciple of His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng for many decades, Master Lian-Ying has vowed to shoulder the mission of benefiting all lives and spread the teachings befitting all types of people. He bears in mind the understanding of “To help all beings reach nirvana is to help oneself reach nirvana” and is fully devoted to leading all beings onto the Path of Bodhisattva and practicing the Conduct of Bodhisattva.

His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng selflessly sharing his teachings upon being enlightened by the dharma has deeply influenced Master Lian-Ying who then understood that to spread dharma also requires one to learn from previous teachers before passing on the teachings to later generations and that the Vajrayana Buddhism teachings from His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng shall guide the younger followers to receive dharma, and so he prays the dharma shall reach far and wide for a very long time.

Teaching Staff, Master Lian-Xing
教授師 釋蓮惺

It all began at a sermon by His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng. At the time, Master Lian-Xing was yet to begin his enlightenment path and heard His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng drive home the message that all ups and downs in life boil down to the word, Impermanence. That was his eureka moment, and that was when he vowed to begin his enlightenment path. In 1999, he became a Buddhist monk and had since firmly believed that Buddhist teaching is the best companion in life and that one shall take enlightenment practices seriously on a daily basis.

Endless seeking and stubbornness in life, oblivious of the past and the future leads to suffering and woe for all. We are very fortunate to have the 84,000 ways to enlightenment passed on by Sakyamuni, and as long as we are fully committed to the enlightenment practice, we shall one day free ourselves of Impermanence and reach the care-free and reincarnation-free blissful state.

As a teacher, Master Lian-Xing sets this goal, “I pray to obtain dharma from high above and enlighten sentient beings down below, and in so doing, deliver myself and other people to nirvana.” He hopes to guide the students to stay alert in their dharma studies, be able to reflect on oneself, change old habits and bring Buddhist teachings deep into their core: they need to first ask themselves, “Why study Buddhism?” and to understand “Why we must learn the ways of dharma in order to get onto the path of Buddhism studies.

Stationary Master, Master Lian-Shu
常住法師 釋蓮淑法師

Vivacious and full of spirit. That’s Master Lian-Shu’s first. How Master Lian-Shu became a Buddhist stemmed from an inexplicable encounter. Before he became a Buddhist, he was living and working like most other people. Master Lian-Shu had some chance encounters with His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng during His Holiness’ time in a retreat in 2000.

On March 8, 2006, Master Lian-Shu decided to follow His Holiness and become a Buddhist. His Holiness also encouraged him to spend his wealth of dharma benefiting sentient beings and nurturing his own physical body hoping to implement the task of “Enlighten yourself by enlightening others; awaken yourself before awakening others”; pass on and transmit the dharma; and deliver to sentient beings the Prajñā (the wisdom of Buddhism).

Lecturer Xu Guo-Sheng
徐國聖講師

Lecturer Xu Guo-Sheng’s initiation to Buddhism began with the encounter with Lotus Xiu-Yuan (one of the Fazhotang founders). Xu grew up in a family of Buddhists and met His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng when he was a teenager and had since been immersed in the teachings and ideals of True Buddha School.

His Holiness once said to him, “Everyone is bound to meet with his/her own storm and will do so with various attitudes, while I simply stay atop the waves.” Drawn towards His Holiness’ unique life perspectives, Xu started to seriously study His Holiness’ words and explore the deep hidden meanings.

Much like His Holiness’ words of encouragement to Xu, “In my whole life, I never get into solving people’s problems but my own.” To study Buddhist dharma is not about enlightening other people but oneself, i.e., solving one’s own problems. Since his induction to Buddhism in 1989, Xu has been working very hard on sharing with his peers the teachings of His Holiness whose Buddhist thoughts, philosophy and life perspectives are all embedded in his words and action.

Assistant Lecturer Lotus Yin-Yin
蓮花因茵助教

Having grown up in Buddhist chapels, Yin Yin like many others, went through the hectic but empty lifestyle of an office worker. In the end, she returned to where she used to feel a sense of fullness when she was a child: Buddhist chapels. In 2016, Yin-Yin officially joined the ranks of the Fazhotang staff in 2016, fully committed to all Bodhi tasks. Her devotion and service to all has been consistent.

Assistant Lecturer Xu Rei-Rong
徐瑞容助教

Assistant Lecturer, Xu Rei-Rong, grew up listening to mantra being chanted, as her mother was one of the Fazhotang founders. Since she was a child, Rei-Rong has been immersed in the learning of the doctrines and ideals of the True Buddha School. After witnessing and experiencing His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng’s enhanced mighty power, she was further determined to follow His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng, became the Fazhotang director at the young age of 20, and has since been in charge of day-to-day running of Fazhotang for more than a decade.

Buddhism holds a vast and expansive well of knowledge; there is simply so much to learn. With a beginner’s mind that “Buddha shall respond to those who are sincere,” Assistant Lecturer Rei-Rong was fully committed to a three-year Buddhist study, passed all quarterly exams, obtained the “Assistant Lecturer” qualification in a bid to improve her capabilities and devote great strength to the business of Tathāgata (meaning, “one who has thus gone” or “one who has thus come”). She hopes to request the great compassion from Bodhisattva to nurture all sentient beings with wisdom and good fortune and guide them to find psychological peace in the kingdom of dharma.

Assistant Lecturer Que Meng-Qi
闕孟祺助教

It was in his dream where Assistant Lecturer first met His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng. Though he did not know who he was at the time, he somehow begun his path towards the True Buddha School, as if unknowingly guided by His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng. Thus Meng-Qi joined the youth corps activities and started to learn about Buddhism, reading every book by His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng to thoroughly pore over the doctrines of True Buddha School and the thoughts of His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng. In 2018, Meng-Qi was officially initiated and took refuge in His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng.

His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng once asked Meng-Qi: What do you wish for? What are you after? He hoped to study Buddhism to generate powerful strength to protect himself and others, namely, to safeguard the practitioners in keeping with.

Fazhotang Director Xu Xuan-Zheng
徐玄鉦堂主

It’s been over 30 years since Fazhotang Director Xu Xuan-Zheng followed His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng. Xu witnessed the divine power of His Holiness and subsequently started his intention of adhering to the three principles of implementing Buddhist dharma: Belief; Intention; Practice.
Belief: Believing that Buddhism is one’s biggest support in the face of predicaments in life
Intention: Starting with an intention and following it with persistent action to actualize it
Practice: Keeping Buddhist teachings in mind; helping others practice the teachings of Buddhism