#Mettavalokanaya_International_Buddhist_Magazine_May_2021

Exploring Hua
Yan Sutra….
Venerable Senior
Bhikkhuni Dr. Jian Hui Shi
Abbess of Yuan Dao Chan Monastery
Since 2012, Yuan Dao Temple
has been reciting the Huayan
Sutra every year as a regular
class. I feel that the Dajing
is superficial and profound. Since
2014, it has advocated “reciting one
volume of sutras in a day, forming a
sutra in season, and accumulating
hundreds of steps of Hua in 25 years.
“Strict” is the goal of aspiration to
promote the “Hua Yan Sutra” read by
millions of people throughout their
lives. This inadvertent niche activity,
with the circulation of the “Hua Yan
Sutra”, has now spread to dozens of
countries including five continents.
This journey along the Bodhisattva
Path was filmed and recorded,
and the documentary “Follow the
Huayan Sutra” documentary premiere
was held at the Kaohsiung Social
Education Center a few days ago. At
the beginning of the premiere, the
Fayin Choir composed of volunteers
in Yuan Dao Temple gave a wonderful
performance to the public. Then came
the screening time of the film that
attracted the attention of the public.
The public was attentively admiring
this masterpiece. With no gorgeous
scenes and cool special effects,
they can also savor this painstaking
work. Afterwards, it was a time for a
discussion between the master and
the director, interacting with the
public in a way of one question and
one answer, to resolve the curiosity
and imagination in everyone’s mind.
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