Wisdom of Human Life in Meditation How to Get Your Mind Liberated Author: Chan Master Ben Xin Translator: Zhi Wei Resume of Chan Master Ben Xing 1965 Born in Xiapu County in Fujian Province of China. 1981 Graduated from Sansha Senior Middle-school in Xiapu County in Fujian Province; Afterward, became a teacher in Chengtian Central Primary School of Xiapu County in Fujian Province. 1985 Got ordination at Xingfu Temple, the national key Buddhist temple of Chinese system in Changshou City in Jiangsu Province. 1988 ① Received high-ordination at Nanhua Temple, the national key Buddhist temple of Chinese system in Shaoguan City in Guangdong Province; ② Graduated from the Mountain Xixia Buddhist College, a division of China Buddhist Institute set up in Nanjing. 1992 Graduated from China Buddhist Institute in Beijing. 1993 Studied in the Post-graduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies of Kelaniya University in Sri Lanka. 1996 ① Graduated from the Post-graduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies of Kelaniya University in Sri Lanka; ② Succeeded the dharma lineage from the inner pupil Minyang of Great Master Yuanyin, as the 42nd successor of Linji School、the 48th successor of Caodong School of Chinese Chan Buddhist School. 1997 ① Returned to China and served in Fujian Provincial Buddhist Association; ② Be appointed as the vice-secretary of Fujian Provincial Buddhist Association. 1998 ① Be elected as the vice-chairman and the deputy secretary of Fujian Buddhist Association; ② Become an adjunct director of Fuzhou Kaiyuan Temple which has a history of 1,500 years. 2000 Be appointed as the vice-director of the College Committee of Fujian Provincial Buddhist College. 2001 Be appointed as the legal person of Fujian Buddhist Chinese Herbal Medical Tumour Clinic. 2001 ① Be elected as the standing director of China Buddhist Association; ② As a member of Escorting Committee of Buddha Finger Relic from China Mainland to Taiwan for Oblation, escorted Buddha Finger Relic of Xi’an Famen Temple of Shanxi to Taiwan for oblation and worshipping; ③ By the invitation, went to Indonesia to deliver Buddhist speech in three grand temples respectively. 2003 As a member of Escorting Committee of China Buddha Tooth Relic to Thailand for Oblation, escorted Buddha Tooth Relic from Beijing Lingguang Temple to Thailand for oblation and worshipping. 2004 Honorably received the post of the abbot of Fuzhou Kaiyuan Temple. 2005 ① As a member of Welcoming Committee of Buddha Finger Relic from China to Korea for Oblation, went to Korean to welcome the enshrined Chinese Buddha’s Finger Relic back to China successfully; ② Be invited to preach Chan series topic in Singapore Youth Buddhist Organization and Malaysia Johor Buddhist Mission. 2006 ① Be invited to attend the First World Buddhist Forum held in Hangzhou and Zhoushan; ② Pursued further education in China People’s University; ③ Led a Buddhist delegation of fifty members from Fujian Province to visit Thailand and Cambodia for Buddhist culture exchange. 2007 ① Established the research organization on social science named Fujian Kaiyuan Buddhist Cultural Research Institute, acted as the director; ② Be invited to be a researcher in Religious Research Institute of Fujian Normal University; ③ Launched, organize and held “The Holy Statue of Boddhisattva Cihang Returning to Ancestral Temple namely Buddhist Ceremony on Praying for Blessing the Peaceful Development for Both Sides of Strait” series large scale activities; ④ Led a delegation from Fujian Buddhist Association went to Japan to make a survey of Buddhist Esoteric School and Huangpi School. 2008 ① Held a concurrent post of the abbot of Taining Qingyun Temple, the ancestral temple where the flesh Bodhisattva Cihang got ordination; ② By the invitation, went to Malaysia for a Buddhist speech tour in Malacca Buddhist Association, Sembilan Buddhist Association, Schellong Buddhist Association, Perak Buddhist Association, Terengganu Buddhist Association etc. five Buddhist organizations of Malaysia Buddhist Association; ③ Delivered a series speech on the topics “How to get your mind at rest” and “Ten thousand miles distance of the mental emptiness from Chan” for more than twelve hours, and were recorded by Compassionate Buddhist Television Channel and Life Television Channel in Tai Wan, and were played on T.V. continuously in Tai Wan; ④ Be appointed as the Dean of Fujian Provincial Shengshi Kaiyuan Calligraphy and Painting Institute. 2009 ① Renewed a new term of office as the vice-chairman and deputy secretary of Fujian Provincial Buddhist Association; ② By the invitation, attended the Second World Buddhist Forum held in Wuxi and Taipei; ③ Went to Japan to participate Buddhist Friendly Communication Conference among China, Japan and Korean three countries by leading an observing delegation of one hundred and two members belonged to China Buddhist Association; ④ By the invitation, went to Malaysia for a Buddhist speech tour in Malacca Buddhist Association, Perak Buddhist Association, Sarawak Meili Buddhist Association, Kuala Lumpur Pataling Jaya Buddhist Association, Penang Tanxiang Temple, Zengjiang Golden Mountain Temple, Sabah Kuanyin Teng etc. seven big Buddhist organizations and temples of Malaysia Buddhist Association; ⑤ Went to Taiwan to investigate Buddhist education for monks by leading a delegation belonged to China Buddhist Association; ⑥ By an union invitation such as Fayin Temple, Avalokitesvara Temple, Wangyuan Temple, Bodhi Temple, Guangming Temple, Yanshou Yemple, Dinghui Temple, Xinyuan Monastery, Xuefeng Monastery, Shenneng Temple, Wangshou Temple, Miaojue Temple, etc. twelve temples in Los Angles, went to U.S.A. to deliver a series speeches on Buddhist Chan in some temples respectively. 2010 ① Renewed as the standing director of China Buddhist Association; ② Launched, organized and held series activities on the Buddha Image Opening Ceremony after completing the construction of the Grand Hall of Qingyun Temple namely Foundation Laying Ceremony of Bodhisattva Cihang Memorial Hall. ③ Published a series of books: How to set your mind at rest; How to get your mind free; How to get your mind liberated; How to get your mind abandon attachment; How to get your mind calm, etc., in the title “Wisdom of Human Beings in Meditation.” 2011 ① By the invitation, led a delegation of Fujian Provincial Buddhist Association to visit Vietnam; ② Went to Russian to survey religious buildings by leading a delegation of Fujian Provincial Buddhist Association. 2012 ① By the invitation, went to Taiwan by leading a delegation of Fujian Provincial Buddhist Association to participate the Sangha Forum on topic “Base on the present, take a broad view on the future”; ② By the invitation, went to Taiwan by leading an academic exchange delegation of Fujian Provincial Buddhist Association to participate the first “Human Centered Buddhist Forum”; ③ By the invitation, participated the Third World Buddhist Forum held in Hong Kong; ④ Received Sri Lanka Presidential Buddhist Contribution Commendation awarded by the President Mahinda Rajapaksa personally in the presidential office in Sri Lanka. Published Monographs: Records of meditation: How to set your mind at rest; How to get your mind free; How to get your mind liberated; How to get your mind abandon attachment; How to get your mind calm. Record of traveling: A Lonely Monk Walked for Ten Thousand Kilometers; Broke shoes for travelling to Buddhist sites; Blossoming lotuses on the traveling road. Translation from Chinese into English: Buddha and His Ten Prominent Disciples. Thesis Collection: Buddhist Basic Standpoints. Content Life of Half-seat (Author’s Preface) 1. There is Buddhist doctrine, there is a method 2. Exist，for the Sake of the Dignity and the Salvation 3. The life is Like Epiphyllum 4. Dialyze the Life with the Law Hetu-pratyaya 5. The Basis for Setting up Precept is the Good or Evil of Human Nature 6. All of us are Convicts Sentenced to Death 7. Practice a Method of Becoming a Vegetarian, Save the Life of Sentient Beings 8. From the Image Sign to the Essence can Make One to Clearly Distinguish the Good and Evil 9. Birthday should be Celebrated, Birth Month should also be Celebrated 10. From the Precept of non-killing Think of Abortion and Euthanasia 11. Faith of the Medicine Buddha is the Propeller of Humanistic Buddhism 12. How to do Secular Career with Supra-mundane Spirit 13. What is the Main Occupation for Buddhist Sangha1 14. Whether the Modern Era of Maitreya Buddha Has Already Arrived 15. Abstain from Liquor is not Different to Forbid Poison 16. What is for the Unreligious without Holiness 17. Shut Myself up and Ponder over My own Mistakes 18. How is possible for monks to live beyond the mundane world 19. The Charm of Buddhism Art 20. Change to Practice the View of Mercifulness for Disaster Relief 21. Treatment for Tiredness 22. Several Wishes on the Dragon Boat Festival 1 Sangha is a Pali word meaning the community of Buddhist monks. 23. Buddhist Comprehension to Harmony 24. The Spirit of Revolution in Buddhism 25. Will Science be Buddhism Tomorrow 26. Chan and Tea is One Taste 27. Two Wings of Science Should Be Ethics and Rule 28. Equal Horizontal and Vertical Characteristic 29. Let Religion Go Forward Together with Science 30. Don’t Speak out All Your Good Words 31. How Nice to Live Peacefully 32. Am I a Civilian Teacher and a Civilian Master 33. Secret Knack on Preaching Dharma by the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng 34. Buddhist Way of Understanding to Disease 35. My Journey of Olympic Games 36. When Can I Repay the Usury I Borrowed 37. Mend People’s Mind with Buddha’s Mind, Serve the World with Buddha’s Way 38. Return to the Faith, Rebuild the Moral 39. The Symbol of Our Temple 40. My Practical Way 41. There is Courage to Die, isn’t there Courage to Live 42. I also get to the Internet 43. Interaction between Self-power and Other-power 44. Eighteen Keywords on Learning Buddhism 45. What Does One Believe yet without Faith 46. The Realistic Meaning of the Nature of Emptiness 47.