Hsuan Hua

1918 – 1995

The late Master Hua was born in Manchuria, China in 1918. He taught at Nan Hua Temple in Canton, China, the same monastery where Master Hui Neng taught in the 7th century. Fulfilling his goal of spreading the orthodox Dharma to the west, he has established 28 monasteries in Asia and north America, and had lectured orthodox sutras for 50 years before his passing.

• The Shurangama sutra, the fifty skandha-demon states
• The Flower Adornment Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra)
• A general explanation of the Vajra Prajñā Pāramitā Sūtra
• Beginning Buddhism (Words of Wisdom)
• Fo shuo si shi er zhang jing qian shi (佛說四十二章經淺釋)
• Listen to yourself, think everything over
• Shi fa jie bu li yi nian xin (十法界不離一念心)
• Shurangama Sutra
• The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma jewel platform sutra
• Words of wisdom
• Listen to yourself, think everything over
• A General Explanation of the Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra