Contemporary First Bhikkhunī: The Life of Venerable Longlian

Author: Qiu Shanshan
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
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Longlian (1999-2006), a native of Leshan, Sichuan. Born into a scholarly family, she was exceptionally intelligent from a young age and excelled in poetry, calligraphy, and painting. At an early age, she dedicated herself to the path of Buddhism. In 1941, she took her tonsure and devoted her life to learning and practice. She became a renowned contemporary monk and Buddhist educator. She held important positions both within and outside the Buddhist community, founded the Sichuan Nuns' Buddhist College, and persistently propagated the precepts of both exoteric and esoteric Buddhism. She was highly revered and was hailed by the late Zhao Puchu, former President of the China Buddhist Association, as the "contemporary ."