Great Compassion Mantra Verses
The late Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua is the founder of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastary, the Buddhist Text Translation Society and the Dharma Realm Buddhist University in California. Born near Harbin, Manchuria China in 1918, he became a monk at age 19. In 1948 he became chief instructor at the Nan Hua Vinya Academy in Canton, China, the same monastery where Sixth Patriarch Master Hui Neng taught in the 7th century.In 1952, Master Hua established the Western Bliss Monastery in Hong Kong. He came to America in 1962 and by 1972 had established Gold Mountain Monastery in San Francisco. At the time of his passing, he had established 28 monasteries and temples in North America and Asia and had lectured on the Buddhist sutras all over the world.