Recently, the Putuo Mountain Buddhist Association in Zhoushan City held the 2022 year-end summary meeting. Zhong Xinzhang, Deputy Director of the Provincial Minzong Committee, and Wang Gaozhan, Member of the Standing Committee of the Zhoushan Municipal Committee and Minister of United Front Work, attended the meeting. The leadership team and all directors of the Putuo Mountain Buddhist Association, representatives of various temples (units) throughout the mountain, and leaders of directly affiliated temples in Zhoushan City attended the meeting.
Wang Gaozhan, on behalf of the Zhoushan Municipal Party Committee and the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee, congratulated the convening of the meeting. He affirmed the work of Putuo Mountain Buddhism in 2022 from three aspects: praise, reflection, and persistence, and proposed the “six persistence” requirements for the work of the Buddhist Association in 2023. Firstly, we must adhere to the principle of putting the people first, actively leverage the advantages of Mount Putuo Buddhism, and widely unite the forces of the Buddhist community; Consciously integrate into the action of common prosperity and contribute to the well-being of people’s livelihoods. Secondly, we must adhere to self-confidence and self-reliance, deeply understand the “Two Foundations”, earnestly study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and adhere to the leadership of the Party; Enhance the political consciousness of learning, thinking, practice, and understanding, and promote the deepening and implementation of the Sinicization of Buddhism. Thirdly, we must adhere to integrity and innovation, keep up with the pace of the times, and firmly uphold the original principles of Buddhism; Actively innovate, actively promote digital reform, and showcase the wisdom of Mount Putuo in the new era. Fourthly, we must adhere to problem oriented approach, strengthen the construction of teaching style, dare to dissect ourselves, and dare to self criticize. Fifth, we must adhere to the system concept, plan from a high level, and seek experience from the bottom; Emphasize talent cultivation, pay attention to top-level design, and create more iconic brands with Putuo Mountain characteristics. Sixth, we must adhere to the concept of “going global”, build an open platform, enhance our level of openness, and make our due contributions.
Zhong Xinzhang, on behalf of the Zhejiang Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission, congratulated on the convening of this conference. He affirmed the achievements of the Putuo Mountain Buddhist Association in the past year and put forward three requirements for the future work of the Putuo Mountain Buddhist Association. One is to strive to become a model of Sinicization of Buddhism. As a Guanyin Bodhisattva monastery, Mount Putuo should fully cultivate the solemn land of Mount Putuo Buddhism, the sense of family and country, and the spirit of benefiting the world. It should embed the development of Mount Putuo Buddhism into the great cause of national construction, leverage the special influence of Mount Putuo among Buddhist believers, gather people’s hearts and strength for China’s construction and development, and make every effort to contribute to the construction of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and the realization of the second centenary goal. The second is to strive to become a model of comprehensive and strict governance of education. We should continue to adhere to the precepts as our teacher, adhere to cultural enrichment and improvement, adhere to de commercialization, and not forget the Buddha’s original intention and the monks’ initial intention of becoming monks. We should continue to purify the Taoist mind, cultivate virtue internally, and show prestige externally. We should constantly summarize and improve the system of inspecting and supervising the teaching style, making the laws more strict, the monk community more harmonious, the practice more refined, and the integrity more concrete. The third is to strive to become a model for the construction of famous Buddhist mountains and temples in China. We need to pay more attention to improving and summarizing, emphasizing innovative development, and forming standardized management systems in the entire mountain management system, site safety management, basic construction management, financial management, talent cultivation and construction, with standardized management and legal management as the core mentality.To form a scientific and orderly management system, to build cultural temples, standardized temples, and clean temples, to lead the normal and healthy development direction of Chinese Buddhism, and to make greater contributions to building Zhejiang into a leading province for the sinicization of religion and the modernization of religious governance.
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