On September 21st, under the guidance of the United Front Work Department of Jinyun County Committee of the Communist Party of China (Minzong Bureau), sponsored by Jinyun Buddhist Association and undertaken by Jiusong Temple, the educational practice activity with the theme of “Always Walk with the Party, Strive for a New Era” and the 2022 Han Buddhism Lecture and Lecture Exchange Meeting was held in Jiusong Temple, Huzhen Town. Ma Weizhong, executive deputy minister of the United Front Work Department of Jinyun County Committee, director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Lu Genjie, United Front Work Committee member of Huzhen Town, and other leading comrades attended the meeting. The meeting was presided over by Master Zhen Nian, vice president of Lishui Buddhist Association and executive vice president of Jinyun Buddhist Association. More than 50 mages, lay people and believers from all over the county attended the meeting.
At 8: 30 in the morning, the meeting kicked off in a grand flag-raising ceremony. Vice President of Lishui Buddhist Association, President of Jinyun Buddhist Association and Master Hui Zhou, abbot of Jiusong Temple, delivered a welcome speech. At the meeting, we organized and studied the National Religious Group’s “Joint Initiative on Worship and Abstinence from Luxury” and the Zhejiang Religious Community’s “Joint Initiative on Worship and Abstinence from Luxury”.
Ma Weizhong, executive deputy minister of the United Front Work Department of Jinyun County Party Committee and director of the Bureau of Ethnic Affairs, stressed: First, we should support the leadership of the party and adhere to patriotism, love of the party and love of education. Second, it is necessary to strengthen the cultivation of monk talents and forge the ability of religious team. The third is to promote the construction of teaching style, inherit and carry forward advocating frugality and forbidding extravagance. Fourth, we should establish the bottom line consciousness and lay a solid foundation for peace and harmony.
At 10 o’clock in the morning, the lecture exchange officially started. Ten mages in the county decided their appearance order by drawing lots. According to 16 Buddhist classics, such as Diamond Sutra, Heart Sutra, Amitabha Sutra, Praying Prayer Sutra and Pumen Sutra, the lectures focused on five aspects: correct belief view, correct moral view, correct view of all beings, correct view of study and correct view of wealth. Throughout the exchange meeting, all the preachers kept up with the times, made good use of the opportunity, and made brilliant speeches. Nine judges earnestly perform their duties, and their judgments are open, fair and just.
Lecturing on the scriptures is not only the inherent requirement of spreading Buddhism, benefiting students, inheriting and developing, but also an important starting point and concrete measure to promote the China of Buddhism and carry forward the core values of socialism. In recent years, the Buddhist community in Jinyun County has successfully held four lectures and exchanges, with nearly 50 mages taking the stage in the event and seven mages winning prizes at the provincial and municipal levels, which shows a good image of the Buddhist community in Jinyun, discovers and cultivates a group of young and middle-aged Buddhists who preach Buddhism, and plays a positive role in building the ideological system of modern Buddhism, exploring the ways of spreading Buddhism, and promoting the self-construction of Buddhism.
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