Tassa jīvitassa dāyajjassa saṅkhitta vivaraṇa
Vīsati-satassa Cīna-buddhācariyānaṃ abhikkantatamo, Āyasmā Master Hsuan Hua (Xuanhua, 1918-1995) ārāma-sodhako ca paṭhama-Cīna-ācariyo bahūnaṃ Pācimānaṃ buddhadhammaṃ deseti. Tassa dīgha-kāle: saṅgha-paramparāya pamukhatā, mūlya-ādhārita sikkhāya āvassakatā, buddhadhammānaṃ paramparā-paṭipattiyā sacca-sutta-abhiyogo, sāsanānaṃ sammāna-samaggatā ca bhiyyo dasseti.
Ete lakkhāni pāpuṇituṃ, buddhassa mūla-desanānaṃ sāra-siddhāntāni vibhāvetuṃ, sammā-upasampanna-saṅgha-samūhaṃ saṇṭhāpetuṃ, buddha-pitakaṃ English-añña-bhāsāsu anuvādanaṃ āyojetuṃ, pāṭhaśālā, dhammika-sikkhā-payogā, sikkhā-anusandhāna-desana-payogā ca saṇṭhāpetuṃ — āyasmā etehi abhiyogo.
1918 jāta, uttara-purācīna-Cīne Harbin-dakkhiṇe khuddaka-gāme kasaka-kule, aṭṭha-puttānaṃ kanittho. Pitu nāma Bai, mātu gottā Hu. Mātā sākāhārikā, jīvita-pariyosānaṃ Amitāyus-buddha-nāma-jhāpanaṃ paṭipajjati. Āyasmā majjhima-vaye buddho hutvā, "Anci" ("Santi ca Karuṇā") dhamma-nāmaṃ labhati. Bhikkhu-bhūto, "To Lun" (Dulun — "Jāti-cakkavatta-Vimocaka") iti ñāyati. Weiyang (Guiyang) Chan vaṃsassa dhammamuddāya, Mahāthero Chan-ācariyo Xuyun (1840-1959) "Hsuan Hua" (Xuanhua — "Pakāsanañca Parivattana") dhammasampadānaṃ deti.
Bālyañca Kammā
Āyasmā bālo mātaraṃ anusarati — kevala-sākāhāraṃ khādati, buddha-nāmaṃ jhāpati. Ekādasa-vasse, bhūmiyaṃ mita-bālaṃ passitvā, jāti-maraṇa-mahattāya sabba-dhammānaṃ aniccatāya ca bujjhati. Tato bhikkhu-bhāvaṃ paṇidhāya buddha-maggaṃ paṭipajjituṃ adhiṭṭhāti, mātu maraṇā pacchā — iti mātu āyācanaṃ anujānāti. Dvādasa-vasse, sacca-dhammācariyaṃ pariyesituṃ mahanta-yātrāya mātāpitu anujānaṃ labhati.
Pannarasa-vasse paṭhamakkhattuṃ pāṭhaśālaṃ; solasa-vasse, anupatthaddha-sikkhitānaṃ buddha-desanāya ugganhituṃ icchāvantānaṃ gāmavāsīnaṃ atthāya buddha-suttāni deseti. Na kevalaṃ ātappī cekkhi ca, sabbassa mukhā — Cattāri-Sikkhā, Pañca-Mahā-Veyyākaraṇāni, Cīna-paramparā ca dhāreti. Cīna-vejjakammaṃ, jyotisaṃ, nemittaṃ, sarīra-vicāraṇaṃ, mahādhammānaṃ potthakāni ca adhīyati. Sattarasa-vasse, anādhāra-pāṭhaśālaṃ saṇṭhāpetvā, eka-ācariyo tiṃsa-abhāgya-dārakānaṃ vayaskānaṃ ca deseti.
Aṭṭhārasa-vasse, aḍḍha-tatiya-vassa-sikkhāya pacchā, mātu-roga-pariyattiṃ kātuṃ pāṭhaśālaṃ pajahati. Mātā maraṇā āyasmā ūnavīsati-vasso. Tīṇi-vassāni, mātu-susāna-samīpe sorghum-khandha-kūṭe nisīdati, mātu-guṇaṃ anusarati.
Susāna-pasāda-kāle, Lotus Suttaṃ paṭhantā, ācariyo gambhīraṃ pabodhaṃ labhati. Tato gambhīra-jhāne nisīditvā, Chaṭṭha-Chan-Patria Huineng (638–713 CE) dassanaṃ — āyasmā dhammassa pācima-lokaṃ pāpetuṃ missiyaṃ labhati.
Upasampadāñca Sikkhā
Soka-anta, Āyasmā Chan-buddha-ācariyaṃ Changzhi gahāya, Three Conditions Ārāmaṃ sāmaṇera-bhāvena pavisati. Chan-ācariyo Changzhi pacchā Jinding-Pilu Chan-vaṃsassa dhammaṃ tassa deti. Etasmiṃ kāle, āyasmā jhānā na kevalaṃ, buddha-suttanta-paramparāya Cīna-buddha-sabbāni pamukhāni cetāni adhīyati.
Changbai-pabbatesu eka-vihāra-jhānaṃ katvā, 1946 ācariyo Cīna-dakkhiṇaṃ dīgha-yātrāya ārabhati. 1947 Putuoshan-buddha-pabbate upasampadaṃ labhati. 1948 dve-sahassa-mīlāni atikkamitvā, Nanhua-ārāmaṃ pāpuṇāti, Cīne sabbasammatassa Xuyun-ācariyassa (1840-1959) vandati. Tato 'citta-mudrā' paccābhijānaṃ, pacchā Weiyang-vaṃsassa sammā-dhammasampadānaṃ ca labhati.
Hong Kong Saṅkamana
1949 ācariyo Cīnaṃ pajahitvā Hong Kong gacchati. Tattha jhānaṃ sikkhati, buddha-suttāni deseti, tesaṃ chāpanaṃ upatthambheti. Buddharūpa-bodhisattarūpānaṃ kammaṃ āyojeti, Cīna-mūla-bhūmī ārāma-palāyite ca upakāreti.
Hong Kong-vasse eva, Western Bliss Garden Ārāma (Xi Le Yuan) māpeti, Buddhist Desanā Sālā (Fojiao Jiangtang) saṇṭhāpeti, Flourishing Compassion Ārāma (Ci Xing Si) pāṭisaṅkhārāti, daḷha-paṭipatti-samūhaṃ saṇṭhāpeti.
Amerikāya Desanā
1962, San Francisco Bay-āvāsa-Hong Kong-sāvakānaṃ āyācanāya, ācariyo Amerika-Saṃyuttarājjaṃ gacchati, San Francisco Buddhist Desanā Sālāya (Sanfanshi Fojiao Jiangtang) desetuṃ ārabhati — yaṃ pubbā Hong Kong-Buddhist Desanā Sālāya sākhā saṇṭhāpita. San Francisco-Desanā Sālāya samūha vaddhitvā nānā-bhāvaṃ pāpuṇitvā, nāmaṃ Sino-American Buddhist Association parivattitaṃ.
1970, Āyasmā Chinatown-mahā-nagaraṃ pajahitvā, San Francisco-Mission-Padese nava-saṇṭhāpita Gold Mountain Ārāmaṃ (Jinshan Si) gacchati. 1975, saṅgaṭṭhanassa paṭhama-sākhā-ārāmaṃ — Gold Wheel Temple (Jinlun Si) Los Angeles saṇṭhāpeti. 1976 nava-mūla-ṭhānaṃ — Dasasahassa-Buddhānaṃ Nagaraṃ (Wan Fo Cheng) Ukiah-Kāliforniyā saṇṭhāpeti. 1984 nāmaṃ Sino-American Buddhist Association → Dhammadhātu Buddhist Association parivattitaṃ.
1968-gimhāne, ācariyo bahūnaṃ Amerikānaṃ (mahā-bhāga visvavidyālaya-sāvakānaṃ) gahana-sikkhāya ārabhati. 1969, dve Amerikānaṃ itthīnaṃ tīṇi Amerikānaṃ purisānaṃ ca — sāmaṇera-bhāvena upasampādetvā, Taiwana-saṅghaṃ vimhayeti, tattha pūrṇa-upasampadāya peseti. Te paṭhama-Amerikā buddha-bhikkhū-bhikkhuniyo tasmiṃ kāle.
Anantara-vassāni, Āyasmā sata-puggalānaṃ — Asia-Pācimānaṃ, sakala-lokato Kāliforniyaṃ ugganhituṃ āgatānaṃ — sikkhaṃ upasampadaṃ ca upari-ṭhāpeti. Ete sāvakā idāni vīsati-tīṇi devālaya-ārāma-vihāresu deseti — yāni Ācariyo sāvakā ca Amerika, Kanada, Australia, bahūsu Asia-raṭṭhesu saṇṭhāpesuṃ.
Ukkammañca Anuvādā
Ācariyo pācimāya sammā-buddha-desanānaṃ pāpetuṃ adhiṭṭhitaṃ, Cīna-vyāpita-dūsita-paṭipattīnaṃ vinicchayaṃ paṭikkhipati. Sacca-sutta-ādhārita-upakāraka-paṭipattīnaṃ, sammā-naya-sahita, asuddha-pūjā-saddhā-vādañca — ācariyo sāvakānaṃ vinicchaye deseti.
Ārāmiya-paṭipattiyā bahūsu ukkammesu, ārāma-sāvakānaṃ pubbā-ācāraṃ — saṅgha-sadassatāya cihnaṃ kāsāya-dhāraṇa — anusarituṃ āyācati. Sayam-pi pacchā-bhāga-bhojana-paṭikkhepaṃ anusarati, ārāma-sāvake ca anusarāpeti. Sākāhāra-āhāraṃ parama-mahattaṃ maññati. Saṅgha-sāvakānaṃ ekabhatta-anāsayana-buddhānaṃ kalyāṇa-dhutāṅga-anusaraṇe ussāheti. Ārāma-sāvakānaṃ suddhiṃ pāṭikankhati, gahāṭṭhaka-sāvakānaṃ pañca-sīlāni anusarituṃ ussāheti.
Yadi pi English suddhaṃ jānāti, Ācariyo ghaṭe Cīna-bhāsāya deseti. Pācima-sāvakā Cīna-sikkhāya, Cīna-sāvakā English-sikkhāya — buddha-pitakaṃ añña-bhāsāsu anuvādanaṃ sādhāraṇa-icchā-pūraṇāya. Yāva, tena saṇṭhāpita Buddhist Text Translation Society sata-bhiyyo potthakāni pakāseti, mahāyāna-suttānaṃ Ācariya-ṭīkāhi saha.
Antima Divasā ca Nibbāna
Sikkhācariyo Āyasmā anālaso. Dasasahassa-Buddhānaṃ Nagare: bhikkhū-gahāṭṭhakānaṃ upasampadā-sikkhā-payogā, kumāra-kumārīnaṃ pāṭhama-majjhima-pāṭhaśālā, Dhammadhātu Buddhist University ca saṇṭhāpeti. 1968-purā pubbā-1990s: āyasmā dānika sutta-desanāya deseti, desana-yātrāya bahū-su gacchati. Lokānaṃ buddhānaṃ āyācanā: Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, SE-Asia, Europe — dhamma-pakāsana. Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, S-America pi gacchati.
Ācariyo nānā-buddha-samūhānaṃ antara-setu-kārako. Mahāyāna-Theravāda-buddhānaṃ pubbā-bhedaṃ sodhetuṃ, sakka-Theravāda-bhikkhū Dasasahassa-Buddhānaṃ Nagaraṃ āyācati, pūrṇa-upasampadāya saddhiṃ vinaya-sampadānaṃ — ubhaya-paramparā-sādhāraṇa — kātuṃ.
Antar-dhammika-sammānaṃ pi icchati, antar-dhammika-kathāya sakkacca-pakāsanaṃ. Dhammānaṃ sādhāraṇa-bhāvaṃ bhiyyo dasseti — sammā-karuṇā-ācāra. 1976, mittena Paul Cardinal Yubin — Nanjing-āyata-ācariyo, Taiwan-Catholic-Furen-University-chancellor — saha, World Religions Institute-kenaṃ ācikkhati, 1994 Berkeley pāpuṇāti.
1990, bahūsu Europe-raṭṭhesu buddhānaṃ āyācanāya, Ācariyo mahanta-nāyaka-samūhaṃ Europe-dhamma-yātrāya nayati, jānanto: tasmiṃ kāle roga-kāya, yātrā'ssa spaṭṭha-kāya jīvitaṃ saṅkhīyati. Tathāpi, satataṃ dhammaṃ attano jīvitā bhiyyo maññati. Paccāgata, ārogya anukkamena hāyati; tathā-pi rogī, 1993 Taiwana-mahanta-yātrāya puna gacchati.
Los Angeles, June 7, 1995, 77-vasse, Āyasmā lokamhā parinibbāti. Jīvite: na kītiṃ, na dhanaṃ, na balaṃ icchati. Sabbe vitakka-kamma: sabbasattānaṃ sacca-sukhaṃ āharituṃ. Parinibbānā pubbā, sāvakānaṃ pacchimā-ovādaṃ deti, anattā-nimmatāya jīvita-samappati:
"Mama parinibbānā, yāvadicchakaṃ — satta-divasa vā ekūnapaññāsa-divasa vā — Avataṃsaka Suttaṃ, Amitāyus-nāmaṃ ca jhāpetha. Mama sarīraṃ jhāpetvā, sabbe avasesaṃ ākāse vikiratha. Aññaṃ kiñci mā karotha. Mayhaṃ thūpaṃ vā cihnaṃ vā mā māpetha.
Kiñci-anāharito lokam āgato; parinibbānamāno pi kiñci na icchāmi, lokasmiṃ kiñci cihnaṃ na dassetuṃ icchāmi. . . Suññato āgato; suññataṃ paṭikaromi."
— Āyasmā Hsuan Hua