A Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun - Vol. 1 & 2 虛雲老和尚畫傳集 (上下冊)

One of the last Buddhist patriarchs of China During his almost 120 year life span (1840-1959), Master Xu Yun (Empty Cloud), saw the end of imperial China, the short lived rise of the democratic republic, two world wars and the eventual rule of the Chinese Communist Party. Master Xu Yun, a true sage of the 19th and early 20th centuries, valiantly and almost single handedly kept authentic Buddhism alive for the Asian people. He can be considered one of the last Buddhist patriarchs of China. His main disciples, took the mind-to-mind seal, passed down from patriarch to patriarch from the original master Shakyamuni Buddha, across the Pacific Ocean to America. Bilingual Chinese/English with black and white line drawings. Volume One covers the Master's birth and education through his enlightenment. Volume Two covers the Master's extensive propagation of Buddhism throughout Asia. 中國最後的佛教大師之一 在將近120年的生命中 (1840-1959)，虛雲老和尚目睹了中國皇室的瓦解，短暫的民主共和國，兩次世界大戰和最後中國共產黨的統治。他是19和20世紀被公認的一位真正的聖者，他在極為艱苦的環境中，在幾近