(2) Xuecheng Da Heshang’s Curriculum Vitae

For the complete Chinese source, please see: Intro to Xuecheng Da Heshang

For an account of Heshang’s previous life and education in English translation, please view: Xuecheng Da Heshang’s Early Life

身兼数职 认真负责
Earnestly taking on many kinds of duties.

1993年被选为中国佛教协会副秘书长。在京期间，无论是在国内开会或是出访国外，他总是谦虚地承事同行的老法师们，从中观察他们是如何为人处世、历境练心、方便度生的。

In 1993, he was elected assistant secretary of the Chinese Buddhist Association. When he was at Beijing, no matter whether he was holding assemblies within China, or on international visits, he was modestly receptive to the venerable dharma masters who were collaborating with him, from that (point of view) observing how they could abide in the world for the sake of the people, to refine their minds in any event, and to expedite the crossing over of all beings.

1995年任福建佛学院院长。

In 1995, he became the principal of the Fujian Buddhist Academy.

1997年任福建省第八届政协常委。

In 1997, he became Fujian Province’s member of the standing committee of the Eighth Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committee.

1998年被选为福建佛教协会会长，《福建宗教》顾问，《福建佛教》主编。

In 1998, he was elected Chairman of the Fujian Buddhist Association, advisor to the (the journal) “Fujian Religion,” and publisher of (the journal) “Fujian Buddhism.”

2002年9月16日在中国佛教协会第七届代表大会上，36岁的法师当选为中国佛教协会副会长兼秘书长，是中国佛教协会新一届领导集体中最年轻的一位，同时兼任《法音》杂志主编。谈起自己的当选，他表示：“这是前辈高僧大德对我的信任，我将尽心尽力地辅佐会长，并做好份内工作。”多年来，法师也确实在始终如一地实践着他的诺言。

On Sept. 16 of 2002, at the Chinese Buddhist Association’s Seventh Representatives’ Great Assembly, then 36-year-old Dharma Master was elected vice-chairman of the Chinese Buddhist Association, and concurrently, its Secretary General. He was the youngest member of a new leadership collective at the Chinese Buddhist Association. He also concurrently beccame the chief editor of the “Sound of Dharma” periodical. Speaking of his election, he asserted: “This is the confidence of elder high monks and great virtuous ones in me. I will assist the Chairman with all my heart and all my energy, while carrying out the work of my position. In the many years since, Dharma Master has truly put his promise into effect, consistently and thoroughly.

2004年1月16日，荣膺陕西省扶风县法门寺住持。

On January 16, 2004, he was promoted to chief priest of Famen Temple in Fengfu Prefecture of Shaanxi Province.

2004年3月13日任中国宗教界和平委员会副秘书长。

On March 13, 2004, he became the assistant secretary of the Chinese Peace in the Religious Realm Committee.

2004年8月20日任藏传佛教学衔工作指导委员会副主任，是其中唯一的汉族僧人。

On August 20, 2004, he became assistant person in charge of the Tibetan Buddhist academically-ranked work steering committee, the only ethnic Han Chinese included in it.

2005年4月11日荣膺北京龙泉寺住持。

On April 11, 2005, he was promoted to chief priest of Longquan Temple in Beijing. ((That temple had a very commercial web-site which came to a screeching halt after Buddha’s Birthday in April 2005, in accordance with Xuecheng’s early-delineated policy, and has since been replaced by a refreshing diversity of private sites and blogs. Famen Temple’s site, which is a major portal to the Chinese Buddhist web, including Taiwan, did not meet the same fate, presumably because it is an integral part of Famensi’s diplomatic mission. -xp))

2005年7月当选为中国统一战线理论研究会理事。

In July of 2005 he was elected director of the China United Front Theory Research Association.

2005年9月被选为中央国家机关青年联合会副主席及陕西省佛教协会名誉会长。

In September of 2005, he was elected the vice-chair of the Federation of Central National Youth Organizations, and honorary Chairman of the Shaanxi Buddhist Association.

2006年12月当选为第五届中国宗教学会副会长，在任职会议上他说：“期待学术界和佛教界能够携起手来，各尽其责，共同为构建社会主义和谐社会进行不懈的努力！”

In December of 2006, he was elected vice-chairman of the Fifth China Religious Study Conference, and at the time of assuming his duties, he said: “I expect that academia and the Buddhist world can endeavor together, each exhausting its resources, to tirelessly labor to build a harmonious Socialist society!” ((Amen. His focus on this has been, in fact, relentless, and we are starting to see its results in very deliberate attempts by the Chinese Central government to foster harmony throughout the government, that are now starting to bear detectable fruit, such as on the Taiwan question. Chinese Buddhism = Maoism – guns. -xp))

2007年1月任中国佛学院第一副院长及佛教图书文物馆馆长。在任职会议上法师郑重地说：“佛学院是我们佛教的希望工程、人才基地，这个人才基地不是一般的人才基地，是高级人才基地。可以说今后中国佛教的兴衰存亡、前途和命运有相当的成分是同中国佛学院有关的。让我来担任这个职务，即便能力有限、各方面还非常地欠缺，但因为是份内的事情，我是义不容辞的。同时也是学习的一个机会，我很愿意虚心地向大家学习。”

In January of 2007, he became the first vice-principla of the Chinese Buddhist Academy, and the head of the Buddhist Library and Museum. At the conference when he assumed his duties, he said: the Buddhist Academy is a project concerning our Buddhist aspirations, and a basis of human capacity. But it is not a basis for all human capacity, but rather for high-level human capacity. When asked to undertake this responsibility, my capacity is really limited, and I am very lacking in every respect, but because it is included in my position, I can’t quibble about it. At the same time, this is an opportunity to study and practice, and I am very willing to straight-forwardly study and practice for the common good.” ((He was promising to do something effective in this sinecure post, a promise which he has made good on. -xp))

2007年6月10日，泰国朱拉隆功佛教大学授予教育行政学荣誉博士学位。

On June 10 of 2007, the (Zhu La Sa Gong) Buddhist University of Thailand awarded him an honorary Doctor’s degree.

2007年11月2日，当选为中国联合国协会第四届理事会理事。

In 2007, he was elected to the board of directors of China’s UN society.

其他职务： Other duties:

中华海外联谊会第一届理事。

Director of the First Overseas Chinese United Friendship Conference.

中国反邪教协会理事。

Director of the China Association for Opposing Heresy.

第九届、十届全国政协委员。

Member of the Ninth and Tenth Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committees

法师身兼数职，工作量繁重。他以“总别、本末、轻重、缓急”为处事原则，分秒必争，认真负责，视繁杂的人、事、物为庄严而非负担，每件事都处理得有条不紊。他常说：“我用30%的心力考虑现在的事，70%的心力考虑未来将要发展的事。今天的事我以前已经考虑过，所以不用花太多心思，要经常考虑将来的事，同时做好今天的事，今天的事尽量今天做完，不要拖。一般的人都会有懒惰的习性，懒惰有三种表现：因循、推托、逃避。要提策动机，克服懒惰。”

Because of his many concurrent offices, Dharma Master’s work is both complicated and heavy. He takes “universality, essentiality, importance, and urgency” as the basic principles for taking care of business, doesn’t contend for one single moment, and earnestly takes responsibility, regarding the complications of people, events, and objects as awesome but not burdensome, managing each task neatly without entanglements. He often says, “I use 30% of my attention considering present affairs, and 70% of my attention considering events which will transpire in the future. I have already considered today’s events in the past, so it’s no use spending much thought on it, I want to often consider the event sof the future, while taking care of present events, and today’s events I exhaust my capability to finish today, I do not want to drag them out. All people can have the habit of an idle nature, and there are three kinds of idleness that can arise: indecision, dependence, and evasion. It is necessary to emphasize motivation to defeat idleness.

在2005年11月，法门寺佛指舍利赴韩国供奉活动期间的一个凌晨，法师对他的侍者说：“昨晚开会到凌晨一点，之后一直在想事情。作为团长，各方面的事都要考虑得非常清楚。真正承担教法，是不分昼夜的。”

In November of 2005, on a chilly dawn at the time of consecration activities for the visit of Famen Temple’s Buddha finger relic to Korea, Dharma Master said to his supporters: “After meeting last night until one o’clock in the morning, I was continuously thinking the suject over. In being the delegation head, every aspect of the affair must be considered extraordinarily clearly.”

还有一次，法师为修改一篇去日本开会要用的发言稿，一夜没睡，共修改了十几遍。

There was also one time, in revising the drafts of speeches that Dharma Master wanted to use in Japan, he did not sleep the whole night, and altogether revised more than ten drafts.

法师曾笑谈说：“佛教协会、龙泉寺、广化寺、法门寺，及国内外各个地方，我来回走。”弘扬佛法，如果没有强大的悲心、愿力，是很难做下去的，这代表的是一种责任和使命。

Dharma Master has laughingly said: “I go back and forth between the Buddhist Assocciation, Longquan Temple, Guanghua Temple, Famen Tmeple, and every place in China and abroad.” It is very difficult to propagate Buddhadharma if there is not great and strong compassion and vow power, and what’s represented by this is a certain duty and mission.

他常说：“无我无畏，无私无忧。”无论是在宁静的寺院里，还是在丝竹乱耳的喧嚣闹市中，他总是和颜悦色、如行云流水般洒脱自在，一点也不会因事务的繁忙而忧虑不安。内心具足戒定慧的功德，便会充满光明、清凉、快乐，亦是内在菩提心的流露。“犹如莲花不着水，亦如日月不住空。”有人问这种境界是怎样修的？法师说：“克制自己，
不迁怒，不二过，常反省，代别人着想。”

He often says: Without egoity there’s no fear, without self-interest, there’s no worry.” Whether it’s within a tranquil temple, or the thoroughly ear-confusing clamor of a tumultuous marketplace, he always has the pleased appearance of an harmonious countenance, like the free and easy self-determination of a boat travelling down a stream, and does not become worried one bit from the press of business. An innermost heart armored with the merit of morality, meditation, and wisdom makes him bright, pure, and happy, and inside he abides in the outpouring of Bodhicitta. “Like the lotus not being wet by water, and like the sun and moon not standing in the sky.” Some people ask: “How can one practice to this kind of state?” Dharma Master says: “control yourself, do not take out anger on others, do not go beyond yourself, often self-inspect, and think on behalf of others.”

((This author has put me through my paces with his dialect, which I believe to be the Fujian dialect, which is supposed to be the basis of “Taiwan hua.” I think I’ve heard some of this in my Taiwanese temple, Fo Guang Shan. -xp))

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