A Life of Pluses and Minuses - Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 4

Between Ignorance and Enlightenment #4

by Hsing Yun, Miao Hsi, Cherry Lai

In this volume, Venerable Master Hsing Yun offers a variety of essays on the truth of impermanence. In A Life of Pluses and Minuses, he writes, While a plus can be limitless in its scope, the worst possibility for a minus is zero. Venerable Master Hsing Yun teaches us how we can enjoy these pluses, and make the most of the minuses.

160 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2004

About the author

Hsing Yun was a Chinese Buddhist monk, teacher, and philanthropist based in Taiwan. He was the founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist monastic order as well as the layperson-based Buddha's Light International Association. Hsing Yun was considered a major proponent of Humanistic Buddhism and one of the most influential teachers of modern Taiwanese Buddhism. In Taiwan, he was popularly referred to as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Taiwanese Buddhism, along with his contemporaries: Master Sheng Yen of Dharma Drum Mountain, Master Shih Cheng Yen of Tzu Chi and Master Wei Chueh of Chung Tai Shan.